The National Enquirer has been a supermarket staple for decades. In “Scandalous: The Untold Story of the National Enquirer,” director Mark Landsman explores the paper’s beginnings as an allegedly mafia-funded enterprise into a gory murder rag, then its evolution into a sensational tabloid covering all things sex and scandal.
Landsman first became interested in the paper after having dinner with a friend’s father who worked at The National Enquirer in the 1970s and hearing his wild stories of its heyday.
“His stories were incredible,” Landsman said following a screening of his film at the International Documentary Association’s annual screening series in Los Angeles. “He’s a phenomenal raconteur. And as he kept talking about the tactics that they employed and the sort of blurred lines of ethics, I began to get really intrigued.”
With the help of the aforementioned family friend, Landsman contacted dozens of former employees,...
Landsman first became interested in the paper after having dinner with a friend’s father who worked at The National Enquirer in the 1970s and hearing his wild stories of its heyday.
“His stories were incredible,” Landsman said following a screening of his film at the International Documentary Association’s annual screening series in Los Angeles. “He’s a phenomenal raconteur. And as he kept talking about the tactics that they employed and the sort of blurred lines of ethics, I began to get really intrigued.”
With the help of the aforementioned family friend, Landsman contacted dozens of former employees,...
- 11/29/2019
- by Jean Bentley
- Indiewire
When grocery store shoppers snag a copy of Weekly World News (the rag responsible for the refuses-to-die “Bat Child” hoax), they know they’re getting fake news. But when they pick up the National Enquirer, it’s a far more ambiguous prospect.
Enquirer headlines are deliberately provocative, shouting details of the private lives of real people — including Elvis Presley, Elizabeth Taylor and Oprah Winfrey — from their strategic perch in checkout aisles across America. Over the course of nearly seven decades, the tabloid crushed the aspirations of at least one presidential contender (by publishing the photo that exposed Gary Hart’s extramarital affair) and crusaded to elect another, running negative coverage of Donald Trump’s political opponents, which the candidate conveniently referenced in his 2016 campaign.
A hard-hitting — and at times hard-to-stomach — documentary from “Thunder Soul” director Mark Landsman, “Scandalous: The Untold Story of the National Enquirer” subjects the tabloid to the...
Enquirer headlines are deliberately provocative, shouting details of the private lives of real people — including Elvis Presley, Elizabeth Taylor and Oprah Winfrey — from their strategic perch in checkout aisles across America. Over the course of nearly seven decades, the tabloid crushed the aspirations of at least one presidential contender (by publishing the photo that exposed Gary Hart’s extramarital affair) and crusaded to elect another, running negative coverage of Donald Trump’s political opponents, which the candidate conveniently referenced in his 2016 campaign.
A hard-hitting — and at times hard-to-stomach — documentary from “Thunder Soul” director Mark Landsman, “Scandalous: The Untold Story of the National Enquirer” subjects the tabloid to the...
- 11/16/2019
- by Peter Debruge
- Variety Film + TV
The title “Conversations With a Killer: The Ted Bundy Tapes,” Netflix’s new four-part documentary series launching Jan. 24, is slightly misleading. Not about its subject, Bundy, the infamous serial killer who finally confessed to some 30 murders before his 1989 death in the electric chair. The misnomer is “Conversations.” While we hear Bundy’s voice on tape, it’s narrating a looping mélange of hypothetical reality and fact, pseudo-philosophy and angry denial. His conversation partners can hardly get through to a man so lost inside his own mind. That fundamental fact — the degree to which Bundy is at best an unpleasant companion through four long episodes, and at worst repellent — makes “Conversations With a Killer” a must only for true-crime completists.
There’s an achievement here, if a dubious one: The series surfaces tapes not previously heard by the public, a sample of some 100 hours of interviews conducted by two journalists working together on a book.
There’s an achievement here, if a dubious one: The series surfaces tapes not previously heard by the public, a sample of some 100 hours of interviews conducted by two journalists working together on a book.
- 1/18/2019
- by Daniel D'Addario
- Variety Film + TV
Comedian Bill Cosby was found guilty by the jury in his retrial over accusations made by former Temple University employee Andrea Constand on Thursday. The judge allowed Cosby to be released on bail, which CNN reports was in the amount of $1 million. A sentencing date has not yet been set.
