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November 22, 2006 (Press Release) --
I'm a 'scapegoat,' Snipes says
Wesley Snipes has told a newspaper columnist he is being unfairly targeted by federal prosecutors who indicted him on tax fraud charges. ''It appears I'm to be the scapegoat, because there's more public interest in 'celebrities gone bad' than 'rich people being taken advantage of,' '' Snipes wrote last weekend in an e-mail to Orlando Sentinel columnist Scott Maxwell. An Oct. 17 indictment charges Snipes with fraudulently claiming refunds totaling nearly $12 million in 1996 and 1997 on income taxes already paid. The star of the ''Blade'' trilogy and other films was also charged with failure to file returns from 1999 through 2004. According to the indictment, Snipes had his taxes prepared by accountants with a history of filing false returns to reap payments for their clients. If convicted, Snipes, 44, faces up to 16 years in prison. He is said to be in Namibia filming a movie. ''I'm not running, I'm not a fugitive, despite the misrepresentations in the press,'' he wrote.
Violent TV troubles Spielberg
Steven Spielberg urged TV networks to be mindful of what they show on the air to shield children. Speaking Monday before the International Emmys board of directors in New York, the filmmaker decried on-air promo- tions for shows like ''CSI: Crime Scene Investigation'' that showed ''blood and people being dissected.'' He also said his favorite series of the new season, NBC's ''Heroes,'' showed someone cut in half in the 8 p.m. hour that caused him to send his younger children out of the room. ''I'm a parent who is very concerned,'' he said. Spielberg also declared he'll never tailor his films to small screens on phones and iPods. ''That's one medium where I have to draw the line,'' he said. ''We'll shoot for television and the movies and let there be a wide gap'' between that and the 3-inch screen.
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Wesley Snipes has told a newspaper columnist he is being unfairly targeted by federal prosecutors who indicted him on tax fraud charges. ''It appears I'm to be the scapegoat, because there's more public interest in 'celebrities gone bad' than 'rich people being taken advantage of,' '' Snipes wrote last weekend in an e-mail to Orlando Sentinel columnist Scott Maxwell. An Oct. 17 indictment charges Snipes with fraudulently claiming refunds totaling nearly $12 million in 1996 and 1997 on income taxes already paid. The star of the ''Blade'' trilogy and other films was also charged with failure to file returns from 1999 through 2004. According to the indictment, Snipes had his taxes prepared by accountants with a history of filing false returns to reap payments for their clients. If convicted, Snipes, 44, faces up to 16 years in prison. He is said to be in Namibia filming a movie. ''I'm not running, I'm not a fugitive, despite the misrepresentations in the press,'' he wrote.
Violent TV troubles Spielberg
Steven Spielberg urged TV networks to be mindful of what they show on the air to shield children. Speaking Monday before the International Emmys board of directors in New York, the filmmaker decried on-air promo- tions for shows like ''CSI: Crime Scene Investigation'' that showed ''blood and people being dissected.'' He also said his favorite series of the new season, NBC's ''Heroes,'' showed someone cut in half in the 8 p.m. hour that caused him to send his younger children out of the room. ''I'm a parent who is very concerned,'' he said. Spielberg also declared he'll never tailor his films to small screens on phones and iPods. ''That's one medium where I have to draw the line,'' he said. ''We'll shoot for television and the movies and let there be a wide gap'' between that and the 3-inch screen.
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