Yesterday, the Daily News listed the various ways City Council members cut corners (read: possibly get away with stuff regular citizens can't) and one standout was how Councilman Ruben Wills (D-Queens) has two outstanding arrest warrants on pending criminal charges and owes $27,000 in child support. He told the News yesterday, "There is no excuse...While these events are more than 10 years old, I take full responsibility and I have taken steps to remedy the situation," and today he went to court to face his criminal charges from 1996. more ›

A judge in Chicago issued an arrest warrant for Knicks center Eddy Curry—for the second time! According to the Chicago Sun-Times, "Cook County Circuit Judge Alexander White ordered Curry’s arrest on Monday, after learning Curry failed to sign an agreement to pay the balance of a $660,000 legal settlement reached after he was sued for allegedly having sex with an underage girl. The case stems from a 2001 relationship the two had when she was 14 and Curry was 18." Other reports suggest that Curry, who is still owed over $11 million by the Knicks, is in financial trouble: He was ordered to pay $75,000/month on a defaulted personal loan and, last year, a bank issued a motion to foreclose on his $3.7 million home. more ›

An arrest warrant has been issued in Chicago for oft-troubled Knicks center Eddy Curry after he missed a payment to a woman with whom he had a six-month sexual relationship while she was underage. more ›

Roman Polanski's lawyer told Swiss newspapers that the acclaimed and controversial filmmaker is not in great shape. Herve Temine visited the 76-year-old, who has been in Swiss custody since September 26, and said to one paper, "I found him to be tired and depressed," and told another, "Roman Polanski...seemed very dejected when I visited him. Polanski was in an unsettled state of mind." Earlier this week, the Swiss authorities denied his request for bail. more ›

Filmmaker Roman Polanski will have to cool his heels in a Swiss jail for a little while longer, because his request that he be released from prison was denied. Folco Galli, a spokesman for the Federal Office of Justice in Bern, said, "We are still persuaded that there is still a danger that he will escape, and that liberation on bail could not guarantee his presence through the extradition proceedings." more ›

After the French Foreign Minister denounced the Swiss arrest—by way of U.S. arrest warrant for the 1977 rape of a 13-year-old— of filmmaker Roman Polanski by saying, "In the same way that there is a generous America that we like, there is also a scary America that has just shown its face," now the French government has offered a more measured view. According to Arts Beat, a French government spokesman said, "Roman Polanski is neither above or below the law... We have a judicial proceeding underway that is a serious affair, the rape of a minor, for which the American and Swiss justice systems are carrying on their work." more ›

As film director Roman Polanski remains in Swiss custody, after being arrested on a U.S. arrest warrant for the 1977 rape of a 13-year-old, his moviemaking brethren are rallying to his side. A number of notable film notables, including Martin Scorsese, Woody Allen, David Lynch, Jonathan Demme, and Pedro Almodovar, have reportedly signed a petition demanding his release. However, it's unlikely he'll be released on bail anytime soon. more ›