A conman who netted $30 million by targeting actor Danny Glover and a civil rights group is facing up to 20 years in jail.

Samuel Cohen, 53, approached Lethal Weapon star Glover when the actor was a director of the Vanguard Public Foundation in 2002, offering to allow the organization to profit from a Microsoft buyout of his software company.

Glover introduced Cohen to Vanguard president Hari Dillon, and they eventually invested a total of $30 million in Cohen's company - but the Microsoft deal didn't exist and Cohen was no longer even working for the business he claimed was about to be...

Mel Gibson's U.S. box office flop The Beaver received a more promising reaction from critics at the Cannes Film Festival in France, where it premiered to rapturous applause.

The movie is Gibson's first film role since the breakdown of his relationship with Oksana Grigorieva last year amid allegations of violence, a custody battle over their daughter, and leaked tapes of their arguments.

Jodie Foster, who directed the project, hoped the role of a company boss who deals with his depression by communicating via a glove puppet would reignite film fans' love of the Lethal Weapon star, but th...

Mel Gibson's ex-girlfriend Oksana Grigorieva still plans to sue the embattled actor despite him striking a plea deal over a charge of misdemeanor battery, according to her lawyer.

The Russian singer accused the Lethal Weapon star of attacking her during a bust-up in January 2010 and the pair have been fighting through the courts for custody of their daughter Lucia after splitting last year.

Gibson struck a plea deal with Los Angeles prosecutors to keep him out of jail and on Friday was handed three years probation and ordered by a judge to undergo counseling. He also has to carry out 16...

Zach Galifianakis is adamant he is not to blame for the decision to axe Mel Gibson's cameo appearance in The Hangover sequel - insisting he has no say in the "hiring and firing of actors."

The Lethal Weapon star was due to film a small role in the upcoming comedy, but his part in the movie was scrapped just days after the casting was announced. Director Todd Phillips revealed he was forced to dismiss the troubled star because some members of the cast and crew objected to working with Gibson, who hit headlines this year for allegedly attacking his ex-girlfriend Oksana Grigorieva.

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Mel Gibson will miss his daughter Lucia's first birthday on Saturday - a request for the baby to be allowed to stay with her father overnight has been turned down by a judge.

The Lethal Weapon star has asked a court to extend his visitation rights this weekend because a nanny responsible for returning Lucia to her mother, Oksana Grigorieva, on Friday has fallen ill.

If officials had agreed to the request, the actor would have spent some time with his daughter on her first birthday - but the plea was turned down because Gibson has more than one aide he can call on, according to TMZ.com. ...

Former boxing champion Mike Tyson is urging Mel Gibson to seek professional help as he battles personal problems, insisting the actor needs "someone to talk to."

Gibson has been embroiled in a public spat with his ex-girlfriend Oksana Grigorieva this year over allegations he knocked out her teeth in a domestic dispute. Tapes of their bitter arguments, which later emerged online, intensified the fall out.

Tyson admits he can empathize with the actor/director because of his own checkered past, which saw him sensationally accused of beating his ex-wife Robin Givens, while he later sank into...

Todd Phillips will always regret having to axe Mel Gibson from The Hangover sequel, insisting the troubled star is "one of our finest actors" and deserves a second chance.

The Lethal Weapon star hit headlines this year when his ex-girlfriend Oksana Grigorieva accused him of beating her in a violent domestic dispute, while tape recordings of their bitter arguments later appeared online.

Gibson was due to make his big screen comeback with a role in Phillips' upcoming comedy sequel, but he was axed from the movie after members of the cast and crew objected to working with the troubled acto...

"Death at a Funeral" star Danny Glover has been charged with trespassing after taking part in a noisy protest against a U.S. food giant in Maryland.

The actor was among a group of 12 people who were arrested by local armed police following a rally regarding unfair business practices outside the Sodexo Headquarters in Gaithersburg on Friday.

Protesters claim workers in the Sodexo cafeteria were being paid low wages and had had their civil rights violated.

Glover and his fellow campaigners were subsequently released after receiving citations and the actor remains upbeat about putting an en...

