When the fire with which Grey’s Anatomy concluded last season was put out, Bailey thought that the worst was over. But in Thursday’s episode, she learned that she’d thought wrong. Very wrong. The arrival of Jackson’s grandpa, Harper Avery, to assess the damage done — to his foundation’s bank balance more than to the hospital — led to one of Grey Sloan’s finest getting sacked. And, given Amelia’s diagnosis in the Season 14 premiere — coupled with her determination to keep her condition a secret — that first dismissed doctor’s head wasn’t necessarily the only one on the chopping block.
- 10/6/2017
- TVLine.com
What a surprising city Rotterdam is and the Festival and Cinemart are full of surprises too.
Being in The Netherlands is like a homecoming for me. My first major job in the film industry was with 20th Century Fox International and City Fox Films in Amsterdam in 1975 which is when I first attended the International Film Festival of Rotterdam, three years after its founding by Huub Bals. It was much smaller then. Iffr’s logo is a tiger, loosely based on the M.G.M. lion as an alternative. From the beginning, the festival has profiled itself as a promoter of alternative, innovative and non-commercial films, with an emphasis on the Far East and developing countries. It has become one of the most important events in the film world, an integral part of the winter circuit of Sundance, Rotterdam and Berlin Film Festivals.
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Except for my...
Being in The Netherlands is like a homecoming for me. My first major job in the film industry was with 20th Century Fox International and City Fox Films in Amsterdam in 1975 which is when I first attended the International Film Festival of Rotterdam, three years after its founding by Huub Bals. It was much smaller then. Iffr’s logo is a tiger, loosely based on the M.G.M. lion as an alternative. From the beginning, the festival has profiled itself as a promoter of alternative, innovative and non-commercial films, with an emphasis on the Far East and developing countries. It has become one of the most important events in the film world, an integral part of the winter circuit of Sundance, Rotterdam and Berlin Film Festivals.
“Fox and HIs Friends”
Except for my...
- 3/8/2017
- by Sydney Levine
- Sydney's Buzz
Elia Kazan's third picture is a hard-hitting noir, a true story that honors the efforts of a noble States' Attorney when confronted with a murder case that was a little too open-and-shut. But a close read of the movie uncovers a miasma of social criticism, hiding behind the self-congratulating official narration. A great show. Boomerang! Blu-ray Kl Studio Classics 1947 / B&W / 1:37 flat full frame / 88 min. / Street Date November 15, 2016 / available through Kino Lorber / 29.95 Starring Dana Andrews, Jane Wyatt, Lee J. Cobb, Sam Levene, Arthur Kennedy, Cara Williams, Ed Begley, Taylor Holmes, Robert Keith. Cinematography Norbert Brodine Art Direction Richard Day, Chester Gore Film Editor Harmon Jones Original Music David Buttolph Written by Richard Murphy from an article in The Reader's Digest by Anthony Abbot (Fulton Oursier) Produced by Louis De Rochemont, Darryl F. Zanuck Directed by Elia Kazan
Reviewed by Glenn Erickson
In just his second movie, director...
Reviewed by Glenn Erickson
In just his second movie, director...
- 11/15/2016
- by Glenn Erickson
- Trailers from Hell
Chicago – Norman Lear is one of the greatest TV creators of the 20th Century, and beyond. The producer was a titan of 1970s television, with shows like “All in the Family,” “Good Times,” “Maude” and “Sanford and Son.” He is the topic of a new film documentary, “Norman Lear: Just Another Version of You.”
Lear is the embodiment of television history, having worked in the medium since its advent in the 1950s. He began with partner Ed Simmons, writing for shows like the “Ford Star Revue” and “The Colgate Comedy Hour” (with Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis). Throughout the 1950s and ‘60s, he produced television that was common at the time – star oriented and non-controversial – while also writing and producing movie satire like “Divorce, American Style” and “Cold Turkey,” with partner Bud Yorkin. In the late 1960s, he began to work on a pilot called “Justice for All,” featuring a bigoted character named “Archie Justice.
Lear is the embodiment of television history, having worked in the medium since its advent in the 1950s. He began with partner Ed Simmons, writing for shows like the “Ford Star Revue” and “The Colgate Comedy Hour” (with Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis). Throughout the 1950s and ‘60s, he produced television that was common at the time – star oriented and non-controversial – while also writing and producing movie satire like “Divorce, American Style” and “Cold Turkey,” with partner Bud Yorkin. In the late 1960s, he began to work on a pilot called “Justice for All,” featuring a bigoted character named “Archie Justice.
- 8/1/2016
- by adam@hollywoodchicago.com (Adam Fendelman)
- HollywoodChicago.com
Sven Harvey Oct 18, 2017
Before Star Trek: Discovery, treat yourself to some Star Trek: The Next Generation classics...
Leading the charge back to television for the Star Trek franchise (just as Star Trek: Discovery is now), and paving the way for three further series to follow (fingers crossed that happens again), Star Trek: The Next Generation's 7 seasons had some very high points, and a couple of very low ones (that some would simply call “season 1....”, not that I’m one of them.)
See related Looking back at Star Trek II: The Wrath Of Khan Would Khan be right for Jj Abrams’ Star Trek sequel? Planet Of The Titans: the Star Trek movie that never was Star Trek: was Cumberbatch supposed to be Gary Mitchell? Star Trek: the battle to make The Motion Picture
These are the top 25 “must-watch” episodes, not necessarily the top 25 for quality, or indeed my 25 favourites,...
Before Star Trek: Discovery, treat yourself to some Star Trek: The Next Generation classics...
Leading the charge back to television for the Star Trek franchise (just as Star Trek: Discovery is now), and paving the way for three further series to follow (fingers crossed that happens again), Star Trek: The Next Generation's 7 seasons had some very high points, and a couple of very low ones (that some would simply call “season 1....”, not that I’m one of them.)
See related Looking back at Star Trek II: The Wrath Of Khan Would Khan be right for Jj Abrams’ Star Trek sequel? Planet Of The Titans: the Star Trek movie that never was Star Trek: was Cumberbatch supposed to be Gary Mitchell? Star Trek: the battle to make The Motion Picture
These are the top 25 “must-watch” episodes, not necessarily the top 25 for quality, or indeed my 25 favourites,...
- 1/28/2016
- Den of Geek
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These 25 Star Trek: The Next Generation stories are the series’ unmissable episodes…
Leading the charge back to television for the Star Trek franchise, and paving the way for three further series to follow, Star Trek: The Next Generation's 7 seasons had some very high points, and a couple of very low ones (that some would simply call “season 1....”, not that I’m one of them.)
