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Dennis Kelleher: Why Would Libby Lie?
A key element in trying to prove a crime is showing why someone might have done something illegal. Lawyers call it proving motive. Evidence of motive is often the critical reason a prosecutor concludes that someone has committed a crime and a jury convicts someone of a crime.
I was a lucky kid…I grew up on a multi-cultural morass of media ……..I loved "Straight Arrow" (Native American), "Amos and Andy" (African American), "Charlie Chan" (Chinese American) and "The Cisco Kid (and Poncho)" (Hispanic American) ….(I can hear the band "War" singing "Cisco Kid was a friend of mine…..he drank whiskey, Poncho drank the wine!") I loved the Saturday morning westerns with "Gene Autry" (and Frog), "Hopalong Cassidy" (and Red), "Roy Rogers" (and Dale Evans), "The Lone Ranger (and Tonto)….even Lash La Rue!
It was with extremely low expectations that I went down to see the new Hispanic style "Oater" comedy the "Legend of Zorro" starring the husband of Melanie Griffith and the wife of Michael Douglas…..in their sequel to the "Mask of Zorro" (1998) …(which I "kinda liked")……….I was counting on a mix of "Batman's Mask", "Cat Ballou's" drunk horse, Nick and Nora's cute "Thin Man" bickering and a lot of sword fighting……..I got all that plus a few surprises and a lot of shit blowing up!
The year is 1850……the place is San Francisco…….we have a semi retired hacienda houseboy… Zorro under the guise of Alejandro (Antonio Banderas - "Matador" (1986) - "Il Giovane Mussolini" (1993) - "Desperado" (1995) - "Puss in Boots" (2008) living in luxury with his wife Elena (Catherine Zeta-Jones - "Titanic" (1996) - "Traffic" (2000) - "The Terminal" (2004) and their now ten year old son Joaquin (Adrian Alonso)….California is on the verge of statehood and "Freedom is on the March"! But things are not well in the Zorro household because the town bell has been ringing more than Elena would like…taking her masked mate away from his husbandly duties……they fight, she says "Me or the Mask!!!!" He leaves….she sends the Divorce papers….he gets drunk…
But there's big trouble brewing….A wealthy and dashing French Count named Armand (Rufus Sewell - "Dirty Weekend" (1993) - "Arabian Nights" (2000) - "A Knight's Tale" (2000) is now courting Elena and it seems he has some secret plans…sinister plans…plans to take over the whole world!!!!!! Wow …this is big shit…… we're talking 19th century terrorism….we're talking ancient evil cabal….and we're talking about a new discovery ….."Nitroglycerin" ....the highly dangerously explosive kind!!!!!!!
Will Zorro stop the evil doers from taking over the United States and the whole world? Will Zorro and Elena ever get back together? Will Joaquin ever find out who is dad really is? Just like the "Scarlet Pimpernel" with swords clanking, will Zorro save all the Aristocrats (and the poor people too)???? Stay tuned for episode III…
An interesting side note…..The wife of the Governor of California (not Maria Schriver!) was played by Mary Crosby…..dauighter of Bing Crosby and also the woman who shot J.R. in "Dallas"…..she had no lines but just stood there with her weird upper lip and stolid demeanor……
Purple Gene gives the "Legend of Zorro" 5 slashing silver sword fights (and back flips) out of 10 for taking me half way back to my younger days!
CBS begins the night with a RERUN'CSI: The 2nd One', followed by a RERUN'CSI: The Original One', then '48 Hours'.
NBC opens the night with a RERUN'Law & Order', followed by a RERUN'Law & Order: Special Victims Unit', then another RERUN'Law & Order'.
'SNL' is a compilation of RERUNs.
The late, late 'SNL' is from 8 October, 1988, with Tom Hanks hosting, music by Keith Richards.
ABC fills the night with the movie 'Catch Me If You Can' (runs 10 minutes long).
The WB here has 'NBA Basketball' with the Timberwolves visiting the Clips in beautiful downtown LA.
Faux has the traditional 'Cops', 'Cops', and 'America's Most Wanted'.
UPN has a RERUN'Alias', followed by a RERUN'Fear Factor'.
A&E has 'City Confidential', followed by a FRESH'City Confidential', 'Cold Case Files', and 'Red Light Districts'.
AMC offers the movie 'The Octagon', followed by the movie 'The Delta Force', then the movie 'Delta Force II'.
