February 22, 2010
Roman Polanski wins the Silver Bear at Berlin
Roman Polanski has won the Silver Bear for best director at the Berlin Film Festival for his new political thriller, The Ghost Writer, but he could not accept it because he is engaged in a lawsuit for having sex with a minor in 1977.
His producer, Alain Sarde, accepted the best director prize instead Polanski on Saturday and he said: “I am sure Roman will be very happy. However, when I was lamenting with him that he cannot be with us, he said to me, ‘even if I could, I wouldn’t because the last time I went to a festival to get a prize, I ended up in jail.’”
The Ghost Writer, which is about a writer hired to complete the memoirs of a former British prime minister, had its premiere at Berlin.
A judge in Los Angeles ruled in January that Polanski had to attend court in the US if he wanted to resolve the case. He left the US in 1978 before sentencing and has never returned.
McGrady loses game but wins applause
McGrady scored 26 points in his Knicks debut Saturday night, two days after being acquired in a trade. Though the Knicks ultimately fell to the Oklahoma City Thunder, 121-118, in overtime, it was an encouraging start.
McGrady played 32 minutes and finished 10 for 17 from the field, with 5 assists and 4 rebounds, lifting his teammates and energizing Madison Square Garden said by New York Times.
With 7:55 left to play, the Knicks trailing by 5 and McGrady on the bench, a pocket of fans began a chant of “We want T-Mac!” Within seconds, the entire arena was booming with the request. When McGrady tried to check in with 6:54 to go — only to be turned back by the referee Ron Garretson — the fans booed in displeasure.“I haven’t felt that good in a while, to really be received that way, to hear those chants,” McGrady said. ”It really gave chills down my spine.”
It had been two months since McGrady’s last game for the Houston Rockets, and 12 months since he underwent knee surgery. He played longer and better than anyone expected including himself.
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