Polanski may return to US to face charges, says lawyer

October 21st, 2009 LONDON - Jailed director Roman Polanski will appeal in the highest court in Switzerland after officials rejected his second bail request. Imdb.com reports that the moviemaker, who pleaded guilty to sexually assaulting a 13-year-old girl in the US but who fled to France in 1978 before he could be sentenced, has been behind bars since he was arrested last month as he travelled to attend a film festival in Zurich.

October 17th, 2009 Lawyer says Polanski undergoing medical testsPARIS — One of Roman Polanski's lawyers says the jailed filmmaker is undergoing medical tests, though his current condition "is not of exceptional gravity." Herve Temime told The Associated Press in a telephone interview that after Saturday's tests Polanski would return to the Swiss prison where he is being held on a U.S. arrest warrant for having sex with a 13-year-old girl in 1977.

October 13th, 2009 LONDON - Matthew Perry, the former "Friends" star, is set to return to TV with a single-camera comedy. Hollywoodreporter.com reports that the 40-year-old Perry thought of the idea and will play a self-involved manager of a not-so-great sports arena and begins to reflect on his life on his 40th birthday.

October 7th, 2009 LONDON - Acclaimed director Roman Polanski has been denied bail by a court in Switzerland and will have to remain in a Swiss prison pending possible extradition to the US for having sex with a 13 year-old-girl. The 76-year-old has been denied bail in Switzerland because it was feared he would flee abroad, the Swiss justice ministry revealed, thesun.co.uk reported.

October 4th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Bollywood actor Shiney Ahuja arrived here from Mumbai Sunday morning after spending 110 days in jail for allegedly raping his domestic help. He was granted bail Thursday.

October 3rd, 2009 MUMBAI - Bollywood actor Shiney Ahuja, who was Thursday granted bail by the Bombay High Court in a rape case, was released Saturday from the Arthur Road Jail where he spent 110 days. Shiney's lawyer Shirish Gupte told IANS Saturday evening that he was not aware when Shiney would be leaving for Delhi as stipulated by the high court while granting him bail on a surety of Rs.50,000 with several conditions.

October 1st, 2009 MUMBAI - Anupam Ahuja was overwhelmed and extremely relieved after her actor-husband Shiney Ahuja was granted bail Thursday after three months of judicial custody on charges of raping his domestic help. "This decision by the court has been overwhelming.

September 30th, 2009 France rushes to Polanski's defensePARIS — Was Roman Polanski "thrown to the lions because of ancient history?" That's what the French culture minister says — though not everyone in France agrees. The French government has rushed to the filmmaker's defense since he was arrested this weekend in Switzerland on a 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 22nd, 2009 LONDON - Jack Tweed, the 22-year-old widower of British reality TV star Jade Goody, appeared in court Monday with rape charges. He was remanded in custody and must return to court for a plea and case management hearing Nov 16.

September 11th, 2009 LONDON - Rap star Dappy has a secret conviction for spitting in a girl's face during a drunken brawl. He was handed a suspended jail term after admitting to assaulting a female fan.

August 19th, 2009 LOS ANGELES - Michael Jackson's private doctor, Conrad Murray, made his first public statement since coming under suspicion in the King of Pop's death and vowed he had told the truth to police. "I have done all I could do," Murray said in a one-minute video posted on YouTube.

July 28th, 2009 LONDON - Actor Jesse Metcalfe will return to the hit show "Desperate Housewives" and will reprise his role as the gardener. Metcalfe featured as the good looking gardener John Rowland when the series started in 2004.

July 15th, 2009 LONDON - Hollywood actress Renee Zellweger has signed on to appear in a third Bridget Jones film about the hapless diary-keeper. The first film Bridget Jones's Diary in 2001 grossed $282 million worldwide, while the 2004 sequel, Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason, raked in $262 million and bosses at British studio Working Title have decided it is time for Zellweger to return to the role to round out the trilogy, reports contactmusic.com.

June 7th, 2009 LONDON - Hollywood legend Robert De Niro was accosted by a drunk female fan on the set of his new film "Stone" in Michigan. The star was shooting "Stone" with fellow actor Edward Norton Friday when production had to be halted as a drunk woman barged on the sets.