<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <rss version="2.0" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" xmlns:sy="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/syndication/" xmlns:slash="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/slash/" ><channel><title>The Hot Joints &#187; Celebrity News</title> <atom:link href="http://www.thehotjoints.com/tag/celebrity-news/feed/" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml" /><link>http://www.thehotjoints.com</link> <description>Conservative news and opinion</description> <lastBuildDate>Fri, 10 Feb 2012 10:00:35 +0000</lastBuildDate> <language>en</language> <sy:updatePeriod>hourly</sy:updatePeriod> <sy:updateFrequency>1</sy:updateFrequency> <xhtml:meta xmlns:xhtml="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" name="robots" content="noindex" /> <!-- google_ad_section_end --><!-- google_ad_section_start --> <item><title>Actor James Caan Calls Himself Ultra Conservative, Only Watches Fox News</title><link>http://www.thehotjoints.com/2010/08/11/actor-james-caan-calls-himself-ultra-conservative-only-watches-fox-news/</link> <comments>http://www.thehotjoints.com/2010/08/11/actor-james-caan-calls-himself-ultra-conservative-only-watches-fox-news/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Wed, 11 Aug 2010 20:38:57 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Chris Jones</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Celebrity News]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Entertainment]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Celebrities]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Conservatives]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Fox News]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Hollywood]]></category> <category><![CDATA[james caan]]></category> <category><![CDATA[james caan conservative]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.thehotjoints.com/2010/08/11/actor-james-caan-calls-himself-ultra-conservative-only-watches-fox-news/</guid> <description><![CDATA[This is a good story. Legendary Hollywood actor James Caan told Fox News that after 46 years of living among the Hollywood left he wants people to know “I&#8217;m not a Goddamn Hollywood liberal.” In fact, Caan says he’s “ultra conservative” and only watches Fox News. This kind of thing seems to usually play out [...]]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p></p><p><a href="http://www.thehotjoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/james_caan.jpg"><img style="border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px" class="wlDisabledImage" title="james_caan" border="0" alt="james caan thumb Actor James Caan Calls Himself Ultra Conservative, Only Watches Fox News" src="http://www.thehotjoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/james_caan_thumb.jpg" width="253" height="377" /></a></p><p>This is a good story. Legendary Hollywood actor <a href="http://bighollywood.breitbart.com/hollywoodland/2010/08/11/james-caan-im-not-a-g-damn-hollywood-liberal/" target="_blank">James Caan</a> told Fox News that after 46 years of living among the Hollywood left he wants people to know “I&#8217;m not a Goddamn Hollywood liberal.” In fact, Caan says he’s “ultra conservative” and only watches Fox News.</p><p>This kind of thing seems to usually play out like this. Actors have to wait until until they reach a certain level in the Hollywood hierarchy before it’s safe to deviate from the liberal orthodoxy. Guys like Clint Eastwood, Jon Voight, and Robert Duvall don’t have to worry about not getting work so they can speak freely.</p><p>Welcome James! Glad to have you on our side.</p> ]]></content:encoded> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.thehotjoints.com/2010/08/11/actor-james-caan-calls-himself-ultra-conservative-only-watches-fox-news/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Wyclef Jean To Run For President Of Haiti</title><link>http://www.thehotjoints.com/2010/08/04/wyclef-jean-to-run-for-president-of-haiti/</link> <comments>http://www.thehotjoints.com/2010/08/04/wyclef-jean-to-run-for-president-of-haiti/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Wed, 04 Aug 2010 18:20:12 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Chris Jones</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Celebrity News]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Celebrities]]></category> <category><![CDATA[haiti]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category> <category><![CDATA[wyclef jean]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.thehotjoints.com/2010/08/04/wyclef-jean-to-run-for-president-of-haiti/</guid> <description><![CDATA[&#160; Wyclef Jean tells Time that he plans to run for President of Haiti. He says he planned to run in 10 years or so, but the recent earthquake in Haiti made him realize his people cannot wait that long. If elected, Wyclef would be under a microscope like no other Haitian leader has ever [...]]