A trailer for the podcast Monster: The Zodiac Killer focuses on the unknown murderer’s lust for publicity. The two-minute clip includes reenacted audio from the Killer’s notes to the press, speculation from people who were amazed by the Killer’s terrorism and recordings from newsreels around the time. “Here we are …
Read More »Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School: Commission Concludes Teachers Should Be Armed
The Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School Public Safety Commission is concluding their investigation into the shooting that took place at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida, in February, 2018, and has completed a draft of their recommendations to prevent anything like it from happening again — including allowing …
Read More »Can the Bad Internet Apologies Stop Soon, Please?
On Wednesday,The Hollywood Reporterpublished astoryfrom guest editor Lena Dunham for their 2018 Women in Entertainment Power 100 issue. In this letter, Dunham apologizes to actress Aurora Perrineau, whom she accused oflyingwhen Perrineau accusedGirlswriter Murray Miller of rape. (Miller denied the allegation.) “I wanted to feel my workplace and my world …
Read More »Stan Lee on the X-Men and More: The Lost Interview
In April of 2014, I called Stan Lee to talk about the creation of the X-Men. Quotes from the interview appeared here, but the full Q&A has never been published. The conversation shows how sharp and witty Lee was at age 91, and gives some insight on how he saw …
Read More »Eric Idle: A Monty Python Legend Looks Back
A few years ago, Eric Idle told Rolling Stone he was working on his “posthumous memoirs.” He’s since had a change of heart. “The only trouble with posthumous memoirs is you don’t get paid ’til later,” he now jokes dryly, on a call from his Los Angeles home. So on …
Read More »California Doctor and Girlfriend Accused of Drugging and Raping Women
According to Bravo’s website for the show Online Dating Rituals of an American Male, as of 2014, Grant Robicheaux had a pretty typical plan for the future. The Newport Beach orthopedic surgeon wanted to “find the perfect woman, have a fantasy wedding and raise the All-American family,” and had turned …
Read More »How Federal Housing Policy Excludes Poor People From Legal Pot
Sondra Battle was fed up. Every time something needed to be repaired in the Washington D.C. grandmother’s federally-subsidized apartment, it seemed to take an ungodly number of phone calls to make it happen. The mold was the last straw. Last spring, after she says her resident manager refused to send …
Read More »New Lawsuit Filings Detail Horrors of Immigrant Detention Centers
Earlier this year, 29-year-old Mayra and her two young children fled a life of domestic violence and gang threats in Mexico. The trio crossed the U.S. border at Nogales, Arizona, where they told Border Patrol Agents that they were seeking asylum. The agents asked for their birth certificates and identification, …
Read More »Kennedy Center Rescinds Bill Cosby's Honors, Mark Twain Prize
A pair of honors that Bill Cosby received from the Kennedy Center, including the Mark Twain Prize for American Humor, were rescinded Monday, two weeks after the comedian was found guilty of indecent aggravated assault. Cosby received the Kennedy Center Honors in 1998 and the prestigious Mark Twain Prize a …
Read More »Charles Manson: Inside the Fight Over the Cult Leader's Remains
Even after his death, Charles Manson continues to cause turmoil. The career criminal and notorious cult leader died at the age of 83 on November 19th, 2017, but because multiple parties have attempted to claim his remains, his body has been on ice in Kern County, California ever since. There …
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