These are the top 25 “must-watch” episodes, not necessarily the top 25 for quality, or indeed my 25 favourites, but the 25 stories that give you the best flavour of the series and its relatively unplanned story arcs. Just don’t forget that, like The Original Series, The Next Generation is a product of its time, and as such certain issues that writers wanted to bring to the screen not only necessitated allegory, but sometimes stretched it thin so as not to raise issues with censorship.
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These 25 Star Trek: The Next Generation stories are the series’ unmissable episodes…
Leading the charge back to television for the Star Trek franchise, and paving the way for three further series to follow, Star Trek: The Next Generation's 7 seasons had some very high points, and a couple of very low ones (that some would simply call “season 1....”, not that I’m one of them.)
These are the top 25 “must-watch” episodes, not necessarily the top 25 for quality, or indeed my 25 favourites, but the 25 stories that give you the best flavour of the series and its relatively unplanned story arcs. Just don’t forget that, like The Original Series, The Next Generation is a product of its time, and as such certain issues that writers wanted to bring to the screen not only necessitated allegory, but sometimes stretched it thin so as not to raise issues with censorship.
- 1/28/2016
- by louisamellor
- Den of Geek
Welcome to the weird, irresistible world of Republic Serials, an art form with rules of content and conduct that have no resemblance to other movies, or any reality we know. "The Phantom Ruler" has plans for world conquest, so get ready for a punch-out every five minutes and a terrific Lydecker miniature special effect in almost every episode. Richard Webb and Aline Towne star, but we love the bad guys, because they try so hard and fail so consistently. The Invisible Monster Blu-ray Olive Films 1950 / B&W / 1:37 flat Academy / 167 min. / Street Date September 22, 2015 / available through the Olive Films website / 29.95 Starring Richard Webb, Aline Towne, Lane Bradford, Stanley Price, John Crawford, George Meeker. Cinematography Ellis W. Carter Film Editor Cliff Hanger, Justin Thyme (as Cliff Bell & Sam Star) Original Music Stanley Wilson Written by Ronald Davidson Produced by Franklin Adreon Directed by Fred C. Bannon
Reviewed by Glenn Erickson
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- 10/6/2015
- by Glenn Erickson
- Trailers from Hell
With her first feature as director, "A Tale of Love and Darkness," set to bow out of competition at Cannes on May 16, Natalie Portman appears to have a new motto both in front of and behind the camera: Go big or go home. As Variety reports, the Oscar winner has signed on the star as Jackie Kennedy in "No" director Pablo Larrain's "Jackie," which focuses on the former First Lady in the days immediately following President John F. Kennedy's assassination. Darren Aronofsky, who directed her to the Best Actress statuette in "Black Swan" (2010), will produce. The news comes fast on the heels of the announcement, first reported by Deadline, that Portman is slated to play another iconic American woman, Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, in the upcoming "On the Basis of Sex," which follows "the notorious Rbg" as she faces down sexism over the course of her brilliant legal career.
- 5/14/2015
- by Matt Brennan
- Thompson on Hollywood
The prolific scribe wrote and/or scripted episodes for dozens of network series. Mann Rubin died during the weekend in West Hills, CA, after a long illness. He was 86. After a stint in the Army, the Brooklyn native started his career writing for comic books and penned several short stories for Alfred Hitchcock Magazine. His first TV writing gig was for Studio One in Hollywood, and he went on to such 1950s shows as Tales Of Tomorrow, Justice and Climax! During the next three decades he penned episodes of such popular series as Perry Mason, The Fugitive, The F.B.I., Mission: Impossible, The Mod Squad, The Six Million Dollar Man, Starsky and Hutch, Quincy, M.E., Barnaby Jones, The Rockford Files Dynasty, Knots Landing and The Paper Chase. He also wrote the screenplay for the 1959 Hope Lange-Stephen Boyd drama The Best Of Everything. More recently, Rubin taught screenwriting at...
- 10/14/2013
- by THE DEADLINE TEAM
- Deadline TV
Stanley Kubrick brings war criminals to justice in his unflinching portrayal of the war, but unfortunately history wasn't as kind
• More Reel history
Paths of Glory (1957)
Director: Stanley Kubrick
Entertainment grade: A–
History grade: C
Trench warfare in the first world war (1914-18) involved intense hardship for soldiers and a massive toll of casualties (400,000-800,000 at Passchendaele; between 600,000 and a million at Verdun; perhaps more than a million at the Somme.
Strategy
The film begins on the French front in 1916. (In a rare moment of historical authenticity, Hollywood has resisted making the heroes American. The fact this is set a year before the Us entered the war wouldn't necessarily stop them.) General Broulard (Adolphe Menjou) tells General Mireau (George Macready) that he must take a German position known as the Anthill. His reward will be a new star. "I'm responsible for the lives of 8,000 men," Mireau says. "What is my ambition against that?...
• More Reel history
Paths of Glory (1957)
Director: Stanley Kubrick
Entertainment grade: A–
History grade: C
Trench warfare in the first world war (1914-18) involved intense hardship for soldiers and a massive toll of casualties (400,000-800,000 at Passchendaele; between 600,000 and a million at Verdun; perhaps more than a million at the Somme.
Strategy
The film begins on the French front in 1916. (In a rare moment of historical authenticity, Hollywood has resisted making the heroes American. The fact this is set a year before the Us entered the war wouldn't necessarily stop them.) General Broulard (Adolphe Menjou) tells General Mireau (George Macready) that he must take a German position known as the Anthill. His reward will be a new star. "I'm responsible for the lives of 8,000 men," Mireau says. "What is my ambition against that?...
- 10/9/2013
- by Alex von Tunzelmann
- The Guardian - Film News
Rating: 3 out of 5 stars
It seems certain directors have seen the future, and it’s HBO shaped. After Steven Soderbergh’s exceptional Behind The Candelabra screened here, another well-known figure from film-making unveiled his own HBO-made film.
Soderbergh said that he made Candelabra for the premium channel because it afforded him more creative freedom and less interruptions from a studio, and that film turned out to be a great thing, and similar hopes weren’t far from Stephen Frears’ made-for-tv portrait of the Supreme Court’s decision over Muhammad Ali’s infamous refusal to fight in the Vietnam War.
In all honesty, the two projects aren’t all that similar: Soderbergh’s film could have made it to the big screen, but Frears slower, more proceedurally-toned offering is perfectly suited to a premium TV channel. It is occasionally bogged down in the impenetrable (or at least not entirely entertaining) language of legislation,...
It seems certain directors have seen the future, and it’s HBO shaped. After Steven Soderbergh’s exceptional Behind The Candelabra screened here, another well-known figure from film-making unveiled his own HBO-made film.
