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LITTLE ROCK — Roman Polanski is finishing the edit of his latest movie, Ghost, from his house arrest in Switzerland, surrounded by family and bombarded by telephone calls of support, French philosopher Bernard-Henri Levy said in an interview Sunday. Levy, a friend of the 76-year-old director, told the Lausanne-based weekly Le Matin Dimanche that he visited Polanski in his chalet in the luxury Swiss resort of Gstaad about 10 days ago and foundhim like “a rock,” working and confident, even though his family is worried about the U.S. extradition request hanging over him. Levy said he had a friendly dinner with Polanski in the chalet. Being able to entertain at home was one of the privileges the director received after his Dec. 4 transfer to house arrest from a Swiss jail after more than 60 days of detention. Polanski has to wear an electronic monitoring bracelet around his ankle to guard against his leaving the grounds of the chalet, but he can receive guests inside or outside the house, work on his films, make telephone calls and send e-mails as much as he likes. “The telephone doesn’t stop ringing, the messages of support are pouring in, especially from his Swiss friends,” Levy said. Swiss authorities have said they will decide early next year whether to extradite Polanski to the U.S. where he is wanted in Los Angeles for sentencing for having sex in 1977 with a 13-year-old girl. The Oscar-winning director of Rosemary’s Baby, Chinatown and The Pianist was arrested as he arrived in Zurich to receive a lifetime achievement award Sept. 26 at a film festival.

Kevin Jonas, the oldest sibling of pop group the Jonas Brothers, and a former hairdresser have married at a Frenchstyle chateau in suburban New York, a report said. People magazine reported a heavy snowstorm bore down on Saturday’s wedding between 22-year-old Jonas and 23-year-old Danielle Delesea at Oheka Castle, a 109,000-square-foot estate in Cold Spring Harbor. The couple told People that the wedding went onas planned. About 400 relatives and friends attended. Celebrity event planner Michael Russo created a fairytale forest theme that included heated white tents with 14-foot trees and crystals made to look like icicles. Jonas’ brothers Joe and Nick served as his best men. A message left Saturday night for a representative of Jonas was not immediately returned.