Theatre, Film & Broadcast

Ending with Cosby’s own words, prosecution rests

NORRISTOWN, Pa. — Prosecutors in Bill Cosby’s sex assault trial closed their case Friday, ending five days of evidence and testimony by letting jurors hear the 79-year-old entertainer’s admission that he used to get Quaaludes, a powerful sedative, to use in sexual encounters with women. In a 2005 deposition, Cosby admitted to obtaining seven prescriptions […]

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Theatre, Film & Broadcast, USA

Polanski’s victim asks judge to end 40-year-old sex case against director

LOS ANGELES — The woman Roman Polanski was convicted of sexually assaulting in 1977 when she was 13 appeared in court Friday and urged a judge to dismiss the 40-year-old sex case against the fugitive director. Samantha Geimer stood before Superior Court Judge Scott Gordon in downtown Los Angeles and said she wanted the case

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Theatre, Film & Broadcast, USA

Cosby told police that accuser was conscious and aware during their encounter

NORRISTOWN, Pa. — Bill Cosby told police that he and Andrea Constand had a romantic relationship well before the January 2004 night when he is accused of assaulting her and that she was aware and conscious during their entire encounter that evening. The pair, Cosby told police, had kissed and petted “at least three times”

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Theatre, Film & Broadcast, USA

Cosby lawyer attempts to paint accuser as a romantic interest, not a victim

NORRISTOWN, Pa. — A day after she confronted her alleged attacker in court for the first time, Bill Cosby accuser Andrea Constand faced a challenge from his lawyers. The defense spent much of its cross-examination Wednesday morning seeking to sow doubt about Constand’s account of the attack and her relationship with Cosby. Cosby lawyer Angela

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Theatre, Film & Broadcast, USA

‘The Imaginary Invalid’ is therapeutic

By Eric George Tauber SAN DIEGO — If laughter is the best medicine, then the Fiasco’s Theatre’s Imaginary Invalid is therapeutic. The house resounded with bursts and howls throughout the show. I remember the Fiasco when they brought Into the Woods to the Old Globe in 2014. Their name comes from a convention in Commedia

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Eric George Tauber, San Diego County, Theatre, Film & Broadcast

Gal Gadot’s Nationality Is Why ‘Wonder Woman’ Is Being Boycotted

“Wonder Woman” and the film’s star, Gal Gadot, have been delivered a taste of the lasso of truth as they’ve entered into non-stop war leading up to the film’s box office debut. After its arrival, many potential viewers are in opposition of the Amazonian warrior’s tale primarily due to Gadot’s nationality. On Friday, June 2,

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Middle East, Theatre, Film & Broadcast, USA

How a Spontaneous Radio Interview Changed Poor Blind Student’s Life

This 21-year-old blind college student had already been through countless hardships when she went to the Radio City 91.1 station building last month – and she had no idea that winning a radio contest would end up changing her life. Nikita Shukla is a third-year college student who has been studying to be a lawyer

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International, Theatre, Film & Broadcast

‘Dogfight,’ a well staged musical, hasn’t dogs or planes

  By Cynthia Citron LOS ANGELES — Well, they aren’t Stephen Sondheim—-yet.  But they could be—-in time. Benj Pasek and Justin Paul, who wrote the lyrics AND composed the music for Dogfight have just brought their rip-roaring, award-winning musical to L.A.  Lucky L.A.! Adapted by Peter Duchan from a 1991 play by Bob Comfort, the musical premiered

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Cynthia Citron, Music, Dance, and Visual Arts, Theatre, Film & Broadcast

‘Wonder Woman’ lassos $100.5 million at domestic box office

LOS ANGELES — After the worst Memorial Day weekend performance in 18 years, the summer box office needed a hero — or more specifically, a heroine. Thankfully, Warner Bros.’ highly anticipated “Wonder Woman” came to the rescue, like only a wondrous woman can. The DC Comics film adaptation starring Gal Gadot in the title role

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Theatre, Film & Broadcast

‘Wonder Woman’ Review: Can Gal Gadot Play Superman Too, Please?

While Wonder Woman is engaging and establishes the first worthwhile Justice League character, it’s in some respects an unambitious and safe movie. Wonder Woman feels most like a successful retread of Captain America: The First Avenger. It delivers a clear origin story, spends some time adjusting its character to radical new conditions, then sets them

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Theatre, Film & Broadcast

Kathy Griffin alternates between tears and Trump insults during a wild press conference

During a Friday morning press conference in Los Angeles, comedian Kathy Griffin stood in front of reporters to try and make sense of the backlash against a photograph she posted earlier in the week. Griffin posed with a bloody dummy head that looked like President Donald Trump. In the ensuing days, members of the first

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Theatre, Film & Broadcast, USA

Sharp wit for heavy subjects in ‘The Revolutionists’

By Eric George Tauber SAN DIEGO — One of my favorite sketches from The Muppets features Miss Piggy dressed as Marie-Antoinette. The pigs are arrayed in French Rococo finery singing “Stayin’ Alive.” But then, the guillotine looms ominously behind a window. (www.youtube.com/watch?v=FX284L12Rg0) As Americans, we embrace the French Revolution’s ideals of liberté, égalite and fraternité.

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Eric George Tauber, Theatre, Film & Broadcast