Soderbergh said that he made Candelabra for the premium channel because it afforded him more creative freedom and less interruptions from a studio, and that film turned out to be a great thing, and similar hopes weren’t far from Stephen Frears’ made-for-tv portrait of the Supreme Court’s decision over Muhammad Ali’s infamous refusal to fight in the Vietnam War.
In all honesty, the two projects aren’t all that similar: Soderbergh’s film could have made it to the big screen, but Frears slower, more proceedurally-toned offering is perfectly suited to a premium TV channel. It is occasionally bogged down in the impenetrable (or at least not entirely entertaining) language of legislation,...
- 5/23/2013
- by Simon Gallagher
- Obsessed with Film
The courtroom drama is one of the most reliably entertaining and rousing of movie genres, one that allows for great acting, shocking plot twists, and compelling themes concerning the justice system, ethics, morality and other such matters. The genre has produced some of the finest films of the classic Hollywood system, as well as more recent strong entries that continue the legacy of performance.
It hasn’t changed much over the course of history – but it really didn’t need to – as the stories these films tell fit comfortably within a specific framework. This article will focus on 10 outstanding examples of the courtroom genre, many of them produced within the old Hollywood system…
10. …And Justice For All
Al Pacino is in his 1970s prime in Norman Jewison’s 1979 …And Justice For All, in which he plays lawyer Arthur Kirkland, a man trying to get justice served in an often cruel and unfeeling justice system.
It hasn’t changed much over the course of history – but it really didn’t need to – as the stories these films tell fit comfortably within a specific framework. This article will focus on 10 outstanding examples of the courtroom genre, many of them produced within the old Hollywood system…
10. …And Justice For All
Al Pacino is in his 1970s prime in Norman Jewison’s 1979 …And Justice For All, in which he plays lawyer Arthur Kirkland, a man trying to get justice served in an often cruel and unfeeling justice system.
- 5/9/2013
- by Andrew Edward Davies
- Obsessed with Film
DVD Release Date: April 24, 2013
Price: DVD $30.00
Studio: Ciesla Foundation
The dynamite 1998 documentary film The Life and Times of Hank Greenberg directed by Aviva Kempner (Yoo-Hoo, Mrs. Goldberg) looks at the Detroit Tigers’ hard-hitting Hall of Fame first baseman whose accomplishments extended beyond the field as American’s first Jewish baseball star.
The movie depicts how during the Golden Age of Baseball, Hank Greenberg’s achievements rivaled those of Babe Ruth and Lou Gehrig. Additionally, it shows how Greenberg helped break down the barriers of discrimination in American sports and society and how he was a beacon of hope to American Jews who faced bigotry during the Depression and World War II.
Included in the film are some 47 interviews with Hank Greenberg and his family members; sports figures Ira Berkow, Ernie Harwell, Joe Falls and Dick Schaap; fellow payers Bob Feller, Charlie Gehringer and Ralph Kiner; fans Alan Dershowitz, Congressman Sander Levin...
Price: DVD $30.00
Studio: Ciesla Foundation
The dynamite 1998 documentary film The Life and Times of Hank Greenberg directed by Aviva Kempner (Yoo-Hoo, Mrs. Goldberg) looks at the Detroit Tigers’ hard-hitting Hall of Fame first baseman whose accomplishments extended beyond the field as American’s first Jewish baseball star.
The movie depicts how during the Golden Age of Baseball, Hank Greenberg’s achievements rivaled those of Babe Ruth and Lou Gehrig. Additionally, it shows how Greenberg helped break down the barriers of discrimination in American sports and society and how he was a beacon of hope to American Jews who faced bigotry during the Depression and World War II.
Included in the film are some 47 interviews with Hank Greenberg and his family members; sports figures Ira Berkow, Ernie Harwell, Joe Falls and Dick Schaap; fellow payers Bob Feller, Charlie Gehringer and Ralph Kiner; fans Alan Dershowitz, Congressman Sander Levin...
- 5/1/2013
- by Laurence
- Disc Dish
TV, film and stage actor John Kerr, remembered for his roles in South Pacific and Tea And Sympathy, has died. His son tells the AP Kerr died Saturday of heart failure in a Pasadena, CA hospital. He was 81. Kerr played the role of Lieutenant Joe Cable in the 1958 movie musical South Pacific, but was perhaps best known for his Tony Award-winning performance as Tom Robinson Lee, a sensitive student suspected of being a homosexual in the 1953 Broadway production of Tea And Sympathy. He later reprised the character for the film version in 1956. His other film credits include The Crowded Sky (1960) and Roger Corman’s The Pit And The Pendulum (1961). Kerr’s first TV acting role was in 1954 on NBC’s Justice and he also played a district attorney in Peyton Place in the mid-1960s. He went on to graduate from UCLA Law School and practiced law full time, accepting...
- 2/12/2013
- by THE DEADLINE TEAM
- Deadline TV
In a recent interview, director Guillermo Del Toro revealed that development on "Dark Universe," a film focusing on DC's supernatural characters, is now underway. Del Toro named some of the heroes — if they can be called that — of the proposed film, including John Constantine, Deadman, The Spectre, Swamp Thing, Etrigan The Demon, and Zatanna. But with such offbeat protagonists, it begs the question: what of the villains?
This week in Hollywood Justice, we're going to run down a list of five villains who pose a threat that extends beyond the world of traditional superheroics, and into the supernatural.
Trigon
A foe of the Teen Titans, the extra-dimensional demon known as Trigon is also of the father of one of their members, the mysterious Raven. The threat posed by Trigon led to the formation of the modern incarnation of the team, when Raven sought their help in thwarting his plans to conquer Earth.
This week in Hollywood Justice, we're going to run down a list of five villains who pose a threat that extends beyond the world of traditional superheroics, and into the supernatural.
Trigon
A foe of the Teen Titans, the extra-dimensional demon known as Trigon is also of the father of one of their members, the mysterious Raven. The threat posed by Trigon led to the formation of the modern incarnation of the team, when Raven sought their help in thwarting his plans to conquer Earth.
- 1/8/2013
- by Matt Adler
- MTV Splash Page
Veteran actor Jack Klugman died suddenly on Monday of causes that were not immediately evident. He was 90.
“He had a great life and he enjoyed every moment of it and he would encourage others to do the same,” his son Adam told The Associated Press. Klugman died in Los Angeles with his wife of almost four years, Peggy, at his side.
Born in Philadelphia, Klugman’s TV acting career got underway in 1954, with roles on the NBC legal drama Justice and the soap opera The Greatest Gift. The following year, in the anthology series Appointment with Adventure, Klugman met Tony Randall,...
