One of the weirder entertainment feuds, one even weirder than the famed Nipsey Russell-Herve Villechaize knife fight of 1976, has emerged in our midst.

A few days ago, Oscar winning director James Cameron got extra chatty with a Hollywood Reporter, er, reporter and let loose on anti-global warming zealots and Glenn Beck (and no, that last sentence wasn't meant to be redundant). It got so heated and ridiculous that it made me wish 'Celebrity Deathmatch' was still on the air and not in the claymation format.

Beck, of course, heard the comment in which Cameron claimed Beck had once referred to him as the "Antichrist". Beck dove into his archives, found the rather un-Christian reference he made towards the 'Avatar' director and post a full response to Mr. Cameron on his Wednesday show.



Of course, that's not the whole story.

In reality, yes, Beck was making a joke about Cameron being the "Antichrist" and Cameron took it more seriously than he should. Hollywood egos are among the most fragile substances in the universe. Just breathing on them in the wrong direction can cause them to collapse faster than an IKEA "Benno."

However, the comment Beck made wasn't just a lighthearted rant on the annoying sounds of Celine Dion's paint-peeling screechiness or the three-hour megaton of boredom that was Cameron's epic movie. If you read the rest of the transcript from Beck's CNN Headline News show, the reference was part of an intro to a story about a religious documentary produced by Cameron.

'The Lost Tomb of Jesus,' executive produced by Cameron and directed by Simcha Jacobovici, was a controversial documentary, which aired in the States on the Discovery Channel, about some interesting and some say questionable archeological findings about the death and resurrection of Jesus Christ. Beck mentioned the uproar this film caused to launch into a rant about modern Christian persecution and conduct an interview with then-Catholic League president William Donohue, who basically denounced the film and the findings as a fraud.

So does this prove that Beck is a cover-up artist and liar? No. It was just an off-handed comment made as an editorial kicker for one of his many stories. Even though Beck made his stance clear that he believes in the resurrection story, the "Antichrist" reference in question was referring to other people who were critical of his documentary. This was barely worth the five minutes of airtime it got on a "news" network.

Still, I just enjoy getting the full disclosure on a cable news story when I can get my grubby, ink-stained hands on it. After all, the 24-hour news cycle is pretty pressed for time these days and fact checking must eat up a good fifteen or 20 minutes. Don't worry Fox, that one was on the house.