About the Book
Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 95. Chapters: Roman Polanski, Mel Gibson, Blake Edwards, Adam Sandler, Jennifer Saunders, John Hughes, Bill Bailey, Jonathan Ross, Ricky Gervais, Harry Hill, Russell Brand, David Mitchell, Paul O'Grady, Darryl Read, Jafar Panahi, David Mills, David Walliams, Charlie Brooker, David Arquette, Robert Webb, Rob Brydon, James Corden, Matt Lucas, Takeo Kimura, Siddharth Kara, Edgar Wright, Alan Carr, Monty Don, David Baddiel, Pirmin Meier, Jack Whitehall, Rudy Kousbroek, Leigh Francis, Maxence Caron, Paul Zindel, Jonathan Shipley, Russell Grant, Sean Lock, Doron Rabinovici, Mr. Whitekeys, Alex Abella, Chantelle Fiddy, Eve Pollard, Morwenna Banks, Michael Largo, Toma Pengov, Josef Haslinger, Andy Rathbone, Susanna Kubelka, Robert Menasse, Kevin Dilmore, Ray Robinson, Kevin Doherty, Zsuzsa Bank, Kate Maravan. Excerpt: Mel Colm-Cille Gerard Gibson, AO (born 3 January 1956) is an Australian-American actor, film director, producer and screenwriter. Born in Peekskill, New York, Gibson moved with his parents to Sydney, Australia when he was 12 years old and later studied acting at the Australian National Institute of Dramatic Art. After appearing in the Mad Max and Lethal Weapon series, Gibson went on to direct and star in the Academy Award-winning Braveheart. In 2004, he directed and produced The Passion of the Christ, a controversial, yet successful, film portraying the last hours in the life of Jesus Christ. In recent years, remarks by Gibson have generated accusations of homophobia, antisemitism, racism, and misogyny; he has apologised repeatedly for the statements and denied that they represent his real opinions. Gibson was born in Peekskill, New York, the sixth of 11 children, and the second son of Hutton Gibson and Irish-born Anne Patricia (nee Reilly, died 1990). His paternal grandmother was the Australian opera soprano, Eva Mylott (...
