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Embattled moviemaker ROMAN POLANSKI edited his new film THE GHOST WRITER = from a jail cell in Switzerland, according to the film’s stars PIERCE BRO= SNAN and EWAN MCGREGOR.
The director was arrested and detained on a 32-year-old sex crime charg= e last year (Sep09) - before work on the new film had been completed.
Ever the professional, the exiled filmmaker, who is now under house arr= est at his chalet in Gstaad, Switzerland, made arrangements to complete t= he film behind bars.
Brosnan tells CNN, "He would be in his nine-foot by four-foot cell, edi= t the movie and give it to the warden. The warden would give it to his la= wyer (who would) then give it to the editor." McGregor adds, "I think he had no other option." Polanski, who is fighting extradition to America - where he faces sente= ncing for a 1978 charge of having unlawful sexual intercourse with a mino= r, was unable to attend the film’s recent premiere at the Berlin Film Fes= tival in Germany, but he staged an intimate screening at his house.
At one point, McGregor feared another director would be commissioned to= complete Polanski’s film: "I thought it would be a great pity to be in t= he only Polanski film that wasn’t finished by Polanski."

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American actor ANDREW KOENIG has been reported missing to Vancouver polic= e.
Koenig, best-known for his role as Boner on 1980s U.S. TV show Growing = Pains, was last seen on 14 February 2010.
The 42 year old missed a flight out of the city on 16 February (10).
Authorities are now searching for the actor, who was staying with burle= sque artist Jenny Magenta, while in Vancouver, according to Popeater.com.
Magenta took to her Facebook page on Friday (19Feb10) to ask for help f= inding Koenig, whose parents told her he may be "severely depressed".
The family has asked that anyone with information regarding Koenig’s wh= ereabouts contact Detective Raymond Payette of the Vancouver Police Depar= tment.
Koenig’s father is former Star Trek star Walter Koenig. (JMA/WNWCPOP/IG=

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DAVID BOWIE’s son DUNCAN JONES choked back tears as he picked up the awar= d for outstanding debut by a U.K. film-maker for his first movie Moon at = the British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) Awards on Sunday = night (21Feb10).
Jones was handed the first honour during the ceremony at London’s Royal= Albert Hall and had to compose himself as Colin Firth presented him with= the prize.
Jones told the audience it’s taken him his whole life to realise he wan= ted to be a film-maker - and the BAFTA Award is a vindication of his care= er choice.
During his speech, Jones said, "Wow, thank you so much. I didn’t actual= ly realise how much this meant to me. It’s taken me an awful long time to= know what I wanted to do with my life. Finally, I think I’ve found what = I love doing and I just want to thank everyone who helped me get there." Meanwhile Kathryn Bigelow’s war thriller The Hurt Locker was given the = Outstanding Screenplay title, beating off competition from Quentin Tarant= ino’s Inglourious Basterds, Todd Phillips’ The Hangover, The Coens’ A Ser= ious Man, and Pete Docter and Bob Peterson’s Up.
The Hurt Locker, British film An Education, sci-fi blockbuster Avatar, = Precious: Based on the Novel Push by Sapphire, and Up In The Air are set = to compete for the night’s Best Picture prize.
An Education star Carey Mulligan is up for Best Actress, facing competi= tion from Hollywood veteran Meryl Streep (Julie & Julia), French star Aud= rey Tautou (Coco Before Chanel), Saoirse Ronan (The Lovely Bones), and Ga= bourey Sidibe (Precious: Based on the Novel Push by Sapphire).
Meanwhile, Brit actor Colin Firth is nominated for his performance in f= ashion designer Tom Ford’s directorial debut, A Single Man. He will compe= te in the Best Actor category alongside Jeff Bridges (Crazy Heart), Georg= e Clooney (Up In The Air), Jeremy Renner (The Hurt Locker) and Andy Serki= s (Sex & Drugs & Rock & Roll).

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CELINE DION has been left "bruised and numb" from her ongoing in-vitro fe= rtilisation (IVF) treatment and constantly bursts into tears over her pre= gnancy heartache.
The 41 year old has been trying for a second child with husband Rene An= gelil and she has undergone four failed attempts by doctors to implant em= bryos in her uterus as they strive to expand their family. The couple had= embryos frozen for in-vitro fertilisation while trying to conceive their= first child, Rene-Charles, now nine.
In August (09) the singer confirmed she was expecting, but their happin= ess ended in heartbreak when doctors informed the couple that Dion was no= long pregnant - and the star admits she broke down when she was told the= tragic news.
In footage from her documentary, Celine: Through The Eyes Of The World,= she says, "Rene answered the phone and when I saw the tears running down= his face, I knew it wasn’t the news we have been longing for.
"You do everything right and you’re careful and you rest and then… th= e disappointment hits you like a wave. But I swear, I’ll keep trying unti= l it works." But the process isn’t easy for the My Heart Will Go On hitmaker.
Dion reveals, "I give the shots (of fertility drugs) to myself. My thig= hs are bruised and numb and full of lumps from the long needles that go d= eep into the muscle. I don’t want people saying, ‘Oh, poor Celine,’ but i= t does take a lot out of me.
"Sometimes I just suddenly burst into tears for no reason. Rene and I w= ant this so much and we go crazy waiting for the results. As a girl who g= rew up with 13 siblings, I found it hard."

