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Not surprising: Mel Gibson has declined an invitation to apologize to some Jews.

The rabbi who invited Mel Gibson to speak at his temple said that Gibson has officially declined the invitation to appear before the Jewish congregation, reported the showbiz website TMZ  .

Rabbi David Baron told TMZ that he was recently contacted by Gibson’s publicist, who claimed the actor remains “deeply involved in personal work which includes rehab, therapy and counseling for alcoholism.”

Baron asked Mel Gibson to his temple on Yom Kippur following the star’s drunken anti-Semitism slur. In the letter, Baron made it clear that he “did not invite Mel Gibson to speak; I invited him to deliver a public apology.”

Surprising: Pink is Jewish (?!)

Popstar Pink said that Gibson needs help: “I’m a fan of his work. I think anybody with opinions like that needs well-wishing. And I’m Jewish. Alcohol makes you do crazy thing.”

For a comic book hero, it’s the ultimate taboo.

 

In the latest edition of the Marvel comic Civil War on sale today, Spiderman does the unthinkable and removes his Spidey mask to publicly reveal his hidden identity.

 

“I’m proud of who I am, and I’m here right now to prove it,” the legendary webslinger tells a press conference called in New York’s Times Square, before pulling off his mask and standing before the massed ranks of reporters as newspaper photographer Peter Parker.

 

“Any questions?” Parker asks in the final panel of the issue, amid a barrage of camera flashes.

 

In a statement, Marvel trumpeted the revelation as “arguably the most shocking event in comic book history”.

 

The seven-issue Civil War series, launched in May, sees Marvel’s writers taking on the topical issue of civil liberties.

 

Following a showdown between a group of superheroes and supervillains in which hundreds of innocent civilians are killed, the government passes the Super-Hero Registration Act, requiring all superheroes to reveal their identities and register as “living weapons of mass destruction”.

 

Marvel’s roster of invincible crime fighters is split into two bitterly opposed factions, with one camp - championed by the likes of Spiderman - in favour of the new law and the other, including Captain America and his ilk, refusing to relinquish anonymity.

 

“It’s about which side you are on and why you think you are right,” said Marvel Comics editor-in-chief Joe Quesada

He made 13 people disappear into thin air during his Kravis Center show Sunday night, but magician David Copperfield couldn’t duplicate the feat with armed teens who robbed him and two women near the venue two hours later.

 

No one was injured in the incident.

 

The handgun-toting suspects scrammed in a black Malibu with a Kentucky license plate but were nabbed 10 minutes later by West Palm Beach cops.

 

Behind bars today are three Palm Beach Shores boys, all 17, whose names weren’t released because of their age, and 18-year-old Dwayne Riley, known on the streets as The Kentuckian. They were charged with armed robbery and held without bail.

 

The tattoo-covered Riley, also from Palm Beach Shores, is alleged to have pointed a gun at Copperfield, 49, whose real name is David Kotkin.

 

“I had a gun pointed at my head from 6 inches away,” Copperfield said Tuesday between his two shows in Sunrise. “I’m pretty good under pressure. That’s my job. But I had two young ladies with me.”

 

The illusionist and assistants Cathy Daly and Mia Volmut were walking near CityPlace toward their tour bus parked at the Kravis when thugs approached them about 11:15 p.m. The group had gone to a steakhouse for dinner after Copperfield’s sixth and last show here.

 

According to the police report, this is what happened next: The Malibu pulled up behind the group, and two of the four young men in the car came out holding handguns. One ordered Daly to “give me what you have.” Daly handed over $400 from her pockets. Riley, meanwhile, allegedly stuck a gun in Volmut’s face and asked for her purse, and she, too, gave it up. In it were 200 euros, $100, her passport, plane tickets and a Razor cellphone.

 

When Copperfield’s turn came, Riley was bamboozled.

 

Copperfield told Page Two he pulled out all of his pockets for Riley to see he had nothing, even though he had a cellphone, passport and wallet stuffed in them.

 

“Call it reverse pickpocketing,” Copperfield said.

I constantly find myself singing really silly songs to my 4-month old son Zach. This morning, I found myself singing to him what is probably the worst cartoon theme song. Ever.

You be the judge.

It is one of those catchy songs that is so bad that it is good. Know what I mean?

Anyway, it got me thinking that there are perhaps other cartoon theme songs I have long forgotten about, which are also in this category. So I thought this could be a really fun exercise for everyone. In the comments, leave what you consider to be the worst cartoon theme song. If possible, leave a link to a sound file of it. Afterwards, I will post a list of the offending songs, and we can all get a good laugh out of our drive down memory lane.

Actor Daniel Craig, the man who has replaced Pierce Brosnan as James Bond, has some very big shoes to fill. And it would seem that he has filled big shoes - those of the clown variety.

The latest hitch on the set of “Casino Royale,” the new 007 flick, reportedly occurred when the star revealed he couldn’t drive the super-suave superspy’s trademark Aston Martin. Craig, 37, found himself shaken, not stirred, when he was confronted with a manual gearshift instead of an automatic, British newspapers said today.

Just great - a Bond who can’t drive. Did I mention he can’t fight?

Pierce Brosnan has every sympathy for new Bond Daniel Craig after his first 007 stunt went wrong.

Craig had his teeth knocked out during a fight scene for the movie Casino Royale.

