Monday 26 May 2008

Lost actress released from jail early

'Lost' actress Michelle Rodriguez has been released from jail after serving 17 days of a six-month sentence for probation violation.
The 29-year-old actress was freed from prison on Wednesday night, according to a statement released by the Los Angeles Sheriff's Department yseterday.
Last October a judge sentenced Rodriguez for violating her probation on previous drunken-driving and hit-and-run offences, saying that she should not be granted work furlough, early release or home confinement.
However, a Sheriff's official claimed that her early release was not unusual, saying that factors such as overcrowding and the severity of the crime are taken into consideration.
Rodriguez was previously sentenced to 60 days in jail for a probation violation in May 2006, but was released from prison after just four hours and 20 minutes.

Thursday 22 May 2008

Hollywood actors and studios to renew labor talks

Hollywood actors and studios to renew labor talks








LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - The Screen door Actors Lodge and major Hollywood studios agreed to repay to the bargaining table by May 28 to resume foreshorten dialogue that broke away more than a week ago, sources close to the talks said on Thursday.


The studios, represented by the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television system Producers, cut off trine weeks of negotiations on Whitethorn 6, saying talks had been "lunge into verso" by "unreasonable demands" from the union.


The studios turned then to separate take talks with SAG's smaller sister union, the American Federation of Television and Radiocommunication Artists, widely seen as more in all probability to get a labor deal quickly.


The exact timing for renewed Sag down negotiations hinges on how shortly it takes AFTRA and the studios to reach a resolution, but Droop and the studios experience agreed to resume their bargaining by English hawthorn 28 at the latest, the sources said.


The abrupt break in their talks last week stoked Hollywood labour jitters after a 100-day screenwriters assume that ended in February.


(Reportage by Steve Gorman; Redaction by Bob Tourtellotte)









Garraway wins damages over afffair claim

Garraway wins damages over afffair claim



GMTV presenter Kate Garraway has north Korean won extensive libel amends from deuce newspapers that claimed she was having an matter with her dancing instructor on the BBC show 'Strictly Come Dancing'.
The Daily Mirror and The William Ashley Sunday Mirror apologised to the 39-year-old and have handed o'er an undisclosed sum, believed to be sextet figures, in indemnity.
Garraway's lawyer Rachel Atkins said that the newspapers had falsely claimed she had cheated on her husband, former New Working class political lobbyist Derek Draper, with the terpsichorean Anton Du Beke.
Speech production in court, she said: "Contrary to the allegations, the claimant and her hubby are and were as congregation, happy and in love at the time of the publication as they had ever been."
"The field true statement was that the claimant and Anton Du Beke became friends during 'Strictly Come Dancing'. Since then they often worked and spent time together."
Garraway released a command after the hearing.
"I am gladiola that this matter is now over. The way my friendship with Anton was twisted into something sordid was awfully upsetting," she said.
Draper, world Health Organization retrained as a psychotherapist after going away political sympathies and now writes a column for the Mail On William Ashley Sunday, added: "I get always been gladiolus that Kate and Anton became such good friends and felt sick when that was distorted into something else exclusively."
Fan favourite Garraway was the seventh contestant voted forth 'Strictly Come up Dancing' simply earlier Yule having non managed to impress the book of Judges during her time on the render.





Friedemann

Friedemann   
Artist: Friedemann

   Genre(s): 
New Age
   Easy Listening
   



Discography:


Saitensprung   
 Saitensprung

   Year: 2007   
Tracks: 11


Legends of Light   
 Legends of Light

   Year: 1995   
Tracks: 10


Aquamarin   
 Aquamarin

   Year: 1990   
Tracks: 11


Indian Summer   
 Indian Summer

   Year: 1987   
Tracks: 10




 






Ork

Ork   
Artist: Ork

   Genre(s): 
Other
   



Discography:


Blessed By Evil   
 Blessed By Evil

   Year: 2000   
Tracks: 6




 






R. Kelly Denied Postponement In Child Pornography Trial

R. Kelly Denied Postponement In Child Pornography Trial




R&B star R. Kelly has had a last minute press to table his child porn trial denied. Conclusion week, Kelly's lawyers submitted a new motion appealing to take the case temporarily delayed due to a recent epoch "torrent of packaging" surrounding the case, which they feel could have a negative effect on the trial's result. Merely a Windy City,