Kiefer Sutherland has hit out at claims he is engaged to his journalist girlfriend Siobhan Bonnouvrier.

The pair was spotted together for the first time in New York in April, and speculation they could be heading down the aisle intensified the following month when his divorce from ex-wife Elizabeth was finalized.

But the 41-year-old actor’s representative insists there are no plans for nuptials with his new belle, the 36-year-old style director of Allure magazine.

The rep says Sutherland is “not engaged to his current girlfriend Siobhan Bonnouvrier”.

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Some things in Kiefer Sutherland’s life don’t take 24 hours.

The actor is finally divorced from Elizabeth Sutherland – four years after filing papers and nine years after they separated.

A Superior Court judge signed off on the divorce Friday, and the 24 star’s ex will drop the “Sutherland” from her name, according to court papers.

Sutherland, 41, filed for divorce from his wife of nearly eight years way back in 2004, citing irreconcilable differences.

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Fans of the Fox drama “24″ will have to wait until next January to see Jack Bauer again, this television season’s most prominent casualty of the Hollywood writers strike. The network has committed to air a full season on consecutive weeks, and had been planning to start last month.

But if it had started airing new episodes soon, the season finale would not have taken place until the summer, when TV networks rarely show their high-profile programs.

Even though eight episodes for this season had already been filmed before the beginning of the writers strike, producers would have had to ramp up production soon to complete the season.

A January 2009 start seemed the best way to comply with viewers’ wishes that a season’s episodes run without interruption to conclusion, Fox said on Thursday.

The company that produces the series, 20th Century Fox Television, also confirmed that creator Joel Surnow was leaving as one of the executive producers. Fox is owned by News Corp.

Surnow told Daily Variety that he had “decided it was time to see if there were other opportunities I wanted to pursue.”

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Kiefer Sutherland is set to be released from the pokie on Monday, after serving his 48 days. Glendale Police have said that he’ll most likely be released in the early morning.

He began serving a 48-day sentence in L.A.’s Glendale City Jail on December 5 for his second DUI conviction and for violating probation.

During his entire stay, Kiefer Sutherland had no visitors, but the Police have said that he gets a ton of fan mail.

Kudos to Kiefer for not trying to pull the “I’m a star” card to get out of paying his debt to society.

Kiefer Sutherland was sentenced to jail for 48 days and has surrendered himself to start his sentence.  He surrendered himself yesterday at about 5:30 p.m.

“Mr. Sutherland is very polite and humble. He was very cooperative during the booking process,” said jail spokesman Officer John Balian. “He will be issued an orange jumpsuit, and will be housed alone in a cell, since he’ll be a long-term inmate.”

Sutherland will be assigned to laundry and kitchen duty, serving breakfast, lunch and dinner to the other inmates. As an inmate worker, he’ll be allowed the roam the jail “about 75 percent of the time” – rather than be confined to his cell all day – though the only time he’ll be in contact with other inmates is when he’s serving food, said Balian.

Sutherland is expected to serve his entire term, the L.A. City Attorney’s Office said in a statement.

“Sutherland will be serving the 48 days in the Glendale City Jail, with no early release and no good time/work time credit, so we expect that he will serve the entire 48 days in jail,” the statement said.

His cell measures 8 by 10 feet, and features a toilet, washbasin and water fountain, according to the jail’s Web site.

He will receive two hot and one cold meals a day. Among the menu items: Corn flakes, turkey sandwiches, meatloaf, macaroni and cheese and chicken a la king. He will be allowed visitors between 1 p.m. and 4 p.m. for 15 minutes each. No more than two visits per day are allowed.

It sucks that people like Lindsay Lohan and such get out after an hour, but he has to serve all 48 days. I wonder what he’ll be thinking for the holidays.

Actor Kiefer Sutherland has been sentenced to 48 days in jail stemming from his DUI arrest this past summer and violating his probation. Kiefer was sentenced to serve the time consecutively at the Glendale City Jail. The alternative was the L.A. County prison, so he lucked out in that regard. He has until March 30 to complete his jail sentence.

Asked if he had any comment, Sutherland, 40, smiled and shook his head as he walked away from the courtroom.

Judge Stuart M. Rice also sentenced Sutherland to five years probation, and he must complete an 18-month alcohol education program and attend weekly therapy sessions for six months.

Sutherland released this statement following his arrest saying, “I’m very disappointed in myself for the poor judgment I exhibited recently, and I’m deeply sorry for the disappointment and distress this has caused my family, friends and co-workers on 24 and at 20th Century Fox. I appreciate the support and concern that has been extended to me these last weeks both personally and professionally.”