"I'm glad he’s dead. He deserved to be shot. He was fucking Messianic!  Listen to his songs. 'Imagine.' I hate that fucking song.  I'm glad he's dead."

WOW! Brings a new meaning to MAD MAX! Hatred never helps.

Go find your beaver, Mel.

I think there is actually a strange and rare mental disease that comes from superfame, similar to Tom Cruise.  I don't think these individuals would be this out of their minds if they were merely accountants or bus drivers.  

... and if they were, who would know about it?

It's not that strange if you live your life surrounded by yesmen

Funny how this statement makes your news yet Hilary Rosen, former Head of the RIAA. statement regarding Romney's wife gets no mention.  Nice editorial.

Hilary Rosen hasn't been the head of the RIAA for a nearly a decade. If you want to read politics go read the politico or TPM or some other blog.

OK, I'll start listening to you from now on.

I don't think this anti-semitic animal formed his beliefs and hatred  because of fame or Hollywood.  He got it growing up.  His father is further off the map than he is.  Google Hutton "Red" Gibson and see for yourselves. PS  I can't wait to see all the on-line haters who start to populate this item.  It should be fun!

Gibson's rebuttal makes a solid argument, or at least scores some good points against Ezterhas.  Gibson, of course, denies all the accusations.  And he also points out that, if Ezterhas is such a principled man, why didn't he leave the project earlier?  Why wait until the studio rejected his script to take his strong moral stance?  I wouldn't go so far as to defend Gibson, but Ezterhas clearly cannot be trusted.  Obviously the craziest person in this story is the one who green-lit Ezterhas ("Basic Instinct", "Showgirls") to write the store of the Maccabean revolt.

Mel denies it:

http://www.nme.com/filmandtv/news/mel-gibson-denies-saying-that-john-lennon-deserved/265651

Mel Gibson has denied claims that he said that Beatles' legend John Lennon "deserved to be shot".

The Braveheart actor was accused of making a number of controversial statements by screenwriter Joe Eszterhas, who worked with Gibson on the doomed script for the film The Macabees.

Following news that work on the flick had been shelved, a letter written by Eszterhas was obtained by The Wrap in which he made a number of extraordinary claims about Gibson's behaviour, including allegations of anti-semitism. 

He also claimed that Gibson said: I'm glad he's dead. He deserved to be shot. He was fucking Messianic! Listen to his songs. 'Imagine'. I hate that fucking song. I'm glad he's dead.

However, according to TMZ, Gibson has dismissed the claims made by Eszterhas, with one source stating: "It's not uncommon to hear The Beatles at Gibson's house."

Gibon's last starring role was in the 2011 film The Beaver, which was directed by, and co-starred Jodie Foster. The film saw him take on the role of Walter Black, a man suffering from depression who finds a way to communicate through the medium of a toy beaver puppet. 

Something doesn't add up here. The writer was putting up with all that for such a long time, working for less than his usual fee although Gibson was or is essentially persona non grata in Hollywood? Does not compute, sorry.

I can easily believe that Gibson has clearly anger management issues, but this letter smells rather fishy to me, sorry.

So who is crazier, Joe E. or Mel.  It's a toss up. both have long and well documented histories of public tantrums, and in Joe's case, an  inability to process his anger privately, he finds it necessary to publish his views in rags people read every day.  I think they both lie when it suits them, people are crazy, not just in the film business , but everywhere. The insane ramblings of a fool just get more ink when it's a sort of famous fool.

On to more uplifting stories!

Does this guy truly have conscince? Or a brain?

Et toi ? A******