Gibson Dunn & Crutcher’s Theodore “Ted” Boutrous is leading a firm team pushing to win back White House access denied by President Donald Trump for CNN, Politico and MS Now.

Paula Gibson with her daughter Clare, who passed away in November 2023 at age 45 after a long struggle with alcohol addiction... For more than twenty years, Paula Gibson lived with the fear that the next phone call would bring news of her daughter's death. In November 2023, it finally did. Her daughter Clare was 45. She died alone at home in Aberdeen, Scotland, after a long struggle with alcohol dependence. Her family had spent decades trying to help her recover. Clare's difficulties with alcohol began in her early twenties. Her mother remembers years of conversations, interventions, periods of sobriety and rehabilitation. Sometimes things improved. Then the cycle began again. Eventually, Clare's parents took responsibility for raising her two sons. Her youngest, Craig, was only eight when he moved in with his grandparents. Paula did not want the boys to lose their relationship with their mother. She arranged visits at family centers, hoping they could see Clare in a safe setting. But sometimes Clare arrived intoxicated and the meetings had to be canceled. The family was trying to protect the children without abandoning the woman they loved. Neither responsibility was easy. In 2023, Clare entered rehabilitation again. Her family went to Greece, hoping to return to Clare in recovery. Instead, Clare left treatment. During a hospital stay, she was warned that she could die if she continued drinking. She called Paula in tears. They cried together on the phone. Paula encouraged her to go back into rehab and told her she loved her. When the family returned, a worker at Clare's home reported finding her intoxicated at the bottom of the stairs. Less than two months later, Clare was dead. She had contacted emergency services during her final night. A social worker found her the next morning. The cause was alcohol-related liver disease. Paula says there was grief, but also relief that Clare was no longer suffering. Clare had also made financial provision for her children. Now Paula is telling her daughter's story as new figures show alcohol-related deaths among women in Scotland have risen even while the overall total has fallen. The statistics record a woman who died at 45. Her mother remembers twenty years of trying to keep her alive.

Mel Gibson Reveals Spiritual Forces and Miracles On-Set of New 'Passion of the Christ' The Passion remains one of the most successful R-rated films ever made, and the production itself is framed as something closer to a spiritual event than a movie. The Resurrection of the Christ is coming in two parts. The canvas is bigger: angels falling, hell, the firmament, and what the apostles actually lived through. These films try to show what happened next. Triumph after the cross is the message. These films are going to break records.

Mel Gibson is taking on one of the wildest battles in European history. He’s reportedly working on a miniseries about the 1565 Siege of Malta, when the tiny island’s defenders held off a massive Ottoman force for months. 700 knights vs. 40,000 Ottomans. If Gibson gets this right, this could be epic. Writer: Lynn