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SOUTHFIELD, Mich. - An Army bomb disposal expert who served in the Iraq war is suing the makers of "The Hurt Locker," claiming the Oscar-nominated film's lead character is based on him and that they cheated him out of "financial participation in the film.

LOS ANGELES - A Los Angeles businessman who was arrested for investigation of draping a huge movie billboard over a Hollywood building near the site of the upcoming Oscars is due in court after a weekend in jail.

LOS ANGELES - Roman Polanski has lived through a striking collection of bizarre, triumphant and tragic events, his calamity rivaling some of the darkest horrors he has depicted on screen.