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DANIEL CRAIG has sparked rumours he’s secretly married his longterm girlf= riend after the British actor was spotted wearing a ring on his wedding f= inger.
The James Bond star has been dating Satsuki Mitchell for six years, but= has always refused to comment on his personal life.
Gossips were sent into a frenzy earlier this week (begs15Feb10) when Cr= aig was seen strolling through Brentwood, California wearing a gold band = on his left hand - and insiders are convinced he and Mitchell are now hus= band and wife.
A source tells Britain’s Daily Mail newspaper, "We all suspect they hav= e got married. He has always said Satsuki is the one but he didn=E2=80=99= t want a big showbiz wedding, that would be his worst nightmare. He=E2=80= =99s very private." The couple was rumoured to have become engaged in 2008 after Mitchell w= as seen sporting a diamond ring on her wedding finger.

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Rocker STING has defended his decision to perform for Uzbekistan’s presid= ent, because calling off the show would have been a "pointless gesture".
The former Police star staged a private concert last year (Oct09) for P= resident Islam Karimov, who has been slammed by officials at the United N= ations who have accused him of "institutionalised, systematic, and rampan= t" torture in his regime.
The singer was criticised by Britain’s former ambassador to Uzbekistan,= Craig Murray, who branded Sting "stupid" to agree to the gig, for which = he is rumoured to have been paid $3.2 million (=C2=A32 million).
He said, "It appears Sting is a hypocrite. He’s incredibly stupid to be= unaware of what sort of regime it is. His human rights and environmental= activism seem to have flown out the window." And although the 58-year-old star has branded President Karimov "mediev= al" and "tyrannical", he has no regrets about the private show.
In a statement, Sting says, "I played in Uzbekistan a few months ago. T= he concert was organised by the president=E2=80=99s daughter and I believ= e sponsored by Unicef.
"I am well aware of the Uzbek president=E2=80=99s appalling reputation = in the field of human rights as well as the environment. I made the decis= ion to play there in spite of that.
"I have come to believe that cultural boycotts are not only pointless g= estures, they are counter-productive, where proscribed states are further= robbed of the open commerce of ideas and art and as a result become even= more closed, paranoid and insular.
"I seriously doubt whether the President of Uzbekistan cares in the sli= ghtest whether artists like myself come to play in his country, he is her= metically sealed in his own medieval, tyrannical mindset."

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WESTLIFE landed the Best Pop Act honour at the annual Meteor Ireland Musi= c Awards on Friday (19Feb10) - for a record tenth time.
The boy band, who have enjoyed a career spanning more than a decade, we= re honoured at Dublin’s RDS venue.
Snow Patrol landed the Best Band trophy, while The Script scooped the B= est Irish Live Performance of the Year for their set at the Oxygen festiv= al in the city last year (Jul09).
U2’s No Line on the Horizon was beaten to the Best Album award by The C= oronas’ record Tony Was An Ex-Con - and the group was stunned to be hande= d the top honour.
Lead singer Danny O=E2=80=99Reilly says, "I know people say this all th= e time, but we really, really didn=E2=80=99t expect this. We just assumed= like everyone else that U2 would win. We hadn=E2=80=99t a clue." Other winners at the annual prizegiving included Florence and the Machi= ne, who took home the Best International Band award, and Brian Kennedy, w= ho received this year’s (10) Lifetime Achievement Award. (CL/WNWCDAM&WNWC=

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RONNIE WOOD’s ex-girlfriend EKATERINA IVANOVA has dismissed speculation o= f a reunion after the rocker was spotted entering the Russian’s home earl= ier this month (Feb10) - the ROLLING STONES star was visiting to apologis= e for their public bust-up in December (09).
Wood was cautioned by police after allegedly choking Ivanova during a 3= 0-minute heated argument outside a restaurant in Surrey, England. The pai= r, who started dating in 2008, split shortly after the incident.
The rocker sparked rumours he was trying to rekindle his romance with I= vanova when he was seen going to her London home - but the former cocktai= l waitress has laughed off the reports, insisting she is just rebuilding = her friendship with Wood.
She tells Britain’s Mail on Sunday newspaper, "Nothing physical happen= ed. We only hugged. I showed him around my flat. A couple of my friends w= ere also there so it wasn’t that intimate.
"He stopped drinking a month ago and seemed calmer. His eyes looked bri= ghter and his skin seemed clearer. We ate tuna sashimi - a takeaway - dra= nk water and laughed about how crazy our relationship had been.
"He apologised for his behaviour for the first time. I forgave him and = we hugged. I think he has realised the world doesn’t revolve around him." And Ivanova also reveals she is still undergoing therapy to help her mo= ve on from the tumultuous 18-month union.
She adds, "My heart has been blackened by what happened. By the end, I = was dead inside. I felt isolated. I lost all confidence and I’m still hav= ing counselling."

