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New York - Forbes magazine has named Mel Gibson as Hollywood's most powerful celebrity. Gibson's win knocked Friend's star Jennifer Aniston from the number one spot. Forbes attributes the position to Gibson on the merits of Gibson's success with "The Passion of The Christ". The film topped $370 million in revenue in America. Worldwide it topped $600 million.

Director Tom Shadyac began his career with the hit film Ace Ventura: Pet Detective (that's right, he and Jim Carrey go way back and apparently work wonders for one another's career.) He followed that project with The Nutty Professor, and then went on to team with Carrey once again for 1997's Liar Liar. Shadyac professes to be a Bible-believing Catholic. He sat down with Christian Spotlight to talk about his latest film, Bruce Almighty, and to share out how he reconciles his spiritual walk with his high-profile profession. Interviewer: Megan Basham, Staff Writer First off Tom, I'd like to know,...

Hollywood anti-war set needs some new lines April 8, 2003 BY RICHARD ROEPER SUN-TIMES COLUMNIST TO: Jennifer Aniston, George Clooney, Sheryl Crow, David Duchovny, Janeane Garofalo, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Woody Harrelson, Jessica Lange, Michael Moore, Edward Norton, Sean Penn, Tim Robbins, Susan Sarandon, Martin Sheen, Eddie Vedder, et al. RE: Operation Iraqi Freedom Dear Celebrity Anti-War Activist: Over the last several weeks and months, you have used your status as a person of fame to tell the world you're against the war with Iraq, which you believe to be unwarranted, unethical, unconstitutional and un-American. Some of you have said you "hate"...

NEW YORK -- Actor Christopher Reeve knows how to get to fellow celebrities. As consultant to the upcoming PBS series Freedom, he wanted well-known actors to provide voices for characters from American history. But if he went through managers, publicists or agents, Reeve knew he'd get some brush-offs. So he wrote to the celebrities themselves. He assembled an impressive list: Jennifer Aniston, Michael Caine, Sean Connery, Michael Douglas, Morgan Freeman, Tom Hanks, Robert Redford, Meryl Streep, Kevin Spacey, Robin Williams and many others. Reeve, 50, wanted to participate because his half brother, a teacher in rural Vermont, had such trouble...