By Mike Redmond | Pajiba Love | February 25, 2024 |
By Mike Redmond | Pajiba Love | February 25, 2024 |
According to Hollywood legend, Mel Gibson saved Robert Downey Jr.’s career by casting him in 2003’s The Singing Detective despite the fact that no one would insure him. The film was an absolute flop, but Downey went on to star in Kiss Kiss, Bang Bang for Shane Black before landing a role in a little film called Iron Man. Now, one could argue that Jon Favreau refusing to back down from casting Downey was the biggest moment of his career. Shit, Christopher Nolan thinks it’s the most historic casting decision in Hollywood history. But ever the loyal friend, Downey has continued to credit Gibson for his good fortune and considers him a guru. Let’s give Downey the benefit of the doubt that he stuck by Mel after the infamous “sugar tits” DUI arrest when he said Jews cause all of the wars. In theory, Gibson apologized, but he mostly just called the whole thing “unfortunate” before frothing at the mouth about the cop who recorded him. So for the sake of argument, let’s be wildly generous and chalk that up to the booze. But it wasn’t Mel’s only scandal. Gibson was later slapped with domestic violence charges and pled no contest to assaulting his Russian girlfriend Oksana Grigorieva while she was allegedly holding their infant child. He was also infamously recorded saying she was going to be raped by a pack of n-words. Following that ordeal, Downey continued to back his “savior” by joking that Gibson should direct Iron Man 4 because it would be “bananas.” Since then, there’s been a continued raft of attention on Gibson’s controversial views and violent outbursts, and Downey has been quiet about his love for all things Mel — until last night. While collecting his SAG Award for Best Supporting Actor, RDJ thanked Mel Gibson and people definitely noticed. This one did not slip under the radar. (Daily Beast)
If TODAY really wants Kelly Rowland to come back and co-host, maybe they should stop bringing it up on air? (Lainey Gossip)
Tommy Tuberville fails at political analysis and biology. (Wonkette)
From Petr: Tiger King star Joe Exotic has eyes for Machine Gun Kelly. (NME)
A conservative Christian family sold their farm and moved to Russia to escape “LGBTQ ideology.” As a warm welcome, all of their funds were immediately seized by the Kremlin, which is now keeping tabs on their YouTube account. The words you’re looking for are “WOMP WOMP.” (Daily Mail)
Who doesn’t want to read a delightful tale about how Alan Cumming got a role in Spice World and became best friends with the Spice Girls to this day? (PEOPLE)
From Chris: It would be such a shame if Toby Morton’s website, explaining how Chaya Raichik a.k.a LibsOfTikTok is a bigot with blood on her hands, got very popular, wouldn’t it? (ChayaRaichik.net)
Bob Kraft thinks Taylor Swift should’ve dated Gronk. (OutKick)
From Jen: Mt. Everest is plagued by garbage. These Nepali women are transforming it into crafts. (NPR)
R.I.P. Ramona Fradon. (The Wrap)
Did you see the wrap-up post for last year’s Cannonball Read? Find out the final standings of CBR15, how many reviews were written, the Top 10 Reviewers of 2023, the most reviewed books last year, and more. Open registration for Cannonball Read 16 is coming to a close on February 29th. (Cannonball Read 16)