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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 588

Mel Gibson

US actor and filmmaker Mel Gibson attends a special screening of "Monster Summer" at the DGA Theater Complex in Los Angeles on September 24, 2024. (Valerie Macon/AFP)
January 17, 2025, 5:39 am
Trump taps Mel Gibson, Jon Voight, Sylvester Stallone as ‘Hollywood ambassadors’
US president-elect provides few details of what the role will entail
By Andrew Lapin
Mel Gibson, right, directs Jim Caviezel on the set of Gibson's movie 'The Passion of The Christ' in 2003 (AP/Icon Productions, File)
January 11, 2025, 8:44 am
Mel Gibson announces ‘acid trip’ sequel to ‘Passion of the Christ’
Controversial director aims to shoot resurrection-themed movie ‘next year sometime,’ with a de-aged Jim Caviezel resuming role of Jesus; 2004 film was seen by some as antisemitic
By ToI Staff
Mel Gibson (s.bukley/Shutterstock.com)
January 10, 2023, 3:00 pm
Mel Gibson dropped from New Orleans Mardi Gras amid outcry from Jewish groups
ADL, other groups welcome removal as ‘co-grand marshall’ of celebrity with history of ‘antisemitism and other forms of hate’; organizers cite unspecified ‘threats’
By Ash Obel
Mel Gibson arrives at the 89th Academy Awards Nominees Luncheon in Beverly Hills, California, February 6, 2017. (Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP, File)
October 15, 2022, 7:02 pm
Mel Gibson can testify at Weinstein trial despite past racist remarks, judge rules
Jailed film producer’s attorney had claimed Gibson is biased against his Jewish client, cited actor-director’s history of antisemitic comments
By ANDREW DALTON
Mel Gibson at a UFC event with his partner Rosalind Ross in Las Vegas, Dec. 14, 2019. (Chris Unger/Zuffa LLC/Getty Images via JTA)
June 26, 2020, 11:23 pm
Writer backs Winona Ryder’s claim that Mel Gibson called Jews ‘oven dodgers’
In wake of accusation, magazine highlights podcast recorded last year in which Joe Eszterhas said actor used anti-Semitic slurs and said he wanted to convert Jews to Christianity
By Gabe Friedman
Seth Rogen arrives at the LA Premiere of 'Game Over, Man!' on March 21, 2018, in Los Angeles (Willy Sanjuan/ Invision/ AP)
June 25, 2020, 2:37 am
In jab at Mel Gibson, Seth Rogen applauds him for acknowledging Holocaust
Jewish comedy star slams actor after Winona Ryder says he once asked her if she was an ‘oven dodger’; Gibson denies it
By Gabe Friedman
Yair Netanyahu, son of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. (Flash90)
June 26, 2019, 3:41 am
Yair Netanyahu stars at pro-Trump student group’s Jewish leadership conference
Prime minister’s son joins speakers like Mel Gibson, Sebastian Gorka and Rabbi Shmuley Boteach at Turning Point USA summit
By Ron Kampeas
Mel Gibson, right, directs Jim Caviezel on the set of Gibson's movie 'The Passion of The Christ' in 2003 (AP/Icon Productions, File)
May 15, 2019, 11:17 am
Mel Gibson rep: ‘Rothchild’ movie unrelated to Jews
Actor known for a drunken anti-Semitic rant will star in film with name targeted by anti-Semitic conspiracy theories
By JTA and ToI Staff
Actor Mel Gibson poses for photographers upon arrival at the premiere of the film 'Daddys Home 2', in London, Thursday, Nov. 16, 2017. (Photo by Vianney Le Caer/Invision/AP)
May 14, 2019, 12:34 am
Mel Gibson to play a super-rich ‘Rothchild’ in upcoming comedy
Actor notorious for anti-Jewish rant will be joined by Shia LaBeouf in film that apparently parodies Jewish banking family often at center of anti-Semitic conspiracy theories
By Gabe Friedman
Mel Gibson at the 89th Annual Academy Awards in Hollywood, February 26, 2017. (Frazer Harrison/Getty Images, via JTA)
March 20, 2017, 6:51 pm
Mel Gibson now donates to Holocaust survivors
Movie star, known for drunken anti-Semitic rant and promoting the idea that the Jews killed Jesus in ‘The Passion of the Christ,’ helps fund the Survivor Mitzvah Project
By Gabe Friedman
Steve Bannon at a meeting with advisers at Trump Tower, Friday, Oct. 7, 2016, in New York. (AP Photo/ Evan Vucci)
February 10, 2017, 11:12 am
Bannon ‘wanted to make Nazi movie with Mel Gibson’
Trump’s top aide reportedly discussed documentary-style film on racial purity, contraception and Darwinism with actor-director
By ToI Staff
Natalie Portman as Jackie Kennedy in an upcoming movie about the widowed first lady. (courtesy Protozoa Pictures)
January 24, 2017, 7:41 pm
Natalie Portman gets Oscar nod for ‘Jackie’ biopic
Andrew Garfield up for best actor for gritty WWII film ‘Hacksaw Ridge,’ for which Mel Gibson also garners best director nomination
By ToI Staff and JTA
Mel Gibson arrives ahead of the Australian premiere of Hacksaw Ridge at State Theatre on October 16, 2016 in Sydney, Australia. (Brendon Thorne/Getty Images via JTA)
November 1, 2016, 8:21 pm
Mel Gibson: ‘Unfair’ people aren’t over anti-Semitic tirade
Actor says drunken 2006 rant ‘a dim thing in the past’ and says it’s ‘annoying’ when it’s brought up
By Josefin Dolsten
Mel Gibson, right, directs Jim Caviezel on the set of Gibson's movie 'The Passion of The Christ' in 2003 (AP/Icon Productions, File)
September 2, 2016, 6:50 pm
Mel Gibson confirms new project on resurrection of Jesus
It’s not the ‘Passion 2,’ actor tells evangelical festival, referring to film criticized for using anti-Semitic tropes
By JTA
Mel Gibson, right, directs Jim Caviezel on the set of Gibson's movie 'The Passion of The Christ' in 2003 (AP/Icon Productions, File)
June 12, 2016, 2:57 am
Mel Gibson said planning sequel to ‘Passion of the Christ’
Screenwriter says follow-up will focus on Jesus’s resurrection, has strong support from ‘evangelical community’
By ToI Staff
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