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"Wesley Snipes is headed straight for jail.\r\nAs ordered by a federal judge Friday, the Blade trilogy actor, 48, must surrender to authorities and immediately begin serving a three-year prison sentence for tax-related crimes, the Associated Press reports.\r\n\r\nLawyers for Snipes, 48, had asked  Ocala, Fl. Judge William Terrell for a new trial, which Terrell rejected.\r\nSnipes was convicted in 2008 on three misdemeanor counts of willful failure to file his income tax returns.\r\n\r\nNo word yet on where Snipes will be incarcerated.\r\n&amp;quot;Wesley is very disappointed but staying strong and positive,&amp;quot; Snipes&amp;apos; lawyer said in a statement released after the decision."^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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