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Roman Polanski - a master of fear pursued by his past Peter Bradshaw on the Oscar-winning director of The Pianist, arrested in Switzerland on a warrant relating to the rape of a 13-year-old girl in 1977'Forget it, Jake - it's Chinatown!' That was the famously nihilist ending to Roman Polanski's classic 1974 thriller, in which Jack Nicholson's private eye is told to abandon his investigations. Chinatown is just a swamp, on which justice can never be imposed and from which meaning will never be retrieved. For 30 years, the film business has tacitly applied the 'Chinatown' theory to the director's own unresolved scandal.The woman involved has since expressed forgiveness, and as a former prisoner of the Krakow ghetto, his wife murdered by the Charles Manson gang, Polanski has perhaps the extenuating argument that might have arisen in the psychological evaluation his trial judge ordered. Regardless, as the years went by, enthusiasm for the case receded, and Polanski's status as the grand old man of cinema grew, culminating in his Oscar for The GuardianCelebrity Autobiography Returns Oct. 12 with Shepherd, Bierko, Dratch, Johnston, Kane, Shear & More Celebrity Autobiography: In Their Own Words, the hit show that won the coveted 2009 Drama Desk Award for Unique Theatrical Experience, continues its sit-down, open-ended run at New York's Triad Theater, 158 West 72 Street, Monday, October 12, at 7:30pm with a cast that includes Scott Adsit, Craig Bierko, Rachel Dratch, Kristen Johnston, Carol Kane, Eugene Pack, Dayle Reyfel, Steve Schirripa, Claudia Shear, Sherri Shepherd, and Alan Zweibel. Broadwayworld.comPresident Barack Obama & First Lady Michelle Step Out in Style President Barack Obama and his beautiful wife, First Lady Michelle, dazzled at the annual Congressional Black Caucus Phoenix Awards ceremony in Washington D.C. -- ET has the pics! ET OnlineRoman Polanski Arrested in Switzerland on Way Old Sex Charge Accepting a lifetime achievement award may have been the blunder of a lifetime instead for director Roman Polanski. Relatively speaking, of course. Upon arriving in Switzland to receive... entertainment newsL.A. prosecutors set trap for Polanski Film News: District Attorney's office planned arrest in Zurich -- L.A. prosecutors planned Polanski arrest after learning he would be accepting award in Zurich. VarietySwiss police arrest Polanski Director taken into custody after flying in to accept award at Zurich Film Festival, faces extradition to United States for having sex with underage girl more than 30 years ago The Dallas Morning NewsDirector Roman Polanski Arrested Oscar-winning director Roman Polanski, who fled the U.S. in 1978 following his guilty plea to having sex with a 13-year-old girl, was arrested in Switzerland on Saturday. The Associated Press says the 76-year-old 'Chinatown' and 'Rosemary's Baby' director was arrested at the airport after flying in for the Zurich Film Festival, where he was expected to receive an honorary award. "There was a valid arrest request and we knew when he was coming," a spokesman from the Swiss Justice Ministry tells the AP. "That's why he was taken into custody." ET OnlineInqlings: CBS3 wins big at area Emmys With prizes in 15 categories, CBS3 was the big winner last night at the 27th Mid-Atlantic Emmy Awards, a black-tie gathering at the Loews Hotel. The Philadelphia InquirerIt`s really Dexter`s bio, two-thirds zesty For his seventh novel, Pete Dexter returns to small-town Georgia, the setting for 1998's Paris Trout, his grim and gripping National Book Award winner. The Philadelphia InquirerIbda`a Student Awards Accepting Entries for 2009 Editionprnewswire.com 1 2 |
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