Mel Gibson is urging interviewers to stop asking him about his drunken rant at a Jewish police officer in 2006 - insisting he wants to put the past behind him.

The Lethal Weapon 4 star was detained on a drunk-driving charge three and a half years ago, but the incident became a public relations nightmare when Gibson was accused of making a series of unpleasant remarks to the cop who arrested him. The actor apologized several times for his behavior and quit booze following his outburst.

However, the incident frequently comes back to haunt him as he promotes his new movie, Edge of Dark...

Hugh Jackman and moviemaker James Cameron are set to swell the coffers of children's charities by offering up money-can't-buy items for Variety's upcoming Power of Youth auction.

Jackman has offered up a walk-on role in X-Men and Lethal Weapon producers Laura and Richard Donner's next movie and a chance to spend time with him on set, while a private screening of Titanic director Cameron's much-anticipated new movie Avatar will also go under the hammer.

The winning bidder for the latter item will actually get to watch the sci-fi film with Cameron in his personal screening room.

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Hollywood actor Danny Glover is set to wed his longtime Brazilian girlfriend next month, according to Brazilian media reports.

The Lethal Weapon star has dated teacher Eliane Cavalleiro for six years and will finally make their relationship official before the end of 2009, reports the O Globo newspaper.

Glover told a spokesperson for the Rio de Janeiro film festival this week the couple have yet to determine if they will reside in Glover's native U.S. after the union. He says, "(Living together in the U.S.) that's not definitive. We can live here (in Brazil) and there. All I know is...

There are a lot of modern movies that love to give little winks at the audience, and one of the easiest ways to do that is through the use of cameo appearances. A cameo is when a well known celebrity or important person shows up for a brief appearance in a movie. It can be a non-speaking random role, or perhaps a whole scene that steals the show. Whatever the case may be, oftentimes in a film the cameo ends up being the most memorable part of the whole movie. Take "Zombieland" for example, out in theaters now, but there's no spoilers here. Just go see the film and you'll see. Here's a look ...

Celebrity is something of a double edged sword. On one hand you could make millions and be adored by fans all over the world, but it also means the loss of privacy and the constant nitpicking of the mainstream critics. One slip up is all it takes for your face and words to be scattered over magazines and blogs, but sometimes the controversies are worth being taken to task for.

Here's a look at some of the celebrities who lost their mind or temper at the wrong time, and whether or not they have managed to bounce back from the incidents. What do you think of these moments in celeb history...

Chris Rock is assembling an all-star comedy cast for his forthcoming movie Death At A Funeral - both Martin Lawrence and Tracy Morgan have signed on to the project.

The film, a remake of a 2007 British movie of the same name, revolves around a dysfunctional family which comes together for the patriarch's funeral, only to be rocked by gay revelations from the deceased's alleged former lover.

Lethal Weapon 4 star Danny Glover, Regina Hall, Zoe Saldana, Columbus Short and James Marsden are also on board for the comedy, which will be co-written and produced by Rock and directed by N...

Mel Gibson has turned down the chance to star in another Lethal Weapon movie - destroying hopes for a fifth film in the franchise.

Bosses at movie giant Warners Bros were confident of convincing Gibson and co-star Danny Glover to reprise their roles in the popular action series, ten years after the last Lethal Weapon movie.

But Richard Donner, who directed the first four films in the franchise, insists the Signs actor snubbed the offer to reprise his role as unhinged cop Martin Riggs.

He says, "Mel turned it down. I would like to think that Mel turned it down because I wasn't...

Pierce Brosnan has seen off competition from fellow actors Bruce Willis and Richard Gere to land the title of most popular gay icon over 50 years old.

The former James Bond actor took 33 per cent of the vote, compared with Willis and Gere, who took 25 and 14 per cent respectively, while Indiana Jones actor Harrison Ford and Lethal Weapon star Mel Gibson scooped fourth and fifth places respectively.

The Queen actress Helen Mirren topped the most popular lesbian icon list with 32 per cent of the poll. Susan Sarandon and Meryl Streep claimed second and third places with 28 and 25 p...

Mel Gibson will never be allowed to work on a big budget movie again because of his "hateful statements" against Jews last year - according to the Jewish writer of Lethal Weapon 4.

