EXCLUSIVE: Goodfellas has acquired world sales rights to Romanian actor and director Emanuel Parvu’s thriller Three Kilometers To The End Of The World.
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It's difficult to overestimate just how famous, celebrated and revered OJ Simpson - whose death at the age of 76 was announced tonight - was before that warm California night on June 12, 1994.
It was a cultural turning point - an all-American sports hero turned Hollywood star suddenly implicated in horrific violence. Long before the internet we know today, the world watched TV screens, transfixed, as drama upon drama unfolded before our blinking, disbelieving eyes.
Almost 30 years on, at least for people of a certain vintage, it was an unforgettable moment in time. A flashpoint of fame, money, and justice; race relations, sex and male violence. A grisly whodunnit whose drama obscured a very real tragedy - and foreshadowed our era of reality TV and rolling, 24/7 coverage.
OJ Simpson may have been the star of a sport many on this side of the Atlantic didn't understand or watch - American football - but, around the world he became famous for his role in The Naked Gun films, playing the hapless officer Nordberg, opposite Leslie Nielsen's even more hapless Detective Frank Drebin.
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That night, his wife Nicole Brown, who had divorced OJ after their marriage turned sour, had been stabbed seven times in her face and scalp and her throat had been slit. The wound on her neck was so violent it had almost decapitated her. Nicole was walking into her home in Los Angeles with her friend, Ron Goldman, when the pair were fatally attacked with horrifying violence.
Five days later, police moved to arrest OJ Simpson. But he famously fled from the law in a white Ford Bronco, a low-speed chase through the streets of
EXCLUSIVE: Goodfellas has acquired world sales rights to Romanian actor and director Emanuel Parvu’s thriller Three Kilometers To The End Of The World.
Fifth in a series on broadcast network series renewals. As the CW transformation’s under new owners Nexstar continues with the addition of sports as well as acquired scripted series and international co-productions, questions are persisting about the fate of the last remaining dramas from the “old” CW.
EXCLUSIVE: This is a rare occurrence in the current strike-impacted broadcast season — a scripted series getting an order for additional episodes. According to sources, the CW‘s flagship drama All American is having its current sixth season extended from 13 episode to 15 episodes.
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Michael Schneider Variety Editor at Large Dan Abrams has enjoyed a tremendously successful career, which currently includes roles as chief legal analyst at ABC News and host of NewsNation’s “Dan Abrams Live.” But he knows it was the O.J. Simpson murder trial almost 30 years ago that put him on the map — and he has complicated feelings about it. “I’ve always had a little bit of guilt about the idea that the murderers of two innocent people helped start my career,” says Abrams, who was working for Court TV at the time.
Liam Gallagher has said his collaborative album with John Squire is “just the starter”, hinting that further music from the pair is on the horizon.The former Oasis frontman and ex-Stone Roses guitarist released their self-titled, UK Number One record last month before embarking on a joint UK, Ireland and European headline tour.Following the recent live dates, Gallagher said it would “be rude not to do another album” with Squire. “I think it’s got legs, man,” the singer explained of the team-up.
After Little Mix went on hiatus back in 2022, Perrie Edwards has finally kick started her highly-anticipated solo career with the launch of her new single Forget About Us. As part of the single’s launch, 30 year old Perrie has been doing plenty of promo – including a surprising radio segment which saw her speak to Cheryl and Liam Payne ’s son Bear while on air. While appearing on Greg James’ BBC Radio 1 Breakfast Show on Friday, 12 April, the Wings singer played a game of ‘Sitting or Standing’ where she had to call her contacts and guess whether they were on the phone while sitting down or standing up.
Conan O’Brien had some lavish praise for late comic Norm Macdonald following the news of O.J. Simpson’s death — and why Macdonald was fired from “Saturday Night Live.”O’Brien, 60 — who was promoting his Max series, “Conan O’Brien Must Go” — appeared on CNN with Jake Tapper in the hours after news broke on April 11 that Simpson died at the age of 76 from cancer.When the conversation turned to Simpson, O’Brien wasted no time in remembering how Macdonald mercilessly ripped Simpson on “Saturday Night Live” in his “Weekend Update” segments after Simpson was arrested in the 1994 murders of his ex-wife Nicole Brown Simpson and Ronald Goldman.“It was a huge deal back then.
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Following the death of OJ Simpson this week, veteran TV presenter and comedienne Ruby Wax has written about the time she spent interviewing the footballing legend turned pariah for her BBC chat show.
OJ Simpson, the former NFL icon, passed away on Wednesday and his family has now disclosed their plans for his remains.The sports legend is set to be cremated this coming Tuesday in Las Vegas, with his relatives turning down requests for his brain to be given over to scientific study.The family of the American football star shared a heartfelt statement on social media confirming his passing.Their statement read: "On April 10th, our father, Orenthal James Simpson, succumbed to his battle with cancer. He was surrounded by his children and grandchildren.
As reactions to O.J. Simpson‘s death continue to roll in, his alleged victim’s family and attorneys are speaking their piece.
Kato Kaelin remembered Nicole Brown Simpson as a "beacon of light" while discussing O.J. Simpson, who died Wednesday of cancer at the age of 76. Kaelin was living in a guest house at O.J.'s Rockingham Estate the night Nicole Brown Simpson and Ron Goldman were stabbed to death outside her home on Bundy Drive in Brentwood, California, June 12, 1994.
Caitlyn Jenner has sparked backlash after her brutal response to the news of the death of OJ Simpson, who passed away on Wednesday, 10 April, following a battle with cancer. OJ's family announced his death on Twitter on 11 April with a statement that read: "On April 10th, our father, Orenthal James Simpson, succumbed to his battle with cancer.
O.J. Simpson, known for his football career and one of the most infamous murder trials in the United States in the 90s following the tragic murder of Nicole Brown Simpson, has died at the age of 76 following a cancer battle. The former football player had been open about his health issues, revealing in May 2023 that he was undergoing chemotherapy.Lauren Graham reveals the last gift Matthew Perry gave herPatrick Swayze’s widow shares heartbreaking moment before his death; ‘I want to live’How Jennifer Aniston and Sandra Bullock built a strong friendshipHis family has confirmed his death with a recent statement, asking the public to “respect their wishes for privacy.” Simpson died Wednesday, April 10, in Las Vegas.
The firm behind a well-known Greater Manchester TV studio has been placed into liquidation it has been confirmed. Factory Transmedia Ltd was formed in 2000 and employed hundreds of people over its near quarter of a century in business.
Anna Tingley If you purchase an independently reviewed product or service through a link on our website, Variety may receive an affiliate commission. The sensational 1995 trial that saw O.J. Simpson on the stand for murdering his ex-wife and her friend is now on many people’s minds again following news of the infamous figure’s death on Thursday morning.
Despite an illustrious sports career, O.J Simpson was perhaps best known for being at the centre of his ex-wife's murder case. The American football player died of cancer at the age of 76 on Wednesday April 10, his family confirmed.