He Just Couldn’t Brave Such Stupid Questions
When the “MTV Movie Awards” show airs tonight, some of the most scintillating footage will have been left on the cutting room floor.
Shortly after arriving backstage for Sunday’s taping, “Braveheart” actor-director Mel Gibson was stopped by co-host Janeane Garofalo, who fired off such cryptic queries as “What do you think of my dress?” and “Do you think I’m America’s sweetheart?” While onlookers were all smiles, a clearly unamused Gibson bolted from the building.
“There was an unfortunate mixup,” said a spokeswoman for MTV, which will not air the segment on tonight’s show. “We apologized for any discord that resulted. But, yes, he did leave.”
A spokesman for Gibson, whose award for best action sequence was accepted by Jamie Lee Curtis, declined comment.
And he’ll probably wrap his presents himself
Christo turns 61 today.
Loose talk
Cher, on her appearance (in Entertainment Weekly): “It’s ridiculous that people think I’ve had implants in my cheeks and in my chin and my ribs removed. I mean, I’ve had the same cheekbones since I was little.”
He’s simply fallen in lava with the area
Word out of Wallace, where Pierce Brosnan is filming the volcano flick “Dante’s Peak,” is that the actor’s girlfriend and step-daughter are both pregnant. Brosnan also is said to be so taken with his surroundings that he’s looking for property to buy.
There really is a sucker born every minute
Boise-based Custom Confections Inc. is coming out with a line of lollipops shaped like a worm with Dennis “Worm” Rodman’s face, in almost as many flavors as Rodman has hair colors: strawberry creme, cherry, strawberry-banana, tutti-frutti, root beer and grape.
Not that O.J. had any trouble making the cut
Still-the-Princess Diana may have made almost as big a splash as Rodman in Chicago, but she ranks only 620th out of 1,000 celebrities rated in a survey for People magazine - which is still better than Prince Charles. Said pollster Paul Hammond: “He’s ranked down there with Tonya Harding and O.J. Simpson.”
Forget contempt, he’d rather be in demand
Meanwhile, People reports that Simpson prosecutor Christopher Darden’s agents are spreading the word that he’s available for guest stints on TV dramas including “ER” and “Murder One” - writing legal thrillers and hosting TV shows based on the law.
We thought they acquitted themselves just fine
Vincent Bugliosi, the prosecutor who put away Charles Manson, is none too kind to Darden and colleague Marcia Clark in his new book, “Outrage: The Five Reasons Why O.J. Simpson Got Away With Murder.” Bugliosi says the duo gave a “terribly inferior performance” and calls their summations “almost totally lacking … any imagination or elegance or oratorical style.”
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