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Click here to visit the new home of Politics Daily!LOS ANGELES -- Mel Gibson used some lightning legal moves Friday to abruptly end a domestic violence case involving a fight last year with his then-girlfriend. Within hours, Gibson was charged with misdemeanor spousal battery and pleaded no contest in a deal with prosecutors that kept him out of jail. Damian Dovarganes, AP Mel Gibson leaves the Los Angeles Airport Courthouse on Friday after prosecutors charged the actor with misdemeanor spousal battery following a lengthy investigation into a fight with his girlfriend. In a separate case, prosecutors announced they found ...
(Nov. 25) -- It's the time of year for giving thanks -- thanks for not being one of the birdbrains behind some of this year's most embarrassing headlines. From dodo politicians to cuckoo celebrities, 2010's headlines have been stuffed with turkeys. Yes, turkeys -- those good-for-nothing newsmakers who have made us flapping mad at one time or another during the year. Here are our choices for the year's biggest news turkeys, complete with rankings of their fowlness. At the bottom of our list, vote on who you think the year's biggest turkey is. Toledo, Ohio, Police ...
OK. Here's my guilty summer confession: I can't get enough of the Mel Gibson scandal. Let me preface this post by saying that I'm hardly one for celebrity gossip. I have no idea who Justin Bieber is. I don't care whether Jennifer Aniston wants kids or not. And despite former Politics Daily colleague Emily Miller's compelling argument for why we should all be taking The National Enquirer more seriously, I can't stomach tabloids. Still, when it comes to the ongoing Mel Gibson saga, I can't look away. And I suspect I'm not alone. And that's because Gibson embodies a whole bunch of different ...
(July 14) -- In RadarOnline.com's fourth blistering Mel Gibson audio rant, the actor literally roars (think tape two) for oral sex while threatening to burn the house down. "I deserve to be b---n first! Before the f---ing Jacuzzi! Okay? I'll burn the goddamn house up, but b--w me first!" Gibson, 55, thunders, so enraged that he's left panting for breath. Oksana Grigorieva, 40, also apparently sought the number of Gibson's therapist, giving him more ammo to unload. "Don't you ever speak to him! Find your own g-----n therapist! Because you've got problems more than me!" Oksana maintains ...
(July 12) -- After years of making headlines for his homophobic, sexist and anti-Semitic episodes, a much-buzzed-about audio tape was leaked last week, containing sound bite after cringeworthy sound bite of Gibson's verbal assault against ex-girlfriend Oksana Grigorieva (whom he has a child with). And naturally, like any Gibson project, there's a sequel. And like any good sequel, it's about a thousand times more explosive than the first. ...
(July 9) -- Think you've had a bad week? William Morris Endeavor Entertainment, one of the biggest agencies in the film business, has dropped actor Mel Gibson, according to the Hollywood Reporter. The move from Gibson's longtime agency happened earlier this week, though was not made public until Friday, the Hollywood Reporter said. Gibson has experienced an especially turbulent period, starting when the website Radar Online broke a story about the actor using a flourish of racist and misogynist language in a taped conversation with Oksana Grigorieva, Gibson's ex-girlfriend and the mother ...
(July 9) -- In the midst of being investigated for domestic violence, Mel Gibson has a very damming leaked phone call on his hands. RadarOnline.com posted Gibson's obscene rant to the mother of his child and ex-girlfriend Oksana Grigorieva, who has accused the 'Bravehart' star of hitting her, a claim Gibson denies. ...
(July 8) -- The Los Angeles Sherrif's Department is investigating Mel Gibson over an alleged domestic violence incident from earlier this year involving ex-girlfriend Oksana Grigorieva. ...
(July 1) -- In an explosive new audio tape, Mel Gibson is allegedly caught calling his ex-girlfriend, Oksana Grigorieva, several obscenities, adding that she dressed too sexy and would get "raped by a pack of n***ers," RadarOnline.com has learned exclusively. On the tape, Gibson also calls Grigorieva lewd names, including "whore" and "c**t," and threats to burn her house down. ...
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