Cosby, 80, was re-tried in a Pennsylvania court on three counts of aggravated indecent assault, stemming from former Temple University employee Constand’s accusation that the comedian drugged and molested her in 2004 at his home outside of Philadelphia. The jury found him guilty in a unanimous vote on all three counts, after going into deliberations Wednesday. The trial was in its 14th day when the verdict was handed down.
After the verdict was read, prosecutors argued that Cosby should be held without bail, calling hima flight risk because, they said, he owns a private plane. To this, Cosby exclaimed “he doesn’t have a plane, you a–hole.”
During the re-trial, jurors heard testimony from Constand as well as five other Cosby accusers, including model Janice Dickinson, who testified that the comedian raped her in Lake Tahoe in 1982. Cosby defense attorney Kathleen Bliss took aim at Dickinson while making closing arguments, painting her as a “failed starlet” and “aged-out model.”
Also Read: Bill Cosby Retrial: Comedian's Attorney Shreds 'Pathological Liar' Andrea Constand During Closing Arguments
Constand herself testified in detail, saying that she had a sip of wine and was given three blue pills by Cosby, after which she “began to see double vision,” adding that her legs became rubbery and she began to slur her words.
Constand told the court that at one point she “jolted awake” and “felt my breasts being touched,” adding that the comedian put her hand on his penis and masturbated himself with it.
Cosby had maintained that his interaction with Constand was consensual, and that he had given her Benadryl in an effort to help her relax.
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Cosby’s defense sought to highlight what it believed to be inconsistencies in Constand’s accounts of the incident, and painted her as a “con artist” and a “pathological liar” during opening and closing arguments.
Early in the trial it was revealed that Constand had received a $3.38 million settlement from Cosby after she filed a civil suit against him, a settlement that Cosby defense attorney Tom Mesereau likened to highway robbery during closing arguments.
A chief witness for the defense, Marguerite Jackson — who worked alongside Constand at Temple University — provided testimony saying that she once shared a hotel room with Constand during one of the women’s basketball team’s away game nights in Rhode Island, where a news report on a celebrity accused of assault prompted Constand to tell Jackson that a “high-profile person” once assaulted her.
Also Read: Bill Cosby Retrial: Jurors Hear Comedian's Testimony About Quaaludes and Sex
Jackson continued, “I said, ‘Did this really happen to you?’ and [Constand] said ‘no, no it didn’t. But I could say it happened, get that money. I could quit my job, go back to school.'”
Defense attorney Kathleen Bliss made much of Jackson’s statements during closing arguments, contending that the case was “over” with Jackson’s testimony.
Cosby’s initial trial in the matter ended in a mistrial in July 2017 after the jury was unable to reach a verdict following five days of deliberations.
Read original story Bill Cosby Found Guilty in Andrea Constand Sexual Assault Retrial At TheWrap...
Cosby, 80, was re-tried in a Pennsylvania court on three counts of aggravated indecent assault, stemming from former Temple University employee Constand’s accusation that the comedian drugged and molested her in 2004 at his home outside of Philadelphia. The jury found him guilty in a unanimous vote on all three counts, after going into deliberations Wednesday. The trial was in its 14th day when the verdict was handed down.
After the verdict was read, prosecutors argued that Cosby should be held without bail, calling hima flight risk because, they said, he owns a private plane. To this, Cosby exclaimed “he doesn’t have a plane, you a–hole.”
During the re-trial, jurors heard testimony from Constand as well as five other Cosby accusers, including model Janice Dickinson, who testified that the comedian raped her in Lake Tahoe in 1982. Cosby defense attorney Kathleen Bliss took aim at Dickinson while making closing arguments, painting her as a “failed starlet” and “aged-out model.”
Also Read: Bill Cosby Retrial: Comedian's Attorney Shreds 'Pathological Liar' Andrea Constand During Closing Arguments
Constand herself testified in detail, saying that she had a sip of wine and was given three blue pills by Cosby, after which she “began to see double vision,” adding that her legs became rubbery and she began to slur her words.
Constand told the court that at one point she “jolted awake” and “felt my breasts being touched,” adding that the comedian put her hand on his penis and masturbated himself with it.
Cosby had maintained that his interaction with Constand was consensual, and that he had given her Benadryl in an effort to help her relax.
Also Read: Judith Regan Blasts 'Derogatory Slur' From Cosby Rep
Cosby’s defense sought to highlight what it believed to be inconsistencies in Constand’s accounts of the incident, and painted her as a “con artist” and a “pathological liar” during opening and closing arguments.
