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Los Angeles (AFP) - French-Polish director Roman Polanski, who fled the US more than four decades ago after being convicted of sexually assaulting a child, will face a civil trial over the alleged rape of another minor years earlier, the woman's lawyer said Tuesday. The case against the director of "The Pianist" will be heard in Los Angeles in August 2025, said Gloria Allred, a Hollywood lawyer who has represented victims of rapist Harvey Weinstein and others who emerged in the #MeToo era. While Polanski cannot be forced to attend the trial, said Allred, the civil hearing will be a chance for ...
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Santa Fe (United States) (AFP) - A jury was seated Wednesday in the trial of the woman responsible for guns on the set of the Alec Baldwin movie "Rust," in which a cinematographer was shot dead in 2021. Hannah Gutierrez has denied involuntary manslaughter charges in the death of Halyna Hutchins, who died from her injuries after being hit by a live round fired from a gun Baldwin was holding during a rehearsal. The director of the period Western, Joel Souza, was wounded in the incident. The trial that started Wednesday in the western US state of New Mexico is expected to hear over the course of ...
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Los Angeles (AFP) - Actor Alec Baldwin has pleaded not guilty to manslaughter charges over the death of a young woman who was fatally shot on the set of a budget Western, US court documents showed Wednesday. Baldwin, a producer and star of the film, was charged in January for his role in the 2021 death of Halyna Hutchins during the filming of period piece "Rust" in New Mexico. He was holding a Colt .45 when it discharged, killing Hutchins and wounding director Joel Souza. Baldwin has repeatedly denied responsibility, insisting he did not pull the trigger on the gun, which should not have been ...
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Los Angeles (AFP) - Actress Bijou Phillips filed for divorce from Danny Masterson less than two weeks after the former "That '70s Show" star was sentenced to at least 30 years in prison for raping two women, US media reported Tuesday. The model and singer cited "irreconcilable differences" in her petition in a California court, celebrity news website TMZ reported. Masterson, found guilty in May of raping the two women in 2001 and 2003 at his home in the Hollywood Hills area of Los Angeles, was sentenced on September 7 to 30 years to life in prison. The 47-year-old US actor, who has one child w...
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Gardena (United States) (AFP) - If you've ever fancied yourself as a disco legend -- and, let's be honest, who hasn't? -- this could be your chance, as John Travolta's "Saturday Night Fever" suit goes up for auction. The most famous three pieces of polyester in movie history are going under the hammer in California this month, offering one lucky buyer the opportunity to set the dance floor on fire -- just don't get too close to the naked flames. The wing-lapelled suit, in which a dashing young Travolta broke many a 1970s heart, is the centerpiece of the "Hollywood: Classic and Contemporary" co...
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Los Angeles (AFP) - Gwyneth Paltrow is not liable for an accident on a swanky US ski slope, a jury ruled Thursday, as it dismissed a claim from a retired optometrist. Terry Sanderson, 76, had alleged a collision in Utah with the star left him with four broken ribs and lasting psychological damage, injuries his lawyers said were worth $3.3 million. Paltrow countersued for a symbolic $1. After an eight-day civil trial, the jury in Park City unanimously found the "Shakespeare in Love" actress did not cause the 2016 crash, a position she had maintained all along. "I felt that acquiescing to a fals...
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Los Angeles (AFP) - Kanye West was "escorted" by two executives out of the Skechers corporate offices after the rapper showed up uninvited, the shoe company said in a statement Wednesday. West -- known formally as Ye -- has made headlines in recent weeks for racist and anti-Semitic statements that have cost him several lucrative fashion collaborations. He arrived "unannounced and without invitation" at the Los Angeles offices, Skechers said, adding that he was "engaged in unauthorized filming." The hip hop star appeared at a Paris fashion show this month wearing a shirt emblazoned with "White ...
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Los Angeles (AFP) - Hair loss among women is painful, depressing and embarrassing, according to Jada Pinkett Smith and other celebrities who have gone public with their feelings. The subject has rushed into the public consciousness after Will Smith slapped comedian Chris Rock for making a joke about Pinkett Smith's lack of hair at the Oscars. Pinkett Smith spoke out for the first time in 2018 about her diagnosis of alopecia, a medical term referring to the loss of hair. "It was one of those times in my life where I was literally shaking with fear," the actress and director said on her online s...
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Las Vegas (AFP) - The anthem of this summer's protests in Cuba cleaned up at the Latin Grammys Thursday, winning prizes including the coveted best song, as the gala's Person of the Year Ruben Blades won best album. The 22nd edition of the awards show celebrating hits from the Spanish and Portuguese-speaking worlds returned to an in-person ceremony in Las Vegas for the 2021 show, complete with electrifying performances and impressive outfits. The 73-year-old Blades, a Panamanian innovator of salsa and swing, was heralded as 2021's Person of the Year which celebrates musical contributions as wel...
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Los Angeles (AFP) - US real estate scion Robert Durst was sentenced Thursday to life in prison with no possibility of parole for the killing of his best friend. Durst, a multi-millionaire who was the subject of an explosive HBO documentary entitled "The Jinx," has always denied charges that he shot that friend, Susan Berman, in the back of the head in 2000 at her Beverly Hills home to keep her from talking to police about the disappearance of his wife two decades earlier. But last month, a jury in Los Angeles took just eight hours to find the 78-year-old guilty of the execution-style slaying o...
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