Movie star Wesley Snipes was sentenced to three years imprisonment last night for his “brazen defiance” of the US taxman.

The 45-year-old Hollywood actor, who has starred in films including Blade, White Men Can’t Jump and Demolition Man, was given the maximum sentence possible after prosecutors described him to a court in Ocala, Florida, as a “truly notorious offender.” He did not have to go to prison immediately but must surrender to custody at a later date.

Snipes sat expressionless as the sentence was handed down. Asked if he had any reaction, he spread his arms and shrugged. One of his lawyers, Carmen Hernandez, complained: “Mr Snipes was sentenced because he’s Mr Snipes.”

The decision by US District Court judge William Terrell Hodges came two months after a jury convicted Snipes on three counts of willfully failing to file federal tax returns from 1999 to 2001.

The court heard yesterday that Snipes dodged $15 million (£7.5 million) in tax through a campaign in which he concealed millions offshore, falsely applied for tax refunds and bombarded the Internal Revenue Service with frivolous correspondence that threatened government employees, railed about extortion and used twisted legal interpretations to back his claim that taxation was unlawful.

“For nearly a decade, Snipes has engaged in a campaign of criminal tax conduct combining brazen defiance with insidious concealment,” the prosecuting attorney, Robert O’Neill, told the court in a sentencing memorandum. “In the defendant Wesley Snipes, the court is presented with a wealthy, famous and inveterate tax scofflaw. If ever a tax offender was deserving of being held accountable to the maximum extent for his criminal wrongdoing, Snipes is that defendant.”

Louis Leterrier, director of the upcoming The Incredible Hulk, downplayed to SCI FI Wire reports of a creative rift in the post-production phase between actor/screenwriter Edward Norton (who plays Bruce Banner) and Marvel Studios.

“It’s so unsettling, because it’s not true,” Leterrier said in an interview on April 19 at New York Comic Con. “Listen, when you have problems [on a film], you learn what to do. Everyone comes to an agreement where everyone agrees to say it was one thing or it was another thing. But [this controversy] is not a real thing, so I am saying one thing and [producer] Kevin [Feige] will say another thing, because it’s a non-issue.”

Entertainment blogger Nikki Finke first reported that Norton and Marvel clashed over the film’s tone and direction. Not so, Leterrier said. “Edward is working on the movie, and we are working here,” he said. “It’s a non-issue. You know what’s real is that it gives that woman, Nikki Finke, too much power, and everybody is falling into what she is saying. It’s sad and weird.” (Finke did not respond to a request for comment from SCI FI Wire.)

Asked if he found it difficult to work with Norton, Leterrier said “No.” “For example, I never, ever heard about the [rumored] Edward Norton problems [with director Tony Kaye] on American History X,” he said. “That movie was amazing, and in France we just judged the movie. I speak to Edward every day. I can show you my iPhone, which has Edward Norton written all over it. We speak daily. He is very proud of the movie and is very involved. I wish he was here.”

Exceprt From: SciFi.com

The ever beautiful Jennifer Aniston seems to be getting a great deal of attention during her time in Miami shooting for her upcoming film Marley and Me.  It appears she She one of the very best from her itsy bitsy teeny weenie bikini collection so she could soak up a few rays during some down time.  

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