Early in the trial it was revealed that Constand had received a $3.38 million settlement from Cosby after she filed a civil suit against him, a settlement that Cosby defense attorney Tom Mesereau likened to highway robbery during closing arguments.
A chief witness for the defense, Marguerite Jackson — who worked alongside Constand at Temple University — provided testimony saying that she once shared a hotel room with Constand during one of the women’s basketball team’s away game nights in Rhode Island, where a news report on a celebrity accused of assault prompted Constand to tell Jackson that a “high-profile person” once assaulted her.
Also Read: Bill Cosby Retrial: Jurors Hear Comedian's Testimony About Quaaludes and Sex
Jackson continued, “I said, ‘Did this really happen to you?’ and [Constand] said ‘no, no it didn’t. But I could say it happened, get that money. I could quit my job, go back to school.'”
Defense attorney Kathleen Bliss made much of Jackson’s statements during closing arguments, contending that the case was “over” with Jackson’s testimony.
Cosby’s initial trial in the matter ended in a mistrial in July 2017 after the jury was unable to reach a verdict following five days of deliberations.
Read original story Bill Cosby Found Guilty in Andrea Constand Sexual Assault Retrial At TheWrap...
- 4/26/2018
- by D.A. Weiss and Tim Kenneally
- The Wrap
During the prosecution’s closing arguments in Bill Cosby’s retrial on Tuesday, Cosby was seen laughing and smiling so much during statements by prosecutor Kristen Feden that she interrupted herself to exclaim, “He’s laughing like it’s funny! But there’s absolutely nothing funny about stripping a woman of her capacity to consent.”
Feden spared nothing in her half of the prosecution’s closing arguments, walking right over to the comedian in the courtroom, pointing at him and stating, “This man sitting right here. This is the man who artfully assaulted [Cosby accuser Andrea] Constand in such a way … that she had no idea about.”
Feden told the jury that Cosby “penetrated [Constand’s] vagina with his finger repeatedly, touched her breasts, and used her hand to manipulate his penis.” She also repeated that the case is “about trust. It’s about betrayal. And it’s about the inability to consent.” She tore into Cosby’s lawyers for attacking the character of six victims and Constand’s mother, telling the court, “Instead of asking what happened and trying to get to the bottom of what happened, they were asking, ‘What were you wearing? You got a drug history?'”
Prosecutor Stewart Ryan followed Feden with the prosecution’s conclusion, connecting dots such as, “Why would you need to explain anything about a consensual sexual encounter?” and “Why do you care if you’re being recorded if you just gave someone Benadryl?” He addressed many of the defense’s biggest talking points, particularly the lack of forensic evidence.
Also Read: Bill Cosby Retrial: Comedian's Attorney Shreds 'Pathological Liar' Andrea Constand During Closing Arguments
“Let’s think about what that forensic evidence would be,” Ryan told the jury. “Fibers from the victim’s clothing on the couch or a hair from her, proving she was in his home? A cotton swab from inside her vagina proving his DNA was in there? But all of those are things the defendant himself has said happened, from his own mouth.”
Jury deliberations are expected to begin on Wednesday.
Cosby is being re-tried on three counts of aggravated indecent assault, stemming from former Temple University employee Andrea Constand’s accusation that the comedian molested her in 2004 at his home outside of Philadelphia.
Also Read: Judith Regan Blasts 'Derogatory Slur' From Cosby Rep
Cosby’s initial trial in the matter ended in a mistrial in July 2017 after the jury was unable to reach a verdict following five days of deliberations.
Read original story Bill Cosby Retrial: Prosecutor Calls Out Comedian for ‘Laughing’ During Closing Arguments At TheWrap...
Feden spared nothing in her half of the prosecution’s closing arguments, walking right over to the comedian in the courtroom, pointing at him and stating, “This man sitting right here. This is the man who artfully assaulted [Cosby accuser Andrea] Constand in such a way … that she had no idea about.”
Feden told the jury that Cosby “penetrated [Constand’s] vagina with his finger repeatedly, touched her breasts, and used her hand to manipulate his penis.” She also repeated that the case is “about trust. It’s about betrayal. And it’s about the inability to consent.” She tore into Cosby’s lawyers for attacking the character of six victims and Constand’s mother, telling the court, “Instead of asking what happened and trying to get to the bottom of what happened, they were asking, ‘What were you wearing? You got a drug history?'”
