Every year we wonder, "Why do we even have to pay taxes?" Um, to stay out of jail. Actor Wesley Snipes received the maximum sentence of three years in prison for not filing three years of tax returns.The IRS says Snipes skipped out on paying nearly $3 million in taxes on $14 million of income over a three-year period.Snipes engaged in battle with the IRS for several years, arguing the government had no legal right to collect taxes. The judge didn't buy it.Snipes' legal team presented numerous letters from friends and family members asking for leniency since the actor had no prior criminal record.Was the judge's sentence fair, or do you think he was making an example of Snipes? — J.R. Whalen
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Two years after being indicted, Wesley Snipes was acquitted on Feb. 1 of federal tax fraud and conspiracy, but convicted on three misdemeanor counts of failing to file a tax return. Snipes, along with two codefendants, was originally charged with six counts of failing to pay taxes from 1999-2004 — aka the same years in which he signed contracts for more than $10 million for Blade sequels. Despite his acquittal on three counts of fraud, he still faces those remaining misdemeanor convictions, which entail a possible three years in jail. If Snipes does have to serve time, however, he'll have to get used to standing up for himself without a vampire cape. — Anna Dimond
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Lest any aspect of this film not be leaked out before it's anywhere close to the Cineplex, Page Six reports that Sex and the City: The Movie today is lensing (Spoiler alert) Carrie and Big's wedding — at St. Patrick's Cathedral.... Rome's James Purefoy has been cast as 16th-century Puritan swordsman Solomon Kane in a pic of the same name.... British scribe Steven Moffat (Doctor Who) is taking a first crack at Steven Spielberg and Peter Jackson's Tintin trilogy.... William H. Macy and Cheryl Hines are bickering parents of a nerdy high school senior in Bart Got a Room.... Per Variety, Derek Luke has replaced Wesley Snipes (whose tax-fraud problems make it hard to travel) in Spike Lee's WWII drama, Miracle at St. Anna, lensing in Italy.
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Wesley Snipes surrendered to police on income-tax evasion charges early on Friday at Orlando International Airport. The actor — who was reportedly in Namibia filming a horror movie called Gallowwalker — is due to appear in court this afternoon, where he could face 16 years in prison if convicted on charges of illegally claiming tax refunds of almost $12 million, and neglecting to file income-tax returns from 1999 through 2004. For more, see Reuters.UPDATE: Per the AP, Snipes, released on $1 million bond after pleading not guilty to the charges, said after the Friday hearing, "I look forward to clearing my name and resolving this issue posthaste."
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Producer/writer David S. Goyer is hotter than a solar flash on the big screen these days. While the veteran comic-book (Justice Society of America) and sci-fi/horror-film scribe (Batman Begins, Dark City) is currently working on, among other projects, big-screen takes on The Flash and Ghost Rider, it'
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