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Pongámonos en antecedentes: Hace unos días Mel Gibson fue detenido por conducción bajo los efectos del alcohol. Hasta aquí nada fuera de lo habitual en una estrella de Hollywood. Pero las cosas comienzan a complicarse cuando se descubre que la oficina del Sheriff del condado de Los Angeles presuntamente trató de ocultar un informe en el que se detallaba el comportamiento del actor a la hora de ser detenido, con gritos antisemitas incluídos.

Ahora, muchos se preguntan qué pasará con aquella mini-serie sobre el Holocausto que estaba en desarrollo para la ABC.

Me sorprende que aún la cadena no haya hecho nada más que dar largas, cuando lo más lógico habría sido dar la patada ante el Huracán Gibson de graduación 5 en la escala Saffir-Simpson que se avecina si continuaran con sus planes. O a lo mejor querrán aprovechar el morbo por motivos económicos, aunque lo dudo, la mala prensa sería de proporciones bíblicas.

Actualización: Si antes lo digo, antes ocurre.

Si, es cierto. El creador de series tan reconocidas como Alias y Perdidos, y director del próximo (según indican todos los pronósticos) éxito en taquilla Misión Imposible 3, va a dirigir el último episodio del late night de la ABC Jimmy Kimmel. Al parecer, no es la primera vez que un director conocido realiza tal labor, ya que, por ejemplo Quentin Tarantino prestó también su talento al show de Jimmy Kimmel. ¿Para cuando Almodóvar y Buenafuente?

Vanity Fair ofrece, en un adelanto a su número de este mes, unas sorprendentes declaraciones de Teri Hatcher, una de las Mujeres Desesperadas:

Teri Hatcher Reveals Claims of Childhood Sexual Abuse at the Hands of an Uncle

In the April issue of Vanity Fair (on sale March 9 in New York and Los Angeles, and March 14 nationally), Teri Hatcher goes public for the first time with claims that an uncle sexually molested her 35 years ago. When she learned in 2002 that a 14-year-old victim of Hatcher's uncle had committed suicide, and worried that the uncle would escape charges of molesting the girl, Hatcher approached the prosecution.

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This is something I've tried to hide my whole life. Any day of the week I could feel that sort of pain. I haven't tried to kill myself, but I've certainly thought about it... Here's what I anticipated. He did this, he gets off, and Teri ends up on the cover of a tabloid... These are haunting things I've remembered all my life. The most horrible thing, that has stuck with me all my life, is that he was touching me and doing things to me and he said, 'Doesn't that feel good?' I said, 'No, it doesn't.' He said, 'Well, someday you'll know what I'm talking about'... I think [my parents'] way of dealing with things is denial and guilt. Nobody wanted to talk about it. But all I did was blame myself... I still have trouble embracing that he really is in jail, and staying there. Like the acting-fraud police are going to come take away my SAG award and Golden Globe, and the real police are going to come tell me I made it all up... I have so much pain. I'm a woman who carries around all these layers of fear and vulnerability. I'm trying to be my powerful me.

Joss Whedon, ¿de verdad hacen falta presentaciones?, analiza con su ojo crítico y humor de siempre el futuro de la televisión en EE.UU en una columna que publica TVGuide en su sección Insider de ayer.

Many people have asked me, "Joss, what is the future of television? What will we watch? And how will we watch it? Surely you must know, for you are wise, and slender." I usually smile and say nothing, because I wasn't actually listening to the question.

Donald Trump, conocido magnate y presentador del reality-show de la NBC The Apprentice podría estar pensando en presentarse a gobernador de Nueva York por el partido republicano, según cita el New York Daily News en una nota recogida por Yahoo News:

The New York Daily News, citing unnamed Republicans, reported Friday that Trump, the billionaire real estate developer and TV personality, is considering a run for governor as a Republican.

The report came after Senate Majority Leader Joseph Bruno on Thursday suggested a big-name candidate could be waiting in the wings to enter the 2006 governor's race on the GOP side.

"When it gets public, you are all going to become excited, interested, and will want to write about it," Bruno said.