Chinatown News

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.

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.

Roman Polanski has been released from prison to receive medical care. The 76-year-old director - who faces being extradited to America from France after fleeing to the country in 1978 when he was convicted of unlawful sex with a minor - was taken to an undisclosed hospital from his Swiss jail to get the necessary treatment.

Share + Oct 20, 2009 7:20 am US/Eastern Judge Orders 76-Year-Old Filmmaker Held Pending U.S. Extradition Request in 1977 Sex Case GENEVA 1 of 1 Director Roman Polanski attends Che Tempo Che Fa TV Show held at RAI Studios on November 23, 2008 in Milan, Italy.

Artist: Polanski, Roman Ewan McGregor in Roman Polanski's upcoming film, The Ghost.

U.S. Formally Requests Polanski's Extradition Share + Oct 23, 2009 8:02 am US/Central U.S. Formally Requests Polanski's Extradition GENEVA 1 of 1 Director Roman Polanski attends Che Tempo Che Fa TV Show held at RAI Studios on November 23, 2008 in Milan, Italy.

In one of the great ironies, the 35th anniversary edition of Chinatown came out this month, nearly at the same time that its director, Roman Polanski, was arrested in Switzerland after fleeing Los Angeles over 30 years ago following a downward guilty plea and brief imprisonment for unlawful sex with a minor.

Polanski may choose to face charges in U.S. 18:44' 22/10/2009 Oscar-winning director Roman Polanski may choose to go the United States to face charges of having sex with a minor, the Agence Telegraphique Suisse reported on Wednesday.

One of Switzerland's top judges has defended the authorities' decision to tip off U.S. officials about director ROMAN POLANSKI's whereabouts, leading to his arrest in Zurich last month .

The DVD Dissection: Chinatown - Centennial Collection Posted by Chad Webb on 10.21.2009 Welcome to Chinatown, where noses are slit and water is fiendishly stolen.