The one thing most of us can agree on about 2010 is that it was a year full of captivating heroes and villains. The one thing few of us can agree on is which were the heroes and which were the villains. Without drawing too many lines in the sand, here are The Onion’s profiles of The People Who Mattered In 2010. These twenty newsmakers, from Glenn Beck to Lebron James to Snooki, gave us the gift that keeps on giving this year: tabloid fodder, viral videos and plenty to gossip about. Here is an excerpt from the profile of America’s honorary Secretary of Racism, Antisemitism and Sexism, Mel Gibson.

(from The Onion)

In one of the biggest entertainment scandals of the year, Mel Gibson, more than a decade after the fact, still has not received the critical acclaim he deserves for his powerful yet nuanced performance in the 1999 action-thriller Payback.

His masterful realization of the character was inexplicably lost in the shuffle, and when looking back on 2010, this travesty will always be remembered as one of the most talked-about slights of this, or any, year.

The movie’s tagline, “Get ready to root for the bad guy,” is ironic, given Gibson’s squeaky-clean public persona…

READ THE ONION’S “THE PEOPLE WHO MATTERED IN 2010″ HERE…

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