BBC -
[1pm] 'Homes Under the Hammer' - Episode 14;
[2:30pm] 'Father Ted' - Ep. 9 New Jack City;
[3pm] 'The Benny Hill Show' - Episode 41;
[4pm] 'Faking It' - Bicycle Courier to Polo Player;
[5:30pm] 'What Not To Wear' - Lucy;
[6pm] 'NY-LON' - Episode 1;
[8:30pm] 'House Invaders' - Episode 20;
[9pm] 'Father Ted' - Ep. 1 Good Luck Father Ted;
[9:30pm] 'Father Ted' - Ep. 2 Entertaining Father Stone;
[12am] 'Father Ted' - Ep. 1 Hell;
[12:30am] 'Father Ted' - Ep. 2 Think Fast, Father;
[6am] 'BBC World News'. (ALL TIMES EST)
Bravo has the movie 'Scarface', followed by the movie 'Scarface', again.
Comedy Central has the movie 'The Origianl Kings Of Comedy', followed by the movie 'Sorority Boys'.
History has 'Busting The Mob', 'Rumrunners, Moonshiners And Bootleggers', and 'Ku Klux Klan: A Secret History'.
IFC -
[6AM] IFC November Short Film Collection I (2005);
[8AM] Samurai Spy (1965);
[9:45AM] Home Movie (2002);
[11AM] Radio Bikini (1987);
[12PM] Dinner Rush (2000);
[1:45PM] Samurai Spy (1965);
[3:35PM] This Is Not A Film (2003);
[5:15PM] Dinner Rush (2000);
[7PM] Greg the Bunny: "Naturally Sewn Killers" (2005);
[7:15PM] Greg the Bunny: "The 13th Step" (2005);
[7:30PM] Hopeless Pictures #3 (2005);
[8PM] Lulu on the Bridge (1998);
[10PM] Reservoir Dogs (1992);
[11:45PM] Dogtown and Z-Boys (2001);
[1:30AM] Reservoir Dogs (1992);
[3:15AM] Dogtown and Z-Boys (2001);
[5AM] The Festival #5 (2005);
[5:30AM] The Festival #6 (Finale) (2005). (ALL TIMES EST)
SciFi has the movie 'Storm Of The Century', followed by the movie 'Avalanche'.
Sundance -
[6:35AM] Das Bus;
[8:15AM] Pi;
[9:45AM] Dogsbody;
[10AM] The Tunnel;
[11:35AM] The Swell Life;
[12PM] Bandwagon;
[1:45PM] Dogsbody;
[2PM] The Al Franken Show: (06/20/05);
[3PM] The Al Franken Show: (06/24/05);
[4PM] The Al Franken Show: (07/22/05);
[5PM] The Al Franken Show: (09/16/05);
[6PM] Pi;
[7:30PM] The Swell Life;
[8PM] TransGeneration: Episode 7;
[8:30PM] I Am NOT an ANIMAL: A Star is Hatched;
[9PM] Seven Times Lucky;
[10:30PM] Design;
[12:30AM] The Last Kiss;
[2:30AM] Liebestraum;
[4:15AM] Seeing Other People;
[5:45AM] Seven Times Lucky. (ALL TIMES EST)
Jazz Clarinetist Pete Fountain plays one of the clarinets he managed to save from Hurricane Katrina in his temporary home in Hammond, La., Tuesday, Oct. 25, 2005. Fountain, a virtual living symbol of New Orleans and traditional leader of the Mardi Gras parade, lost virtually everything to the hurricane, including some of his instruments.
Photo by Nati Harnik
Brooke Ellison, whose struggle with paralysis was the subject of a 2004 TV movie directed by Christopher Reeve, is seeking a seat in the New York state Senate.
Ellison, a Democrat, says she wants to address the lack of affordable housing for young adults on Long Island, dwindling open space and environmental protections, and New York's failure to fund embryonic stem-cell research, among other issues. Her campaign announcement was reported in Thursday's editions of Newsday.
Ellison, a Harvard graduate, is studying for a doctoral degree in political psychology at SUNY Stony Brook.
Yoko Ono has apologized to Paul McCartney for insinuating that his songs are trite.
Accepting an award on behalf of John Lennon last month, Ono said Lennon had sometimes felt insecure about his songs, asking "why they always cover Paul's songs and never mine."