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p></p><p><a href="http://www.thehotjoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/WyclefDubMag.jpg"><img style="border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px" title="Wyclef-Dub-Mag" border="0" alt="WyclefDubMag thumb Wyclef Jean To Run For President Of Haiti" src="http://www.thehotjoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/WyclefDubMag_thumb.jpg" width="274" height="224" /></a>&#160;<a href="http://www.thehotjoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/wyclefjeanpresident.jpg"><img style="border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px" title="wyclef-jean-president" border="0" alt="wyclefjeanpresident thumb Wyclef Jean To Run For President Of Haiti" src="http://www.thehotjoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/wyclefjeanpresident_thumb.jpg" width="170" height="226" /></a></p><p><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wyclef_Jean">Wyclef Jean</a> tells <a href="http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,2008588,00.html" target="_blank">Time</a> that he plans to run for President of Haiti. He says he planned to run in 10 years or so, but the recent earthquake in Haiti made him realize his people cannot wait that long.</p><p>If elected, Wyclef would be under a microscope like no other Haitian leader has ever been. As a result, he may be the one to finally bring corruption in that country under control. Certain issues of corruption have plagued his Haitian charity in the past however, so we’ll just have to see what kind of guy Wyclef really is.</p> ]]></content:encoded> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.thehotjoints.com/2010/08/04/wyclef-jean-to-run-for-president-of-haiti/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Whitney Houston Blows Comeback Performance, Blames Oprah</title><link>http://www.thehotjoints.com/2009/09/01/whitney-houston-blows-comeback-performance-blames-oprah/</link> <comments>http://www.thehotjoints.com/2009/09/01/whitney-houston-blows-comeback-performance-blames-oprah/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Tue, 01 Sep 2009 20:35:12 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Chris Jones</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Celebrity News]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Entertainment]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Celebrities]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Oprah]]></category> <category><![CDATA[singers]]></category> <category><![CDATA[whitney blames oprah]]></category> <category><![CDATA[whitney houston]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.thehotjoints.com/2009/09/01/whitney-houston-blows-comeback-performance-blames-oprah/</guid> <description><![CDATA[Whitney Houston cut short her performance on “Good Morning America” after screeching and cracking through three songs. She apologized to the audience and blamed it on Oprah. She said did too much talking and it caused her to lose her voice. Whitney can blame Oprah for whatever she wants, but Whitney is a crack head [...]]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p></p><p><a href="http://www.thehotjoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/09/alg_whitney_houston_gma_concert.jpg"><img style="border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px" title="alg_whitney_houston_gma_concert" border="0" alt="alg whitney houston gma concert thumb Whitney Houston Blows Comeback Performance, Blames Oprah" src="http://www.thehotjoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/09/alg_whitney_houston_gma_concert_thumb.jpg" width="340" height="243" /></a></p><p>Whitney Houston cut short <a href="http://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/music/2009/09/01/2009-09-01_whitney_houston_loses_voice_cracks_through_central_park_today_concert__then_blam.html" target="_blank">her performance</a> on “Good Morning America” after screeching and cracking through three songs. She apologized to the audience and blamed it on Oprah. She said did too much talking and it caused her to lose her voice.</p><p>Whitney can blame Oprah for whatever she wants, but Whitney is a crack head and that’s why she can’t sing anymore.</p><p>Smoking crack destroys your vocal cords. Even if she doesn’t smoke crack anymore the damage is done. Oprah or no Oprah &#8212; Whitney’s pipes are finished.</p> ]]></content:encoded> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.thehotjoints.com/2009/09/01/whitney-houston-blows-comeback-performance-blames-oprah/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>5</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Perez Hilton Got What Was Coming To Him</title><link>http://www.thehotjoints.com/2009/06/22/perez-hilton-got-what-was-coming-to-him/</link> <comments>http://www.thehotjoints.com/2009/06/22/perez-hilton-got-what-was-coming-to-him/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Mon, 22 Jun 2009 20:21:19 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Chris Jones</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Celebrity News]]></category> <category><![CDATA[black eyed peas]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Celebrities]]></category> <category><![CDATA[perez hilton]]></category> <category><![CDATA[perez hilton punched]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.thehotjoints.com/2009/06/22/perez-hilton-got-what-was-coming-to-him/</guid> <description><![CDATA[It looks like blogger Perez Hilton finally got what was coming to him. Hilton started the recent Miss California controversy and frequently uses his homosexuality as a weapon to bludgeon people over the head with. According to the AP, will.i.am from the Black Eyed Peas confronted Hilton in a Toronto nightclub and told him not [...]]