AP Photo/Phil Sandlin
First they tried to solve his problems, now they’re adding to them.
Wesley Snipes—already behind bars in federal prison for failing to pay his taxes—is now being sued due to non payment of fees by a crisis management firm that at one time helped him polish up his public image.
Filippo Monteforte/Agence France-Presse — Getty Images Wesley Snipes at the Venice Film Festival.
Wesley Snipes, a star of films including "White Men Can't Jump" and the "Blade" series, arrived on Thursday at a federal prison in Pennsylvania to begin serving a sentence for three misdemeanor tax convictions, the Department of Justice said.
March 4, 2010by Ethan Anderton
In the 1980s, actor Paul Hogan was the international face of Australian tourism. the sun-tanned, laconic star of Crocodile Dundee was the focal point of a highly successful series of TV adverts encouraging those not blessed with residence in the land down under to visit for a taste of the good life. ‘I’ll slip an extra shrimp on the barbie for you,’ he offered in one of the commercials, inspiring many thousands of travellers to make the trip over.These days, Hogan’s relations with his native country are not quite so cheerful. now living in California, Hogan has spent much of the past five years in a legal wrangle with Australia’s tax authorities over the tax they alleged was due on his earnings as an actor. That dispute reached a new level of bitterness in 2010 when, after he flew to Sydney for his mother’s funeral, Hogan was ordered not to leave the country until the alleged tax bill was paid.an agreement was later reached allowing him to return to the US and the case by the authorities was later dropped. But, in January 2011, Hogan kicked off a second round of conflict by suing the Australian government for damage to his reputation and earnings potential, claiming that the authorities had labelled him a criminal, fraud, money launderer and tax evader. It’s probably fair to suggest that Hogan won’t be encouraging foreigners to contribute to the Australian exchequer any time soon.
It is wonderful that Yoga is continuing to gain popularity as a resource for healing in the black community, from celebrities to inmates. according to TMZ.com, Hollywood star Wesley Snipes requested Yoga Mats to teach other inmates the benefits during his time in prison.
Entry tags:30 rock, fic, liz/wesley, misfits
There was This Odd Storm, 30 Rock/Misfits, Title: there was This Odd StormFandom: 30 Rock (and Misfits, vaguely, but with none of the characters)Pairing: Liz/WesleyRating: PGWord Count: 861Summary: The last thing Liz needs in an already troubling day is Wesley freaking Snipes accosting her to relay how he received superpowers. “Well, I had been forced back to England. I was visiting my Elderwomb. . .” “Grandmother,” Liz translated swiftly. “She sent me out to fetch some kippers for an early tea. and there was this odd electrical storm. . .” “No. stop it. Are you seriously trying to tell me that you believe that you received superpowers from a freak electrical storm?” This was about too much for Liz. She had already had a terrible morning, what with possible black mold in her apartment and that thing with Jenna and the armadillo wrangler. She did not need Wesley Snipes double ruining her already ruined day. Turn around, Liz, a voice told her. Go haul yourself up in your toxic apartment and drink some wine and annihilate a Whitman’s sampler. “No,” Wesley said. “I am trying to tell you that I did receive superpowers from a freak electrical storm.” Liz didn’t even know what to say to his crazy. She paid the cashier, telling him that he should please keep the change so she could just get out of the line. Wesley followed her, leaving behind various produce bags of fruit and a bottle of ‘catsup’. where did he even find that? “You can’t just leave your stuff on the conveyor belt, Wesley!” He stepped in front of her. She really didn’t like him stopping her in the middle of the sidewalk. It was an stupid combination of chillingly cold and wet outside, and the position he had blocked her in caused all of the rain running off the store awning to drain right on top of her head. “I just want to prove to you that I am not mad.” Out of nowhere, Wesley Snipes took her hand. Liz was about to shout at him when she felt the strangest warmth flood through her. It was nothing normal; it was comfortable but extremely foreign. all of the goosebumps on her arms disappeared. As Wesley dropped her hand and moved back, she touched her hair and realized it had gone entirely dry again. Wanting to hide her surprise and utter confusion, Liz took a step back and devolved into her normal response mode. “So you’re a human blow dryer?” Wesley made a sour sort of face. “I thought you were be impressed. I can control human body temperatures, Liz. Even if it isn’t the most particularly useful power, it isn’t exactly something you have ever seen done before, is it?” Liz felt bad. why did she feel bad for Wesley Snipes, of all people? Obnoxious, ridiculous, ruin her grocery-shopping-zen-time Wesley Snipes. He had obviously thought that this would interest her. and it did, insanely. She had to be cool about it so she wouldn’t totally nerd out, but perhaps she had been just a little too cool toward him. She sighed, and smiled. “I don’t know, it could be pretty useful. Dangerous, even.” Wesley didn’t