“He had a great life and he enjoyed every moment of it and he would encourage others to do the same,” his son Adam told The Associated Press. Klugman died in Los Angeles with his wife of almost four years, Peggy, at his side.
Born in Philadelphia, Klugman’s TV acting career got underway in 1954, with roles on the NBC legal drama Justice and the soap opera The Greatest Gift. The following year, in the anthology series Appointment with Adventure, Klugman met Tony Randall,...
- 12/25/2012
- by Matt Webb Mitovich
- TVLine.com
On paper, it's a tough sell: a black-and-white movie set in one room, with an all-male (and all-white) cast, with no action except for a heated war of words among a dozen guys. Indeed, "12 Angry Men" -- which opened 55 years ago last week (April 13, 1957) -- with its shoestring budget, was a financial flop, and while it was nominated for three Oscars (including Best Picture), it lost them all to the splashier, more colorful, wide-screen epic "The Bridge on the River Kwai." Yet today, "12 Angry Men" is considered a classic, not just for its riveting script and top-notch acting, but also for how it made a virtue of its stagy limitations. Adapted by Reginald Rose from his own 1954 TV play (back when live drama was a TV staple), the movie expanded the hour-long story of a deliberating jury into 95 minutes, but it didn't expand the confines of the setting: a single,...
- 4/16/2012
- by Gary Susman
- Moviefone
The Stephen Frears-directed “Muhammad Ali’s Greatest Fight” has had no shortage of casting updates since things got underway back in February, with future “Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter” star Benjamin Walker joining the fold as Kevin Kennedy, a Supreme Court clerk who supported Ali and even wrote briefs that would help to maintain the boxer's status as a conscientious objector of the war, all in this tale of Ali’s trial following his arrest for anti-Vietnam sentiments and behaviour when drafted to serve in the war.
Well now Deadline has the word on a new onslaught of impressive performers, with Danny Glover, Barry Levinson, Pablo Schreiber, Ed Begley Jr., Bob Balaban and Kathleen Chalfant jumping in the ring with the self-proclaimed world’s greatest. You’ll remember that Ali will be presented in archival footage of the case, with Glover playing the legendary Justice Thurgood Marshall, who was the...
Well now Deadline has the word on a new onslaught of impressive performers, with Danny Glover, Barry Levinson, Pablo Schreiber, Ed Begley Jr., Bob Balaban and Kathleen Chalfant jumping in the ring with the self-proclaimed world’s greatest. You’ll remember that Ali will be presented in archival footage of the case, with Glover playing the legendary Justice Thurgood Marshall, who was the...
- 4/11/2012
- by Benjamin Wright
- The Playlist
God Help The Girl
Elle Fanning and Olly Alexander are in negotiations to join the Glasgow-set musical "God Help the Girl". Belle and Sebastian lead singer Stuart Murdoch penned and will direct the film which begins shooting in Glasgow in June.
Alexander will play James, a cynical guitarist who becomes a mentor to Cass (Fanning), an American teen who tags alongside he and his singer bandmate as she learns to play the guitar. [Source: Variety]
Ali
Several more actors have joined HBO's upcoming original film "Muhammad Ali's Greatest Fight" which dramatizes the boxing great's battle with the Supreme Court over his conscientious objector status during the Vietnam War.
Danny Glover will play Supreme Court Justice Thurgood Marshall, Ed Begley Jr. is set as Justice Harry Blackmun, Barry Levinson as Justice Potter Stewart, Kathleen Chalfant as the wife of Justice Marshall Harlan (Christopher Plummer), and Bob Balaban as an advocate for Vietnam veterans.
Elle Fanning and Olly Alexander are in negotiations to join the Glasgow-set musical "God Help the Girl". Belle and Sebastian lead singer Stuart Murdoch penned and will direct the film which begins shooting in Glasgow in June.
Alexander will play James, a cynical guitarist who becomes a mentor to Cass (Fanning), an American teen who tags alongside he and his singer bandmate as she learns to play the guitar. [Source: Variety]
Ali
Several more actors have joined HBO's upcoming original film "Muhammad Ali's Greatest Fight" which dramatizes the boxing great's battle with the Supreme Court over his conscientious objector status during the Vietnam War.
Danny Glover will play Supreme Court Justice Thurgood Marshall, Ed Begley Jr. is set as Justice Harry Blackmun, Barry Levinson as Justice Potter Stewart, Kathleen Chalfant as the wife of Justice Marshall Harlan (Christopher Plummer), and Bob Balaban as an advocate for Vietnam veterans.
- 4/11/2012
- by Garth Franklin
- Dark Horizons
Danny Glover, Barry Levinson, Pablo Schreiber, Ed Begley Jr., Bob Balaban and Kathleen Chalfant have boarded Stephen Frears’ HBO movie Muhammad Ali’s Greatest Fight, which dramatizes the machinations of the Supreme Court as Ali pursued Conscientious Objector status. They join previously cast Christopher Plummer, Frank Langella and Benjamin Walker. Glover will play Justice Thurgood Marshall, the first African-American Justice to serve on the Supreme Court; Levinson will play Justice Potter Stewart, who was an unpredictable voter on the Court; Begley Jr. will play Justice Harry Blackmun, President Richard Nixon appointee to the Supreme Court; Balaban will play an Advocate for Vietnam Veterans who argues a case before the Court; Schreiber will play Covert Becker, a Supreme Court clerk who doesn’t hide his contempt for liberals; and Kathleen Chalfant will play Ethel Harlan, Justice Harlan’s wife. Written by Shawn Slovo, Muhammad Ali’s Greatest Fight is executive produced by Frank Doelger,...
- 4/11/2012
- by NELLIE ANDREEVA
- Deadline TV
Miami — More than a decade after tabloid photo editor Robert Stevens became the first victim of the 2001 anthrax attacks, the U.S. government has agreed to pay his widow and family $2.5 million to settle their lawsuit, according to documents released Tuesday.
Stevens, 63, died on Oct. 5, 2001, when a letter containing deadly anthrax spores was opened at the then-headquarters in Boca Raton of American Media Inc., publisher of the National Enquirer, Sun and Globe tabloids. Eventually four other people would die and 17 others would be sickened in similar letter attacks, which the FBI blames on a lone government scientist who committed suicide.
Stevens' widow, Maureen Stevens, sued the government in 2003, claiming its negligence caused her husband's death by failing to adequately safeguard anthrax at the U.S. Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases at Fort Detrick, Md. The FBI probe concluded that Fort Detrick was the source of the spores used in the attacks in New York,...
