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Penny Champayne, Afrodite, and Bananas Foster in the Gold Dust Orphans' production of "Valet of the Dolls.'' In a conversation that touches on bestiality, the Smurfs, and giant tap-dancing hypodermic needles, the funniest thing Ryan Landry says is this: "I don't do minimalism.'' Landry, of course, is the cofounder and main force of nature behind ...

Whatever your opinion of the current Roman Polanski controversy, one thing is clear: "Rosemary's Baby" is a heck of a movie.

Roman Polanski lost the first round Tuesday in his battle to avoid extradition to the U.S. for having sex in 1977 with... Cokie Roberts On Polanski: "Just Take Him Out And Shoot Him" A surprising number of celebrities and media figures have come to the defense of Roman Polanksi, arguing that the famous director should not have to... LOS ANGELES - ...

A lot of people would like to see Roman Polanski's head on a platter, Cokie Roberts included, now that the wily director is in Swiss custody for the 1977 rape of then 13 year old Samantha Geimer.

The isolated cabin in Death Valley where Charles Manson and his followers planned their murder sprees and where he was later arrested was gutted by a fire in May.

Some things are forgivable, others are not. Some are so deep that they transcend time, which only the naive believe heals all wounds.

The talk and counter-talk about Roman Polanski has grown so fierce, I can't even think straight.

In our new era of teachable moments, nothing has been so educational to me as Roman Polanski's arrest in Switzerland last week for having sex with a 13-year-old girl.

Posted by Dennis Prager on Oct 6th, 2009 and filed under FrontPage . You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 . You can leave a response or trackback to this entry "In defending the director , the entertainment industry faces a risk that it will seem out of touch with the audiences it seeks to connect with at the movie house." ...

Sexually abusing a 13-year-old girl is obviously a serious crime. And being an artistic genius never constituted, for any crime, an attenuating circumstance.

How can anyone support an admitted child rapist? The Issue: French and Polish officials try to intervene on behalf of Roman Polanski.

Hollywood is fiercely divided yet again regarding Roman Polanski 's 1977 rape of Samantha Geimer , who was 13 at the time.

MAIN: Roman Polanski leaves court in California in 1977. FROM LEFT: Polanski and Sharon Tate in the 1960s; Samantha Geimer last year; and Polanski earlier this year.

EVERY NOW and then, life provides us with an interesting sort of symmetry. Last week, Susan Atkins, one of the female disciples of Charles Manson, died in prison - four decades after vivisecting a nine-months pregnant Sharon Tate.

The Chinatown director's arrest on a 32-year-old charge of underage sex has outraged the French government and his fellow film-makers. But then, France has a long tradition of treating artists differently Film director Roman Polanski and his wife Sharon Tate in 1965, four years before she was murdered.

Brazil police say they have arrested more than 800 people in an operation against fugitives across Brazil's most populous state.

Barbara Miller reported this story on Monday, September 28, 2009 12:33:00 ELEANOR HALL: He should have been the guest of honour at the Zurich Film Festival, but instead Roman Polanski spent Sunday in a Swiss jail facing extradition to the United States.

Debra Tate, the sister of Roman Polanski's second wife, actress Sharon Tate, says Polanski is brilliant and a "good guy" and she doesn't think her former brother-in-law can get a fair trial in the United States.

By: Linda Deutsch, THE ASSOCIATED PRESS LOS ANGELES - Susan Atkins, a member of the Charles Manson "family" who admitted ruthlessly stabbing pregnant actress Sharon Tate to death in the cult's 1969 murder spree, has died in prison less than a month after a parole board turned down a bid for compassionate release.

Our Betters in Europe, of course, are outraged that Switzerland arrested and may extradite film director Roman Polanski, 76, a fugitive from California justice after he pleaded guilty to unlawful sex with a 13-year-old in 1977.