look as if he had been dangerous a day in his life. Still, he could now theoretically burn people’s brains inside their bodies with a single touch, so Liz considered that she would perhaps be a little bit nicer to him. “I have thought, that, yes. I would never use it for any…nefarious purposes, however. I made a pledge to my Nanny Snipes of that the very day we discovered this. That’s how I discovered the gift; Nanny Snipes always to seem to have an awful time with in a chill in her bones, but I touched her one moment and she almost burned up. Gave us a terrible fright. at first I was giving fevers right and left, but now I feel as if I have gotten it about right. Are you feeling well?” At the lack of his touch, her warmth was now quickly fading, but Liz could still feel it in her cheeks and her chest. She nodded, and they started to walk north together. Liz didn’t ask where he was headed; she simply accepted his presence. there were more questions she had as to exactly how the hell this happened, but she couldn’t get those out at that particular moment. She instead turned to him and gave a provoking look. “You know, this still doesn’t prove you’re not mad, right?” “Do I need to take you to a doughnut shoppe so you’ll shove something in your mouth and be silent for once?” He didn’t say this harshly, though; if one didn’t know better, they might even detect a slight fondness in his voice. A real fondness, not a manic one brought on by pink slips and deportation threats. “Yes, I believe that’s how it works.” She paused. “Though, in full disclosure, if there is really something I need to say, I might talk with my mouth full.” “I look forward to watching half-chewed glazed pastry fall from that ceaseless aperture of yours.” Liz opened her mouth wide and stuck her tongue out, aaaahhhhh. Wesley turned away, pretending to be disgusted, but she could see him smile just a little bit on one side of his mouth.
Kenneth I. Starr, the money managerwhose clients included actors Sylvester Stallone and Wesley Snipes, was sentenced to 7 1/2 years in prison after pleadingguilty to defrauding nine celebrities out of $33.3 million.
Charlie Sheen‘s bid to resurrect the Major League franchise has one major hiccup — or so you would think.
Convicted tax evader Wesley Snipes is behind bars, meaning he would be unavailable to reprise his role as the fast-running Willie Mays Hayes given he’s serving a three year jail term in a Pennsylvania prison.
I swear this story is not from The Onion. I swear this story is not from The Onion. But yikes, with so much unremitting weird going on I’m not even sure where to start. It’s like a twenty-sided Rubik’s Icosahedron of strange.
Christian Gordy is a guy we know who moved to Brooklyn in 2009 after our buds in the band Cheeseburger offered him a slot as their new bassist. good life move, Christian. we can’t remember the last time they actually played a show, so he usually spends his time tending bar at the Levee and falling off his bike which he only rides drunk. considering that he’s down to one real leg, he should probably stop doing that.
And to combat the utter boredom and depression New York winters bring, he created a blog of superweird illustrations based on this guy he calls “Wesley Snipes, the Artist.” yes, like the actor. no, he doesn’t seem to connect the real Snipes with his fictional character. Snipes’ style loosely resembles southern outsider artists like R.a. Miller, Willie Jinks, Tubby Brown, and Royal Robertson. Christian said Wesley is his “mentally challenged, delusional alter ego.” once you start scrolling through misspelled text and frenzied drawings the description seems fitting. Picture a smiley James Brown in gold Africa pendant, hamburger perched an inch above his head, and text below reading, “jaems brown gave many gifs to litel childrin.” That’s the work of The Artist.
Kenneth Starr on July 8, 2009. (AP Photo/Nati Harnik, File)
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) - Kenneth Starr, a financial advisor to celebrities like Wesley Snipes, Sylvester Stallone and Martin Scorsese, is expected to be sentenced to years in prison Wednesday for running a $59 million Ponzi scheme.
Kenn Starr, who admitted he was guilty in a ponzi scheme that targeted celebrities (like Wesley Snipes) in September, will spend 7 years in jail.
“I stand before you a contrite, humiliated and ashamed man. (I) strayed from the values I’ve been taught. I have no one to blame but myself.”
Although he’s currently serving a three-year sentence in prison for willful failure to file his tax returns, Wesley Snipes has filed a certified petition with the U.S. Supreme Court. According to the TaxProf Blog the petition raises two issues:
Tom Hays, associated Press, On Wednesday March 2, 2011, 9:53 am EST
NEW YORK (AP) — call it the Robin Hood defense.
Lawyers for Kenneth Starr — the disgraced, one-time financial adviser to Wesley Snipes, Sylvester Stallone and Martin Scorsese — are arguing for leniency in his multimillion-dollar investment fraud case by saying he showed character by stealing only from the very rich and giving to the poor through his own charitable foundation.
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DAMN… Feds really know how to waste hard working tax payers dollars. State and local prisons and jails are lucky to get a baloney sandwich.
Must be nice staying at club-fed!!!