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p></p><p><a href="http://www.thehotjoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/hiltonvid.jpg"><img style="border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px" title="hiltonvid" border="0" alt="hiltonvid thumb Perez Hilton Got What Was Coming To Him" src="http://www.thehotjoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/hiltonvid_thumb.jpg" width="244" height="176" /></a></p><p>It looks like blogger Perez Hilton finally got what was coming to him. Hilton started the recent <a href="http://www.thehotjoints.com/2009/04/20/video-miss-california-loses-miss-usa-pageant-after-giving-wrong-answer-on-gay-marriage/" target="_blank">Miss California</a> controversy and frequently uses his homosexuality as a weapon to bludgeon people over the head with.</p><p>According to the AP, will.i.am from the Black Eyed Peas confronted Hilton in a Toronto nightclub and told him not to write about the band on his blog.</p><p>Perez responded by calling the singer “gay” and a “faggot” to which The Peas’s tour manager later responded by <a href="http://www.breitbart.com/print.php?id=D98VS5RG1&amp;show_article=1" target="_blank">punching Hilton</a> in the face.</p><p>The tour manager, Polo Molina, later turned himself in and was charged with assault.</p><p>The fact that Perez is pressing charges shows what a chicken shit he really is. He smeared Carrie Prejean and routinely attacks people on his blog, but then gets upset when someone busts him in the head.</p><p>Perez Hilton is an asshole and a smear merchant. Oh, and his blog sucks too.</p><p>I can’t believe a such a pointless blog gets so much attention. He scrawls dicks on celebrities and that’s supposed to pass as talent?</p> ]]></content:encoded> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.thehotjoints.com/2009/06/22/perez-hilton-got-what-was-coming-to-him/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>3</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Scarlett Johansson&#039;s Used Tissue For Sale On Ebay</title><link>http://www.thehotjoints.com/2008/12/18/scarlett-johanssons-used-tissue-for-sale-on-ebay/</link> <comments>http://www.thehotjoints.com/2008/12/18/scarlett-johanssons-used-tissue-for-sale-on-ebay/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Thu, 18 Dec 2008 20:08:55 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Chris Jones</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Celebrity News]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Charity]]></category> <category><![CDATA[ebay auction]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Hollywood]]></category> <category><![CDATA[scarjo used tissue]]></category> <category><![CDATA[scarlet johansson]]></category> <category><![CDATA[tissue for sale]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.thehotjoints.com/?p=5705</guid> <description><![CDATA[Wanna own a piece of Scarlett Johansson? Now is your chance to do just that (in a weird stalker sort of way), because ScarJo is auctioning off her used snot rag on Ebay for charity. She appeared on Jay Leno last night and said Sam Jackson had given her his cold. She then blew her [...]]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p></p><p><a href="http://www.thehotjoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/12/0_62_ebay_scarjo.jpg"><img class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-5706" title="0_62_ebay_scarjo" src="http://www.thehotjoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/12/0_62_ebay_scarjo-300x225.jpg" alt="0 62 ebay scarjo 300x225 Scarlett Johansson&#039;s Used Tissue For Sale On Ebay" width="300" height="225" /></a></p><p>Wanna own a piece of Scarlett Johansson? Now is your chance to do just that (in a weird stalker sort of way), because ScarJo is <a href="http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,469549,00.html" target="_blank">auctioning off</a> her used snot rag on Ebay for charity. She appeared on Jay Leno last night and said Sam Jackson had given her his cold. She then blew her nose on tissue and put it in a zip lock bag. The bag and its snotty contents are now being auctioned off. The Ebay listing says she signed the zip lock bag as well.</p><p>The price is currently at <strong><span style="color: #ff0000;">$2,151.00</span></strong> and counting.</p><p>Click <a href="http://cgi.ebay.com/OWN-TISSUE-FROM-SCARLETT-JOHANSSON-SAM-JACKSON_W0QQitemZ220331665273QQcmdZViewItemQQptZLH_DefaultDomain_0?hash=item220331665273&amp;_trksid=p3286.c0.m14&amp;_trkparms=72%3A1205|66%3A2|65%3A12|39%3A1|240%3A1318|301%3A1|293%3A1|294%3A50" target="_blank">HERE</a> to bid.