Mel Gibson’s mouth gets him in trouble again
The Internet and Hollywood are buzzing about Actor/Director/Producer Mel Gibson’s latest foot-in-mouth performance. An audio recording of Gibson using the “N-word” in a tirade against his ex-girlfriend, Russian singer, Oksana Grigorieva, was followed by reports that the entertainer is being investigated for domestic violence. And there’s more. WME agency has confirmed it recently fired Gibson as a client.
Remember, Gibson was hit by an onslaught of bad publicity after a tape revealed the drunken actor making anti-Semitic remarks during a DUI stop in Malibu, back in 2006.
Gibson is working on a number of projects right now. It will be interesting to see if Hollywood will again be forgiving of Gibson in order to keep the money and projects flowing. Nikki Finke over at Deadline.com/Hollywood has a post about Gibson’s latest troubles, with over 200 comments, check it out here. The Wrap covered the story as well.
Summer reading: Bestsellers at Barnes & Noble and Amazon
At the top of the Barnes & Noble bestselling paperback list, “The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo” (Millennium Trilogy Series #1). The thriller/murder mystery is about the disappearance of a Swedish heiress and it’s by Journalist, Stieg Larsson. The novel was a big smash in Europe. Now it’s a hot seller here.
Number two on the list, Larsson’s “The Girl Who Played with Fire” (Millennium Triligy #2), and in third, the romance “One Day,” by Screenwriter/Novelist, David Nicholls.
Over on Amazon, Larsson’s hardcover thriller,”The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet’s Nest” is number one, followed by the paperback version of “The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo” in second place.
Man plays same lottery numbers for two years and wins $10 million
It took two years, but a Southern California player finally hit the jackpot in the SuperLotto Plus game on June 20, 2010. Last Wednesday, July 7, the man, who wants to remain anonymous, cashed in the winning ticket worth $10 million.
Lottery officials say he told them the numbers came to him in a dream two years ago. He played them religiously and it paid off. The ticket was bought at Jack’s Liquor, 3720 West Olympic Boulevard in L.A. The store gets $50,000 for selling that winning ticket.
Meanwhile, a winning lottery ticket bought more than two months ago at the El Mexicano Market, 6625 South Avalon Boulevard in L.A., has not been cashed in yet. That ticket is worth $179,428.
It had five of the winning numbers, but not the Mega Ball, from that historic May 4, 2010 Mega Millions draw. Those numbers are: 21, 9, 36, 43, 31, and the Mega Ball 8. You might remember, the jackpot of $266 million was won by a producer at NBC-4 here in Burbank and her husband.
Speaking of Mega Millions, the jackpot today stands at $52 million. No one had all of last night’s winning numbers: 1, 31, 33, 34, 50, and the Mega Ball 41. However, three lucky tickets sold in the Golden State are each worth $178, 516.
