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Roman Polanski Settles 1973 Underage Rape Case Before Heading to Trial

©Roman Polanski : Wanted and Desire A rape charges against director Roman Polanski have been dismissed and he will no longer have to face a trial, which had been scheduled for August of 2025. Polanski, now 91, fled the United States after he admitted to statutory rape charges against a 13-year-old girl in 1973. He…

Iconic ‘Chinatown,’ ‘Bonnie and Clyde’ Writer Robert Towne Died at 89

Photo by Don Simpson/Jerry Bruckheimer Films – © 1990   Robert Towne, the legendary Oscar-winning auteur noted especially for scripting Chinatown, died on July 1 in Los Angeles at the age of 89. Over a career spanning more than half a century, Towne scripted some of the most iconic films of his generation. His writing…

Cancel Culture Is Getting Out Of Control

Back in the summer of 2020, the 1939  Oscar-winning Gone With The Wind was removed from HBO Max, after 12 Years A Slave screenwriter John Ridley, who won the best adapted screenplay Oscar for his work, wrote a column in the Los Angeles Times saying it should not continue to be shown because of its…