MALIBU:

Mel Gibson was arrested early on July 28 for investigation of driving under the influence of alcohol, authorities said.

Gibson’s 2006 Lexus LS 430 was speeding on Pacific Coast Highway when deputies stopped him at 2:36 am, said Steve Whitmore, a spokesman for the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department.

“He was going 87 miles per hour in a 45-miles-per-hour zone,” Whitmore said.

Deputies conducted field sobriety tests. A breath test indicated Gibson’s blood-alcohol level was 0.12 per ent, Whitmore said. California drivers 21 and older must remain under 0.08 per ent. Gibson, 50, was booked at the Lost Hills Sheriff’s station, was cited and released fter posting $5,000 bail, Whitmore said.

“The investigation is ongoing,” Whitmore said.

Gibson’s spokesman, Alan Nierob, said he was looking into the matter. — AP

Harry Potter star to bare all

LONDON: Harry Potter star Daniel Radcliffe is to shed his wizarding robes to take the lead role in a stage production of Equus, an erotic part that will require the young British actor literally to bare all. The 17-year-old confirmed on a website dedicated to him a number of newspaper reports that he would appear in the drama at a theatre in London’s West End early next year. Radcliffe will play stable boy Alan Strang in Peter Shaffer’s controversial tale about a boy’s infatuation with horses. As part of the role, he will have to simulate sexual pleasure while riding naked on his horse, The Times newspaper reported.

Radcliffe, in comments posted on www.danradcliffe.co.uk, said: “This is obviously a huge departure for me as an actor, but Equus is such an amazing play that this really was an opportunity not to be missed.” — AFP