</p><p><em>-Chris Jones</em></p> ]]></content:encoded> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.thehotjoints.com/2008/12/18/scarlett-johanssons-used-tissue-for-sale-on-ebay/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>1</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Video: The Material Granny Hates Palin</title><link>http://www.thehotjoints.com/2008/10/08/video-the-material-granny-hates-palin/</link> <comments>http://www.thehotjoints.com/2008/10/08/video-the-material-granny-hates-palin/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Wed, 08 Oct 2008 19:55:54 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Chris Jones</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Celebrity News]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Video]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Celebrities]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Madonna]]></category> <category><![CDATA[palin derangement syndrome]]></category> <category><![CDATA[sarah palin]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.thehotjoints.com/?p=5018</guid> <description><![CDATA[Why can&#8217;t aging singers like Madonna just shut the f*ck up and sing? The &#8216;material granny&#8217; has decided to incorporate Sarah Palin bashing in to her concerts.]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p></p><p>Why can&#8217;t aging singers like Madonna just shut the f*ck up and sing? The &#8216;material granny&#8217; has decided to incorporate Sarah Palin <a href="http://hotair.com/archives/2008/10/08/video-has-been-bores-audience-screams-about-palin/" target="_blank">bashing</a> in to her concerts.</p><p><object classid="clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000" width="425" height="344" codebase="http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=6,0,40,0"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true" /><param name="src" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/g3vrmXRdOOs&amp;color1=0xb1b1b1&amp;color2=0xcfcfcf&amp;hl=en&amp;fs=1" /><embed type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="425" height="344" src="http://www.youtube.com/v/g3vrmXRdOOs&amp;color1=0xb1b1b1&amp;color2=0xcfcfcf&amp;hl=en&amp;fs=1" allowfullscreen="true"></embed></object></p> ]]></content:encoded> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.thehotjoints.com/2008/10/08/video-the-material-granny-hates-palin/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>1</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Bernie Mac, Dead At 50</title><link>http://www.thehotjoints.com/2008/08/09/bernie-mac-dead-at-50/</link> <comments>http://www.thehotjoints.com/2008/08/09/bernie-mac-dead-at-50/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sat, 09 Aug 2008 16:57:32 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Chris Jones</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Celebrity News]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Entertainment]]></category> <category><![CDATA[bernie mac]]></category> <category><![CDATA[bernie mac dead]]></category> <category><![CDATA[comedian]]></category> <category><![CDATA[died]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.thehotjoints.com/?p=4423</guid> <description><![CDATA[Actor and comedian Bernie Mac has died at age 50 due to complications from pneumonia. Publicist Danica Smith says Bernie Mac died early Saturday at a hospital in the Chicago area of complications due to pneumonia. The comedian suffered from sarcoidosis, an inflammatory lung disease that produces tiny lumps of cells in the body&#8217;s organs, [...]]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p></p><p><a href="http://www.thehotjoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/08/bernie-mac-1.jpg"><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-4424" title="People Bernie Mac" src="http://www.thehotjoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/08/bernie-mac-1.jpg" alt="bernie mac 1 Bernie Mac, Dead At 50" width="319" height="409" /></a></p><p>Actor and comedian Bernie Mac <a href="http://www.breitbart.com/print.php?id=D92EPOH80&amp;show_article=1&amp;catnum=6" target="_blank">has died</a> at age 50 due to complications from pneumonia.</p><p style="padding-left: 30px;"><em>Publicist Danica Smith says Bernie Mac died early Saturday at a hospital in the Chicago area of complications due to pneumonia. </em></p><p style="padding-left: 30px;"><em> The comedian suffered from sarcoidosis, an inflammatory lung disease that produces tiny lumps of cells in the body&#8217;s organs, but he had said the condition went into remission in 2005. He recently had been hospitalized and treated for pneumonia. </em></p><p style="padding-left: 30px;"><em> Mac had starring roles in &#8220;Ocean&#8217;s Eleven,&#8221; &#8220;Bad Santa,&#8221; &#8220;Charlie&#8217;s Angels: Full Throttle&#8221; and &#8220;Transformers.