Prosecutor Stewart Ryan followed Feden with the prosecution’s conclusion, connecting dots such as, “Why would you need to explain anything about a consensual sexual encounter?” and “Why do you care if you’re being recorded if you just gave someone Benadryl?” He addressed many of the defense’s biggest talking points, particularly the lack of forensic evidence.
Also Read: Bill Cosby Retrial: Comedian's Attorney Shreds 'Pathological Liar' Andrea Constand During Closing Arguments
“Let’s think about what that forensic evidence would be,” Ryan told the jury. “Fibers from the victim’s clothing on the couch or a hair from her, proving she was in his home? A cotton swab from inside her vagina proving his DNA was in there? But all of those are things the defendant himself has said happened, from his own mouth.”
Jury deliberations are expected to begin on Wednesday.
Cosby is being re-tried on three counts of aggravated indecent assault, stemming from former Temple University employee Andrea Constand’s accusation that the comedian molested her in 2004 at his home outside of Philadelphia.
Also Read: Judith Regan Blasts 'Derogatory Slur' From Cosby Rep
Cosby’s initial trial in the matter ended in a mistrial in July 2017 after the jury was unable to reach a verdict following five days of deliberations.
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- 4/25/2018
- by D.A. Weiss
- The Wrap
Bill Cosby retrial judge Steven T. O’Neill is deliberating until Monday on whether or not to allow portions of a key witness’ previous deposition to be read to the jury, as the defense has requested. The witness, Sheri Williams — purportedly a close friend of Cosby’s alleged sexual assault victim Andrea Constand — has not responded to subpoenas, according to the defense attorneys, who have tried in vain to question her for Cosby’s retrial.
Cosby’s defense team believes Williams would have special insight into their allegation that Constand plotted to lie about Cosby assaulting her for money.
Witnesses that the defense did procure for the stand on Friday made for relatively brief and unrevealing interviews. Debbie Meister, a Cosby personal assistant, produced documents of his past itineraries and flight schedules. Prosecutor Kevin Steele made short work of having Meister, who began working for Cosby in 2010, clarify that she was not present in 2004 when Constand’s alleged assault took place.
Cosby’s defense team believes Williams would have special insight into their allegation that Constand plotted to lie about Cosby assaulting her for money.
Witnesses that the defense did procure for the stand on Friday made for relatively brief and unrevealing interviews. Debbie Meister, a Cosby personal assistant, produced documents of his past itineraries and flight schedules. Prosecutor Kevin Steele made short work of having Meister, who began working for Cosby in 2010, clarify that she was not present in 2004 when Constand’s alleged assault took place.
- 4/20/2018
- by D.A. Weiss
- The Wrap
Book Publisher Judith Regan had harsh words for Bill Cosby’s spokesman Andrew Wyatt after he insulted her in highly gendered terms on Thursday. Blasting what she called a “profoundly perverted, misogynistic and frankly, bizarre statement” that was also a “derogatory slur,” Regan added that “it’s no surprise given who he represents.”
On Wednesday, Regan took the stand at Cosby’s sexual assault retrial as a supporting witness for accuser Janice Dickinson. Regan published Dickinson’s 2002 memoir “No Lifeguard on Duty,” and backed Dickinson’s testimony last week that she had originally wanted to go public with her accusations against Cosby in the book.
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Then on Thursday, Regan told The Daily Beast that Cosby’s legal team had conducted a “sleazy” and “desperate attempt to smear me,” adding that she found the defense team’s tactics “repugnant.”
Wyatt told The Daily Beast in return that “Saint Peter has been given direct orders from Jesus and His Father, not to let Judith Regan near the pearly gates. However, they have informed Satan that he will have a guest by the name of Judith Regan coming in on a rocket and she’s wearing gasoline stilettos.”
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Later on Thursday, Regan responded in a statement condemning what she called Wyatt’s “profoundly perverted, misogynistic and frankly, bizarre statement.”
“In 2001 and 2002 I had many conversations with supermodel Janice Dickinson, who wanted to include in her memoir No Lifeguard On Duty that Bill Cosby drugged and raped her. For legal reasons, and contrary to her pleading with me to include it, we were unable to,” Regan said. “I testified truthfully to this fact yesterday and as a result, Cosby’s spokesman has now issued a profoundly perverted, misogynistic and frankly, bizarre statement alleging that I am going to hell ‘…on a rocket…wearing gasoline stilettos.’ Seriously? His shameful and derogatory slur is representative of this pack of wolves’ predatory views of women. It’s no surprise given who he represents.”