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Rapper EVE owes a massive $357,000 (=C2=A3223,000) to U.S. tax officials,= according to new reports.
Internal Revenue Service (IRS) officials are chasing the star - full na= me Eve Jihan Jeffers - after she allegedly fell behind on her income tax = payments during 2008 and 2009.
The Detroit News reports four separate liens have been filed against Ev= e at a Los Angeles court since 2008; two from the IRS totalling $271,684 = (=C2=A3169,802) and two from officials of the state of California totalli= ng $85,656 (=C2=A353,535).
It comes just weeks after the rapper was linked to a multi-million doll= ar money laundering investigation centred around her on/off boyfriend Teo= dorin Nguema.

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JOE JACKSON is convinced his son MICHAEL approached ELVIS PRESLEY’s forme= r doctor to prescribe him drugs prior to his death last June (09) - and w= ants the medic investigated by officials.
The Jackson family patriarch was granted permission by a Los Angeles ju= dge on Friday (19Feb10) to trawl through his late son’s medical records, = after the King of Pop’s personal physician Dr. Conrad Murray pleaded not = guilty to a count of involuntary manslaughter.
Murray stands accused of administering the dose of powerful anaesthetic= Propofol which killed the star.
But Joe Jackson has claimed Murray is not the only high-profile doctor = who could be linked to Michael’s death. He is sure his son also consulted= the man who treated late music icon Presley - George Nichopoulos, also k= nown as Dr. Nick.
And he wants cops to question Dr. Nick over his dealings with the King = Of Pop.
He tells Britain’s Daily Star Sunday, "All of these guys that gave Mich= ael what they shouldn’t have need to be looked at.
"We have heard that Michael even tried to get drugs from Elvis’ doctor = - some guy called Dr Nick. There’s a whole bunch of other people that nee= d to be questioned too.
"Michael was not well. We tried to help him but we couldn’t get to him.= People stopped us from getting to him. There were more people involved t= han Murray. Murray is just the fall guy.
"I will not stop until I get justice for my son. Justice means a murder= charge for everyone involved. All I am after is just justice, that sort = of a thing."

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Cycling ace LANCE ARMSTRONG was left red-faced when police arrived at his= Texas home on Saturday (20Feb10) - after he accidentally called the emer= gency services.
The former Tour de France champion was at his home in Austin, Texas wit= h his children, Luke, Isabelle and Grace, when he attempted to dial his p= al Dave Bolch.
But he accidentally entered a digit of Bolch’s number wrong - and was l= eft stunned when cops turned up at his house minutes later.
Armstrong explained the mishap in a post on his Twitter.com page. He wr= ites, "Cops at house. Someone dialled 911. After interrogating the kids w= e figured out yours truly misdialled (Bolch) whose number starts with 913= .. Doh!!" (CL/WNTWT&WNWCGC/LR) ————————————————————————-=

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JAMES MCAVOY has been slammed by executives at a leading Scottish charity= after he joked about plans for his assassin character in the WANTED sequ= el to suffer from an eating disorder.
The actor had to bulk up his frame for the first film, in which he star= red alongside Angelina Jolie, and he recently revealed he isn’t looking f= orward to returning to the gym to regain his muscled physique.
He said, "I might go skinny for the next film - he’s a bulimic assassin= , he vomits after killing… No matter what the script says, I think I’m = gonna play the second film like he’s in dire need of therapy. And I think= he might’ve stopped eating." But his comments have provoked outrage from officials at the Centre for= Eating Disorders in his native Scotland.
Spokesperson Grace Coia says, "It is a sad misrepresentation which coul= d lead people to think bulimia is socially acceptable."

