Actor Peter Fonda says authorities should focus on catching bin Laden, not Polanski

October 6th, 2009 Swiss reject Polanski's bid for prison releaseBERN, Switzerland — The Swiss Justice Ministry says it has rejected an appeal from Roman Polanski to be released from prison pending his possible extradition to the United States. Ministry spokesman Folco Galli told The AP on Tuesday that the government maintains there is a high risk that Polanski might flee if released from custody.

October 2nd, 2009 NEW YORK - Roman Polanski's neighbours in Gstaad, Switzerland, have extended their support to the director, who has been arrested by Swiss authorities on a US warrant following charges of unlawful intercourse with a 13-year-old in 1977. The New York Post quoted a neighbour as saying: "Everybody loves him....

October 1st, 2009 Former CHEERS actress KIRSTIE ALLEY is one star not supporting filmmaker ROMAN POLANSKI as he battles extradition to the U.S. to face sentencing for a 32-year-old sex crime.

September 30th, 2009 Lawyer: Polanski to seek release from Swiss prisonZURICH — A lawyer representing imprisoned director Roman Polanski says his legal team will file a motion Tuesday seeking his release from a Swiss prison. Herve Temime told The Associated Press on Tuesday that Polanski's representatives had hoped to hand in all necessary documents to Swiss authorities on Monday.

September 30th, 2009 Tate's sister: Polanski won't get fair US trialNEW YORK — 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. Tate told NBC's "Today" show Wednesday that the U.S.

September 30th, 2009 Swiss justice official: Bail for Polanski possibleZURICH — The Swiss Justice Ministry says Roman Polanski could be released on bail under very strict conditions that he doesn't flee Switzerland. Spokesman Guido Balmer says such an arrangement is "not entirely excluded" under Swiss law and that Polanski can file a motion seeking his release on bail.

September 30th, 2009 Lawyer: Polanski will fight extradition to the USZURICH — The French lawyer for Roman Polanski says the director will fight a request for his extradition from Switzerland to the United States to face justice in a 32-year-old sex case. Herve Temime says Polanski has "refused the extradition request" and that a Swiss lawyer for the 76-year-old director will file a motion for his release from Swiss custody.

September 29th, 2009 LONDON - Wikipedia has locked the page on director Roman Polanski who has been detained for an unlawful sex case. Editors of the online encyclopaedia are divided on whether his success as a film-maker should be emphasized on the page or his arrest over unlawful sexual intercourse with a minor.

September 29th, 2009 ROMAN POLANSKI has "agreed to participate" in BRETT RATNER's forthcoming sequel to a controversial documentary about the ROSEMARY'S BABY director. Ratner announced on Sunday (27Sep09) he will be producing a sequel to Marina Zenovich's 2008 documentary, Roman Polanski: Wanted and Desired - about the moviemaker's refusal to return to the U.S.

September 28th, 2009 LONDON - Roman Polanski's rape victim has repeatedly requested the authorities to withdraw the charges against the director. The 76-year-old filmmaker has already confessed to having had sex with Samantha Geimer during a photoshoot for a fashion magazine in 1977, when she was just 13.

September 27th, 2009 A senior French politician has slammed the decision to arrest ROMAN POLANSKI in Switzerland. The acclaimed director was taken into custody on Saturday (26Sep09) on a 1978 U.S.

September 27th, 2009 Controversial filmmaker ROMAN POLANSKI has been arrested in Switzerland. He was taken into custody on Saturday (26Sep09) on a 1978 U.S.

September 27th, 2009 ZURICH - Film director Roman Polanski has been arrested in Switzerland under a 31-year-old US arrest warrant and may be extradited to face sex abuse charges, police in Zurich said Sunday. The director, who has been wanted since 1978 in the US on charges of having sex with a 13-year-old girl, had been due to receive a prize at the Zurich Film Festival, but was arrested as he arrived at Zurich airport Saturday evening.

September 7th, 2009 JANE FONDA is planning to marry her boyfriend at the end of the year (09) in front of two of her ex-husbands, according to U.K. reports. Fonda was recently rumoured to be planning her fourth wedding, to 67-year-old record producer Richard Perry, but a spokeswoman for the actress insisted the pair will not be exchanging vows any time soon.

June 18th, 2009 Jane Fonda undergoes surgery to replace left kneeNEW YORK — Jane Fonda has undergone surgery to replace her left knee. The Oscar-winning actress had the operation Tuesday, and blogged about it beforehand.