Swiss court grants Oscar-winning director Roman Polanski bail. Nov. 25, 2009 — -- Roman Polanskwas granted bail today after two months in a jail cell. Polanski, 76, was granted bail by a Swiss ...

Oscar-winning director Roman Polanski will no longer go on trial in Los Angeles in an alleged 1973 rape of an underage girl after lawyers on both sides reached a settlement. Gloria Allred, the lawyer ...

76 year-old director Roman Polanski is sitting in a Swiss jail right now. And no, he’s not doing research for his next Oscar-hopeful. Polanski, who directed Rosemary’s Baby, Chinatown and more ...

New awards boost "How to Train Your Dragon" and change Polanski's image from hot tub sex beast to cool arthouse auteur. By Tim Appelo As Oscar season revs up and awards and nominations proliferate ...

Roman Polanski may sue the French newspaper that published accusations he raped a former actress in the 1970s, his lawyer said Sunday, as he comes under renewed fire over the latest claim of sexual ...

The "French Oscars" the Cesars will be awarded Friday in a poisonous atmosphere with Roman Polanski -- whose new film has the highest number of nominations -- staying away from the ceremony because he ...

PARIS - Actress Emmanuelle Seigner on Sunday rejected an invitation to join the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, in a column in which she slammed the "hypocrisy" of a group that expelled ...

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences says its board has voted to expel actor Bill Cosby and director Roman Polanski. Both men were convicted of crimes involving sexual misconduct. Here's ...

Oscar-winning Polish director and convicted sex offender Roman Polanski can be said to have redefined the way ‘evilness’ was depicted on screen in the 1960s through his masterpiece “Rosemary’s Baby” ...