Brosnan said he knew just how dangerous playing the superspy can be. “I got stitched up and sewn up a few times, it just didn’t get in the papers,” he said at the UK premiere of his new film The Matador.

“I had my face sliced open by a stuntman. I had a knee injury. You get twisted some way or another if you throw yourself into it. There’s going to be mishaps.”

I guess it wouldn’t matter if he could at least use a gun.

Daniel Craig will have a problem playing the new James Bond - because he hates guns.

The actor will wield 007’s famous Walther PPK in the movie Casino Royale.

But he revealed in OK! magazine: “I hate handguns. Handguns are used to shoot people and as long as they are around, people will shoot each other.

“That’s a simple fact. I’ve seen a bullet wound and it was a mess. It was on a shoot and it scared me. Bullets have a nasty habit of finding their target and that’s what’s scary about them.”

So let me get this right. We now have a Bond actor who can’t drive, fight, and is scared of guns. It is enough to drive Bond to drink his trademark beverage.

Nor does the 37-year-old share Bond’s love of Martinis shaken and stirred.

“I love a Martini straight up. I don’t think anybody makes a Martini stirred any more,” he said.

Small wonder this site was launched.

Update: At least he’s good for a Separated at Birth - or four.

- Jennifer Lopez on Salma Hayek: “She’s a sexy bombshell, and those are the kinds of roles she does. I do all kinds of different things.”

- Jack Nicholson on ["Chinatown" co-star] Faye Dunaway: “She demonstrated certifiable proof of insanity.”

- Prince on Michael Jackson: “[His] album was only called ‘Bad’ because there wasn’t enough room on the sleeve for ‘Pathetic.’”

- Boy George on Prince: “He looks like a dwarf that fell into a vat of pubic hair.”

- Jerry Lewis on Jim Carrey: “I am not thrilled by comparisons to [him].”

- Melanie Griffith on Don Johnson: “He seemed like a complex guy. Then he turns out to be a guy with lots of complexes.”

- Susan Sarandon on Mel Gibson: “[He] is beautiful, but only on the outside.”

- Madonna on Kevin Costner: “[He] has personality-minus.”

- Mick Jagger on Madonna: “There’s a central dumbness to her.”

- Keanu Reeves on Sandra Bullock: “‘Speed’ was the movie [she] did with me that made her a star. I was already a star, thank you very much.”

- Quentin Tarantino on Warren Beatty: “I really like [him], and I’d really like to hang out with [him], but the bottom line is I’m busy.”

- Sir Anthony Hopkins on Shirley MacLaine: “The most obnoxious actress I’ve ever worked with.”

- Robert Downey Jr. on Hugh Grant: “[He] has two expressions: confused and trying to crack a joke.”

Frank Zappa’s daughter Moon Unit has topped a list of celebrity offspring with the most bizarre names, according to an online poll.

 Another of the US singer-songwriter’s four children — Dweezil — also makes the top 10 at number seven, but there are no mentions for the ground-breaking musician’s two other children: Ahmed Emuukha Rodan and Diva Muffin.

Moon Unit Zappa won out ahead of Coldplay frontman Chris Martin and Hollywood actress Gwyneth Paltrow’s daughter, Apple.

 

Behind them followed Misty Kyd — Texas singer Sharleen Spiteri’s daughter — Blur bass guitarist
   
Alex James’ son, Geronimo, and Heavenly Hirani Tiger Lily, the only daughter of the late INXS star Michael Hutchence and Paula Yates.

 

The survey of 2,300 people was carried out by online entertainment site getlive.co.uk but found that the names of
   
Michael Jackson’s children, Prince Michael and Prince Michael II, were not “wacko” enough for the top 10.

 

“Rock stars have always been known for their outrageous living,” said the website’s international new media vice-president, Mark Yovich.

 

“But no amount of sex drugs and debauchery can ever be as bad as naming your offspring a peculiar name that they have to live with for the rest of their life.”

 

Asked once why he gave his children such unusual names, Zappa reputedly said simply: “Because I wanted to.”

 

He also considered that “Zappa” might be more of a problem than their unconventional first names.

 

The top 10 is:

 

1 Moon Unit — Frank Zappa

 

2 Apple — Chris Martin (Colplay)

 

3 Misty Kyd — Sharleen Spiteri (Texas)

 

4 Geronimo — Alex James (Blur)

 

5 Heavenly Hirani Tiger Lily — Michael Hutchence/Paula Yates

 

6 Dandelion – Keith Richards (Rolling Stones)

 

7 Dweezil — Frank Zappa

 

8 Elijah Bob Patricius Guggi Q — Bono (U2)

 

9 Zowie Bowie – David Bowie

 

10 Rufus Tiger — Roger Taylor (Queen)

Dude, you’ve got to read this.

 

A linguist from the University of Pittsburgh has published a scholarly paper deconstructing and deciphering the word “dude,” contending it is much more than a catchall for lazy, inarticulate surfers, skaters, slackers and teenagers.

 

An admitted dude-user during his college years, Scott Kiesling said the four-letter word has many uses: in greetings (”What’s up, dude?”); as an exclamation (”Whoa, Dude!”); commiseration (”Dude, I’m so sorry.”); to one-up someone (”That’s so lame, dude.”); as well as agreement, surprise and disgust (”Dude.”).