"I said, `You're a good songwriter, it's not June with spoon that you write.'"
After reports of the apparent slight circulated, Ono apologized in the latest issue of Rolling Stone magazine, now on newsstands.
"I certainly did not mean to hurt Paul, and if I did, I am very sorry," she says.
The Dalai Lama takes off his shoes to become more comfortable during a program on meditation at Stanford University in Stanford, Calif., Friday, Nov. 4, 2005. The Dalai Lama is planning to be speaking at Stanford for a two-day event. The Dalai Lama is the Noble Prize-winning monk.
Photo by Paul Sakuma
George Clooney denied a newspaper report that he was involved in a shoving match with a security guard outside a bar in London's West End.
According to the Evening Standard, a reception was being held at the bar for a screening of Clooney's latest film, "Good Night, and Good Luck."
A statement by Clooney's Los Angeles-based publicist, Stan Rosenfield, said the actor "did not get into a fight with a security guard. ... However, he did get into an argument with someone connected with the movie. ... And while it had nothing to do with the paparazzi, it did have everything to do with someone being unkind to a woman.
"While no punches were thrown, George told the person to knock it off."
One of the world's most famous landmarks, the 82-year-old Hollywood sign perched high above Los Angeles, is to follow Tinseltown tradition and get a face lift, officials said.
Like many inhabitants of the city they overlook, the huge white letters that stand 13.6 meters (45 feet) in height and which are 10.9 meters (36-foot) wide originally need the occasional work done to maintain its appearance.
Two firms, Red Diamond Coatings, a manufacturer of architectural coatings, and Bay Cal Commercial Painting, are donating their time and materials to the project, which is set to start Monday, company officials said.
The Hollywood sign was first erected in 1923 and was declared a Cultural Historical Monument in 1973.
Dennis Quaid is the top golfer among the Hollywood set. Tea Leoni is the best among the women. Tom Cruise is awful at golf, but he tips the caddies well.
Such are the conclusions of Golf Digest, which ranks Hollywood's top 100 golfers in a December special edition, which hits newsstands Tuesday.
Quaid is followed in the top 10 by Thomas Gibson, Tom Dreesen, Matt Craven, Chris O'Donnell, Samuel L. Jackson, brother Randy Quaid, Craig T. Nelson, Mark Wahlberg and Hugh Grant.
Leoni tied for 34th with avid golfer Sylvester Stallone. "Desperate Housewives" star Teri Hatcher didn't make the list, but she has gotten a lesson from Tiger Woods.
Former pop star Yusuf Islam, who was previously known as Cat Stevens, receives an Honorary Doctorate from former Archbishop of Canterbury Lord Carey, Chancelor of the University of Gloucestershire, in Cheltenham, England, Friday Nov. 4, 2005. During the presentation former pop star Yusuf Islam criticised the worldwide humanitarian response to the recent earthquake in Pakistan.
Photo by David Jones
More than 46 years after making his first appearance on the Billboard album chart, Johnny Cash has rewritten chart history by coming up with the highest-debuting title of his career.
"The Legend of Johnny Cash," the 41st charting album by the Man in Black, entered The Billboard 200 at No. 11 in the week ended October 30, as promotional efforts gather momentum ahead of the November 18 release of the Cash movie "Walk the Line."
Since Cash appeared on the very first country album chart, published in January 1964, he once again holds the record for the longest chart span, which now stretches to almost 42 years. Cash has to share that record with George Jones, who also appeared on that very first country album chart. Jones slipped to No. 34 last week with "Hits I Missed... And One I Didn't."
Former Mouseketeer Darlene Gillespie was hit with fresh charges Friday when the FBI said she tried to defraud a company out of nearly $320,000 in class-action settlement funds.
An FBI criminal complaint said Gillespie and her partner Jerry Fraschilla submitted a series of false claims to the Long Island-based administrator of a fund established to settle a class-action lawsuit against a measurement equipment company. A spokesman for the Brooklyn U.S. Attorney's office, which filed the complaint, said he had no additional information about the case.
After a try at a country singing career, she has had a history of run-ins with authorities, including a conviction for helping Fraschilla buy stocks with bad checks. She was sentenced to a two-year prison sentence in that case in 1999.
