Mel Gibson Is 60; Ricky Gervais Is Ready
Gibson will be a presenter at the Golden Globes exactly a week after celebrating his birthday.
It’s not a matter of whether returning Golden Globes host Ricky Gervais will skewer Mel Gibson Sunday from the ballroom stage of The Beverly Hilton, but rather, in what specific fashion. As such, the more relevant predictive question is: will Gibson, who celebrated his 60th birthday Jan. 3, choose to acknowledge any cracks made about him when he appears as a presenter?
In the meantime, there is Guardian columnist Marina Hyde’s excellent Mad Mel primer. Beneath the headline “Sins, Repentance and Absolution: Mel Gibson’s Second Coming,” she looks back at the tumultuous last ten years of the actor’s life and ends with her best guess at what we may all be treated to this time next awards season:
The stage is now set for the final chapter in this quasi-redemptive story, in which Mel wins next year’s Best Actor Golden Globe – and is presented with it by none other than highway...
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