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Award-winning filmmaker John Maclean reveals the reality of working on a 'notoriously difficult' second feature.
Judge declares mistrial in case of Irish firefighter charged with rape after jury deadlocks By Claire Thornton and Nick Stoico Globe Staff,Updated June 20, 2025, 4:05 p.m.
I’ve just emerged from an intense few days within the Cannes Lions jury bubble. Three days of focussed discussion, rigorous debate, and deep immersion in some of the world’s most impactful work.
The deputy chair is voted for by elected members of BAFTA’s sector committees and the board and will succeed the chair in the fall of 2026. “I’m honored to have been elected as deputy chair ...
There’s Still Tomorrow director Paola Cortellesi is to chair the jury of the Progressive Cinema Competition, the competitive section of the Rome Film Fest, which takes place from October 15-26.
DEDHAM, MASS. (WHDH) - Another juror in the Karen Read murder retrial is pulling back the curtain on how the jury reached their verdict. Paula Prado, Juror #11, said she is confident the jury ...
Read, 45, is accused of fatally striking her boyfriend, Boston police officer John O’Keefe, 46, with her SUV and leaving him to die in the snow in 2022.
Jury officers, or bailiffs, take an oath under North Carolina law to keep jurors in a private place and prevent them from being spoken to by anyone outside the trial, including the bailiff themselves.
The jury found Karen Read guilty on a lesser charge but not guilty on the charges of second-degree murder and leaving the scene in John O’Keefe’s death.
Read’s first trial ended in a hung jury and a mistrial on July 1, 2024. Prosecutors argued that Read drunkenly backed into O’Keefe while dropping him off outside the home of a fellow Boston ...
The Aquaman star countersued him, and in the end, the jury sided with Depp in his libel lawsuit, awarding him more than $10 million, although after the settlement, she only paid $1 million.