Dutch Geert Jan Jansen, considered the master-forger art painter of the 20th century, stands in front of his 'Miro' and 'Botero' paintings in the Ijsselhal in Zwolle, the Netherlands, November 4, 2005. Jansen's paintings of masters like Appel, Matisse, Miro, Picasso and Botero were not distinguishable from the originals, it is said .
Photo by Michael Kooren
Minnesota Vikings players have encouraged teammates to boycott a local TV station in response to a report Thursday night related to the infamous boat party.
After getting a tip that offensive tackle Bryant McKinnie and running back Mewelde Moore were seen dumping garbage at a construction site near their Eden Prairie homes, KSTP reporter Kristin Stinar rummaged through the dumpster and discovered trash belonging to McKinnie.
Remnants of a party were found, including a list of several female names and incoming flight times handwritten on Vikings stationery. But McKinnie said the garbage was a result of a gathering he had at his home two weeks before the infamous cruise. Moore said he ran out of room for his trash in his own bin.
KSTP, an ABC affiliate, has an hourlong pregame feature program on Sunday mornings during the season, and coach Mike Tice has an exclusive contract to appear on a half-hour wrapup show each week after the games.
US guitarrist Al Di Meola performs during his concert in the National Concert Hall in Budapest, Hungary, Friday night, Nov. 4, 2005.
Photo by Mate Nandorfi
Coca-Cola Co., the world's largest soft drink maker, said on Friday it would phase out its Vanilla Coke, Vanilla Diet Coke and Diet Coke With Lemon beverages in the United States by end of this year.
The announcement came a day after Coca-Cola said it would phase out Vanilla Coke and Vanilla Diet Coke in the United Kingdom early next year. The company said sales have declined.
Coca-Cola added that it plans to introduce Diet Black Cherry Vanilla Coke and Black Cherry Vanilla Coke in the United States in January 2006.
A visitor looks at a robot playing a harp at Shanghai International Industry Fair Friday Nov. 4, 2005 in Shanghai, China. The exhibition is showcasing the industrial achievements that have helped power China's breakneck economic growth, which has topped 9 percent for more than two years running.
Photo by Eugene Hoshiko
This was no one-night stand. Scientists in India say they have discovered two fossils fused together in sexual union for 65 million years.
The findings were published in the October edition of the Indian journal "Current Science," which said it was the first time that sexual copulation had been discovered in a fossil state, according to the Press Trust of India news agency.
But voyeurs will need a microscope to view the eternal lovers.
The fossils are tiny swarm cells, a stage in the development of the fungus myxomycetes, also known as slime molds.
Model present a creation by a local boudoir designer during ELLE Fashion Week 2005 in Bangkok, November 2, 2005. The event runs until November 6.
Photo by Chaiwat Subprasom
Numerous sightings of massive fireballs in the skies over Germany this week have led to an upsurge in reports of UFOs, but scientists believe the cause could be a bizarre annual meteor blitz.
According to the Web site of the U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), such fireballs have been reported elsewhere in the world and may also be due to the fact that the Earth is now orbiting through a swarm of space debris.
NASA's science Web site mentions reports of recent fireball sightings in the United States, Canada, the Netherlands, North Ireland and Japan. It includes images of the fireballs, which one man likened to a spotlight.
Famed Navajo artist R.C. Gorman, sometimes referred to as the Native American Picasso, died on Thursday at the age of 74, a spokesman at the University of New Mexico Hospital said.
Rudolph Carl Gorman was best known for his simple lines outlining earthy Navajo women in Southwestern landscapes.
"I am not obsessed with large women or even skinny women, but I do prefer to paint women. I'm attracted to them. And large women, they fill up the paper more," he said in a 1990 interview with Radiance magazine.
Gorman was born in Chinle, Arizona, on the Navajo Reservation in 1931. His father, Carl Nelson Gorman, was a sculptor and painter and a Navajo Code Talker during World War Two who helped send secret messages through codes based on American Indian languages.
Gorman went to Mexico in the late 1950s, where he was deeply influenced by Mexican artists Diego Rivera, David Siqueiros and Rufino Tamayo, among others.
Kedar, a baby African elephant born Oct. 18, makes a face as he struggles to regain his footing, keep close to his mother Kubwa, a 29-year-old African elephant at the Indianapolis Zoo, Friday, Nov. 4, 2005. Kedar will be on exhibit, weather permitting, from 1-2 pm through Nov. 6.
Photo by Michael Conroy
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