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John McTiernan has run out of ways to get out of serving a year in prison for his role in the Anthony Pellicano wiretapping scandal. On Monday, the Supreme Court decided  it would not hear the Die Hard director's appeal to reverse his guilty plea in the case. McTiernan was sentenced to 12 months behind bars in October…

Director John McTiernan’s appeal of a 12-month prison sentence for his role in the Anthony Pellicano wiretapping scandal was rejected today by the federal appeals court for the 9th Circuit. The judge in the case had allowed McTiernan to remain free pending his appeal. Today’s decision, which you can read here, means…

UPDATE: Die Hard director John McTiernan had already pleaded guilty in July after being convicted of lying in the Anthony Pellicano wiretapping and racketeering scandal that enveloped Hollywood. His one-year federal prison term was handed down this morning at a sentencing hearing presided over by the same judge he…

MONDAY UPDATE: The film director pleaded guilty in Los Angeles federal court to lying during the Pellicano investigation. John McTiernan entered the plea to two counts of making false statements to the FBI and one count of perjury for lying to a federal judge while trying to withdraw a guilty plea. He faces up to a…

Hollywood producer Chuck Roven will testify tomorrow. Maybe now we’ll find out what really happened between director John McTiernan and Roven over the movie Rollerball. Pellicano Perp Walk: Big-Time Movie Director John McTiernan Cops Guilty Plea UPDATED: McTiernan-Roven Demystified McTiernan-Roven Still a Pellicano My…