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Fri 10 Oct 2007Boomtime for celebrity cellblockIs jail the new rehab for Hollywood folk? Die Hard director John McTiernan is appealing the four-month sentence he was given for lying to the FBI about hiring a private eye to wiretap a producer.And Michelle Rodriguez will be heading for the cells as soon as she finishes her scenes in James Cameron's Avatar, now shooting in New Zealand. Rodriguez, from TV series Lost and Stuart Townsend's new movie Battle in Seattle, begins a six-month sentence on Christmas Eve for violating her probation for driving under the influence.