Extradition Sought in DiCaprio Attack

Leonardo DiCaprio

Police will seek the extradition of a woman accused of fleeing to Canada after slashing Leonardo DiCaprio with a broken beer bottle at a party in 2005, authorities said.

Aretha Wilson, 37, has been in custody for several months in Toronto in connection with an aggravated assault case there and is a suspect in other assault cases, Los Angeles police Detective Steve Ramirez said Thursday.

Prosecutors are awaiting a formal communication from police before they launch an inquiry into whether the charge against Wilson is an extraditable offense, district attorney's office spokeswoman Sandi Gibbons said.

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DiCaprio, Clooney Eye Farragut North Adaptation

It's yet to begin its Broadway run, but Beau Willimon's Farragut North is already being adapted for the screen -- with Leonardo DiCaprio and George Clooney attached.

The play, about "a young communications director for a fast-rising presidential candidate" who "falls prey to the backstabbing and other dirty trickery of seasoned rivals," has been making the Hollywood rounds, leading not only to the deal for a Farragut film, but more screenwriting work -- director Marc Forster has hired Willimon to adapt the 2002 British miniseries The Jury.

Not bad for a guy who was working for Howard Dean three years ago, eh?

As Variety reports, the Farragut film is being developed at Warner Bros.; DiCaprio is expected to star, while Clooney is "eyeing the project as director," and "considering taking an onscreen role." The actors will co-produce.

Meanwhile, Farragut North will reach Broadway next year. According to Variety, Mike Nichols is "reportedly in line to direct Jake Gyllenhaal" in the stage production.

DiCaprio will next be seen with Kate Winslet in Sam Mendes' Revolutionary Road. Clooney, whose Michael Clayton is currently in theaters, stars with John Krasinski and Renee Zellweger in next April's Leatherheads.

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