Stalker

A man convicted of stalking Uma Thurman has been arrested in Maryland on charges that he called her office despite a court order to leave her alone. Jack Jordan was arrested in North Potomac, Md., shortly before Thanksgiving on charges of violating a restraining order by calling the actress’s office. Dylan lyrics auction Bob Dylan ’s original handwritten lyrics for “The Times They Are A-Changin’ ’’ are heading for auction on Dec. 10 in New York, where they could sell for $200,000 to $300,000.

A woman charged with extorting $6,000 from New York Yankees general manager Brian Cashman may be about to find out what a grand jury thinks of the case. Louise Neathway (NEETH'-way) is scheduled to be in a Manhattan court Wednesday to learn whether she's been indicted. Her lawyer didn't immediately return a call this week. Neathway is being held on $300,000 bond on grand larceny, stalking and other charges. She denies allegations of threatening to damage Cashman's reputation to get him to pay her. Neathway is a British native.

A judge ruled Monday that a man charged with stalking Halle Berry should stand trial on two charges filed after he was repeatedly seen on the actress' property earlier this year. Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Melissa Widdifield issued her ruling after hearing from two witnesses called during a preliminary hearing to show some of evidence against Richard A. Franco, who has pleaded not guilty to burglary and stalking charges. He was charged after police arrested him outside Berry's home in July after he was seen on the property three times in three days.

A little more than halfway through Geoff Dyer's peculiar and winning "Zona" comes an "Aha!" moment for the reader, who might be forgiven for wondering what possessed Dyer to write an entire book about the 1979 Russian movie "Stalker" - what, in fact, sparked his decades-long obsession with a relatively obscure film about three men on a perilous trip to a forbidden territory called the Zone, each of them seeking something different and not altogether clear....

A little more than halfway through Geoff Dyer's peculiar and winning "Zona" comes an "Aha!" moment for the reader, who might be forgiven for wondering what possessed Dyer to write an entire book about the 1979 Russian movie "Stalker" - what, in fact, sparked his decades-long obsession with a relatively obscure film about three men on a perilous trip to a forbidden territory called the Zone, each of them seeking something different and not altogether clear....

NEW YORK - By the tens of thousands, victims of stalking lose their jobs, flee their homes, and fear for their safety, according to a new federal survey providing the most comprehensive data ever on a crime affecting an estimated 3.4 million Americans a year. About 11 percent of the victims said they had been stalked for five or more years, and one in seven said the stalking compelled them to move out of their home, according to the report by the Justice Department's Bureau of Justice Statistics.

Don't be fooled by the star wattage: "Management" is a small, underwhelming indie comedy about the cuteness of the long-distance stalker. True, it's a subject the movies have often visited with varying comic returns, from "The Graduate" (Elaine!) to "The Heartbreak Kid" to all those Sundance movies about a noodgy guy pestering his dream girl until she caves in to his questionable charms. Here, the charm curdles fast. What playwright-turned-screenwriter/director Stephen Belber finds adorable, a reasonable person might consider actionable.

Whatever popular good will and box office credibility Sandra Bullock reestablished with this summer’s “The Proposal’’ is hereby undone - no, obliterated - with “All About Steve,’’ easily the worst movie of the week, month, year, and Bullock’s entire career. It is to comedy what leprosy once was to the island of Molokai: a plague best contemplated from many miles away. In a spectacular feat of miscasting, the star plays a California fruitcake named Mary Horowitz who lives with her parents, constructs crossword puzzles for a living, and never stops yammering about the trivia...

Lynn age dispute Country music legend Loretta Lynn is three years older than she has led people to believe, an age change that undermines the story she told of being married at 13 in "Coal Miner's Daughter," documents obtained by the Associated Press show. Lynn's birth certificate on file at the state Office of Vital Statistics in Frankfort, Ky., shows that Loretta Webb was born on April 14, 1932, in Johnson County, Ky. That makes her 80 years old, not 77. In "Coal Miner's Daughter," the autobiography that became an Academy Award-winning film, Lynn told a different story -...

SACRAMENTO - A California man who trolled women's Facebook pages searching for clues that allowed him to take over their e-mail accounts was sentenced yesterday to more than four years in state prison after a judge rejected a plea for a lighter sentence and likened the man to a peeping Tom. Once he took over women's e-mail accounts, George Bronk searched their folders for nude or seminude photographs or videos sent to their husbands or boyfriends and...

