Actor Jude Law denies attacking photographer

Actor Jude Law denies
attacking photographer

LONDON — Police arrested Jude Law after he reportedly attacked a photographer outside his London home. The actor, however, denied the allegations Wednesday. The photographer accused him of trying to grab his camera during a scuffle late Tuesday, Britain’s Press Association reported. The 34-year-old actor, whose films include “The Talented Mr. Ripley,” “Alfie,” “Cold Mountain,” and “Closer,” voluntarily went to a West London police station after the incident, his lawyer, Graham Shear, said. “Mr. Law provided the police with a statement regarding his denials of allegations by a paparazzi photographer against him and made his own allegations concerning the photographer,” Shear said. He said he would not comment further while police were investigating.

Honors for Tim Burton

VENICE, Italy — Tim Burton is getting a career Golden Lion award at the Venice Film Festival. To mark the occasion, the festival was screening a 3-D version of “The Nightmare Before Christmas,” the animated movie and gothic tale based on a story by Burton that has acquired a cult following. The award was being presented Wednesday by Johnny Depp, who has starred in several Burton movies, including “Edward Scissorhands” and “Ed Wood,” a black-and-white biopic on B-movie director Edward D. Wood Jr. “Hopefully it just inspires me to keep going,” Burton told reporters in Venice, speaking of the award. The 49-year-old Burton is best known for his quirky stories and the gothic atmosphere of his pictures, which also include “Batman,” “Beetle Juice,” “Big Fish,” “Mars Attacks!” and a remake of “Planet of the Apes.”

Today’s birthdays

Comedian JoAnne Worley is 70. Country singer David Allan Coe is 68. Rock singer-musician Roger Waters (Pink Floyd) is 64. Actress Swoosie Kurtz is 63. Comedian-actress Jane Curtin is 60. Actor-comedian Jeff Foxworthy is 49. Country singer Mark Chesnutt is 44. Actress Rosie Perez is 43. Rhythm-and-blues singer Macy Gray is 37. Rock singer Dolores O’Riordan (The Cranberries) is 36. Rapper Noreaga is 30. Rapper Foxy Brown is 28.