Stevens, 63, died on Oct. 5, 2001, when a letter containing deadly anthrax spores was opened at the then-headquarters in Boca Raton of American Media Inc., publisher of the National Enquirer, Sun and Globe tabloids. Eventually four other people would die and 17 others would be sickened in similar letter attacks, which the FBI blames on a lone government scientist who committed suicide.
Stevens' widow, Maureen Stevens, sued the government in 2003, claiming its negligence caused her husband's death by failing to adequately safeguard anthrax at the U.S. Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases at Fort Detrick, Md. The FBI probe concluded that Fort Detrick was the source of the spores used in the attacks in New York,...
- 11/29/2011
- by AP
- Huffington Post
Full text of the Guardian editor's Orwell lecture on journalism and the phone-hacking scandal, given at University College, London
Thank you for asking me to give this lecture.
I'm pretty sure I wouldn't have become a journalist were it not for George Orwell. His collected Essays, Journalism and Letters appeared in a four volume Penguin edition in 1968, when I was about 15. I bought them one at a time with my saved pocket money … and read every word. And, with each essay and article, I learned more about politics; about observation; and about how to write. I doubt that I have ever managed to match his clarity of thought and prose – but he was certainly a model of both, and so it's a great honour to be here speaking in his name.
The invitation to speak tonight came just after the extraordinary events of the summer. I know you wanted the...
Thank you for asking me to give this lecture.
I'm pretty sure I wouldn't have become a journalist were it not for George Orwell. His collected Essays, Journalism and Letters appeared in a four volume Penguin edition in 1968, when I was about 15. I bought them one at a time with my saved pocket money … and read every word. And, with each essay and article, I learned more about politics; about observation; and about how to write. I doubt that I have ever managed to match his clarity of thought and prose – but he was certainly a model of both, and so it's a great honour to be here speaking in his name.
The invitation to speak tonight came just after the extraordinary events of the summer. I know you wanted the...
- 11/11/2011
- by Alan Rusbridger
- The Guardian - Film News
James Stewart remains one of the most beloved film actors in Hollywood history. Well, at least in the United States, where Frank Capra's It's a Wonderful Life and Mr. Smith Goes to Washington are considered the apex of studio-era filmmaking. Stewart's shy, naive, wholesome, aw-shucksy boy-next-door (later man-next-door) manner continues to endear him to millions whose idea of shyness, naiveté, wholesomeness, and boy-next-doorishness has nothing to do with mine. In fact, I wonder if anyone anywhere, whether in the United States or elsewhere, has ever lived next door to a "boy" who acted, sounded, romanced, and punched — lest we confuse shyness with softness — like Stewart. I'm glad I haven't. Today, Turner Classic Movies has been presenting several James Stewart movies as part of its "Summer Under the Stars" film series. Right now, TCM is showing John Ford's The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance (1962), considered by many the director's best post-The Searchers effort.
- 8/14/2011
- by Andre Soares
- Alt Film Guide
As the celebrity columnists, entertainment reporters and bloggers of media write their obituaries of actor Leslie Nielsen, there are two roles being mentioned in nearly all of their pieces: his turn as the Captain of the Earth starship that ventured to the Forbidden Planet in 1956, and his play as a straight, no-nonsense doctor delivering double-meaning lines in 1980's Airplane! And here I am, writing my own piece about the death of Nielsen and agreeing with the others in my chosen profession: these were the two most important roles in Leslie Nielsen's life. Depending upon which side of the generational gulf that you were born into, your own mental picture of who Leslie Nielsen was as a leading man can be about as widely different as it can get.
Nielsen had the good looks, square jawline and affirmative voice of a leading man, and as such he got those roles.
Nielsen had the good looks, square jawline and affirmative voice of a leading man, and as such he got those roles.
- 11/29/2010
- by Patrick Sauriol
- Corona's Coming Attractions
It’s back to Paris for Roman Polanski and back to square one in legal attempts to extradite the controversial auteur.
How viable the director’s film career remains is even more unclear.
Swiss authorities said early Monday that they will not extradite Polanski, 76, and that the director, wanted in the U.S. on a 1977 charge of sexually abusing a 13-year-old girl, is a free man.
But by the afternoon, Los Angeles County District Attorney Steve Cooley responded that though Switzerland refused to return the director to California for sentencing, extradition will be sought if he is arrested elsewhere.
“Our office complied fully with all of the factual and legal requirements of the extradition treaty and requests by the U.S. and Swiss Departments of Justice and State,” Cooley said. “We will discuss with the Department of Justice the extradition of Roman Polanski if he’s arrested in a cooperative jurisdiction.
How viable the director’s film career remains is even more unclear.
Swiss authorities said early Monday that they will not extradite Polanski, 76, and that the director, wanted in the U.S. on a 1977 charge of sexually abusing a 13-year-old girl, is a free man.
But by the afternoon, Los Angeles County District Attorney Steve Cooley responded that though Switzerland refused to return the director to California for sentencing, extradition will be sought if he is arrested elsewhere.
“Our office complied fully with all of the factual and legal requirements of the extradition treaty and requests by the U.S. and Swiss Departments of Justice and State,” Cooley said. “We will discuss with the Department of Justice the extradition of Roman Polanski if he’s arrested in a cooperative jurisdiction.
- 7/12/2010
- by By Scott Roxborough and Elizabeth Guider
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
In today's podcast, in the week when Roman Polanksi's new film of Robert Harris's novel, The Ghost, is released, Claire Armitstead discusses the film with to the Guardian's critic, Peter Bradshaw.
She also talks to the journalist Simon Hattenstone, who ghost-wrote Ronnie O'Sullivan's autobiography and the autobiography of Dwayne Brooks (the boy who was attacked with Stephen Lawrence on the night Lawrence was murdered), about the art of the ghost-writer. And John Crace digests the relationship between Wayne Rooney and his ghost-writer, Hunter Davies.
Reading list
Ronnie: The Autobiography of Ronnie O'Sullivan
Steve and Me: My Friendship with Stephen Lawrence and the Search for Justice by Duwayne Brooks
Wayne Rooney: My Story by Wayne Rooney and Hunter Davies
Claire ArmitsteadPeter BradshawSimon HattenstoneScott CawleyJohn Crace...
She also talks to the journalist Simon Hattenstone, who ghost-wrote Ronnie O'Sullivan's autobiography and the autobiography of Dwayne Brooks (the boy who was attacked with Stephen Lawrence on the night Lawrence was murdered), about the art of the ghost-writer. And John Crace digests the relationship between Wayne Rooney and his ghost-writer, Hunter Davies.
