Anthony Pellicano

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Tags: Writer, Magnum, P.I.
Biography: A bigger than life character whose true story reads like a chapter from a detective novel, Anthony Pellican Jr. was born in 1944 near Chicago. After dropping out of high school, he went into the Army Signal Corps where he obtained his GED (high school diploma). He began working as a "skip tracer" and eventually opened up his own private investigation firm in 1969 [...]

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October 08, 2010

Die Hard Director John McTiernan To Appeal Against Prison Sentence

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has said that he would appeal against the one year prison sentence which was handed over to him over the infamous Anthony Pellicano wiretapping case. [...]

October 08, 2010

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The director of "Die Hard" and other action films pleaded guilty to perjury and lying to the feds about hiring Hollywood PI Anthony Pellicano (now serving [...]

October 08, 2010

Furious Movie News 10.07.10: The Gwen Stacey Swerve Edition

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of California with Die Hard (above) and Predator director John McTiernan being jailed for 12 months for his part in the infamous Anthony Pellicano case. [...]

October 08, 2010

'Die Hard' Director McTiernan Takes 'Shrapnel'

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and The Hunt for Red October, but has been in the news the past few years in connection with private detective Anthony Pellicano's wire-tapping case. [...]

October 11, 2010

Director John McTiernan Prepares To Appeal Sentence

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wiretapping investigation of Hollywood private investigator Anthony Pellicano and about his involvement in the wiretapping of producer Charles Roven. [...]

October 08, 2010

Allison Hope Weiner: Chris Rock And Anthony Pellicano's Secret ...


14 Mar 2008 Scroll Down To Listen To The Complete Audio - My Exclusive Tape**Below is the entire 31-minute conversation in 2001 between Chris Rock and [...]

October 08, 2010

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Anthony Pellicano (born March 22, 1944, in Chicago, Illinois) is a former high-profile Los Angeles private investigator who recently served a sentence of three and a half years in federal prison for illegal possession of explosives, [...]

October 08, 2010

Die Hard 5 To Begin Shooting Next Year According To Bruce Willis ...

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Director of the original Die Hard John McTiernan (Predator) has just been sentenced to twelve months in prison for his role in the Anthony Pellicano wiretapping scandal. He also has to pay a $100000 fine and serve a three years [...]

October 08, 2010

Die Hard Director John McTiernan Is Going To Jail ...

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Today US District Judge Dale Fisher, the same judge McTiernan lied to about his involvement in the Anthony Pellicano wiretapping and racketeering case, handed down a one-year prison sentence to the 59-year-old McTiernan, [...]

October 14, 2010

Director Gets 1 Year In Prison In Wiretapping Case (AP) | MMC-NEWS


McTiernan formerly pleaded guilty to fibbing to an FBI representative in 2006 about a review of private questioner Anthony Pellicano. The executive after withdrew that plea, arguing he didn't have adequate authorised representation, [...]

October 08, 2010

Anthony Pellicano


Anthony Pellicano is a former high-profile Los Angeles private investigator who recently served a sentence of three and a half years in federal prison [...]

October 08, 2010

Busch Lashes Out At Pellicano During Sentencing - FishbowlLA


Anita Busch, the former L.A. Times journalist who locked horns with private eye Anthony Pellicano, had the last laugh as she slammed the investigator at his sentencing for wiretapping, wire fraud and racketeering today. [...]

October 08, 2010

Pellicano Mess Lands John McTiernan In Jail | TheWrap.com


McTiernan was convicted of lying to the feds during questing over his involvement with private investigator Anthony Pellicano, who was convicted himself two years ago of 76 wiretapping counts. McTiernan was a former Pellicano client. [...]

October 11, 2010

ERSNews.com On Pellicano Like White On Rice - FishbowlLA


Los Angeles, CA (PRWEB) January 31, 2008 — ERSNews.com has obtained exclusive and extensive new information about the ongoing federal investigation of former “P-I to the stars” Anthony Pellicano. The FBI/Deptartment of Justice [...]

October 08, 2010

'Die Hard' Director, John McTiernan, Sent To Prison For Lying

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“Die Hard” director John McTiernan was sentenced to a year in federal prison Monday for lying to the FBI — and later to a federal judge — regarding his role in the wiretapping case of disgraced Hollywood private eye Anthony Pellicano. [...]

October 08, 2010

Anthony Pellicano - Wikiality, The Truthiness Encyclopedia


Anthony Pellicano used to be known as the 'Private Investigator to the Stars' until he was indicted on 100 counts of racketeering and some other crime. [...]

October 08, 2010

John McTiernan Faces Imprisonment

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Director John McTiernan, whose credits included Predator and The Hunt for Red October was sentenced to one year's imprisonment on 4th October 2010 for lying about the part he played in the case of Anthony Pellicano, a former private [...]

October 11, 2010

Victor Gutierrez Is A Link To NAMBLA And REAL Pedophiles. Was ...

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Jackson's much feared „private investigator” Anthony Pellicano issued him death threats. He had to spend long years outside of the USA. (Notice the spin here – he didn't „have to” spend long years outside of the USA. [...]

October 08, 2010

McTiernan Appealing Jail Sentence | The Money Times

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Los Angeles -- John McTiernan says he will appeal the sentence he got for his role in the Anthony Pellicano wiretapping case, but not because he's afraid to go to prison. Los Angeles -- John McTiernan says he will appeal the sentence he [...]

October 08, 2010

News: DIE HARD Director John McTiernan Sentenced To A Year In Jail


The Die Hard and Predator director has just been sentenced to a year in prison for his part in the Anthony Pellicano illegal wiretapping case. Basically what this boils down to is that McTiernan knowingly hired a private detective who [...]

October 08, 2010

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Next Story · Names and faces. Die Hard director John McTiernan has been sentenced to one year in prison for lying during a wiretapping investigation of Hollywood private investigator Anthony Pellicano. » More [...]

October 14, 2010

Director Gets 1 Year In Prison In Wiretapping Case


McTiernan previously pleaded guilty to lying to an FBI agent in 2006 round the investigation of private investigator Anthony Pellicano. The director later withdrew that defence, arguing he didn't have adequate legal representation, [...]

October 08, 2010

Slate's Details On Dominick Dunne/Anthony Pellicano - FishbowlNY


The Anthony Pellicano case has been extensively covered in our Los Angeles sister blog. To wit: Pellicano, one of the most high-profile (and powerful) PIs in Los Angeles, was arrested in 2006 on wiretapping and racketeering charges. [...]

October 08, 2010

Wyclef Jean Heads To Brown University; 'Die Hard' Director Goes To Prison

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The conviction stems from a 2006 plea in which McTiernan admitted to hiring Hollywood detective Anthony Pellicano to spy on former co-worker Charles Roven. [...]

October 08, 2010

News: John McTiernan Speaks Out On His Prison Sentence


Two days after being sentenced to a year in prison for his part in the Anthony Pellicano wiretapping case, Die Hard director John McTiernan has spoken to The Hollywood Reporter to explain his side of events and why he is appealing the [...]


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