The actor Wesley Snipes has lost his appeal of a prison sentence he received in 2008 for three misdemeanor tax charges, Reuters reported. In February 2008 a court in Ocala, Fla., sentenced him to three years in jail for willfully failing to file tax returns for 1999 to 2004. During that time he earned more than $38 million appearing in several...
''Brooklyn's Finest'' burrows deep into a rough corner of the Borough of Kings, and also into the collective memory of generations of meaty, emotional movies about New York City cops in trouble. The picture is set in the present, though you might not guess as much from the bad-old-days-level body count and the Sidney Lumet (''Prince of the City,''...
VENICE -- ''On June 6, 1982, at 6:15 a.m., I killed a man for the first time in my life,'' writes Samuel Maoz in the notes to ''Lebanon,'' which he wrote and directed. This powerful and original film held its premiere in competition at the Venice Film Festival, which closes with the presentation of the Golden Lion and other prizes on Saturday...
Wesley Trent Snipes, (født den 31. juli 1962 i Orlando, Florida, USA (men voksede op i The Bronx, New York), er en amerikansk skuespiller, sportsudøver og filmproducer. Han er muligvis mest kendt for sin rolle som Blade i Bladetriologien.
Wesley Snipes første skuespillerrolle var som gangster i Michael Jacksons musikvideo til hittet Bad. Det var Michael selv, der valgte ham ud.
I 2008 blev Wesley Snipes idømt tre års fængsel for skattesvig. Han afsoner i et fængsel i Pennsylvania.
Han bliver løsladt den 19. juli 2013.