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DVD Review: Whatever Works


Posted on Oct 30, 2009 @ 05:06PM - Add a comment
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“People make life so much worse than it needs to be,” opines Boris Yellnikoff (Larry David) in the opening scene of Whatever Works. And Boris should know: He’s the ultimate curmudgeon, relentless in his efforts to hate humanity, flaunt his sense of superiority and insult anyone who crosses his path -- from his young chess students to the women in his life.

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Slumdog Star Freida Pinto Saves Fan From Speeding Car


Posted on Oct 21, 2009 @ 10:56AM - Add a comment
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Slumdog Millionaire beauty Freida Pinto rescued a fan in London after she fell into the path of an oncoming car.

The 25-year-old actress was shopping in the capital’s West End on Tuesday evening with her Slumdog co-star and boyfriend Dev Patel when the fan ran towards them to say hello.

PHOTO: Freida Pinto's Jean Paul Gaultier Style

But the actress who was being followed by paparazzi turned around an accidentally banged into the woman sending her flying into the middle of bustling
Regent’s Street as the car approached.

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Read The Original Harrowing Testimony Of Roman Polanski Rape Victim


Posted on Sep 30, 2009 @ 02:17PM - 22 comments
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Long before Samantha Geimer publicly identified herself as the 13-year-old girl raped by Roman Polanski and said she thought his conviction should be overturned,she gave harrowing testimony to a grand jury, describing her ordeal in explicit detail.

Now, with Polanski once again under arrest and being held in Switzerland awaiting possible extradition back to the USA, many of his fellow celebrities have rallied to his defense – but the transcript of Samantha’s 1977 testimony is a raw and powerful today as it was when Polanski was facing trial.

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While the years seem to have made the director a sympathetic figure to some stars, the grand jury transcript describes – in graphic detail – a shocking crime against a child, the details of which haven’t detered 110 film industry figures from signing a petition for Polanski’s release. Thos celebrities include Martin Scorcese, Woody Allen and David Lynch, as well as Wim Wenders, Pedro Almodovar, Tilda Swinton and Monica Bellucci.

The fugitive director pleaded guilty over 30 years ago to having sex with a 13-year-old girl but fled the US before sentencing - he has been living on the lam ever since.

Read about Polanski's arrest

In her 1977 grand jury testimony, then 13-year-old, then known as Samantha Gailey testified how the director had sex with her after plying her with champagne and a Quaalude at the Los Angeles home of Jack Nicholson.

Read the transcripts here

Gailey, an aspiring model, described how the ordeal began with her posing topless for Polanski at his request. She then describes posing naked for him in a Jacuzzi, allegedly for a  French Vogue photoshoot. Soon the director removed his clothes and got in the Jacuzzi with Samantha.

She testified: “He goes,  ‘Come down here.’

“And I said, ‘No, no. I got to get out.’

“And he goes, ‘No. Come down  here.’”

Samantha tried to break away from Polanski by lying and telling him she had asthma. And as she repeatedly tried to get away from him, and asked him to take her home, he continued his relentless quest to have sex with her.

He followed her into the bedroom where despite Samantha asking Polanski to "keep away" he kissed the 13-year-old.

“He reached over and kissed me. And I was telling him, ‘No,’ you know, ‘keep away.’

The director said he would take her home, but then proceeded to perform a sex act on the 13-year-old.

Polanski could be released on bail

After that he "started to have intercourse with me." Gailey testified. She also said that Polanski, 43 at the time, "put his (censored) in my butt" after asking her "Would you want me to go in through your back?"

Polanski wants the case thrown out

Meanwhile, Samantha Geimer, who is 45 now and married with three children, says she has forgiven Polanski and wants him to be forgiven by others.

She says she has made peace with Polanski, with herself, and wants everybody to leave her alone for the sake of her family.

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Russell Crowe: No Love Match At Wimbledon


Posted on Jul 06, 2009 @ 08:00AM - 1 comment
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Gladiator star Russell Crowe is famous for having a raging temper, but at the Wimbledon final he was put in his place by a security guard – right behind famous director Woody Allen and fashion designer Ralph Lauren.

Crowe – who was famously charged for hurling a telephone at a hotel clerk in New York – wanted to change seats at Sunday’s match between Andy Roddick and Roger Federer.

The Australian superstar pointed where he wanted to watch the final because he was not happy with the seating arrangements allocated to him.

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Mia Farrow Ends Hunger Strike


Posted on May 09, 2009 @ 09:33AM - Add a comment
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Actress and avid humanitarian Mia Farrow has ended a 12-day hunger strike in support of embattled nation Darfur.
The once-Woody Allen bride has long been a proponent of the country and its population, and announced Friday on her blog that a hunger strike to raise awareness could not continue for health reasons.

"My blood sugar levels were so low," she said of her condition, which doctors felt could lead to seizures.

"I had hoped to go 16 days, because...there are 16 humanitarian agencies expelled from Darfur."

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Woody Allen Neurotic Over American Apparel's Dirty Laundry


Posted on Apr 16, 2009 @ 10:25AM - Add a comment
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Woody Allen is not laughing much these days.

The 73-year-old actor-director said in court papers this week that a Los Angeles-based clothing company, American Apparel, has acted in a "vexatious, oppressive, harassing" manner toward him in their response to a forthcoming trial between the screen legend and the company.

Allen is suing American Apparel for $10 million on claims they used his unauthorized image to advertise their line on billboards displayed in New York and Hollywood.

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