Also Read: Bill Cosby Legal Team's Bid for a Mistrial Once Again Denied
Cosby is being re-tried on three counts of aggravated indecent assault, stemming from former Temple University employee Andrea Constand’s accusation that the comedian molested her in 2004 at his home outside of Philadelphia. Cosby has said he is innocent.
Cosby’s initial trial in the matter ended in a mistrial in July 2017 after the jury was unable to reach a verdict following five days of deliberations.
Read original story Judith Regan Blasts ‘Derogatory Slur’ From Cosby Rep At TheWrap...
On Wednesday, Regan took the stand at Cosby’s sexual assault retrial as a supporting witness for accuser Janice Dickinson. Regan published Dickinson’s 2002 memoir “No Lifeguard on Duty,” and backed Dickinson’s testimony last week that she had originally wanted to go public with her accusations against Cosby in the book.
Also Read: Bill Cosby Retrial: Jurors Hear Comedian's Testimony About Quaaludes and Sex
Then on Thursday, Regan told The Daily Beast that Cosby’s legal team had conducted a “sleazy” and “desperate attempt to smear me,” adding that she found the defense team’s tactics “repugnant.”
Wyatt told The Daily Beast in return that “Saint Peter has been given direct orders from Jesus and His Father, not to let Judith Regan near the pearly gates. However, they have informed Satan that he will have a guest by the name of Judith Regan coming in on a rocket and she’s wearing gasoline stilettos.”
Also Read: Bill Cosby Retrial: Comedian's Expert Witness Jokes He's Unlicensed, Except for His 'Driver's License'
Later on Thursday, Regan responded in a statement condemning what she called Wyatt’s “profoundly perverted, misogynistic and frankly, bizarre statement.”
“In 2001 and 2002 I had many conversations with supermodel Janice Dickinson, who wanted to include in her memoir No Lifeguard On Duty that Bill Cosby drugged and raped her. For legal reasons, and contrary to her pleading with me to include it, we were unable to,” Regan said. “I testified truthfully to this fact yesterday and as a result, Cosby’s spokesman has now issued a profoundly perverted, misogynistic and frankly, bizarre statement alleging that I am going to hell ‘…on a rocket…wearing gasoline stilettos.’ Seriously? His shameful and derogatory slur is representative of this pack of wolves’ predatory views of women. It’s no surprise given who he represents.”
Also Read: Bill Cosby Legal Team's Bid for a Mistrial Once Again Denied
Cosby is being re-tried on three counts of aggravated indecent assault, stemming from former Temple University employee Andrea Constand’s accusation that the comedian molested her in 2004 at his home outside of Philadelphia. Cosby has said he is innocent.
Cosby’s initial trial in the matter ended in a mistrial in July 2017 after the jury was unable to reach a verdict following five days of deliberations.
Read original story Judith Regan Blasts ‘Derogatory Slur’ From Cosby Rep At TheWrap...
- 4/20/2018
- by Ross A. Lincoln
- The Wrap
Marguerite Jackson, a former fellow employee of Temple University alongside Bill Cosby’s accuser Andrea Constand, was permitted to testify for the defense on Wednesday during the comedian’s retrial, after her testimony was blocked from the original 2017 trial.
Jackson told the court that she once shared a hotel room with Constand during one of the women’s basketball team’s away game nights in Rhode Island, where a news report on a celebrity accused of assault prompted Constand to tell Jackson that a “high-profile person” once assaulted her.
“I said, ‘really? Who, when?'” testified Jackson. “‘Did you report it?’ She said, ‘I couldn’t prove it.'”
Also Read: Bill Cosby Retrial: Jurors Hear Comedian's Testimony About Quaaludes and Sex
Jackson continued, “I said, ‘Did this really happen to you?’ and [Constand] said ‘no, no it didn’t. But I could say it happened, get that money. I could quit my job, go back to school.'”
Prior to the current criminal proceedings, Constand sued Cosby over her accusations, eventually settling the suit for an amount that was revealed at the current retrial to be just under $3.4 million.
The cross-examination from prosecutor Stewart Ryan hinged largely on the amendments between Jackson’s initial statement and her second one, which was revised with Cosby’s legal team. Particularly at issue was a discrepancy between whether Jackson registered “surprise” at learning of Constand’s accusation against Cosby in 2005 or in 2016, when she was allegedly on a cruise ship discussing the Cosby allegations with another comedian she met, who bought her a drink and reportedly joked, “I didn’t put anything in it.”
