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Paris Hilton added to her ever expanding color coordinated closet by picking up a Caspian colored Butter by Nadia wrap dress at the Sundance Film Festival.
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Shane West spotted at PURE in Las Vegas sipping on Grey Goose cocktails and sitting on the VIP stage with a small group of friends.
Jennifer Lopez having her tresses tended to in Washington DC for the Inauguration celebration by her celeb hairstylist, Juan Carlos Maciques of the Rita Hazan Salon.
Simon Rex reminding TV host Chelsea Handler that he once hit on her at a comedy show and giving her a bottle of grey goose before being interview on her hit E! show Chelsea Lately.
Ashley Judd recharging with a Function: Urban Detox at the LIVEstyle Film Lounge in Park City, Utah.
Ryan Cabrera front row at the LRG Gifting Villa’s performance by The City’s Jay Lyon and his Tamarama bandmates in Park City, Utah.
Supermodel Alessandra Ambrosio bartending for parties at Miami Hotspot Mokai on Saturday night.
Joel Madden arriving just in time to spin at the Fuze Haven House party in honor of his friend and X Games Gold Medal Winner, Torah Bright, after having his plane diverted and driving 2.5 hours from Grand Junction to Aspen, Colo.
Alan Cumming getting a massage at the Nivea Lounge in Park City, Utah.
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• Jessica Biel ditching boyfriend Justin Timberlake’s denim lineWilliam Rast again in favor of Genetic Denim’s new "Shane" cigarette jean in zinc wash while walking around Santa Monica, Calf.
• David Cook and Audrina Patridge talking to Ivan Kane about his soon-to-open Café Was at a private party in the Hollywood Hills.
• Dancing with the Stars‘ Mario getting his groom on at John Allan’s men’s grooming club in Manhattan’s chic TriBeCa neighborhood.
Wesley Snipes is speaking out about his 3-year jail sentence for tax evasion. On Thursday, the actor read aloud from a prepared statement, apologizing for what he called "costly mistakes," and insisting he was the victim of crooked advisors, a liability of wealth and celebrity that attracted "Wolves and jackals like flies are attracted to meat."
"I am an idealistic, naive,passionate, truth seeking, spritually motivated artist," Snipes said, adding, "and unschooled in the science of law and finance."
The star of White Men Can’t Jump and the Blade trilogy, was sentenced to 3-years in prison yesterday for willfully not filing his taxes–the maximum punishment one can receive.
The actor’s lawyers argued that his sentence was too harsh for a first time offender convicted of three misdemeanors and recommended that he be given home detention instead and ordered to make public service announcements.
But U.S. District Judge, William Terrell Hodges, said Snipes exhibited a "history of contempt over a period of time" for U.S. tax laws.
"The sentencing court sends the right message to the American taxpayer–you’ve got to pay your taxes," U.S. attorney Robert O’Neill said. "Rich, poor, it doesn’t matter. We all pay our taxes."
A judge has sentenced Wesley Snipes to three years in prison for tax evasion, it was revealed late Thursday afternoon.
The actor was not forced to surrender immediately, however–the judge ruled that he could turn himself in at a later date, closer to his New Jersey home.
Nathan J. Hochman, Assistant Attorney General of the Justice Department’s Tax Division, said, "Snipes’ long prison sentence should send a loud and crystal clear message to all tax defiers that if they engage in similar tax defier conduct, they face joining him and his co-defendants…as inmates in prison."
Snipes was convicted in February on three misdemeanor charges for not filing his taxes. The government claimed he owed $2.7 million– but Snipes’ attorney argued it was just $228,000. No fine was imposed, but the three year sentence was the maximum he could have gotten. The actor’s celebrity friends, Denzel Washington and Woody Harrelson both wrote letters in his defense to appeal for leniency.
Prosecutors are recommending a three-year prison sentence for Wesley Snipes for tax evasion, according to a court filing released – appropriately – on Tuesday, tax day.
Per the papers, filed by U.S. Attorney Robert O’Neill, the actor also ought to pay a $5 million fine for his “brazen defiance” of tax laws that cheated the government out of $41 million.
"This case cries out for the statutory maximum term of imprisonment, as well as a substantial fine, because of the seriousness of defendant Snipes’ crimes and because of the singular opportunity this case presents to deter tax crime nationwide," the attorney writes.
The documents also claim that Wesley and two cohorts "brazenly waged a campaign" against the Internal Revenue Service by mailing fake claims and filings to the agency, in addition to making "frivolous" Freedom of Information Act requests for IRS records.
Wesley was convicted in February on three misdemeanor counts of willfully failing to file tax returns from 1999-2001. The maximum sentence of each count is one full year. The Blade star avoided penalty for two felony counts of fraud in seeking refunds from other years and filing false claims.
On Friday, a Florida judge found Wesley Snipes guilty of three misdemeanors for failing to file his tax returns. The 45-year old actor now faces up to three years in federal prison.
Snipes was facing a much longer jail time — he was charged with six misdemeanor counts of failing to file tax returns and felony counts of tax fraud and conspiracy. He was, however, acquitted of the more serious charges which could have put him behind bars for up to 16 years.
According to the A.P., prosecutors sought tax refunds totalling more than $11 million for taxes paid in 1996 and 1997, and allege that Snipes failed to file returns for the years 1999 to 2004. He was convicted of not filing tax returns for three of those years.
On Friday, the actor’s lawyer said Snipes didn’t file his tax returns because he was waiting for the Internal Revenue Service to answer his inquiries about the need to file them, and always stood "ready to pay and file."
Snipes’ co-defendants, well-known anti-tax activist Eddie Ray Kahn and former accountant Douglas Rosile, were both found guilty of conspiracy and filing false claims for tax refunds for Snipes and could face up to 10 years in prison.
As Snipes left the courthouse Friday he said of the verdict, "it does feel good,it feels great."
But prosecutor Robert O’Neill was more grim, saying, "Filing tax returns is not optional. It is a legal requirement. Mr. Snipes now faces up to three years in a federal prison for his willful failure to comply with the law."
Sentencing was set for a later date to determine how much Snipes owes in back taxes.
"Wesley Snipes is committed to making all the amends he’s required to do," the actor’s lawyer said Friday.
