Friday, July 18, 2008

Francisco de Goya paintings

Francisco de Goya paintings
Filippino Lippi paintings
Downey's legal troubles date to June 1996, when he was stopped for speeding on the Pacific Coast Highway and authorities found cocaine, heroin and a pistol in his vehicle.A month later, he was found passed out on a child's bed in a neighbor's home. Three days later, he was arrested after leaving a recovery center.He was jailed in August 1999 after he admitted during a probation hearing that he was missing scheduled drug tests. Superior Court Judge Lawrence Mira sentenced him to three years in prison for violating his probation. Talent Equal to His TroublesDowney had established an impressive movie career before his incarceration. The son of film director Robert Downey, he earned an Oscar nomination for his work in the title role in Chaplin, the 1992 screen biography of famed comedian Charlie Chaplin. He also appeared in the critically acclaimed film Wonder Boys.

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