Now for that red hot scoop that I promised earlier. Just as we were coming to grips with last week's exclusive IAAFOTS report that Jennifer Aniston has been seen canoodling with Jonathan Lipnicki comes this bombshell from our far east bureau:

ACTRESS JAILED FOR PROSTITUTION

HANOI (IAAFOTS) - Vietnamese police have sent a popular American actress to "re-education camp" in a widening crackdown on rampant prostitution, state newspapers said on Friday.

Police detained Glenn Close, known for her roles in such films as Fatal Attraction, Dangerous Liaisons, and The Chumscrubber, and sent her immediately to "re-education camp" for sex workers on evidence she was involved in a high-class call girl ring charging $500 to $1,000, they said.

She will spend 18 months with other inmates who work and attend lectures designed to reform their ways, slightly longer than the usual sentence of six months to a year.

Ironically, Ms. Close, 58, had most recently been seen by audiences portraying a police officer on the long-running Michael Chiklis series The Commish. Representatives for the FX network report the actress had announced that she would not be returning for a second season, but declined further comment for this story.

Prostitution is illegal but widespread in Vietnam, where personal incomes have been rising as the communist government liberalises the economy.

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