The Passion of The Christ
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Sunday July 30, 2006
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Mel Gibson has fought alcoholism all his adult life, he admitted today.
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Saturday July 29, 2006
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LOS ANGELES - A blitzed Mel Gibson launched into an obscenity-laced tirade when he was busted on suspicion of drunken driving early yesterday, threatening an officer and making anti-Semitic and sexually abusive remarks, according to a police report.
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Friday September 3, 2004
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LOS ANGELES - The second coming of Mel Gibson's biblical epic "The Passion of the Christ" sold 4.1 million DVD copies by Wednesday after only one day in stores.
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Friday July 16, 2004
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Mel Gibson's The Passion of The Christ created controversy and took in $370 million at the U.S. box office, but a new poll suggests that it did not have a spiritual impact on most people who saw it.
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Wednesday May 12, 2004
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Bangkok (AsiaNews/Ucan) – The Passion of the Christ has left viewers stunned and questioning the religious meaning of Christ’s violent death since the blockbuster film directed by Mel Gibson was released April 29th in the overwhelmingly Buddhist country.
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Tuesday April 27, 2004
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Velma Dority managed to tune out the chatter on religious radio stations calling on all Christians to see "The Passion of the Christ." She ignored her virtuous friends who bragged about seeing the film countless times.
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Sunday April 25, 2004
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Mel Gibson's The Passion of the Christ is still getting a lot of attention. It's breaking box office records at home and abroad, still sparking controversy, and some folks say it's even triggering a few miracles.
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Wednesday April 14, 2004
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The Passion of the Christ has become the eighth bestselling movie in US history after an Easter weekend in which it routed a host of new movies at the box office.
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MUSCAT (AFP) - Mel Gibson's controversial film "The Passion of the Christ" is to make its debut in Oman, the marketing manager of the Oman Arab Cinema Co. said.
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Thursday April 1, 2004
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PARIS (Reuters) - French Roman Catholic bishops have officially denounced Mel Gibson's controversial film "The Passion of the Christ," which opened in France on Wednesday, as potentially anti-Semitic and a distortion of Christian teaching.
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Actor Mel Gibson's controversial hit The Passion of the Christ has helped push US winter box office takings to their highest-ever level.
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Wednesday March 31, 2004
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A judge in France has rejected a request by three Jewish brothers to ban Mel Gibson's The Passion of the Christ.
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Thursday March 18, 2004
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BERLIN (Reuters) - Germany's Roman Catholic and Protestant churches joined the Jewish community on Thursday in a rare joint declaration to warn that Mel Gibson's film "The Passion of the Christ" could fan anti-Semitism in Europe.
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BERLIN (Reuters) - German Jewish leaders and church officials are warning that Mel Gibson's "The Passion of the Christ" may foment anti-Semitism in the country where the Holocaust was planned when the film opens on Thursday.
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Tuesday March 16, 2004
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JEDDAH, 15 March 2004 — Pirated DVDs of controversial Hollywood blockbuster “The Passion of Christ” have hit the streets and are selling like hot cakes, according to street vendors.
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Mel Gibson's movie "The Passion of the Christ' clearly is a cultural phenomenon as well as a box office blockbuster. But does it have political fallout? I think a bit, but in the end the right- and left-tilting effects probably balance out.
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''The Passion of the Christ" continues to rule the box office, earning $31.7 million during its third weekend of release and pushing its overall total beyond a quarter of a billion dollars.
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VATICAN CITY -- Pope John Paul II met Monday with Jim Caviezel, star of Mel Gibson's "The Passion of the Christ," the Vatican said.
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Mel Gibson's The Passion of the Christ has been labelled "seriously, damagingly, anti-Semitic" by the chairman of the House of Commons culture, media and sport committee, Gerald Kaufman.
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Monday March 15, 2004
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Much of the criticism of 'The Passion of the Christ,' says Philip Jenkins, is staggering in its ignorance of the Christian tradition
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Saturday March 6, 2004
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Film critics are divided over The Passion of the Christ -- and their readers have had heated responses to their reviews.
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Wednesday March 3, 2004
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Director's Cut of 'The Passion' Leaves Some Questioning His Intent
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Monday March 1, 2004
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LOS ANGELES -- Mel Gibson's gamble on "The Passion of the Christ" paid off enormously, riding a storm of religious debate to a $117.5 million haul in its first five days, according to studio estimates Sunday.
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Friday February 27, 2004
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The "very flawed" director wants us all to look deeply into "The Passion of the Christ."
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Thursday February 26, 2004
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CHICAGO Feb 26 (Reuters) - As Mel Gibson's "The Passion of the Christ" draws cinema crowds amid accusations it revives ancient anti-Jewish hatreds, U.S. Catholic leaders have stepped in with a book repeating a firm stand against anti-Semitism.
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