Happy Birthday to everyone celebrating today, August 18th, including:

1933 – Roman Polanski, director
1936 – Robert Redford, actor
1943 – Martin Mull, comedian
1952 – Elayne Boosler, comedian
1957 – Carole Bouquet, actress
1957 – Denis Leary, actor
1958 – Madeleine Stowe, actress
1961 – Bob Woodruff, journalist
1964 – Craig Bierko, actor
1969 – Edward Norton, actor
1969 – Christian Slater, actor
1970 – Malcolm Jamal-Warner, actor
1978 – Andy Samberg, comedian
1983 – Mika, musician

Also born today but no longer with us: explorer Merriwether Lewis, (Lewis & Clark) cosmetics entrepreneur Max Factor, actress Shelley Winters, actor Patrick Swayze.

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Roman Polanski’s second alleged victim has come forward with the help of Gloria Allred.  They appeared at a press conference just minutes ago, where we got to see the victim for the first time.

Allred was her usual spitfire self, wanting justice and a sentencing for Roman Polanski.  She wants him back in the USA to face the accusations and do the time.

Miss Lewis let Gloria do her thing while she sat beside her with a solemn face.

Roman Polanski Second Accuser Comes Forward – Press Conference With Gloria Allred

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Roman Polanski is being accused of “sexually predatory conduct” again and the woman making the accusation has teamed up with none other than Gloria Allred, TMZ reports.

Roman Polanski Is OUT Of Prison

They are holding a press conference today in L.A. at 10:30 AM PST to explain the “legal significance of her allegations.”

Roman Polanski’s Victim – Samantha Geimer Wants Charges Dropped (Photos)

Polanski is currently under house arrest in Switzerland and he’s probably wishing he could stay there permanently.  Could this be the beginning of a long trail of women coming forward?  Who knew such a brilliant director could be such a dirty animal?

View the LIVE press conference HERE!

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Here’s the first poster for Roman Polanski‘s newest film The Ghost Writer starring Ewan McGregor and Pierce Brosnan.

Polanski may be constantly embroiled in legal turmoil, but he always seems to pull off great films. I’m sure The Ghost Writer will be yet another good one to add to his list.

Source: Cinema Blend

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Roman Polanski wants to avoid Swiss jail and may come back to the USA of his own free will.

Director Roman Polanski may take his chances before a U.S. court to avoid sitting for months or even years in a Swiss jail awaiting extradition, one of his lawyers said Wednesday.

A Swiss court this week denied bail to the 76-year-old director, who was arrested in Zurich last month on a sex charge dating back to 1977. U.S authorities have until the end of November to request his extradition. If Polanski decides to challenge it, the process could go on for years before he faces justice.

“If the procedure drags on, it is not impossible that Roman Polanski could choose to go and explain himself in the United States, where there are some arguments in his favor,” Polanski’s lawyer Georges Kiejman told French radio on Wednesday.

In 1977 Polanski pleaded guilty to having unlawful sex with a 13-year-old girl. He spent 42 days in prison undergoing psychological testing. But the director fled the U.S. in 1978 before sentencing, fearing the judge intended to make an example of him and send him to jail for 50 years.

He has remained in Europe ever since, even declining to travel to L.A. to receive his best director Oscar for the Holocaust drama “The Pianist” in 2003. But Polanski has traveled freely within Europe. He owns a vacation home in Switzerland and has been there several times in the past few years.

He’s an old guy but crime is crime, he should be treated like any other person. It’s a lot to go through for a 76-year-old in any case.

Source: The Hollywood Reporter

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The Pianist director Roman Polanski was arrested and faces extradition to the United States, but he’s not going without a fight.

COLOGNE, Germany — Roman Polanski has refused to be extradited from Switzerland to the United States over a decades-old underage sex case, the lawyer for the Oscar-winning director of “The Pianist” said Monday.

In a statement, Polanski’s French lawyer Herve Temime said he would ask Swiss authorities to release the 76-year-old director immediately.

“After that his defense team will demonstrate the illegal nature of the extradition request he is facing,” the statement said.

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Roman Polanski‘s new film The Ghost will now also star Timothy Hutton from Leverage. He Joins Ewan McGregor and Pierce Brosnan.

The film, which begins shooting this week in Berlin, tells the tale of a ghostwriter (Ewan McGregor) who is hired to complete the memoirs of a former British prime minister (Pierce Brosnan). When he uncovers secrets, his own life is put in jeopardy.

Hutton plays the role of the prime minister’s American lawyer. Tom Wilkinson, James Belushi and Kim Cattrall also are in the cast.

Polanski recently lost his attempt to come back to the USA, thankfully he’s still allowed to make movies. This one sounds good. Great cast!

Source: The Hollywood Reporter

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