Miss Argentina Solange Magnano dead at 37
BUENOS AIRES, Dec. 1 (UPI) -- Former Miss Argentina Solange Magnano, a mother of two who ran her own modeling agency, has died from complications stemming from cosmetic surgery. She was 37.
CNN said the beauty queen, who was crowned Miss Argentina in 1994, died Sunday in a hospital after she underwent elective surgery on her buttocks at a clinic last Wednesday.
Authorities said they are investigating the circumstances of her death.
Cosmetic surgery is big business in Argentina where international tourists flock to undergo cheaper procedures by experienced physicians. An estimated 1 in 30 Argentines have had plastic surgery, CNN noted.
Report: Polanski in jail until Friday
GSTAAD, Switzerland, Dec. 1 (UPI) -- Roman Polanski is to remain behind bars in Zurich until Friday after which he will begin his house arrest at a chalet in the Swiss Alps, officials said.
Polanski, 76, was arrested Sept. 26 in Zurich for a 1977 child-sex case in Los Angeles.
The famous filmmaker, who lives in France but was in Switzerland to attend a film festival, has not traveled to the United States since he pleaded guilty in a Los Angeles court to having unlawful sex with a minor and then fled the country before he could be sentenced. He was accused of drugging and having sex with a 13-year-old girl.
Polanski's lawyers have alleged misconduct on the part of the Los Angeles criminal justice system at the time of the plea deal, and are fighting extradition from Switzerland to the United States. Swiss officials approved Polanski's $4.5 million bail bid late last month. Under the terms of his confinement, the director must wear an electronic monitoring bracelet that will alert authorities if he tries to flee.
"The documentation process has already been complete and the electronic surveillance will only be activated once Mr. Polanski is in his chalet in Gstaad," Swiss Federal Justice Folco Galli told ABC News Tuesday.
Galli said Polanski's release had been delayed to allow time for the bail money to be paid to secure the terms of his house arrest.
Doherty apologizes for offending Germans
MUNICH, Germany, Dec. 1 (UPI) -- British rocker Pete Doherty has apologized for singing at a Munich concert a stanza in the German national anthem that hasn't been used since World War II.
The BBC said the 30-year-old musician drew jeers and was asked to leave the stage at the on3 music festival after he sang, "Deutschland, Deutschland ueber alles ..." which translates into "Germany, Germany above everything," a refrain not typically used since Adolf Hitler's Third Reich fell.
A representative for the singer -- who has been in the news in recent years more for his legal troubles and battle with drug addiction, than for his career achievements -- told the British broadcaster Doherty was "unaware of the controversy" regarding the Nazi connotations of the anthem's rarely used first verse.
"He deeply apologizes if he has caused any offense," the spokesman said.
In a message posted on the music festival's Web site, Doherty's manager Adrian Hunter said the singer "wanted to celebrate his appearance in Munich by assimilating and integrating with the crowd."
"Pete himself is from Jewish descent and has fought against racism and fascism with numerous organizations," the message continued. "This is a subject he feels very strongly about."
'Hurt Locker' wins top Gotham Awards
NEW YORK, Dec. 1 (UPI) -- "The Hurt Locker" earned the prizes for best feature and best ensemble performance at the 19th annual Gotham Independent Film Awards in New York Monday night.
Directed by Kathryn Bigelow, the Iraq war movie starred Jeremy Renner, Anthony Mackie, Brian Geraghty, Ralph Fiennes, Guy Pearce, David Morse and Evangeline Lilly.
Presented by the Independent Filmmaker Project, the Gotham Independent Film Awards is one of the leading awards for independent movies and the first major honors of the film awards season, organizers said.
In addition to the competitive awards, career tributes were presented to Bigelow, actors Natalie Portman and Stanley Tucci, and Working Title Films producer-executives Tim Bevan and Eric Fellner. The awards ceremony was presided over by comedian Kumail Nanjiani.
"Food, Inc." won the award for best documentary, while Robert Siegel, the writer-director of "Big Fan," picked up the prize for breakthrough director.
Catalina Saavedra earned the gong for breakthrough actor for her work in "The Maid."
The movie voted the best movie "not playing at a theater near you" was "You Won't Miss Me," which was co-written, directed and produced by Ry Russo-Young.
