Long before Christopher Chaney made headlines by hacking into the email accounts of such stars as Scarlett Johansson and Christina Aguilera, two other women say he harassed and stalked them online.

The women, who both knew Chaney, say their lives have been irreparably damaged by his actions. One has anxiety and panic attacks; the other is depressed and paranoid. Both say Chaney was calculated, cruel and creepy: he sent nude photos they had taken of themselves to their family members.

Written by Anthony Sargon

2012 provided audiences with a lot of great films, such as “Argo”, “Lincoln”, “The Avengers”, and most recently, “The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey”. It wasn’t all peachy though; there were also quite a lot of awful movies this year, and here are the 10 worst ones:

At the peak of the uprising against now ousted Yemeni strongman Ali Abdullah Saleh, Khadija al-Salami left her diplomatic post in Paris to film the mass participation by long-marginalized women in the revolt.

In her documentary "The Scream," screened at the Dubai International Film Festival, Salami -- who was forced to marry aged just 11 -- focuses on the role women played during the year-long uprising in the impoverished Arab state.

Award-winning Chinese director Xie Fei has slammed China's system of film censorship as wasteful and arbitrary, urging censors in an open letter to issue clearer rules on banned topics.

Xie, 70, won international awards for such 1990s films as "Black Snow" and "Woman Sesame Oil Maker", which was handed the top prize at the Berlin film festival.

Actress Amanda Bynes has resolved a misdemeanor hit-and-run case after entering into a civil settlement with other drivers.

Court records show Bynes entered a civil compromise to end the case and her attorney informed a Los Angeles court on Thursday. Bynes was charged with leaving the scene of accidents in April and August without providing the proper information.

La Scala boss Stephane Lissner has promised to cut ticket prices and take major productions to the provinces when he takes over the Paris National Opera in 2015.

Lissner said he wanted to open up opera to new audiences by using patronage funds to make tickets more affordable.

A man took a bus from Wisconsin to Nashville, climbed a fence at a home linked to singer Taylor Swift on Friday and told police he was there to surprise a woman on her birthday, authorities said. He is jailed on a trespassing charge.

The singer, who is overseas, turned 23 Thursday. Court documents show 24-year-old Jacob Nicholas Kulke, of Marshfield, Wis., was arrested early Friday after climbing a fence and secured gate.

Private memorials will be held in India and California for legendary Indian sitar player Ravi Shankar, a publicist said Friday, after his death earlier this week.

Concerts to celebrate the 92-year-old's life will be held next year in New York and London, he added, giving no further details about funeral or other arrangements.

The company that owns a luxury jet that crashed and killed Mexican pop superstar Jenni Rivera is under investigation by the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration.

It has had two planes seized by the agency this year.

Oscar-winning Japanese animator Hayao Miyazaki's first film in five years -- a wartime romance -- will be released next year, its distributor has said.

Miyazaki, who created "Spirited Away", which won Best Animated Feature in 2003, and "Ponyo" (2008), will release "Kaze Tachinu", based on the novel of the same name, usually translated as "The Wind Has Risen", distributor Toho said on Thursday.