Gibson famously made anti-Semitic remarks during his arrest for driving under the influence in July 2006. He was sentenced to three years probation, fined $1,300 and ordered to attend Alcoholic Anonymous meetings for a year.

And Jonathan Lemkin, who wrote the story for 1998's Lethal Weapon 4, believes Gibson's drunken rant has left studio bosses nervous about casting him in future blockbusters. Speaki...

Mel Gibson fans dreaming of a fifth Lethal Weapon movie are on the verge of having their prayers answered - franchise director Richard Donner is all set to go on another sequel if the movie mogul signs up.

Nine years after Lethal Weapon 4 was released, Donner is keen to reunite Gibson with co-star Danny Glover for another action spectacular.

He tells website Moviehole.net, "It's up to Mel. If he says yes then there's another Lethal Weapon. I have a great story, I'd love to do it and put Lethal Weapon to bed. If they want to go and make it without Mel well, go ahead and be my gue...

"I don't really get nervous unless I'm gonna meet potential mothers-in-law." Heather Mills insists she's more than prepared for her debut on talent show Dancing With The Stars on Monday night.

"My real-life wife has a movie coming out, called I Think These Kids Ain't Yours." Chris Rock jokes about his wife's response to the title of his new film, I Think I Love My Wife.

"A record shop was just about the coolest place one could hang out in back then - perhaps not quite as cool as a coffee bar or the burger-selling innovation known as the Wimpy Bar, but it ran a very close second."...

Hollywood star Danny Glover is bemused by his newfound sex symbol status because as a youngster he was bullied over his looks. Despite branding himself "the most inconspicuous boy at school", the 60-year-old was recently hailed the fifth sexiest veteran male film star by users of an Internet film fan site.

In the poll, the Lethal Weapon star came behind Jack Nicholson, 69; Sean Connery, 76; Robert Redford, 70; and Clint Eastwood, 76. But modest Glover can't understand his appeal. He says, "I should be about 150th on the list! These guys have been sex symbols all my life - I can't beli...

Danny Glover has categorically ruled out a fifth Lethal Weapon film, despite the recent resurgence of interest in 1980s action movies. The star, who played Roger Murtaugh in the police thriller that spawned three sequels, refuses to follow in the footsteps of Sylvester Stallone, Bruce Willis and Harrison Ford who have committed to new Rocky, Rambo, Die Hard and Indiana Jones installments.

The 60-year-old says, "I feel very strongly that it's past its point. Lethal Weapon was a great movie series but it should be left in the 1980s. Having said that, if Sylvester wants to revive Rocky a...

Mel Gibson has blasted Hollywood bosses for making "sequel after sequel" and insists today's audience are smarter than film bosses realize. The action star-turned-director, who starred in four Lethal Weapon movies, knew his religious film Passion Of The Christ would a box office hit because audiences needed something different. And the film's $600 million taking worldwide proved the tough guy actor right.

He tells movie magazine Empire, "I knew there was a huge hunger out there for a different kind of film. I think that often at times people ignore the audience, they just keep serving...

Borat has poked fun at Mel Gibson. The character - created by Jewish British comedian Sacha Baron Cohen - jokingly said he agreed with anti-Semitic comments the Lethal Weapon star made after being arrested for speeding and drunk-driving in Malibu. The fictional TV reporter said: "I would like to meet the fearless anti-Jew warrior, Melvin Gibson.

"We agree with his comments that the Jews started all wars. We also have proof that they were responsible for killing off all the dinosaurs. And Hurricane Katrina - they did it."

Borat - who is promoting his new movie, Borat: Cultural Lear...

MTV star Steve-O - real name Stephen Gilchrist Glover - created the name "Steve-O" to avoid any connection with Hollywood actor Danny Glover. The former Jackass star, notorious for such antics as stapling his scrotum to his thigh, became increasingly annoyed with questions linking him to the Lethal Weapon star, even though the latter is black and Steve-O is white.

Glover tells MTV news, "By the age of eight I was frustrated with that stupid joke, 'Any relation to Danny Glover?' So I eradicated the last name. When people ask me what the 'O' stands for, it's very simple. I tell them, 'I...