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Andrea Constand herself had testified in the past week that she did not remember a Marguerite Jackson but that the name “Margo” rang a bell.
Cosby is being re-tried on three counts of aggravated indecent assault, stemming from Constand’s accusation that the comedian molested her in 2004 at his home outside of Philadelphia.
Cosby’s initial trial in the matter ended in a mistrial in July 2017 after the jury was unable to reach a verdict following five days of deliberations.
Also Read: Cosby Accuser's Mother Says Comedian Told Her, 'Don't Worry Mom, There Was No Penile Penetration'
Earlier Wednesday, the jury heard the comedian’s previous testimony regarding Quaaludes and sex.
In a transcript from Cosby’s deposition stemming from Constand’s civil suit against him, the comedian said he obtained Quaaludes because, at the time, they were a drug that young people were partying with, “and there were times that I wanted to have them just in case.”
When asked if he knew he was going to give the Quaaludes to women he wanted to have sex with when he obtained them, Cosby answered, “Yes.”
On Wednesday, the court also heard testimony from Judith Regan, whose Regan Books published model Janice Dickinson’s memoir “No Lifeguard on Duty.”
While being questioned, Regan said that Dickinson, who testified earlier in the retrial, said that Cosby had drugged and raped her, and that she wanted to include the alleged incident in the book.
Saying that the accusation could not be included in the book without corroboration for legal reasons, Regan told the court that Dickinson was “very unhappy” that it wasn’t included in the memoir.
Read original story Bill Cosby Retrial: Defense Team’s Star Witness Testifies After Being Blocked in First Trial At TheWrap...
Jackson told the court that she once shared a hotel room with Constand during one of the women’s basketball team’s away game nights in Rhode Island, where a news report on a celebrity accused of assault prompted Constand to tell Jackson that a “high-profile person” once assaulted her.
“I said, ‘really? Who, when?'” testified Jackson. “‘Did you report it?’ She said, ‘I couldn’t prove it.'”
Also Read: Bill Cosby Retrial: Jurors Hear Comedian's Testimony About Quaaludes and Sex
Jackson continued, “I said, ‘Did this really happen to you?’ and [Constand] said ‘no, no it didn’t. But I could say it happened, get that money. I could quit my job, go back to school.'”
Prior to the current criminal proceedings, Constand sued Cosby over her accusations, eventually settling the suit for an amount that was revealed at the current retrial to be just under $3.4 million.
The cross-examination from prosecutor Stewart Ryan hinged largely on the amendments between Jackson’s initial statement and her second one, which was revised with Cosby’s legal team. Particularly at issue was a discrepancy between whether Jackson registered “surprise” at learning of Constand’s accusation against Cosby in 2005 or in 2016, when she was allegedly on a cruise ship discussing the Cosby allegations with another comedian she met, who bought her a drink and reportedly joked, “I didn’t put anything in it.”
Also Read: Cosby Retrial: Police Officer Pushes Back at Comedian's Lawyer Over Accuser 'Inconsistencies'
Andrea Constand herself had testified in the past week that she did not remember a Marguerite Jackson but that the name “Margo” rang a bell.
Cosby is being re-tried on three counts of aggravated indecent assault, stemming from Constand’s accusation that the comedian molested her in 2004 at his home outside of Philadelphia.
Cosby’s initial trial in the matter ended in a mistrial in July 2017 after the jury was unable to reach a verdict following five days of deliberations.
Also Read: Cosby Accuser's Mother Says Comedian Told Her, 'Don't Worry Mom, There Was No Penile Penetration'
Earlier Wednesday, the jury heard the comedian’s previous testimony regarding Quaaludes and sex.
In a transcript from Cosby’s deposition stemming from Constand’s civil suit against him, the comedian said he obtained Quaaludes because, at the time, they were a drug that young people were partying with, “and there were times that I wanted to have them just in case.”
When asked if he knew he was going to give the Quaaludes to women he wanted to have sex with when he obtained them, Cosby answered, “Yes.”
On Wednesday, the court also heard testimony from Judith Regan, whose Regan Books published model Janice Dickinson’s memoir “No Lifeguard on Duty.”
While being questioned, Regan said that Dickinson, who testified earlier in the retrial, said that Cosby had drugged and raped her, and that she wanted to include the alleged incident in the book.
Saying that the accusation could not be included in the book without corroboration for legal reasons, Regan told the court that Dickinson was “very unhappy” that it wasn’t included in the memoir.