A judge on Wednesday dismissed a criminal case against a man charged with stalking Selena Gomez, saying he did not believe prosecutors had shown he intended to cause the actress and singer to be afraid. The dismissal will free Thomas Broadnicki, 46, who was charged earlier this month with stalking Gomez between July and October. The starlet was not present for Wednesday's preliminary hearing during which a prosecutor attempted to show there was probable cause for Brodnicki to stand trial.

A judge ruled Monday that a man charged with stalking Halle Berry should stand trial on two charges filed after he was repeatedly seen on the actress' property earlier this year. Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Melissa Widdifield issued her ruling after hearing from two witnesses called during a preliminary hearing to show some of evidence against Richard A. Franco, who has pleaded not guilty to burglary and stalking charges. He was charged after police arrested him outside Berry's home in July after he was seen on the property three...

SACRAMENTO - A California man who trolled women's Facebook pages searching for clues that allowed him to take over their e-mail accounts was sentenced yesterday to more than four years in state prison after a judge rejected a plea for a lighter sentence and likened the man to a peeping Tom. Once he took over women's e-mail accounts, George Bronk searched their folders for nude or seminude photographs or videos sent to their husbands or boyfriends and...

LONDON — A London jury yesterday convicted one of Britain’s most notorious serial rapists, who preyed on the elderly for nearly two decades and may have assaulted scores of victims. The jury at Woolwich Crown Court found Delroy Grant — dubbed the “Night Stalker’’ — guilty of 29 counts of attacks on 18 elderly men and women between 1992 and 2009. Police say the number of Grant’s victims is thought to be substantially more. Officers have looked into 203 offenses as part of the investigation.

A man convicted of stalking Uma Thurman has been arrested in Maryland on charges that he called her office despite a court order to leave her alone. Jack Jordan was arrested in North Potomac, Md., shortly before Thanksgiving on charges of violating a restraining order by calling the actress’s office. Dylan lyrics auction Bob Dylan ’s original handwritten lyrics for “The Times They Are A-Changin’ ’’ are heading for auction on Dec. 10 in New York, where they could sell for $200,000 to $300,000.

Whatever popular good will and box office credibility Sandra Bullock reestablished with this summer’s “The Proposal’’ is hereby undone - no, obliterated - with “All About Steve,’’ easily the worst movie of the week, month, year, and Bullock’s entire career. It is to comedy what leprosy once was to the island of Molokai: a plague best contemplated from many miles away. In a spectacular feat of miscasting, the star plays a California fruitcake named Mary Horowitz who lives with her parents, constructs crossword puzzles for a living, and never stops yammering about the trivia that...

LONDON — A London jury yesterday convicted one of Britain’s most notorious serial rapists, who preyed on the elderly for nearly two decades and may have assaulted scores of victims. The jury at Woolwich Crown Court found Delroy Grant — dubbed the “Night Stalker’’ — guilty of 29 counts of attacks on 18 elderly men and women between 1992 and 2009. Police say the number of Grant’s victims is thought to be substantially more. Officers have looked into 203 offenses as part of the investigation.

A woman charged with extorting $6,000 from New York Yankees general manager Brian Cashman may be about to find out what a grand jury thinks of the case. Louise Neathway (NEETH'-way) is scheduled to be in a Manhattan court Wednesday to learn whether she's been indicted. Her lawyer didn't immediately return a call this week. Neathway is being held on $300,000 bond on grand larceny, stalking and other charges. She denies allegations of threatening to damage Cashman's reputation to get him to pay her. Neathway is a British native.

Don't be fooled by the star wattage: "Management" is a small, underwhelming indie comedy about the cuteness of the long-distance stalker. True, it's a subject the movies have often visited with varying comic returns, from "The Graduate" (Elaine!) to "The Heartbreak Kid" to all those Sundance movies about a noodgy guy pestering his dream girl until she caves in to his questionable charms. Here, the charm curdles fast. What playwright-turned-screenwriter/director Stephen Belber finds adorable, a reasonable person might consider actionable.

NEW YORK - By the tens of thousands, victims of stalking lose their jobs, flee their homes, and fear for their safety, according to a new federal survey providing the most comprehensive data ever on a crime affecting an estimated 3.4 million Americans a year. About 11 percent of the victims said they had been stalked for five or more years, and one in seven said the stalking compelled them to move out of their home, according to the report by the Justice Department's Bureau of Justice Statistics.