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HEROES star ADRIAN PASDAR has been charged with driving under the influen= ce (DUI) after he was arrested by police last month (Jan10).
The 44-year-old actor, who is married to Dixie Chicks singer Natalie Ma= ines, was pulled over by cops in the early hours of 27 January (10) after= he was allegedly clocked driving over 90 miles-an-hour (144.8 kilometres= -an-hour) on a freeway in Los Angeles.
He was arrested after allegedly refusing a breathalyzer test, and held = on $15,000 (=C2=A39,375) bail.
And now Pasdar has been officially charged, according to TMZ.com.
He faces up to six months in jail and a $1,000 (=C2=A3625) fine if conv= icted. The star is due back in court on Wednesday (24Feb10). (CL/WNWCZM/L=

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THE HURT LOCKER and UP IN THE AIR were the big winners at The Writers Gui= ld of America awards on Saturday (20Feb09) - landing the board’s most pre= stigious honours.
Kathryn Bigelow’s The Hurt Locker received the prize for Best Original = Screenplay for Mark Boal’s writing, while Up In The Air’s scribes Jason R= eitman and Sheldon Turner were honoured with Best Adapted Screenplay for = their reworking of Walter Kirn’s novel.
The Cove, a film about the killing of dolphins in Japan, won the Best D= ocumentary Screenplay for Mark Monroe.
In the TV categories, Mad Men was named Best Drama Series, while 30 Roc= k landed the Best Comedy Series honour. Best New Series went to Modern Fa= mily.
Other winners included The Young and the Restless, which was named Best= Serial, and The Simpsons, which won a Best Animation award at the simult= aneous ceremonies in Los Angeles and New York.

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Embattled moviemaker ROMAN POLANSKI has landed the prestigious Best Direc= tor award at the Berlin Film Festival for his latest offering THE GHOST W= RITER.
The 76 year old was honoured with the Silver Bear prize for his work on= the political thriller, which stars Ewan McGregor and Pierce Brosnan.
The movie’s producer Alain Sarde picked up the award on the filmmaker’s= behalf, as Polanski is currently under house arrest at his Swiss chalet,= and he told the audience the director will be delighted with the honour.
He said, "I am sure Roman will be very happy. However, when I was lamen= ting with him that he cannot be with us, he said to me, ‘Even if I could,= I wouldn’t because the last time I went to a festival to get a prize, I = ended up in jail.’" The reference was a nod to Polanski’s arrest in September (09) when he = was detained as he arrived in Switzerland to receive a lifetime achieveme= nt award at the Zurich Film Festival.
He pleaded guilty to a charge of unlawful sex with a 13-year-old girl i= n 1977 - but fled the U.S. before his sentence could be passed. A Los Ang= eles judge ruled last month (Jan10) he must return to America to face sen= tencing.
The Ghost Writer was beaten to the Best Film award by Bal (Honey) at th= e film festival’s prizegiving on Saturday (20Feb10).

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SANDRA BULLOCK and her husband JESSE JAMES are nursing their beloved dog = back to health after discovering she was "beaten" while missing for three= weeks.
The Blind Side star and her TV mechanic husband were delighted after th= eir pitbull terrier Cinnabun was returned to them on Wednesday (17Feb10),= putting an end to their frantic hunt for the missing dog.
The couple had appealed to fans for help, offered a cash reward, and ev= en called in pet detectives a week after the nine-month-old dog vanished.
But James admits the pup is now in need of extra care - because she los= t 23 pounds (10 kilograms) in the 25 days she was missing and had been se= verely injured.
James says, "Someone beat the hell out of her. (But) I don’t care about= all that, I’m just glad to have her back."

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MERYL STREEP is set to inspire the Class of 2010 after agreeing to delive= r a speech to college graduates in May (10).
The Julie & Julia star will give advice to and toast the 600 graduates = of the women’s university at the New York City ceremony and will also rec= eive the Barnard Medal of Distinction.
Barnard President Debora L. Spar says, "(Streep) is known for the perfe= ction of her craft and for her painstaking preparation in each role she h= as undertaken. And, outside of acting, she has used her brilliant voice t= o support the arts, international human rights, and the environment, as w= ell as health issues of great importance to women and families including = cancer, child health, and AIDS." Streep follows in the footsteps of U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clin= ton, who addressed the graduates at the prestigious institution last year= (09).

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PARIS HILTON’s 29th birthday party was thrown into chaos when her boyfrie= nd DOUG REINHARDT got into a fight with her pal BRANDON DAVIS.
Onlookers were stunned after the heiress and former The Hills star Rein= hardt began arguing in the middle of New York hot spot Tea Room on Thursd= ay (18Feb10).
A furious Hilton walked off, and moments later Reinhardt was at the cen= tre of another screaming match with oil heir Brandon Davis, who was once = romantically linked to the socialite.
Reinhardt was said to have been angry after Davis arrived unexpectedly = and appeared to be inebriated, according to The New York Post.
A source tells the publication, "One minute, Paris and Doug were lookin= g all loved up; the next minute, they started bickering. Doug didn’t seem= happy about all the attention she was getting. Paris started to pout and= gave him some girly punches in the back before storming off.
"The next minute, Doug was shouting at Brandon. The music was so loud t= hat we couldn’t hear what he was saying, but he then got Brandon thrown o= ut of the door." But the birthday girl patched things up with her boyfriend and ended th= e night with a smile on her face.
The insider adds, "She and Doug were looking all romantic by the end of= the night."

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