&#8221;</em></p> ]]></content:encoded> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.thehotjoints.com/2008/08/09/bernie-mac-dead-at-50/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>1</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>K-Fed Wins: Britney Gives Up Custody Battle</title><link>http://www.thehotjoints.com/2008/07/18/spears-custody-battle-ends-kevin-gets-the-kids/</link> <comments>http://www.thehotjoints.com/2008/07/18/spears-custody-battle-ends-kevin-gets-the-kids/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Fri, 18 Jul 2008 20:34:30 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Chris Jones</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Celebrity News]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Entertainment]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Britney Spears]]></category> <category><![CDATA[child custody]]></category> <category><![CDATA[custody battle]]></category> <category><![CDATA[kevin federline]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Legal News]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.thehotjoints.com/?p=4071</guid> <description><![CDATA[In a surprising turn of events today, an agreement appears to have been reached between Britney Spears and her ex-husband Kevin Federline regarding the custody of their two children. Britney Spears is waving the white flag. She&#8217;s given up the fight for her kids, putting an end to her months-long custody battle with ex-husband Kevin [...]]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p></p><p><a href="http://www.thehotjoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/07/abc_brit_kfed_kids_080718_mn.jpg"><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-4072" title="abc_brit_kfed_kids_080718_mn" src="http://www.thehotjoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/07/abc_brit_kfed_kids_080718_mn.jpg" alt="abc brit kfed kids 080718 mn K Fed Wins: Britney Gives Up Custody Battle" width="320" height="240" /></a></p><p>In a surprising turn of events today, an agreement appears to have been reached between Britney Spears and her ex-husband Kevin Federline <a href="http://abcnews.go.com/print?id=5404582" target="_blank">regarding the custody</a> of their two children.</p><p style="padding-left: 30px;"><em>Britney Spears is waving the white flag. She&#8217;s given up the fight for her kids, putting an end to her months-long custody battle with ex-husband Kevin Federline. </em></p><p style="padding-left: 30px;"><em>According to Federline&#8217;s lawyer, Mark Vincent Kaplan, Spears agreed today to give Federline sole legal and physical custody of sons Sean Preston, 2, and Jayden James, 1, a month before the case was due to go to trial. Friday morning, Spears&#8217; lawyer reached an agreement granting her more visitation time with the boys. </em></p><p style="padding-left: 30px;"><em>Spears pretty much accomplished the impossible. In 2006, when she filed for divorce, onlookers assumed the court would grant custody to the multimillionaire singer over the barely famous backup dancer. But as Spears&#8217; life spiraled out of control, K-Fed&#8217;s stock rose. </em></p><p style="padding-left: 30px;"><em>&#8220;She snatched defeat from the jaws of victory,&#8221; said Paul Talbert, family law attorney at Chemtob Moss Forman &amp; Talbert, a Manhattan matrimonial law firm. &#8220;K-Fed was the punch line to every joke when this all started, and now he&#8217;s basically the father of the year. It&#8217;s quite an accomplishment and a credit to his attorneys.&#8221; </em></p><p>I think at least for the time being this decision is the best thing for the kids. Children need to be with their mother, but Britney is clearly sick right now and until she gets better the children belong with the most competent parent. The odds were pretty long that Kevin Federline would&#8217;ve turned out to be the most competent parent, but to his credit it looks likes he has.</p><p>The important thing is that Britney Spears continue to get help for whatever it is that&#8217;s wrong with her. The real tragedy would be for her to die prematurely and leave her children to grow up without a mother at all.</p><p><em>-Melissa Gomez</em></p> ]]></content:encoded> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.thehotjoints.com/2008/07/18/spears-custody-battle-ends-kevin-gets-the-kids/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>1</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Wesley Snipes Gets The Maximum: 36 Months In Prison</title><link>http://www.thehotjoints.com/2008/04/24/wesley-snipes-gets-the-maximum-36-months-in-prison/</link> <comments>http://www.thehotjoints.com/2008/04/24/wesley-snipes-gets-the-maximum-36-months-in-prison/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Thu, 24 Apr 2008 22:53:00 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Chris Jones</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Celebrity News]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Hollywood]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Legal News]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Tax Evasion]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Wesley Snipes]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.thehotjoints.com/2008/04/24/wesley-snipes-gets-the-maximum-36-months-in-prison/</guid> <description><![CDATA[Wesley Snipes was sentenced to 36 months in prison, Thursday, the maximum sentence allowed. Snipes was convicted of three misdemeanor charges for not filing his taxes. &#8220;We think it sends a real message,&#8221; U.S. Attorney Robert O&#8217;Neill said. &#8220;Again you have to pay your taxes. If you dispute the taxes you owe, contact the I.R.S. [...]]