A US senator ditches a fundraising letter from Mel Gibson after a furore over the star's anti-Semitic outburst.

A Republican candidate for lieutenant governor said he will cease using a letter written by Mel Gibson on his behalf for fundraising. The actor and director, Gibson, has been recently embroiled in a controversy following his anti-Semitic tirade after being caught for driving under the influence....

AP - Audio and video tapes of Mel Gibson's drunken driving arrest are exempt from the California Public Records Act and won't be released, authorities said, despite requests from a celebrity news Web site.

AP - The Republican candidate for lieutenant governor said he no longer will use a fundraising letter sent on his behalf by Mel Gibson, who admitted to an anti-Semitic tirade after he was pulled over for speeding.

AP - Authorities have refused to release video and audio tapes of Mel Gibson's drunken driving arrest, saying the material is part of an "investigatory file" and exempt from the California Public Records Act.

E! Online - It may not be the last word on Mel Gibson, but it is Patrick Swayze's word: The under-fire star is a "wonderful human being."

Dirty Dancing star Patrick Swayze speaks out in defence of actor Mel Gibson following his drink-drive arrest.

Hollywood actress Jodie Foster came out to defend beleaguered actor Mel Gibson who was arrested for drink-driving on July 28 and has reportedly uttered anti-Semitic comments during his arrest. She said, "Mel is honest, loyal, kind, but alcoholism has been a lifelong struggle for him and his...

Actress Jodie Foster speaks out in defence of Mel Gibson following his arrest for drink-driving.

AP - A Yom Kippur appearance at a synagogue. A trip to Washington's Holocaust museum. A circumcision? Ever since Mel Gibson said he wanted the Jewish community to help him make amends for his anti-Semitic comments, suggestions have been pouring in, some in jest and some quite serious.

Reuters - Mel Gibson's recent arrest on charges of driving under the influence has brought a veteran Hollywood criminal defense lawyer onto the actor-director's high-powered legal team.

E! Online - Jodie Foster worked with Mel Gibson. Mel Gibson is a friend of Jodie Foster's. And Mel Gibson, Jodie Foster says, is no anti-Semite.

AP - A Yom Kippur appearance at a synagogue. A trip to Washington's Holocaust museum. A circumcision? Ever since Mel Gibson said he wanted the Jewish community to help him make amends for his anti-Semitic comments, suggestions have been pouring in, some in jest and some quite serious.

Mel Gibson's recent drunken diatribe reveals he may have a problem with Jews, but Gibson reportedly likes one Jewish person a lot-ironically, his personal bodyguard for more than a decade turns out to be an Israeli. A former nightclub bouncer, 45-year-old Avi Korein Korein worked through the '80s...

AP - Several of Mel Gibson's friends say he's a "different person" when he's drinking, but they do not believe he's anti-Semitic.

E! Online - Rob Schneider's adamant: Mel Gibson has been rubbed out of Deuce Bigalow's black book.

AP - The movie that could be the most important of Mel Gibson's career is one the actor likely will fight to never have released.