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Cate Blanchett, Geoffrey Rush, Mel Gibson, Sharon Osbourne Headline 2014 G’Day USA Black Tie Gala

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SPOTTED: Mel Gibson, Cate Blanchett, Sharon Osbourne, Pauley Perrette, Naomi Watts, John Travolta, Paul Hogan, Simon Baker, Lindsay Price, Grant Bowler, Ryan Kwanten, Anthony LaPaglia, Claire Bowen, Jessica Gomes, Radha Mitchell, Yvonne Strahovski, Air Supply at the 2014 G’Day USA Los Angeles Black Tie Gala. Also on hand were Geoffrey Rush, Jacki Weaver, and Curtis Stone who were each presented with an award at the 11th annual event which was held at the JW Marriot at LA Live Saturday night. Continue reading →

Australian Celebrities Honored at G’Day USA Black Tie Gala – Hugh Jackman, Nicole Kidman, Mel Gibson, Paul Hogan, Glenn Close, Olivia Newton-John, John Travolta…

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G'Day USA 10th anniversay LA Gala 2013

Paul Hogan, Rose Byrne, and John Travolta were presented with awards at the 10th annual G’Day USA Los Angeles Black Tie Gala at the JW Marriot at LA Live Saturday night.

Presenters, performers and other celebrities in attendance included Hugh Jackman, Glenn Close, Olivia Newton-John, Elle Macpherson, Nicole Kidman & Keith Urban, Naomi Watts & Live Schreiber, John Travolta & Kelly Preston, Rose Byrne, Paul Hogan, Simon Baker, Toni Collette, Curtis Stone & Lindsay Price, Tim Allen, Grant Bowler, Mel Gibson, Ryan Kwanten, Anthony LaPaglia, Rod Laver, Luc Longley, Poppy Montgomery, Air Supply, Jacki Weaver, Jesse Spencer, Helen Reddy, Kym Johnson and more.  Continue reading →

Jodie Foster Loves Mel Gibson

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Jodie Foster has a soft spot for her Beaver co-star Mel Gibson. She told The Hollywood Reporter magazine: “God, I love that man…The performance he gave in this movie, I will always be grateful for. He brought a lifetime of pain to the character that we’ve been talking about for years, that I knew was part of his psyche and who he is. It’s part of him that is beautiful and that I want people to know, too.”

Foster and Gibson have known each other and been very close friends since 1994 when they met on the set of Maverick. Lucky for Gibson, Foster has remained by his side when the whole world seems to have turned its back. “He’s so incredibly loving and sensitive, he really is. He is the most loved actor I have ever worked with on a movie. And he’s not saintly, and he’s got a big mouth, and he’ll do gross things your nephew would do. But I knew the minute I met him that I would love him the rest of my life.”

Gibson had confided in Foster about his relationship with ex-girlfriend Oksana Grigorieva before the world found out every detail and she was right there by his side when the first set of the now infamous voice mails were publicly released. The two were on the set of The Beaver for some re-shoots. Foster recalls: “It was a bad situation. His assistant called me: ‘Come to the trailer!’ And I went to his trailer, and he was a mess. Then he came on set, and he didn’t have any makeup on, anything. He came in and sat down on the chair and said, ‘OK, roll it,’ and did two takes that were just beautiful. Then he got on the plane and left.”

And the rest, as we all know too painfully, is history…
You can read the rest of the interview in the newest issue of The Hollywood Reporter on sale in NYC and LA on Thursday. 

Mel Gibson’s Movie Comeback: “The Beaver.” Watch The Bizarre Trailer

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With everything going on in Mel Gibson‘s personal life, it’s hard to believe that his big on screen comeback revolves around Mel having his arm up a beaver as a form of mental therapy.

But that is exactly what the bizarre, but true-to-life-sounding movie, The Beaver, is about: Mel plays a depressed father and estranged husband who attempts to bounce back from his downward spiral by communicating with the world via a beaver puppet.

The Beaver stars and is directed by fellow Academy Award winner Jodie Foster and is scheduled for a Spring 2011 release.

Watch the official trailer for The Beaver:

Mel Gibson Is Fired By The Hangover 2 And Liam Neeson Is Hired Instead

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Mel Gibson was supposed to get his big comeback as a tattoo artist in a cameo in The Hangover 2. But then, supposedly the cast and crew objected and Gibson got fired yesterday. A day later, Gibson’s replacement has already been named: The Hangover 2 producers flew in Bradley Cooper’s A-Team co-star Liam Neeson to take Gibson’s place.

“I just got the call to do a one-day shoot on Hangover 2 as a tattooist in Thailand, and that’s all I know about it,” Neeson told Variety. “I just laughed my leg off when I saw The Hangover. I was shooting in Berlin earlier this year and rented it on the hotel TV.”
Hangover Director Todd Phillips released a statement on Thursday after Gibson was cut: “I thought Mel would have been great in the movie and I had the full backing of Jeff Robinov and his team. But I realize filmmaking is a collaborative effort, and this decision ultimately did not have the full support of my entire cast and crew,” he said.