That’s right — no more cell for Mr. Roman Polanski. The 76-year-old director, under arrest for the 1977 rape of a 13-year-old girl, was granted bail at the equivalent of a $4.5 million in late November and has since relocated to the Swiss Alps to await his fate. His luxurious house arrest — or “chalet arrest” as CNN dubbed it — has now begun, and would be the envy of his prison roommates, the below report states obviously, failing to mention that being “confined” to a house in the Alps is what most people call a dream vacation.

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Dear Hollywood,

Since Roman Polanski was arrested Saturday night in Switzerland for fleeing the U.S. after pleading guilty in 1977 to unlawful sexual intercourse (a plea deal for a rape accusation), you’ve been speaking out in droves to defend the director. CNN describes it as “Hollywood Embraces Polanski“, Fox News calls it “Hollywood Left Bands Together to Fight Polanski Arrest“.

Here’s a tip: stop.

Sunday’s arrest of Roman Polanski took most of the world by surprise and much was made in the American papers about how dearly the French loved and supported Polanski, especially their government! Not so fast. According to the Times the French public may not actually be so hot on Polanski’s freedom.

This morning the Associated Press joined Talking Points Memo and Gawker as practitioners of the ‘open notebook’ method of reporting — well, inadvertently. One reporter’s notes about the developing news of Roman Polanski‘s arrest were sent out on the wire instead of the text of his article and published online by the New York Times and Forbes.