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Strictly Come Dancing: live!
12 December 2009 2:03 PM, PST
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Laila and Anton were booted off the show last week after losing in the dance-off to Ricky and Natalie. So who will join them in discarded pile this week?
All of last week's Strictly action
It's the Strictly semi-finals and Lily Allen will be singing, Darcey Bussell will be judging and one of the couples will be going home. So who will make it to next week's grand final? (Yes, there is only one more week until we're all done here). Ali and Brian? Chris and Ola? Ricky and Natalie? And is some catastrophic injury just waiting round the corner for one of the finalists in any case?
Join us on Saturday from 6.45pm for an hour and a quarter of dancing magic – and discussion of steps, scores and of course sequins. With hopefully not even the smallest hint of Bruce becoming a stripogram. Eek. See you then!
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Full of the strange
5 December 2009 4:09 PM, PST
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In September Roman Polanski was arrested in Switzerland. He faces extradition to the Us, having fled the States in 1978 to avoid being sentenced for unlawful sexual intercourse with a minor. The debate about the case has raged ever since. Martin Amis was the first writer to interview Polanski after his flight, meeting him in Paris in 1979 for a magazine article. Here, we publish the encounter in full
When I was being driven to the police station from the hotel, the car radio was already talking about it. The newsmen were calling the police before I was arrested to see whether they can break the news. I couldn't believe… I thought, you know, I was going to wake up from it. I realise, if I have killed somebody, it wouldn't have had so much appeal to the press, you see? But… fucking, you see, and the young girls. Judges want to fuck young girls.
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Eric Dane Loves Burlesque
17 November 2009 10:51 PM, PST
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Eric Dane, lately of Grey's Anatomy and last seen on the big screen in Marley & Me, has signed up to join the cast of Burlesque, the Christina Aguilera-story of a small town girl with a big voice who dared to dream of moving to the city and dancing about in her scanties.The cast also includes Cher as the owner of the burlesque club, Stanley Tucci, Alan Cumming, Kristen Bell and Cam Gigandet as a struggling piano player / bar man. Gee, wonder which of those is the love interest? (For those of you who said Bell, congratulations: like Go West, you're the king of wishful thinking).Dane will join the line-up as "a charming, successful businessman who offers to buy Tess (Cher) out of the burlesque club and vies for Ali's heart."Shooting started on November 9, with Steve Antin writing and directing. For those of you who don't know who he is,
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Filmmaker Roman Polanski's arrest to spark extradition fight
27 September 2009 12:43 PM, PDT
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Fugitive director Roman Polanski, whose tumultuous life has overshadowed his film career, was arrested this weekend in Zurich after U.S. authorities sought to have him extradited to face sentencing for having sex with a 13-year-old girl in 1977.Polanski, 76, was taken into custody on Saturday after arriving in Switzerland to receive a lifetime achievement award at the Zurich Film Festival the next day.Amid protests from his native France and from his former homeland of Poland, he now faces a court battle over extradition, and perhaps even a new trial in Los Angeles."Some form of justice will finally be done," said Los Angeles County District Attorney Steve Cooley. "He received a very, very, very lenient sentence back then, which would never be achievable under today's laws, and we'll see what the court wants to do in terms of the sentence and the parameters within the case settlement they had back then.
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Sarkozy Gives Nod To Late French Filmmaker Berri
12 January 2009 11:12 AM, PST
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French President Nicolas Sarkozy has led the tributes to late director and producer Claude Berri, praising him for his lasting influence in international cinema.
Berri died aged 74 following his hospitalisation at the Pitie-Salpetriere hospital in Paris at the weekend (begs10Jan09) for a serious neurological condition.
Announcing his passing on Monday the office of President Nicolas Sarkozy said, "He could work in every register and make us laugh or cry, but above all, he made his public think and ask questions; he educated the viewer."
Berri's most popular works include international hit Jean de Florette and Manon des Sources, starring Gerard Depardieu, Yves Montand and Emmanuelle Beart.
As a producer, his credits included Roman Polanski's 1979 drama Tess, and 2008 film Bienvenue chez les Ch'tis - regarded as the most successful French film made to date.
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French Filmmaker Berri Dead At 74
12 January 2009 8:10 AM, PST
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Oscar-winning French director Claude Berri has died from a stroke at the age of 74.
The filmmaker, actor, screenwriter and producer was admitted to a Paris hospital on Saturday night with a "very serious neurological condition" after suffering from a blood clot on the brain.
He spent the remainder of the weekend under observation in the intensive care unit, but was pronounced dead on Monday, his agent has confirmed.
A statement released by his publicist simply reads, "Claude Berri died this morning at La Salpétrière Hospital in Paris of a stroke."
Born in Paris in 1934, Berri started his career as an actor, starring in movies by Claude Chabrol, before moving behind the camera.
He was best known for his producing role on Roman Polanski's award-winning 1979 film Tess, and picked up an Academy Award for his short film Le Poulet in 1966.
Berri was also noted for his work on 1986 movie Jean de Florette, 1990's Uranus, and Germinal - the most expensive French feature film ever made at the time of its release in 1993.
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Oscar-winning Director Berri In Intensive Care
11 January 2009 11:28 PM, PST
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French filmmaker Claude Berri was hospitalised on Saturday with a "very serious neurological condition", according to medics in Paris.
The Oscar-winning director, best known for his producing role on Roman Polanski's award-winning film Tess, was admitted to the French capital's Salpetriere hospital's neurological centre after suffering from a blood clot on the brain.
Berri, who picked up his Academy Award for his short film Le Poulet in 1996, is under observation in an intensive care unit. He suffered a stroke several years ago.
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