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25 Dec 2009 19:40

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Culture: Charlie Sheen Twitter reaction: Shock and skepticism

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25 Dec 2009 19:34

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Culture: Mugshot alert: Charlie Sheen arrested on domestic violence charges

  • On the scale of celebrity police mugshots, pretty high. OK, it’s no Nick Nolte. Mel Gibson might be slightly better. But it definitely outdoes Charles Barkley and a few others. Charlie Sheen, he of family-friendly image thanks to “Two and a Half Men,” was arrested on domestic violence charges in Aspen, Colorado this morning. He’s spending the day in jail. source
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04 Oct 2009 11:52

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U.S.: Yuck. Office McJerkbag threatened to break a skateboarder’s arm

  • We are not making excuses for the kid. He should not have spoken that way too the officer, because that’s asking for trouble. But, you know, he wasn’t resisting arrest according to the video. And the officer threatened to snap his arm like a twig. Skateboarding is not a crime. But, fortunately for the officer’s career, it is on video. source
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29 Sep 2009 09:46

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Culture: Roman Polanski to Swiss: Will you guys let me go? Please?

  • The director’s hoping for leniency. Roman Polanski submitted an application to a a Swiss court today asking to be let go. He’s willing to have limitations set on his freedom. The court will decide in the next few weeks whether to let him go. Man, if they let him go after all the fuss they made about capturing him … that would be a #)&!storm. source
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28 Sep 2009 20:35

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Culture: So, why didn’t they arrest Roman Polanski a long time ago?

  • Critics say they had their chances. People following the director’s long, crazy road to arrest don’t understand the timing of Polanski’s capture. It wasn’t like he had never been to Switzerland. In fact, he had a home there and openly traveled to the country. But authorities claim it was a matter of knowing when he was going to be there, but they hadn’t been scoping him out closely. source
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28 Sep 2009 08:33

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Culture: The support for arrested director Roman Polanski remains strong

  • I am shocked that any man of 76, whether distinguished or not, should have been treated in such a fashion. It is hard not to believe that this heavy-handed action must be in some way politically motivated.
  • British novelist and recent Roman Polanski writing partner Robert Harris • Describing his distaste for Polanski’s arrest. Harris isn’t alone in feeling this way about the incident – French Culture Minister Frederic Mitterrand and Polish Foreign Minister Radoslaw Sikorski have both stuck their necks out for the famed director. In Sikorski’s case, he may directly ask President Obama for a pardon. • source
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27 Sep 2009 12:14

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Culture: Daily Poll: Roman Polanski’s arrest – was it necessary?

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27 Sep 2009 10:33

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Culture: Roman Polanski’s been avoiding extradition for a long time now

  • 31 years since Polanski fled the U.S. out of fear he was going to jail for statutory rape; he’s lived in France most of that time
  • 76 age of the director, who has dealt with a lot of weird stuff in his life, including the Manson family murdering his wife, Sharon Tate source
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27 Sep 2009 10:20

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Culture: Roman Polanski arrested in Switzerland for some old crime

Well, so much for that whole Swiss neutrality thing that Polanski was probably riding on when he went to pick up a lifetime achievement award. source
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25 Sep 2009 00:34

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Culture: Randy Quaid’s hijinks lead to an arrest over an unpaid hotel bill

  • $10,000 size of the Quaids’ collective hotel bill that they hadn’t paid
  • $20,000 size of the bail facing Randy and his wife Evi – each source
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