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NO MEL GIBSON AT OSCARS
DRUDGE REPORT ^ | Sun Feb 29 2004 13:01:38 ET

Posted on 02/29/2004 10:10:05 AM PST by Brian Mosely

NO MEL GIBSON AT OSCARS

Sun Feb 29 2004 13:01:38 ET

A major no-show at tonight's Academy Awards in Hollywood will be Mel Gibson.

The Executive Producer of the program, Joe Roth asked the filmmaker of PASSION OF THE CHRIST to present an award, knowing it would create unforgettable sparks.

The LA TIMES reports that Gibson let the offer expire because, Roth says, he was afraid of being booed.

His representatives said Gibson was too busy to attend because it was the movie's opening weekend.

Developing...


TOPICS: Culture/Society; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: hollywoodleft; melgibson; oscars
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1 posted on 02/29/2004 10:10:05 AM PST by Brian Mosely
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To: Brian Mosely
Does Hollywood understand that it follows in the steps of the UN, in being totally irrelevant?
2 posted on 02/29/2004 10:11:19 AM PST by Libertina (The Passion of the Christ - inspired, inspiring. Thank you Mel Gibson!)
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To: Brian Mosely
Mel is too busy counting his money to attend
3 posted on 02/29/2004 10:12:09 AM PST by skip2myloo
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To: Brian Mosely
I have a feeling that, whatever the reason Gibson didn't accept the offer, it wasn't because he was afraid of being booed.

If anything, the "academy" booing him would only cause regular people to be more curious about this movie.
4 posted on 02/29/2004 10:12:12 AM PST by Howlin (Just another unrepentant Bush supporter.)
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To: Brian Mosely
"Roth says, he was afraid of being booed. "

Considering the audience, he'd be lucky to escape being stoned.

5 posted on 02/29/2004 10:13:26 AM PST by billorites (freepo ergo sum)
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To: Brian Mosely
Hey Hollywood, UP YOURS!
6 posted on 02/29/2004 10:13:58 AM PST by teletech (Friends don't let friends vote DemocRAT!)
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To: Brian Mosely
I suspect that Mel smelled a setup, and didn't oblige.
7 posted on 02/29/2004 10:14:04 AM PST by Paul Atreides (Is it really so difficult to post the entire article?)
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To: Brian Mosely
I can understand why Gibson wouldn't want to be booed and why he's not going, but as a conservative who dislikes Hollywood, it would've been good for our cause to see them screw up by booing Gibson because it would've made people more aware of what Hollywood is all about.
8 posted on 02/29/2004 10:14:50 AM PST by #3Fan (Kerry to POW-MIA activists: "You'll wish you'd never been born.". Link on my homepage.)
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Who's this Roth? Any relation to Philip?
9 posted on 02/29/2004 10:15:39 AM PST by Mamzelle
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To: Brian Mosely
These people trashed Gibson's movie and they think he's still going to attend?

Gibson has better things to do than to watch a bunch of self-centered, egotistical, godless people engage in a 4 hour orgy among themselves.

10 posted on 02/29/2004 10:16:20 AM PST by ServesURight (FReecerely Yours,)
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Roth says, he was afraid of being booed.

What an arrogant ass! If Gibson would have been booed Hollywood's output for a year would have been boycotted any stars pictured being disrespectful would have a future repeating the lines "Paper or Plastic"

Roth is very lucky that Gibson didn't show. I know, give the spot to Andy Rooney --- the creeps will love him.

11 posted on 02/29/2004 10:16:36 AM PST by Mike Darancette (This space for let)
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To: Libertina
Sure, what he's after is more villification. He should be thrilled to go. I haven't been a supporter of Hollywood in years, but I find them so offensive in the here and now that I will buy tickets for the movie that I'll keep as memorabilia just to help Mel's film company, and send the message to these villifiers that their dog won't hunt, can't hunt, and has never hunted.

They've always been a disgrace, but now they've really ticked me off. And I hope Mel has the opportunity to tell Katzenberg and his black-listing mafia 'do me a favor, and don't do me any favors.'

12 posted on 02/29/2004 10:16:38 AM PST by AlbionGirl ("Ha cambiato occhi per la coda.")
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To: Brian Mosely
Can't wait for the media spin on this one....
13 posted on 02/29/2004 10:16:39 AM PST by Sam's Army (Why is the left suddenly full of Biblical Scholars?)
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To: Brian Mosely
The LA TIMES reports that Gibson let the offer expire because, Roth says, he was afraid of being booed.

ROTFLOL, in your wildest wet dreams, Roth.

14 posted on 02/29/2004 10:16:50 AM PST by TheSpottedOwl (Until Kofi Annan rides the Jerusalem RTD....nothing will change.)
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"Roth says, (Gibson) was afraid of being booed"

Does this Roth person realize how false that rings? Gibson, fearless in making his movie, would now fear boos from the Godless?

I don't think so. More a case of not wanting to "cast pearls before swine".

15 posted on 02/29/2004 10:17:05 AM PST by YaYa123 (@Gibson Won.com)
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To: Brian Mosely
Gibson let the offer expire because, Roth says, he was afraid of being booed.
I don't know this for sure, but I'm going to bet that Roth is a liar-- a weasley, suck-up liar.
16 posted on 02/29/2004 10:17:34 AM PST by Clara Lou
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No, I disagree. It's better than Mel didn't go to the stupid Oscars - then more people would've tuned in and boosted the show's ratings.

By Mel not going will guarantee another steep decline in viewership for the Academy Awards.

17 posted on 02/29/2004 10:19:17 AM PST by Extremely Extreme Extremist (EEE)
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To: AlbionGirl
I haven't been a supporter of Hollywood in years, but I find them so offensive in the here and now that I will buy tickets for the movie that I'll keep as memorabilia just to help Mel's film company, and send the message to these villifiers that their dog won't hunt, can't hunt, and has never hunted.

Not to mention...it isn't even a dog!

Lol, isn't it great to see the liberals going nuts over this?

18 posted on 02/29/2004 10:19:30 AM PST by TheSpottedOwl (Until Kofi Annan rides the Jerusalem RTD....nothing will change.)
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To: Brian Mosely
If Mel really thought the classless of Hollywood would make themselves more so by "booing" him, he'd be there will wings on.

That spectacle would be the finish of Hollywood and even those clueless immoral twits are smart enough to know it. If anything, there would be a standing ovation for Mel lasting a full three minutes. Like a child and a hot stove, the Hollywood elite know it's too hot to touch.

Some of the lesser intelligent in the crowd would show their disgust for God and Jesus, but most of them depend on the butter and the right side of the bread.
19 posted on 02/29/2004 10:19:34 AM PST by whereasandsoforth (tagged for migratory purposes only)
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To: Brian Mosely
The LA TIMES reports that Gibson let the offer expire because, Roth says, he was afraid of being booed.

"Roth says"
What a disgusting little mouse.

20 posted on 02/29/2004 10:19:54 AM PST by Lancey Howard
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