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March 23, 2007 — Mel Gibson lashes out again, this time with the F-bomb.
According to the Web site TMZ.com, the star shouted the expletive at a Mayan culture expert during a film class Thursday at Cal State University.
Alicia Estrada, an assistant professor of Central American studies at the university, accused Gibson of racially stereotyping in his recent film "Apocalypto," according to the Web site. The movie is based on the decline of the Mayan kingdom.
When the professor asked him if he read any books about the culture before directing the film, Gibson said he had. Estrada then reportedly persisted asking the question and called scenes in the movie wrong and racist.
Gibson's response?
"Lady, f—- off."
The Web site said that other members of the Mayan community were escorted out of the class when the incident occurred and Gibson got the last word, by shouting, "Make your own movie!"
In Gibson's defense, his publicist, Alan Nierob, told TMZ: "This person was a heckler who was rude and disrupted the event, so much so that the event organizers had to escort her out."
Gibson has gotten into hot water over previous outbursts. He spewed anti-Semitic slurs at a cop who arrested him last summer on drunk driving charges. He later apologized for the incident.
http://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/story?id=2976685&CMP=OTC-RSSFeeds0312
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Captain America Passes From the Page
Report: Captain America dies on the page Wed Mar 7, 2:41 PM ET
NEW YORK - Captain America has undertaken his last mission — at least for now.
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The venerable superhero is killed in the issue of his namesake comic that hit stands Wednesday, the New York Daily News reported. On the new edition's pages, a sniper shoots down the shield-wielding hero as he leaves a courthouse.
It ends a long run for the stars-and-stripes-wearing character, created in 1941. Over the years, some 210 million copies of Captain America comic books, published by New York-based Marvel Entertainment Inc., have been sold in 75 countries.
But resurrections are not unknown in the world of comics, and Marvel Entertainment Editor-in-Chief Joe Quesada said a Captain America comeback wasn't impossible.
Still, the character's death came as a blow to co-creator Joe Simon.
"We really need him now," said Simon, 93, who worked with artist Jack Kirby to devise Captain America as a foe for Adolf Hitler.
The superhero was spawned when a scrawny arts student named Steve Rogers, ineligible for the army because of his poor health but eager to serve his country, agreed to a "Super Soldier Serum" injection. The substance made him a paragon of physical perfection, armed only with his shield, his strength, his smarts and a command of martial arts.
In the comic-book universe, death is not always final. But even if Captain America turns out to have met his end in print, he may not disappear entirely: Marvel is developing a Captain America movie.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070307/ap_on_en_ot/captain_america
NEW YORK - Captain America has undertaken his last mission — at least for now.
ADVERTISEMENT
The venerable superhero is killed in the issue of his namesake comic that hit stands Wednesday, the New York Daily News reported. On the new edition's pages, a sniper shoots down the shield-wielding hero as he leaves a courthouse.
It ends a long run for the stars-and-stripes-wearing character, created in 1941. Over the years, some 210 million copies of Captain America comic books, published by New York-based Marvel Entertainment Inc., have been sold in 75 countries.
But resurrections are not unknown in the world of comics, and Marvel Entertainment Editor-in-Chief Joe Quesada said a Captain America comeback wasn't impossible.
Still, the character's death came as a blow to co-creator Joe Simon.
"We really need him now," said Simon, 93, who worked with artist Jack Kirby to devise Captain America as a foe for Adolf Hitler.
The superhero was spawned when a scrawny arts student named Steve Rogers, ineligible for the army because of his poor health but eager to serve his country, agreed to a "Super Soldier Serum" injection. The substance made him a paragon of physical perfection, armed only with his shield, his strength, his smarts and a command of martial arts.
In the comic-book universe, death is not always final. But even if Captain America turns out to have met his end in print, he may not disappear entirely: Marvel is developing a Captain America movie.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070307/ap_on_en_ot/captain_america
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