Here, in one semi-coherent post, are my three favorite news items of the week. Get caught up.

1) I would love to see a well done, bloody movie about vikings. It probably comes as no surprise that Mel Gibson’s planned movie about vikings – in fucking Norse language, by the way – has hit a couple snafus. Most recently, that Leonardo DiCaprio has severed all potential ties with the project, in the wake of all of Gibson’s … negative press and insanity. A drag because the script comes from William Monahan (The Departed) and because, I mean, okay, whatever, Mel Gibson, BUT, Apocalypto ruled. A source from the DiCaprio camp said, “Leo has earned the right to pick and choose who he works with and Mel Gibson is not one of them.” Is it taboo to say I still wish this could have happened? (more…)