Gary Glitter Arrested In BBC Sex Abuse Scandal Disgraced former pop star Gary Glitter, real name Paul Gadd, has become the first high-profile arrest in Scotland Yard’s Operation Yewtree investigation into sex abuse allegations against late BBC host Jimmy Savile. He was arrested at his London home and released on bail 10 hours later. It’s alleged that Gadd had sex with a schoolgirl in Savile’s BBC dressing room. He was deported from Cambodia in 2002 for suspected offenses and later logged jail time in Vietnam for child sex offenses. As the standards and practices of the corporation that allowed such abuse come under increasing fire, BBC Trust chairman Lord Patten penned an editorial for the Mail On Sunday newspaper dubbing Savile a “devious psychopath” and promising a full account of what happened, “wherever its conclusions lead”. The two independent inquiries into what Patten calls “the whole sordid mess” are not smokescreens,...
- 10/28/2012
- by THE DEADLINE TEAM
- Deadline TV
This year’s line-up for the 68th Venice Film Festival, taking place between 31st August and 10th September, has been announced by the festival’s official website, and as expected, it’s more than a little bit fantastic, with a brilliant line-up of films set to screen in Italy.
Heading the jury this year will be director Darren Aronofsky, the BBC reported back in April, who won the festival’s top prize, the Golden Lion, back in 2008 for The Wrestler.
The list, as you can imagine, is a bit of a long one, so I’ve highlighted some of the hottest tipped to look out for beneath. Playing in competition will be:
Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy, directed by Tomas Alfredson Wuthering Heights, directed by Andrea Arnold Texas Killing Fields, directed by Ami Canaan Mann The Ides of March, directed by George Clooney Quando La Notte, directed by Cristina Comencini Terraferma,...
Heading the jury this year will be director Darren Aronofsky, the BBC reported back in April, who won the festival’s top prize, the Golden Lion, back in 2008 for The Wrestler.
The list, as you can imagine, is a bit of a long one, so I’ve highlighted some of the hottest tipped to look out for beneath. Playing in competition will be:
Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy, directed by Tomas Alfredson Wuthering Heights, directed by Andrea Arnold Texas Killing Fields, directed by Ami Canaan Mann The Ides of March, directed by George Clooney Quando La Notte, directed by Cristina Comencini Terraferma,...
- 7/29/2011
- by Kenji Lloyd
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
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