Paul Haggis

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Oscar-winning screenwriter Paul Haggis was ordered Monday to pay an additional $2.5 million in damages in a rape lawsuit, bringing the total to $10 million for a woman who said he sexually assaulted her nearly a decade ago.

Oscar-winning director and screenwriter Paul Haggis was detained on Sunday on sexual assault charges and personal injury accusations in Italy's Ostuni town. A 'foreign' woman, who was not of Italian origin, pressed these charges against the director, reported The Hollywood Reporter.

Paul Haggis, who has been fighting a civil rape lawsuit from film publicist Haleigh Breest, has been accused by another woman of trying to rape her. This is the fourth woman to accuse the director of physical assault.

Film director Paul Haggis was detained on Sunday for investigation of allegations that he sexually assaulted a woman in southern Italy, Italian news media said, quoting local prosecutors.

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Publicist Haleigh Breest recalls feeling "absolutely paralysed and terrified" when the Oscar-winning filmmaker Paul Haggis allegedly raped her at his Manhattan apartment in January 2013.

A jury has been selected in the rape trial against the Oscar-winning director Paul Haggis. The trial is set to begin with opening remarks in New York City.

Filmmaker Paul Haggis can breathe a sigh of relief as a judge in Italy ended his detention on Monday.

Director Paul Haggis, who is now under house arrest in Italy on sexual assault charges, has been given a hearing date in New York for his rape lawsuit.

Paul Haggis lost his civil rape trial on Friday after a New York jury found the filmmaker liable on all three counts of rape and sexual abuse.

A judge in southern Italy on Monday was weighing whether Academy Award-winning film director Paul Haggis should go free while Italian prosecutors investigate a woman's allegations that he had sex with her over two days without her consent. Haggis' lawyer, Michele Laforgia, said after the hearing Monday in Brindisi courthouse that his client reiterated his total innocence and is in "hopeful expectation" that he will be ultimately vindicated.

Katie Holmes reportedly ended her marriage to Hollywood superstar Tom Cruise because she feared that he will send their six-year-old daughter Suri to a hardcore Scientology school.

Hollywood actress Nicole Kidman and her musician husband Keith Urban are planning to fund a school to provide education and medical needs to children in Haiti.

Charlize says her latest role helped her form her own opinions about the war in Iraq.

Real-life dramas dominated the scene at the 78th annual Academy Awards on Sunday.

A woman broke down on the witness stand Wednesday while giving graphic testimony about a 2003 night when she said she emerged from unconsciousness to find actor Danny Masterson raping her.

Rachel Weisz and Reese Witherspoon were among the winners at the 78th annual Academy Awards in Hollywood.

'I couldn’t tell the difference between the actors and the real soldiers. They were really good,' says Charlize Theron.

A prosecutor on Tuesday described rape allegations by three women against "That '70s Show" actor Danny Masterson from two decades ago that contained some of the same disturbing elements.

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A judge declared a mistrial Wednesday at the rape trial of "That '70s Show" actor Danny Masterson after jurors, who were leaning strongly toward acquitting him, were deadlocked following the monthlong trial in which the Church of Scientology played a supporting role.

As 'Brokeback Mountain' celebrates its 20th anniversary, co-writer Diana Ossana recalls the film's surprising Oscar loss to 'Crash.' Ossana believes homophobia in Hollywood contributed to the snub, despite the film's numerous other accolades. Director Ang Lee, while grateful for his Best Director win, remains puzzled by the Best Picture outcome.

The #MeToo movement is having another moment in the spotlight as high-profile sexual assault trials play out in courtrooms from coast to coast.

Danny Masterson, former star of the long-running sitcom "That '70s Show," is about to face three women in court who say he raped them two decades ago at a trial whose key figures are all current or former members of the Church of Scientology.

Harvey Weinstein's next sexual assault trial is set to begin on Monday in Los Angeles, almost exactly five years after allegations of sexual misconduct against the Hollywood mogul helped launch the #MeToo era.