Tag: Justice
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Kevin Spacey Appears in Court as Judge Tells Jury Familiarity With His Films Not a Barrier to Serving
Kevin Spacey has appeared in the dock at Southwark Crown Court in London to face 12 sexual assault charges.The actor, best known for his roles in “House of Cards” and “American Beauty,” was sat in a windowed glass dock inside Courtroom 1 accompanied by dock officers. He wore a dark suit with a light blue…
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‘Evil’: How an Unpredictable Villain Has Deepened the CBS Show’s Unsettling Mysteries
[Editor’s Note: The following interview contains spoilers for “Evil” Episode 12, “Justice x 2.”]After almost an entire season of trying to be a master societal manipulator, “Evil” finally pulled the curtain back on Leland Townsend’s vulnerability. Thursday night’s episode closes with him in what seems at first like an ordinary therapy session. As the camera…
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Eugene Francis Dies: East Side Kids Actor & Original SAG Foundation Board Member Was 100
Eugene Francis, an actor, writer and longtime SAG Foundation board member who broke into show business in 1940 as one of the East Side Kids, has died. He was 100. Francis played Algernon “Algy” Wilkes alongside Leo Gorcey and Bobby Jordan in the 1940 films Boys of the City, That Gang of Mine and Pride…
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Maria Ramos on Dilma Rousseff Impeachment Doc ‘The Trial’
Half-Brazilian half-Dutch, director Maria Ramos is no stranger to Brazil’s judicial system, or its complicated political situation. She revisits these themes in her Berlin Film Festival world premiere documentary “The Trial,” selected for Panorama.Her previous critically acclaimed and award winning series of documentaries: “Justice,” “Behave” and “Hills of Pleasures” are, in the words of Variety’s…