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[images added by this website]  Thursday, February 26, 2004     Hollywood Bosses Vow to Destroy Gibson "I WON'T hire him. I won't support anything he's part of." So says a chairman of major Hollywood studio quoted today by The New York Times in its latest attack on Mel Gibson and "The Passion of the Christ." Jeffrey Katzenberg and David Geffen, who along with Steven Spielberg are the big cheeses at the powerful DreamWorks, and who just happen to be Democrat activists, are angry about the movie, according to the Times. And the chairmen of two other big studios say they won't work with Gibson. "Amid the daily dealings of Hollywood, the film and the star have been fodder for unfavorable gossip. Dustin Hoffman has talked to friends about what he called Mr. Gibson's 'strangeness' during the ABC interview. The producer Mike Medavoy said Mr. Gibson's religious zealotry made him feel uncomfortable," the Times fretted. 'Antichrist' Welcome David Geffen Jeffrey Katzenberg Others, however, think Tinseltown's notorious avarice will rule in the end. "If the movie works, I don't think it will hurt him. People here will work with the Antichrist if he'll put butts in seats," said John Lesher, an agent with Endeavor. And the butts, as Lesher so delicately puts it, are there. The $30 million movie made up to $20 million or more on its debut Wednesday, Box Office Mojo estimated today. The Associated Press today estimated Wednesday's take at more than $20 million, with a total so far of up to $26 million including previews Monday and Tuesday.   Under Jewish ADL pressure Mel Gibson deletes a controversial scene about Jews from his film on Jesus Christ Our dossier on the origins of anti-Semitism Abe Foxman's instant outrage as Wall Street Journal favorably cites David Irving on Churchill's tax problems Abe Foxman ADL) says movie actor Mel Gibson is 'seriously infected' with anti-Semitism, based on his upcoming movie, The Passion of Christ | Rabbi Eugene Korn resigns as ADL "director of interfaith affairs" over this issue . . . stories on the Jews and Hollywood on this website: ADL's Foxman rejects New Republic apology for article on film 'Kill Bill' which calls Harvey Weinstein and Michael Eisner money-worshipping "Jewish executives'" Los Angeles Times agonises on failure of Hollywood's elite to support Israel British reporter in Hollywood raised international dust by writing about Jewish control Vanessa Redgrave is forgiven by Hollywood Jews for her support for Palestine -- after thirty year boycott The Holocaust: The one story that Hollywood never avoids     But then...   Friday, February 27, 2004   "Corrections": 'An article in The Arts yesterday about Hollywood's reaction to Mel Gibson's film "The Passion of the Christ" cited an executive close to David Geffen and Jeffrey Katzenberg, principals of DreamWorks, saying that the two men had privately expressed anger over the film. The Times should have checked directly with both men and given them an opportunity to comment on the executive's statement. ' 'Mr. Geffen said yesterday: "Neither Jeffrey or I have seen the movie or have formed an opinion about it." '

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