Foolish Blatherings (Free subscription) | 23/11/2009
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 [...]
The Guardian (Free subscription) | 16/11/2009
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...
Denver Post (Free subscription) | 12/11/2009
Newmont Mining Corp. chief executive Richard O'Brien said costs for the gold-mining industry are likely to rise by about 5 percent next year.
Politics.ie (Free subscription) | 11/11/2009
Statement just issued by the Department of Foreign Affairs ---Quote--- Minister Micheál Martin expressed his delight at the safe release in...
Abovethelaw.com (Free subscription) | 11/11/2009
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...
Paralegal SLO (Free subscription) | 11/11/2009
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...
WiredNews (Free subscription) | 11/11/2009
A hearing at which former Northwestern University journalism students planned to fight a subpoena turned into a judicial lambasting of their Sidley Austin lawyers, as Judge Diane Gordon Cannon castigated partner Richard O'Brien for a brief she said was "dripping with sarcasm." After the hearing, O'Brien said the brief was similar to thousands he has filed over his 30-year career. The subpoena...
Chicago Tribune (Free subscription) | 10/11/2009
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...
Liverpool Daily Post.co.uk (Free subscription) | 09/11/2009
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.
Bradenton.com: Politics (Free subscription) | 02/11/2009
Some call it a right, others say it’s a duty.
Liverpool Echo.co.uk (Free subscription) | 02/11/2009
Costumed fans of the cult musical The Rocky Horror Show braved the cold to smash the Guinness world record for the largest Time Warp dance.
IOL (Free subscription) | 02/11/2009
Fans of The Rocky Horror Show have gathered in Brighton to strut their stuff for a place in the Guinness Books Of World Records [VIDEO].
Monsters and Critics (Free subscription) | 31/10/2009
London - Some 1,570 fans of the cult musical The Rocky Horror Show gathered in the southern English coastal
atHome Top Story (Free subscription) | 31/10/2009
Tonight’s Halloween opening of The Toxic Avenger raises the question: Why do horror stories make such good musicals?
Premium Hollywood (Free subscription) | 31/10/2009
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 [...]
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