politico.com - 10/8/2009
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Movie industry types calling for the release of director Roman Polanski last year gave $34,000 to Obama's presidential campaign and the Democratic Party, FEC records show. Polanski's arrest late last month by Swiss authorities in connection with a three-decade-old California underage sex case ...
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thenation.com - 10/1/2009
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thenation.com —
If a rapist escapes justice for long enough,
should the world hand him a get-out-of-jail-free card? If...
you're Roman Polanski, world-famous director, a lot of famous and gifted people think the answer is yes. Polanski, who drugged and anally raped ...
Roman Polanski Has a Lot of Friends
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It's All Obama's Fault
Talking Points Memo —
The week's worst in story concept and execution, from Politico: "Roman Polanski Backers Gave $34K to Barack Obama, DNC."
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Politico: Obama Pals Around With Roman Polanski Pals [Associations]
Gawker —
... By "pals around with," we mean "has received political donations from people who, subsequent to those donations, publicly expressed support for." Same difference! We await Politico's tally of the blood money Obama got from people who've appeared on Letterman. ...
French Polanski Defender Accused Of Sex With Underage Prostitutes [Scandale]
Jezebel —
... defense of Polanski may have had less to do with moral outrage than it did with his own sexual practices. And his admissions seem like they may be grounds for dismissal (though really, they were grounds for not appointing him in the first place ). But the manner in which they were "unearthed" (Lichfield's questionable term) raises a question about Polanski apologists in general: should they be subject to extra scrutiny because of their support of a rapist? Politico's Kenneth Vogel offers another example of this practice: he has totaled up all the contributions Polansky ...
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Roman Polanski Counter-Petition
bittenandbound.com 10/1/2009 —
As Hollywood and the liberal media rally around Roman Polanski , in “outrage” over the “injustice” of his arrest for the rape of 13-year-old Samantha Gailey (now Geimer), a counter-petition calling for Polanski to be brought to justice is being circulated.
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Roman Polanski: What Did He Do?
abcnews.go.com 9/30/2009 — In the more than 30 years since director Roman Polanski pleaded guilty to having sex with a 13-year-old girl and then fled the country before he was sentenced, he has continued to make movies and even won an Academy Award. Meanwhile, the details of ...
THE ROMAN POLANSKI UPDATE RAPE
filmdrunk.uproxx.com 10/1/2009 — (Polanski taking home Munchkinland’s highest honor, the enchanted toadstool)
The word around the campfire today is that Roman Polanski plans to fight his extradition to the US, hoping to make bail and/or have his case tried in Europe. Over ...
ROMAN POLANSKI NEVER PAID RAPE TAX
filmdrunk.uproxx.com 10/5/2009 —
The one good thing about getting raped by a celebrity nowadays is that usually they have to pay you lots of money. But it seems Roman Polanski managed to skip out on even that part of the rapequation. It turns out he’s not only a rapist, ...
Roman Polanski appealing extradition
thepaparazzis.com 9/30/2009 —
Lawyers for Oscar-winning film director Roman Polanski lodged an appeal with a Swiss court on Tuesday against his arrest on a U.S. extradition warrant to face sentence for having sex with a 13-year-old girl in 1977.
The Swiss Federal Penal Court said in a brief statement on its website ...
Polanski Wars
hollywood-elsewhere.com 9/29/2009 — The Telegraph's Matthew Moore reported this morning that Wikipedia administrators have blocked filmmaker Roman Polanski's Wikipedia page from being changed after an 'edit war' broke out following the news of Polanski's arrest two days ago in Zurich on ...
This Roman Polanski Chatter is Simply Out of Control
ropeofsilicon.com 9/29/2009 — Did you know hear what Zurich Film Festival jury president Debra Winger was quoted saying with regard to Roman Polanski's recent arrest? "We hope today this latest order will be dropped [as] it is based on a three-decade-old case that is all but dead ...
Polanski Watch – Day 2
filmshaft.com 9/29/2009 —
The legal tussle over the detention of Roman Polanski has deepened as the saga enters its third day with the filmmaker’s lawyers formally challenging the right of the Swiss authorities to detain the 76 year old.
The Swiss Federal Penal Court confirmed on their website that the Director ...
Rage, Roman and Repulsion
sunsetgun.typepad.com 10/1/2009 —
Upon hearing the news of Roman Polanski's arrest Sunday, and after arguing, discussing and thinking about the horribly mishandled case, especially by the late Judge Laurence Rittenband, and of course, the wrongful actions of Polanski towards ...
Bill Maher: Grilled —
The Wrap RSS 10/9/2009
By Sharon Waxman Winding up his seventh season of “Real Time With Bill Maher” on HBO, the straight-talking comedian (or is he a stand-up journalist?) started the season soft, but found his footing round about the time his ardor ...
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