Afternoon Wire: Disney's Mel Gibson problem, No music to Kim's ears and more....

No music to Kim's ears If you can't bomb him because you don't know what he could hit back with then,stop his music . The Bush administration is banning the sale of certain luxury items to North Korea, including iPods and plasma televisions, aiming to "personally aggravate" leader Kim Jong-Il. The move is believed to be the first-ever U.S. government effort to use trade sanctions to annoy a foreign leader. Is Mel Gibson, Disney's Tom Cruise? Disney has no shame in their promotion game for the upcoming film "Apocalypto"..........oh wait we said that wrong the film is titled "Mel Gibson's Apocalypto" The movie was directed by Gibson, who, in case you've been living under a rock, has gone from being one of Hollywood's most popular stars to persona non grata for launching into an anti-Semitic tirade following an arrest on suspicion of drunk driving in Malibu back in July. But rather than try to hide the fact that Gibson is the director of the film, Disney, whose Buena Vista Pictures unit is distributing the film in the U.S., is going out of its way to remind people that he is the creative force behind it. Company denies News Corp takeover but loves the rumor play on their stock Another company is enjoying a stock spike due to rumors of a takeover by King Rupert's News Corp. Again this seems to be the latest trend where rumors of takeovers are leaked and stocks jump due to the greed of investors hoping to cash in. Fastweb SpA denied a newspaper report saying that it has entered talks to be bought by News Corp's satellite television unit Sky.