Read original story Bill Cosby Retrial: Defense Team’s Star Witness Testifies After Being Blocked in First Trial At TheWrap...
- 4/18/2018
- by D.A. Weiss
- The Wrap
Anorristown, Pa. — The defense in the sexual assault retrial of Bill Cosby began its case on Wednesday morning and is poised to call a witness it hopes will cast a giant hole in the credibility of the woman who has testified that the comedian drugged and molested her back in 2004.
Just before the lunch break at Cosby’s retrial outside of Philadelphia, defense lawyer Kathleen Bliss announced that Margo Jackson, a key defense witness, will take the stand.
The defense has said in court papers that Jackson has told the defense team that Andrea Constand, the woman at the center of the criminal case against the entertainer, once remarked that she could say she had been sexually assaulted by someone famous in order to get a big financial settlement.
The prosecution, meanwhile, essentially wrapped up its case on Wednesday morning, although the jury is expected to hear from both a...
Just before the lunch break at Cosby’s retrial outside of Philadelphia, defense lawyer Kathleen Bliss announced that Margo Jackson, a key defense witness, will take the stand.
The defense has said in court papers that Jackson has told the defense team that Andrea Constand, the woman at the center of the criminal case against the entertainer, once remarked that she could say she had been sexually assaulted by someone famous in order to get a big financial settlement.
The prosecution, meanwhile, essentially wrapped up its case on Wednesday morning, although the jury is expected to hear from both a...
- 4/18/2018
- by Emilie Lounsberry
- Variety Film + TV
The retrial of Bill Cosby went into its eighth day on Wednesday, with the jury hearing the comedian’s previous testimony regarding Quaaludes and sex.
In a transcript from Cosby’s deposition stemming from accuser Andrea Constand’s civil suit against him, the comedian said he obtained Quaaludes because, at the time, they were a drug that young people were partying with, “and there were times that I wanted to have them just in case.”
When asked if he knew he was going to give the Quaaludes to women he wanted to have sex with when he obtained them, Cosby answered, “Yes.”
Also Read: Cosby Retrial: Police Officer Pushes Back at Comedian's Lawyer Over Accuser 'Inconsistencies'
In the testimony, Cosby denied giving Quaaludes to women without their knowledge.
On Wednesday, the court also heard testimony from Judith Regan, whose Regan Books published model Janice Dickinson’s memoir “No Lifeguard on Duty.”
While being questioned, Regan said that Dickinson, who testified earlier in the retrial, said that Cosby had drugged and raped her, and that she wanted to include the alleged incident in the book.
Also Read: Cosby Accuser's Mother Says Comedian Told Her, 'Don't Worry Mom, There Was No Penile Penetration'
Saying that the accusation could not be included in the book without corroboration for legal reasons, Regan told the court that Dickinson was “very unhappy” that it wasn’t included in the memoir.
Cosby is being re-tried on three counts of aggravated indecent assault, stemming from former Temple University employee Andrea Constand’s accusation that the comedian molested her in 2004 at his home outside of Philadelphia.
Cosby’s initial trial in the matter ended in a mistrial in July 2017 after the jury was unable to reach a verdict following five days of deliberations.
Read original story Bill Cosby Retrial: Jurors Hear Comedian’s Testimony About Quaaludes and Sex At TheWrap...
In a transcript from Cosby’s deposition stemming from accuser Andrea Constand’s civil suit against him, the comedian said he obtained Quaaludes because, at the time, they were a drug that young people were partying with, “and there were times that I wanted to have them just in case.”
When asked if he knew he was going to give the Quaaludes to women he wanted to have sex with when he obtained them, Cosby answered, “Yes.”
Also Read: Cosby Retrial: Police Officer Pushes Back at Comedian's Lawyer Over Accuser 'Inconsistencies'
In the testimony, Cosby denied giving Quaaludes to women without their knowledge.
On Wednesday, the court also heard testimony from Judith Regan, whose Regan Books published model Janice Dickinson’s memoir “No Lifeguard on Duty.”
While being questioned, Regan said that Dickinson, who testified earlier in the retrial, said that Cosby had drugged and raped her, and that she wanted to include the alleged incident in the book.
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Saying that the accusation could not be included in the book without corroboration for legal reasons, Regan told the court that Dickinson was “very unhappy” that it wasn’t included in the memoir.
