CELEBRITY NEWS

Actor Rip Torn charged with breaking into Conn. bank while drunk and carrying a loaded gun

By Associated Press

Los Angeles Times

January 30, 2010

SALISBURY, Conn. (AP) — Actor Elmore “Rip” Torn has been charged with breaking into a Connecticut bank and carrying a loaded handgun while intoxicated.

State police say the 78-year-old Salisbury resident was arrested Friday night after police found him inside the Litchfield Bancorp with a loaded revolver.

The “Men in Black” actor has been taken into custody and booked on charges including burglary and possession of firearm without a permit. He is being held on $100,000 bond and is scheduled for a Monday appearance in Bantam Superior Court.

Last year, Torn was given probation in a Connecticut drunken driving case and granted permission to enter an alcohol education program. He also has two previous drunken driving arrests in New York.

A spokesman for Torn did not immediately return phone calls Saturday.

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AWARDS

Guild honors Kathryn Bigelow as best director for ‘The Hurt Locker’

It is the first Directors Guild of America win for the 58-year-old filmmaker and the first time a woman has won the award.

By Susan King

Los Angeles Times

January 31, 2010

The Directors Guild of America on Saturday night named Kathryn Bigelow best director of 2009 for “The Hurt Locker.” Not only is it the first guild win for the 58-year-old filmmaker, it is the first time a woman has won the award.

“This is the most incredible moment of my life,” Bigelow said. “This is amazing. I’m so deeply stunned, honored and awed.”

Bigelow already has received the majority of critics’ awards this year for her work on the harrowing Iraq war drama, including those from the Los Angeles Film Critics, New York Film Critics Circle and the National Society of Film Critics.

In addition, she is nominated for the best director award by the British Academy of Film and Television Arts. “The Hurt Locker” also received a BAFTA nomination for best picture, and won the Producers Guild of America’s Darryl F. Zanuck producer of the year award last week.

The DGA Awards have become one of the most dependable forecasters for the Academy Awards — the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences and the DGA have disagreed just six times in the last 61 years.

The Oscar nominations are scheduled to be announced Tuesday; the awards will be handed out March 7 at the Kodak Theatre in Hollywood.

The 62nd annual DGA ceremony was held at the Hyatt Regency Century Plaza, with Carl Reiner making his 22nd appearance as master of ceremonies. Norman Jewison also was honored with the guild’s lifetime achievement award.

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