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There will be no courtroom retake for actor Wesley Snipes as the Supreme Court announced Monday that it will not give further consideration to an appeal from the Hollywood star who is serving a three-year prison sentence for tax evasion.

Rapper and actor Ja Rule admitted Tuesday that he failed to pay taxes on more than $3 million in income, and he faces up to three years in prison....

Wesley Snipes arrives at a federal prison in Pennsylvania to begin a three-year sentence for tax evasion.

Actor Wesley Snipes is asking the federal judge who ordered him to report to prison by Dec. 9th, to let him put off the start of his three year sentence on tax charges until Jan. 6th. In an “Emergency Motion To Stay Self Surrender” filed Friday, Snipes argues that as the father of four children, aged 4 to 9, he shouldn’t be forced to turn himself in “in the middle of the holiday season.”

Actor Wesley Snipes was ordered Wednesday to voluntarily surrender at a federal prison in Pennsylvania next week to start his three-year sentence for failing to pay taxes.

Attorneys for Wesley Snipes are asking a judge to extend the actor's bail as he prepares for a possible appeal of his three-year prison sentence for a tax conviction.