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p></p><p><a href="http://www.thehotjoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/04/snipes1_narrowweb__300x4260.jpg" title="snipes1_narrowweb__300x4260.jpg"><img src="http://www.thehotjoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/04/snipes1_narrowweb__300x4260.jpg" alt="snipes1 narrowweb  300x4260 Wesley Snipes Gets The Maximum: 36 Months In Prison"  title="snipes1 narrowweb  300x4260 photo" /></a><br clear="left" /></p><p>Wesley Snipes <a href="http://www.wesh.com/news/15979487/detail.html" target="_blank">was sentenced</a> to 36 months in prison, Thursday, the maximum sentence allowed. Snipes <a href="http://www.thehotjoints.com/2008/02/01/wesley-snipes-aquitted-on-felony-tax-fraud-and-conspiracy/" target="_blank">was convicted</a> of three misdemeanor charges for not filing his taxes.</p><blockquote><p>&#8220;We think it sends a real message,&#8221; U.S. Attorney Robert O&#8217;Neill said. &#8220;Again you have to pay your taxes. If you dispute the taxes you owe, contact the I.R.S. and go through the formal process. To continually just say, &#8216;I don&#8217;t owe taxes, you must show me why I owe taxes;&#8217; it seemed his position was ludicrous.&#8221;</p></blockquote><p>I think if Snipes would have shown even an ounce of remorse he may have received a lighter sentence. His attitude throughout the trial was one of arrogance. The judge also pointed out that during his apology to the court today, Snipes never once mentioned the word &#8220;taxes&#8221; or his failure to pay them.</p> ]]></content:encoded> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.thehotjoints.com/2008/04/24/wesley-snipes-gets-the-maximum-36-months-in-prison/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Denzel and Other Hollywood Heavyweights Show Support For Snipes</title><link>http://www.thehotjoints.com/2008/04/23/denzel-and-other-hollywood-heavyweights-showing-support-for-snipes/</link> <comments>http://www.thehotjoints.com/2008/04/23/denzel-and-other-hollywood-heavyweights-showing-support-for-snipes/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Wed, 23 Apr 2008 21:27:46 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Chris Jones</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Celebrity News]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Hollywood]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Legal News]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Celebrities]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Tax Evasion]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Wesley Snipes]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.thehotjoints.com/2008/04/23/denzel-and-other-hollywood-heavyweights-showing-support-for-snipes/</guid> <description><![CDATA[Via OCALA: Denzel Washington compares Wesley Snipes to a mighty oak tree. Woody Harrelson views Snipes as a citizen of the world. Judge Joe Brown casts Snipes as a life traveler serving his fellow man. It seems hard to believe that a two-fisted, sexy, gun-toting Hollywood action star sounds like a cross between Gandhi and [...]]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p></p><p>Via <a href="http://www.ocala.com/article/20080423/NEWS/299895322/1025/NEWS&amp;title=Support_for_Snipes_from_Denzel__Woody__Judge_Joe_Brown" target="_blank">OCALA</a>:</p><blockquote><p>Denzel Washington compares Wesley Snipes to a mighty oak tree.</p><p>Woody Harrelson views Snipes as a citizen of the world.</p><p>Judge Joe Brown casts Snipes as a life traveler serving his fellow man.</p><p>It seems hard to believe that a two-fisted, sexy, gun-toting Hollywood action star sounds like a cross between Gandhi and the Mother Teresa.</p><p>But, sometimes, that&#8217;s what it takes to beat doing hard time for a federal tax rap.</p><p>Thursday is the first day of the rest of Snipes&#8217; legal life, and he needs enough character references to impress Senior U.S. District Judge William Terrell Hodges into going easy. An Ocala jury in February found the famed actor guilty of three counts of willfully failing to file tax returns. Snipes faces up to three years in federal prison and $5 million or more in fines.</p></blockquote><p>I&#8217;m just not sure what &#8220;oak trees&#8221; or being a &#8220;citizen of the world&#8221; has to do with tax evasion. Wesley Snipes is a multi-millionaire who flat out <a href="http://www.thehotjoints.com/2008/02/01/wesley-snipes-aquitted-on-felony-tax-fraud-and-conspiracy/" target="_blank">refused to pay taxes</a> and even ripped off the government. He&#8217;s a greedy SOB who deserves to do some prison time.</p> ]]></content:encoded> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.thehotjoints.com/2008/04/23/denzel-and-other-hollywood-heavyweights-showing-support-for-snipes/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <!-- google_ad_section_end --></channel> </rss>
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