Reading list
Ronnie: The Autobiography of Ronnie O'Sullivan
Steve and Me: My Friendship with Stephen Lawrence and the Search for Justice by Duwayne Brooks
Wayne Rooney: My Story by Wayne Rooney and Hunter Davies
Claire ArmitsteadPeter BradshawSimon HattenstoneScott CawleyJohn Crace...
- 4/16/2010
- by Claire Armitstead, Peter Bradshaw, Simon Hattenstone, Scott Cawley, John Crace
- The Guardian - Film News
Stockholm -- Director Roman Polanski will remain in a Swiss jail until at least Monday, authorities said, as conditions for his bail have yet to be met.
The 76-year-old filmmaker was granted $4.5 million bail this week on condition he remain under house arrest at his Swiss chalet in the ski resort of Gstaad.
Swiss Justice Ministry spokesman Folco Galli said Friday that more time is needed to fulfill the conditions of Polanski's house arrest, which will include the director surrendering passports and travel documents and be fitted with a electronic monitoring bracelet. The Justice Ministry will issue a statement as soon as Polanski is freed, Galli said.
Polanski's luxury chalet will be a step up from the cell where he has been staying since his arrest in September on a decades-old charge of having sex with a 13-year-old girl. But the director is still facing extradition to the U.S.
The 76-year-old filmmaker was granted $4.5 million bail this week on condition he remain under house arrest at his Swiss chalet in the ski resort of Gstaad.
Swiss Justice Ministry spokesman Folco Galli said Friday that more time is needed to fulfill the conditions of Polanski's house arrest, which will include the director surrendering passports and travel documents and be fitted with a electronic monitoring bracelet. The Justice Ministry will issue a statement as soon as Polanski is freed, Galli said.
Polanski's luxury chalet will be a step up from the cell where he has been staying since his arrest in September on a decades-old charge of having sex with a 13-year-old girl. But the director is still facing extradition to the U.S.
- 11/25/2009
- by By Scott Roxborough
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
As the Supreme Court goes back to work this week it once again will determine just how far the First Amendment stretches. But rather than the usual "prayer in school" or "mandatory pledge of allegiance" cases that generally clog the docket, the high court is weighing how far journalists and documentary filmmakers can go when depicting animal cruelty, and what ramifications that has for other graphic visuals, like violence, pornography, or, say, negligence at slaughterhouses. Cast that in the age of endless Web video, pocket digicams, and citizen journalists who instantly post videos to the Web, and the case quickly becomes personal.
The arguments stem from the arrest, conviction, and subsequent appeal by filmmaker Robert Stevens, who received a 37-month prison sentence for including footage of a Japanese dog fight in one of his films. (That's 18 months more than Michael Vick served for actually running a dog-fighting operation on U.
The arguments stem from the arrest, conviction, and subsequent appeal by filmmaker Robert Stevens, who received a 37-month prison sentence for including footage of a Japanese dog fight in one of his films. (That's 18 months more than Michael Vick served for actually running a dog-fighting operation on U.
- 10/7/2009
- by Clay Dillow
- Fast Company
If Roman Polanski hadn't made a bunch of excellent movies and won an Oscar, would we be up in arms about a fugitive being brought to justice after three decades on the run? No, he'd be on America's Most Wanted.
Ronda Kaysen: If I have to hear one more person bemoan the justice system because Roman Polanski finally got arrested for pleading guilty to child rape and skipping town before sentencing, I'll scream.
So what if the guy makes really good movies? He raped a 13-year-old girl. It doesn't matter that the victim has come forward and said she no longer wants to see him prosecuted because she's tired of the media circus. She did not say, mind you, that she thinks he's innocent. She would just like to stop hearing about the time a famous director drugged, raped, and sodomized her 31 years ago.
In an op-ed in today's New York Times,...
Ronda Kaysen: If I have to hear one more person bemoan the justice system because Roman Polanski finally got arrested for pleading guilty to child rape and skipping town before sentencing, I'll scream.
So what if the guy makes really good movies? He raped a 13-year-old girl. It doesn't matter that the victim has come forward and said she no longer wants to see him prosecuted because she's tired of the media circus. She did not say, mind you, that she thinks he's innocent. She would just like to stop hearing about the time a famous director drugged, raped, and sodomized her 31 years ago.
In an op-ed in today's New York Times,...
- 9/30/2009
- Momlogic
Roman Polanski Arrest Backgrounder No doubt you’ve heard the rumblings and innuendo about acclaimed film director Roman Polanski’s arrest in Zurich Switzerland on Us charges of sex with a 13 year old girl stemming from a incident at Jack Nicholson’s house in the 1970s. It’s a touchy subject to discuss and for those who grew up in more recent times, a bit shocking.
Hollywood in the 1970s As I recall from my youth, the Hollywood of the 1970s were full of what seem like outlandish incidents to our hyper-sensitive reality-tv diluted eyes. Examples include Hogan’s Heroes star Bob Crane’s 1978 unseemly murder and subsequent uncovering of his sexual predilections, Natalie Wood somewhat mysterious accidental drowning while on a boat with Robert Wagner and Christopher Walken in 1981 and the Hollywood connections of the Charles Manson murders including Polanski’s pregnant wife Sharon Tate.
Polanski in France Fast forward...
Hollywood in the 1970s As I recall from my youth, the Hollywood of the 1970s were full of what seem like outlandish incidents to our hyper-sensitive reality-tv diluted eyes. Examples include Hogan’s Heroes star Bob Crane’s 1978 unseemly murder and subsequent uncovering of his sexual predilections, Natalie Wood somewhat mysterious accidental drowning while on a boat with Robert Wagner and Christopher Walken in 1981 and the Hollywood connections of the Charles Manson murders including Polanski’s pregnant wife Sharon Tate.
Polanski in France Fast forward...
- 9/29/2009
- by Dave
- MovieSet.com
The legal tussle over the detention of Roman Polanski has deepened as the saga enters its third day with the filmmaker’s lawyers formally challenging the right of the Swiss authorities to detain the 76 year old.
The Swiss Federal Penal Court confirmed on their website that the Director had formally appealed against his arrest, supporting reports from his legal team that he was “in a fighting mood.” Swiss authorities were acting on an International Arrest Warrant issued in 2005. Polanski has been classified as a fugitive by Us authorities since he fled the country in 1978, having pleaded guilty to unlawful sexual intercourse with 13 year old Samantha Geimer (then Gailey).
Swiss officials confirmed that a decision would be made on the appeal “within the next few weeks.” The Us now have up to 60 days to finalise an extradition request, which if successful, would see the Chinatown director return to Los Angeles for sentencing.
