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Roman Polanski appeared set to be released from jail on bail Thursday and placed under house arrest in his chalet in the Alps pending a decision on his extradition to the U.S. for having sex in 1977 with a 13-year-old girl.

A nude photo of film director Roman Polanski, who is now being held in a Swiss prison, and his wife Sharon Tate taken shortly before she was brutally murdered, will be sold at an upcoming auction where it could fetch more than $10,000, organizers said.

Los Angeles, CA, November 21, 2009 -- When successful classical music composer and conductor, Phillip Lambro was hired by the acclaimed director Roman Polanski in 1974 to compose the film score to Chinatown, Lambro found himself thrown into one of the biggest power struggles in classic celluloid history between film director Roman Polanski and ...

The director's French lawyer, Herve Temime, told Le Figaro newspaper in an interview published on Friday that Polanski would not return voluntarily to the US .

Caption: Faye Dunaway 'Get Low' premiere held at the Roy Thomson Hall - 2009 Toronto International Film Festival Toronto, Canada .... Veteran movie star FAYE DUNAWAY is facing eviction from her New York City home for allegedly failing to pay her rent.

David Plouffe, President Obama's former campaign manager, is just full of revelations -- or at least his new book, "The Audacity to Win," is.

Wednesday, November 11, 2009 by Dave Winer. For some reason there are two bits of movie dialog stuck in my head.

Emma Thompson a 'Madame is but passing through petitions' Photograph: Guignebourg-Nebinger/ABACA/PA Photos Is there a more enchanting soap opera than that surrounding the petition to release Roman Polanski , which this week revived its Emma Thompson plotline? You might be aware that Em was an original signatory, but removed her name a fortnight ago ...

The TV show where the under aged meet the over respected. How can anyone think Polanski should be let off? A17 HOST: Its Blind Date: Roman Holiday edition! The show where we take Roman Polanski and a 13-year-old girl who he's never met - and see if they click! I'm your host, Skip Sparkle! Lets meet our first contestant.

Roman Polanski has appealed again to the Swiss courts to be released from prison on bail, officials said Tuesday, the latest step in the director's protracted legal battle to avoid extradition to the United States.

Remember those old ads forsome brand of cigarette that the tobacco industry was pitching at women that crowed"You've come a long way, baby?" I suppose that the catch phrase was true enough, even if it was encouraging women to buy a product designed for their use that probably ended up killing a lot of them.

The French lawyer for director Roman Polanski, who is waiting in a Swiss jail for a decision on his extradition to the U.S. on a 32-year-old sex case, says a new bail offer of "very, very significant" cash will be made.

A hearing has been scheduled for next month in director Roman Polanski's effort to win dismissal of the 1977 sexual assault case that led to his arrest in September.

A California appeals court is stepping into the Roman Polanski case. The California Second District Court of Appeal on Monday set oral arguments in the case for Dec.

Roman Polanski's arrest has caused his victim health problems and job worries, and she just wants to be left alone, her attorney wrote in a court filing.

PARIS: Roman Polanski will file a new request before a Swiss court to be released from jail while the Oscar-winning director awaits a decision on a US extradition request, his French attorney said Saturday.

A California appeals court on Tuesday put on hold a hearing sought by Roman Polanski, at the request of the fugitive filmmaker, as he tries to dismiss his 30-year-old conviction for having sex with a minor.

'The media can't get anything straight ... The idea that this girl was in her communion dress, a little angel all in white, being raped by this awful Jew, 'Polacko' - that's what people were calling him - well, the story is totally different now from what it was then ... Anti-Semitism got poor Polanski.' Polanski, now 76, was arrested in ...

Actress Faye Dunaway really was scouting locations a few months ago when she had a private party at the Book-Cadillac Hotel's champagne bar.

Film-maker Roman Polanski was arrested at the request of the United States on trying to enter Switzerland on Saturday evening to receive a prize, the Zurich Film Festival said in a statement on Sunday.