娱乐英语新闻:Wesley Snipes asks for bail extension

BEIJING, Nov. 25 (Xinhuanet) -- Attorneys for Wesley Snipes are asking a judge to extend the actor's bail as he prepares for a second appeal of his three-year prison sentence, according to media reports Thursday.

U.S. District Judge William Terrell Hodges on Wednesday ordered prosecutors to respond to Snipes' motion by next Tuesday.

Snipes' bail was revoked last week by Hodges, but the judge did not set a surrender date. The actor has been free on bail while appealing his 2008 conviction for willful failure to file income tax returns.

Actor Wesley Snipes pumps his fists to his fans while leaving the federal court house in Ocala, Florida in this April 24, 2008 file photo.

At the time of his convictions in 2008, prosecutors said Snipes had earned 38 million U.S. dollars since 1999, but had not filed tax returns or paid any federal taxes.

The deadline for Snipes to file his next appeal -- a petition for certiorari to the U.S. Supreme Court -- is Dec. 28, although a 60-day extension is possible, according to his motion.

The 48-year-old Snipes starred in the "Blade" trilogy, "White Men Can't Jump" and other films. He has recently been in Atlanta working on a new movie called "Master Daddy."