Emile Hirsch Charged in Assault of Paramount Exec

Actor Emile Hirsch was charged with aggravated assault on Thursday after police said he put a studio executive in a chokehold and dragged her across a nightclub table while he was in Utah for the Sundance Film Festival, the Associated Press reports. Summit County prosecutor Ryan Stack confirmed that the woman, Daniele Bernfeld, is an executive for Insurge Pictures, a Paramount Pictures subsidiary.