Denzel Washington and Mel Gibson were both in Las Vegas last week doing a little "male bonding" with their sons. Denzel brought his wife and kids to watch his son Malcolm play in a big high school basketball tournament, and the family took in several shows. Party loving Denzel also made a point to visit Blush and turned up at Tryst nightclub at 2 AM. Mel Gibson celebrated his son Louis's 21st birthday at the Wynn hotel - Mel and his boys were seen gambling at the roulette table at 3 AM. They were boisterous and having a lot of fun. (Mel was drinking coffee.)The guys partied, visited the gym and the spa, ate in the best restaurants, and generally had a good time hanging out together. Everybody behaved.

Lakers fans love to "rate" the celebrities when their images appear on the Jumbotron. At last week's game they made their preferences quite clear. Whenever stars' close-ups appear on the Jumbotron screen, the fans respond with cheers or whatever. Last week when Andy Garcia's face appeared, there was applause. When Ellen Pompeo popped up onscreen, there was no reaction at all. Jim Belushi got some claps. As soon as Jeremy Piven's face flashed onscreen, the audience ROARED with approval! But when Mel Gibson had his closeup - the crowd BOOED. And of course he stuck out his tongue in response.
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Are we seeing things or is Mel Gibson starting to look a little like Richard Nixon? At the very least Mel has left his sexy Road Warrior image behind him. (Remember when we used to slash our leather jackets to look like Mad Max?) Nowdays he resembles a slightly overfed suburban husband.



