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...People are dying violently every few minutes; conspiracy theories are sprouting like kudzu. And Mel Gibson, as a Boston cop trying to find his daughter's killers, tells somebody it's the moment of truth. "You had better decide," he says, "whether you're hangin' on the cross or bangin' in the nails." Ouch. It's a reminder that Gibson, the movie star, is also Gibson, the director of the polarizing religious epic The Passion of the Christ, in which his one onscreen appearance showed him driving the first nail into Jesus' palm...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Edge of Darkness: Is Mel Gibson Still a Star | 2/8/2010 | See Source »

...letdown when he puts aside his mourning sickness and spirals into melodrama. At 54, Gibson is aging interestingly, with severe creases and sagging flesh. You look at him and think, This guy should play Nixon - another complex man of significant achievement with a debilitating belief that his enemies were bangin' nails into...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Edge of Darkness: Is Mel Gibson Still a Star | 2/8/2010 | See Source »

...musical demigod like yourself, it shouldn't be too difficult to envision your girl's heaven: constant breakdancing showcases of precarious elasticity and acrobatics; trains bombed for everyone to enjoy the bangin'-est graf pieces since the first street kid fiddled with aerosol paint: DJ battles where everybody's at least as nice as Roc Raider: every MC rhymes at least two syllables every couplet...

Author: By Andres A. Ramos, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Brand New Nubian | 11/6/1998 | See Source »

...greatest thing that a human could experience. The flavor is so good. The high is so natural. When you sneeze, 15 handkerchiefs come out. I mean, everywhere you go, people just can't do enough for you. At Christmas people are bangin' on your door, dropping off gifts. If it rains, 25 umbrellas open up. If you walk into a restaurant, they'll chase the person out of the best table and put you there. There's just so much glamour and respect and money. The nightclubs, the broads. Broads just die over you. It's unbelievable...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Crow Turns Stool Pigeon: NICHOLAS CARAMANDI | 6/17/1991 | See Source »

...slam bangin' bruiser--for you broke...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: FOR JOE McCARTHY | 9/30/1952 | See Source »

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