I would like, if I may, to take you on a strange journey. – The Criminologist The cult classic musical The Rocky Horror Picture Show has been entrenched in American culture since it bombed at the box office in 1975. I always wanted to go to the midnight showings of this movie, but I didn’t want to [...]
Broadway revival of 1960s show to open at the Gielgud theatre in April For some it will be a case of about time too, as it was today announced that kaftans, nudity, spliffs, sodomy, and flower power are coming back to the West End stage. Theatre impresario Sir Cameron Mackintosh, who was a production runner on the original West End staging of Hair in 1968, said he was bringing last year's award-winning...
In today's Morning Docket , we mentioned the recent benchslap administered to Sidley Austin by Judge Diane Cannon (pictured), an Illinois state court judge. Lynne Marek of the NLJ reports : A court hearing on Tuesday in Chicago at which former Northwestern University journalism students planned to fight a subpoena for their records and grades turned into a judicial lambasting of their Sidley Austin...
Warning to Chicago lawyers: Judge Diane Gordon Cannon of the Cook County Circuit Court does not like sarcasm in your briefs. And if you represent the petitioner, your brief should begin with the mantra, "now comes petitioner.” Sidley Austin partner Richard O'Brien and associate Linda Friedlieb learned that lesson the hard way, when Cannon said their Oct. 5 brief on behalf of Northwestern...
The students' efforts helped win a new day in court for Anthony McKinney, who has spent 31 years in prison for the slaying.But as they prepare for that hearing, prosecutors seem to have have focused on the students and teacher who led the investigation for the school's internationally acclaimed Medill Innocence Project. The Cook County state's attorney subpoenaed the students' grades, notes and recordings...
THEATRE: Follow squeaky-clean sweethearts Brad and Janet on an adventure they’ll never forget as you enter the crazy world of the Rocky Horror Show. Richard O’Brien’s original script still shines today and this time stars Liverpool’s Michael Starke as the narrator.Empire Theatre until November 14, tickets £13-£32.50, 0844 847 2525.
He’s got an awe-inspiring 266 credits listed on his IMDb c.v. Nevertheless, finding good embeddable clips for Christopher Lee, one of the most beloved yet also underrated actors of the 20th and 21st centuries, hasn’t exactly been easy. Sad, considering how much enjoyment he’s given audiences, how many good movies he’s enlivened, and how many [...]