Gibson asks Jews for help: Actor Mel Gibson yesterday admitted making anti-Semitic remarks. He also asked members of the US Jewish community to help him recover from his alcohol addiction, in a statement issued through his publicist.
Gibson was arrested in Malibu last Friday morning for alleged drink driving, and was claimed to have made the remarks to the arresting officers. The actor, who faced anti-Semitic accusations after the release of his film, The Passion of the Christ, asked to meet with Jewish leaders "with whom I can have a one-on-one discussion to discern the appropriate path for healing.. .Hatred of any kind goes against my faith," said Gibson, a staunch Catholic.
Actor's all over the Danube
A new bridge in Hungary could be named after Hollywood action movie actor Chuck Norris unless the trend turns in an Internet vote organised by the Economy Ministry.
Votes for the "Chuck Norris Bridge" had attracted 8,725 votes or 11 percent by yesterday morning, just ahead of those cast in favour of naming it after Hungarian humorist Geza Hofi and three times more than for Szent Istvan, founder of the state.
Votes can be cast until September 8 on the www.m0hid.gov.hu web site, where people have put forward more than 500 nominations including Bud Spencer and Bob Marley, as well as names referring to construction delays such as "It Will Never Happen Bridge".
Burrito prose garners award
An opening sentence containing a burrito, an angel and a shovel won the annual Bulwer-Lytton literary parody prize yesterday.
Retired mechanical designer Jim Guigli of California was proclaimed winner of the contest, which challenges entrants to submit their worst opening sentence of an imaginary novel.
Guigli's winning entry read: "Detective Bart Lasiter was in his office studying the light from his one small window falling on his super burrito when the door swung open to reveal a woman whose body said you've had your last burrito for a while,whose face said angels did exist, and whose eyes said she could make you dig your own grave and lick the shovel clean."- (Reuters)