The Swiss Federal Penal Court confirmed on their website that the Director had formally appealed against his arrest, supporting reports from his legal team that he was “in a fighting mood.” Swiss authorities were acting on an International Arrest Warrant issued in 2005. Polanski has been classified as a fugitive by Us authorities since he fled the country in 1978, having pleaded guilty to unlawful sexual intercourse with 13 year old Samantha Geimer (then Gailey).
Swiss officials confirmed that a decision would be made on the appeal “within the next few weeks.” The Us now have up to 60 days to finalise an extradition request, which if successful, would see the Chinatown director return to Los Angeles for sentencing.
- 9/29/2009
- by Ed Whitfield
- FilmShaft.com
Heather Mills is set to return to court to appeal against a gagging order preventing her from talking publicly about her divorce battle with Sir Paul McCartney.
Mills lost an appeal at London's High Court on Tuesday to stop details of the case from entering the public domain and Judge Mr Justice Bennett subsequently published his findings.
The former glamour model won $33 million (GBP16.5 million) cash and assets worth $15.6 million (GBP7.8 million) following the breakdown of her four-year marriage to the former Beatle last Monday, but faced a barrage of criticism in the press after the judge slammed her evidence as "unreliable" and accused the 40-year-old of indulging in "make-belief".
Mills then responded by publicly condemning the judge's decision to publish the report and claimed the revelations have added to her media "vilification" and violated her "human rights".
And now Mills, who shares custody of her four-year-old daughter Beatrice with McCartney, wants a judge to overturn the gagging order so she can set the record straight without the risk of being found in contempt of court.
Her lawyer David Rosen says, "Heather is very frustrated. She feels that it's very unfair that the judgement should be printed in full when she cannot defend herself.
"She's planning to apply to lift the ban. It was damning enough that the judge made his judgement so clear and vividly - no one deserves that. It's like a prolonged hanging for her."
McCartney and Mills split in May 2006 after four years of marriage.
Mills lost an appeal at London's High Court on Tuesday to stop details of the case from entering the public domain and Judge Mr Justice Bennett subsequently published his findings.
The former glamour model won $33 million (GBP16.5 million) cash and assets worth $15.6 million (GBP7.8 million) following the breakdown of her four-year marriage to the former Beatle last Monday, but faced a barrage of criticism in the press after the judge slammed her evidence as "unreliable" and accused the 40-year-old of indulging in "make-belief".
Mills then responded by publicly condemning the judge's decision to publish the report and claimed the revelations have added to her media "vilification" and violated her "human rights".
And now Mills, who shares custody of her four-year-old daughter Beatrice with McCartney, wants a judge to overturn the gagging order so she can set the record straight without the risk of being found in contempt of court.
Her lawyer David Rosen says, "Heather is very frustrated. She feels that it's very unfair that the judgement should be printed in full when she cannot defend herself.
"She's planning to apply to lift the ban. It was damning enough that the judge made his judgement so clear and vividly - no one deserves that. It's like a prolonged hanging for her."
McCartney and Mills split in May 2006 after four years of marriage.
- 3/23/2008
- WENN
Latest: Heather Mills has publicly condemned a judge's decision to publish details of her divorce battle with Sir Paul McCartney - insisting it has added to her media "vilification" and violated her "human rights".
Mills lost an appeal at London's High Court on Tuesday to stop details of the case from entering the public domain and Judge Mr Justice Bennett subsequently published his findings.
The 40-year-old won $33 million (GBP16.5 million) cash and assets worth $15.6 million (GBP7.8 million) following the breakdown of her four-year marriage to the former Beatle on Monday, but faced a barrage of criticism in the press after the judge slammed her evidence as "unreliable" and accused the former glamour model of indulging in "make-belief".
And now Mills had hit back at the release of the report, issuing a statement to British TV programme Gmtv, insisting the judgment was only published in part and if the case details were issued in full, she would have received a much more positive review from the judge
The statement, which was read out on Friday morning, reads, "It seems an overall tabloid-created perception of my personality is preferred to much detail that I prepared for my case.
"It is now in the public interest to reveal the transcripts of the Full court proceedings. As this judgement is now being used to further my vilification, details contained within the transcripts and evidence will paint a far fairer and truthful picture which is surely in the interests of justice.
"This decision appears to have been taken with disregard for my human right to privacy and that of my daughter. It cannot be in her interests that one parent is condemned by the media while the other is 'protected' or even revered."
McCartney and Mills split in May 2006 and have a four-year-old daughter, Beatrice. A further hearing to grant a decree nisi and officially dissolve their marriage will take place on 12 May.
Mills lost an appeal at London's High Court on Tuesday to stop details of the case from entering the public domain and Judge Mr Justice Bennett subsequently published his findings.
The 40-year-old won $33 million (GBP16.5 million) cash and assets worth $15.6 million (GBP7.8 million) following the breakdown of her four-year marriage to the former Beatle on Monday, but faced a barrage of criticism in the press after the judge slammed her evidence as "unreliable" and accused the former glamour model of indulging in "make-belief".
And now Mills had hit back at the release of the report, issuing a statement to British TV programme Gmtv, insisting the judgment was only published in part and if the case details were issued in full, she would have received a much more positive review from the judge
The statement, which was read out on Friday morning, reads, "It seems an overall tabloid-created perception of my personality is preferred to much detail that I prepared for my case.
"It is now in the public interest to reveal the transcripts of the Full court proceedings. As this judgement is now being used to further my vilification, details contained within the transcripts and evidence will paint a far fairer and truthful picture which is surely in the interests of justice.
"This decision appears to have been taken with disregard for my human right to privacy and that of my daughter. It cannot be in her interests that one parent is condemned by the media while the other is 'protected' or even revered."
McCartney and Mills split in May 2006 and have a four-year-old daughter, Beatrice. A further hearing to grant a decree nisi and officially dissolve their marriage will take place on 12 May.
- 3/21/2008
- WENN
Latest: The judge overseeing the divorce battle between Heather Mills and Sir Paul McCartney has criticised the former glamour model for giving "unreliable" evidence and indulging in "make-belief".
Mills lost an appeal at London's High Court on Tuesday to stop details of the case from entering the public domain and Judge Mr Justice Bennett has subsequently published his findings.
The 40-year-old won $33 million (GBP16.5 million) cash and assets worth $15.6 million (GBP7.8 million) following the breakdown of her four-year marriage to the former Beatle on Monday.
But Judge Bennett accused Mills of being a "less than an impressive witness" saying that her evidence was "not just inconsistent and inaccurate but also less than candid". The judge also called many of her demands of her estranged husband "unreasonable".
In his report, Mills is said to have asked for $998,000 (GBP499,000) a year to pay for holidays for herself and the former couple's daughter - and the figure included money to charter helicopters and private jets. Mills argued this was in keeping with her lifestyle while she was married to McCartney .
