Adolphe Menjou movies today (This article is currently being revised.) Despite countless stories to the contrary, numerous silent film performers managed to survive the coming of sound. Adolphe Menjou, however, is a special case in that he not only remained a leading man in the early sound era, but smoothly made the transition to top supporting player in mid-decade, a position he would continue to hold for the quarter of a century. Menjou is Turner Classic Movies' Star of the Day today, Aug. 3, as part of TCM's "Summer Under the Stars" 2015 series. Right now, TCM is showing William A. Wellman's A Star Is Born, the "original" version of the story about a small-town girl (Janet Gaynor) who becomes a Hollywood star, while her husband (Fredric March) boozes his way into oblivion. In typical Hollywood originality (not that things are any different elsewhere), this 1937 version of the story – produced by...
- 8/4/2015
- by Andre Soares
- Alt Film Guide
Woman Convicted Of Lying To FBI During Pellicano Investigation
A former phone company worker is facing 15 years behind bars for lying to the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) while agents investigated allegations Hollywood private investigator Anthony Pellicano wiretapped several high-profile clients.
On Monday Joann Wiggan was found guilty of three charges of perjury in relation to false information she handed to officers who were trying to build a case against Pellicano, who was found guilty of illegally listening into the calls of stars including Sylvester Stallone last year.
He began a 15-year sentence behind bars in December, with an extra three years added last month for threatening a Los Angeles Times reporter.
Wiggan lied to the FBI about information she handed to her former colleague, Pellicano's accomplice Ray Turner, who was also convicted of wiretapping and conspiracy last year.
Wiggan is due to be sentenced in February.
On Monday Joann Wiggan was found guilty of three charges of perjury in relation to false information she handed to officers who were trying to build a case against Pellicano, who was found guilty of illegally listening into the calls of stars including Sylvester Stallone last year.
He began a 15-year sentence behind bars in December, with an extra three years added last month for threatening a Los Angeles Times reporter.
Wiggan lied to the FBI about information she handed to her former colleague, Pellicano's accomplice Ray Turner, who was also convicted of wiretapping and conspiracy last year.
Wiggan is due to be sentenced in February.
- 11/4/2009
- WENN
A former phone company employee has been convicted of lying to FBI agents and a federal grand jury investigating wiretapping allegations against Hollywood private investigator Anthony Pellicano.Joann Wiggan of Burbank was found guilty Monday of three counts. She faces up to 15 years in prison.Prosecutors say Wiggan was an phone company employee who gave information from confidential company databases to former co-worker Ray Turner. They say he used that information to help Pellicano illegally tap the phones of several Hollywood figures.Wiggan was acquitted in 2006 of four perjury charges but jurors deadlocked on a fifth. New charges were later filed.Pellicano and Turner were convicted last year of conspiracy, wiretapping, and other charges.
- 11/3/2009
- Filmicafe
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