Sep 29, 2009 -
Polanski asks Swiss court to free him from custody
Sept. 29, 2009, 7:13 AM EST
ZURICH (AP) --
Lawyers for Roman Polanski filed a motion in court Tuesday asking that the director be released from Swiss custody — the first step in his legal battle to avoid extradition to the United States for a 1977 statutory rape case.
The Swiss Federal Criminal Court announced the filing and said "the decision will be made within the next weeks."
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Jul 16, 2008 -
He’s built like a lineman, cusses like a longshoreman, dresses as if he ran out of money at Goodwill and can be as hyper as a 10-year-old on a sugar high. He’s also one of the hottest filmmakers working.
Berg, 45, directed what many consider a seminal football film in Friday Night Lights and the pilot of the lauded TV spinoff.
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Oct 24, 2008 -
Check out these preview pics of Christina Aguilera’s “Keeps Gettin’ Better” music video. The song is the first single off her upcoming greatest hits album Keeps Gettin’ Better - A Decade of Hits.
The director for the music video was Peter Berg, the same director of the movie Hancock, which starred Will Smith.
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Apr 24, 2008 -
Check out the new trailer for Will Smith’s Hancock, which premiered during Wednesday’s American Idol results show.
In the film, Will, 39, portrays an alcoholic superhero despised by everyone. A publicist (Jason Bateman) helps rehabilitate him, and the superhero eventually begins an affair with the publicist’s wife (Charlize Theron).
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