But Judge Bennett slammed her claims saying, "I detect symptoms of unreasonable expenditure to some extent in chartering planes which include helicopters. These items in her budget illustrate generally speaking, how unreasonable (even generously interpreted) are the claimed needs of the wife. In the absence of any sensible proposal by the wife as to her income needs I must do the best I can on the material I have. If the wife feels aggrieved about what I propose she only has herself to blame."
Judge Bennett also dismissed Mills' claim that she deserved compensation for playing the role of "psychologist" to her estranged husband - insisting she counselled him through various problems relating to the death of his first wife Linda, his relationships with his children and his career.
He says, "I have to say that the wife's evidence that in some way she was the husband's 'psychologist', even allowing for hyperbole, is typical of her make-belief. I wholly reject her account that she rekindled the husband's professional flame and gave him back his confidence."
McCartney and Mills split in May 2006. A further hearing to grant a decree nisi and officially dissolve their marriage will take place on 12 May.
Mills lost an appeal at London's High Court on Tuesday to stop details of the case from entering the public domain and Judge Mr Justice Bennett has subsequently published his findings.
The 40-year-old won $33 million (GBP16.5 million) cash and assets worth $15.6 million (GBP7.8 million) following the breakdown of her four-year marriage to the former Beatle on Monday.
But Judge Bennett accused Mills of being a "less than an impressive witness" saying that her evidence was "not just inconsistent and inaccurate but also less than candid". The judge also called many of her demands of her estranged husband "unreasonable".
In his report, Mills is said to have asked for $998,000 (GBP499,000) a year to pay for holidays for herself and the former couple's daughter - and the figure included money to charter helicopters and private jets. Mills argued this was in keeping with her lifestyle while she was married to McCartney .
But Judge Bennett slammed her claims saying, "I detect symptoms of unreasonable expenditure to some extent in chartering planes which include helicopters. These items in her budget illustrate generally speaking, how unreasonable (even generously interpreted) are the claimed needs of the wife. In the absence of any sensible proposal by the wife as to her income needs I must do the best I can on the material I have. If the wife feels aggrieved about what I propose she only has herself to blame."
Judge Bennett also dismissed Mills' claim that she deserved compensation for playing the role of "psychologist" to her estranged husband - insisting she counselled him through various problems relating to the death of his first wife Linda, his relationships with his children and his career.
He says, "I have to say that the wife's evidence that in some way she was the husband's 'psychologist', even allowing for hyperbole, is typical of her make-belief. I wholly reject her account that she rekindled the husband's professional flame and gave him back his confidence."
McCartney and Mills split in May 2006. A further hearing to grant a decree nisi and officially dissolve their marriage will take place on 12 May.
- 3/18/2008
- WENN
The judge gave Heather Mills hundreds of millions of dollars less than she wanted after finding her "inconsistent" and "less than candid," according to a scathing judgment made public Tuesday. "She was a less than impressive witness," says the judge, Justice Bennett. "The wife for her part must have felt rather swept off her feet by a man as famous as the husband. I think this may well have warped her perception leading her to indulge in make-belief."The judge by contrast, described McCartney as "consistent, accurate and honest." (Click here to see the full judgment.) Mills and McCartney became...
- 3/18/2008
- by Pete Norman
- PEOPLE.com
Paul McCartney and Heather Mills met face-to-face in court Monday to learn the result of their long and messy divorce. McCartney, 65, arrived at Court 34 in London's Royal Courts of Justice just after 10, humming a tune to himself. Wearing a white shirt, blue tie and his trademark black sneakers he refused to comment to waiting reporters. His estranged 40-year-old wife – representing herself in court – arrived shortly after, looking stylish in a blue and tan vest, blue pants and clutching a pink Von Dutch bag. Flanked by two minders, Mills strode towards court, telling reporters: "I'm sorry, I can't make any comment.
- 3/17/2008
- by Pete Norman and Simon Perry
- PEOPLE.com
The former butler of Diana, Princess Of Wales, has refused to return to the U.K. to explain why he apparently lied while giving evidence under oath at the inquest into the British royal's death.
Paul Burrell - who was allegedly the Princess' closest confidante - was caught out on videotape footage obtained by British tabloid The Sun last month, in which he confesses to lying and holding back information from the inquest's coroner, Lord Justice Scott Baker, during his testimonies at London's High Court.
He said: "I was very naughty... I know you shouldn't play with justice and I know it's illegal and I realise how serious it is..."
Lord Baker has since issued an order for Burrell to reappear in court - but the coroner is unable to summon the ex-butler back from the U.S., where he is currently in hiding, to answer his questions.
However, Burrell has written to Lord Baker claiming he did tell the truth in his testimony - and was lying in the video in his desperate bid to impress his friend Paul Khullar while they were in New York.
And he blamed his behaviour on the amount of alcohol he had had that night, when he downed whiskey, wine, champagne and cocktails.
In the letter, which was read out to the High Court on Thursday, he says: "I was just trying to impress him. At no time did I mislead the inquest."
But Lord Baker is outraged by Burrell's refusal to return and answer his questions in person: "The purpose was for him to explain the alleged inconsistencies between what he said in evidence and what he said on the occasion referred to in The Sun."
If Burrell does return to his native Britain, he could face a police inquiry for perjury - a crime which carries a 10-year jail sentence if he is found guilty.
Paul Burrell - who was allegedly the Princess' closest confidante - was caught out on videotape footage obtained by British tabloid The Sun last month, in which he confesses to lying and holding back information from the inquest's coroner, Lord Justice Scott Baker, during his testimonies at London's High Court.
He said: "I was very naughty... I know you shouldn't play with justice and I know it's illegal and I realise how serious it is..."
Lord Baker has since issued an order for Burrell to reappear in court - but the coroner is unable to summon the ex-butler back from the U.S., where he is currently in hiding, to answer his questions.
However, Burrell has written to Lord Baker claiming he did tell the truth in his testimony - and was lying in the video in his desperate bid to impress his friend Paul Khullar while they were in New York.
And he blamed his behaviour on the amount of alcohol he had had that night, when he downed whiskey, wine, champagne and cocktails.
In the letter, which was read out to the High Court on Thursday, he says: "I was just trying to impress him. At no time did I mislead the inquest."
But Lord Baker is outraged by Burrell's refusal to return and answer his questions in person: "The purpose was for him to explain the alleged inconsistencies between what he said in evidence and what he said on the occasion referred to in The Sun."
If Burrell does return to his native Britain, he could face a police inquiry for perjury - a crime which carries a 10-year jail sentence if he is found guilty.
- 3/7/2008
- WENN
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