Cosby is being re-tried on three counts of aggravated indecent assault, stemming from former Temple University employee Andrea Constand’s accusation that the comedian molested her in 2004 at his home outside of Philadelphia.
Cosby’s initial trial in the matter ended in a mistrial in July 2017 after the jury was unable to reach a verdict following five days of deliberations.
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- 4/18/2018
- by D.A. Weiss and Tim Kenneally
- The Wrap
Updated with first defense witness called: The prosecution in the Bill Cosby sexual assault trial is “partially resting” its case after eight days of proceedings at the Montgomery County Courthouse in Norristown, Pa. Judge Steven O’Neill told the jurors the Commonwealth was closing its case aside from a toxicology expert witness who will not be available until Thursday.
Cosby attorney Tom Mesereau said he plans to present a defense, and Cosby affirmed knowledge of his attorneys’ strategy to O’Neill. But Cosby’s defense team has another plan, too, with lawyer Kathleen Bliss saying she would motion for an acquittal after the toxicology witness testifies.
The defense called its first witness, Pamela Gray-Young, before lunch. Gray-Young worked with Constand at Temple University while both worked for the women’s basketball team and testified that Constand would’ve roomed with academic advisor Marguerite Jackson during road trips. Constand has said...
Cosby attorney Tom Mesereau said he plans to present a defense, and Cosby affirmed knowledge of his attorneys’ strategy to O’Neill. But Cosby’s defense team has another plan, too, with lawyer Kathleen Bliss saying she would motion for an acquittal after the toxicology witness testifies.
The defense called its first witness, Pamela Gray-Young, before lunch. Gray-Young worked with Constand at Temple University while both worked for the women’s basketball team and testified that Constand would’ve roomed with academic advisor Marguerite Jackson during road trips. Constand has said...
- 4/18/2018
- by Mark Dent
- Deadline Film + TV
O.J. Simpson has defamed Judith Regan by suggesting she scripted his confession just so it would be more dramatic and she could make money ... and Judith is now mulling over a possible lawsuit. Regan's lawyer, Jennifer McGrath, tells TMZ, her client is outraged by the claim of Simpson's lawyer, who said her interview with Simpson was scripted and, "Mr. Simpson went along because quite frankly he got a lot of money up front to go along with this.
- 3/14/2018
- by TMZ Staff
- TMZ
More than a decade ago, O.J. Simpson described the 1994 murders of Nicole Brown Simpson and Ron Goldman in shocking detail during a series of secret 2006 meetings for his supposedly hypothetical book, If I Did It. As part of a package deal, he participated in a wide-ranging, no-holds-barred interview to promote the chilling tome — which took years and years to finally air. According to resurfaced reports, the fallen sports star, now 70, earned a pretty penny for his pseudo-confession. In October 2006, The National Enquirer reported that O.J. was paid $3.5 million. Though he was acquitted of Nicole and Ron’s murders, O.J. was found liable for their deaths in a 1997 civil trial and was ordered to pay the Brown and Goldman families $33.5 million in damages. In July 2007, a federal bankruptcy judge awarded 90 percent of the proceeds from If I Did It to the Goldman family — and the remaining 10 percent went to O.
- 3/12/2018
- by In Touch Weekly
- In Touch Weekly
In a new T.V. special, the publisher of the book If I Did It: Confessions of the Killer claims O.J Simpson allegedly confessed to the murders of Nicole Brown Simpson and Ron Goldman. Simpson did an interview 12 years ago with editor Judith Regan depicting what he would have done if he committed the murders. She […]
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- 3/12/2018
- by Raven Haynes
- Uinterview
More than two decades after the notorious murders of Nicole Brown Simpson and Ron Goldman, O.J. Simpson is back in the headlines. On Sunday night—12 years after the fact—Fox aired a previously unseen interview between Simpson and radio host Judith Regan in which he described what he called a "hypothetical" account of the events surrounding his late estranged wife and her friend's murders in 1994. The interview, which was conducted around the time of his book, If I Did It, was previously shelved due to public uproar. The book was initially planned for publish under Regan's former HarperCollins Publishers imprint, ReganBooks. During the never-before-aired footage of...
- 3/12/2018
- E! Online
After 24 years any mystery surrounding the murders of Nicole Brown Simpson and Ron Goldman is over ... because O.J. Simpson confessed. Fox aired "O.J. Simpson: The Lost Confession?" Sunday night and Simpson walked publisher Judith Regan through what happened on June 12, 1994. He starts out adamant -- he was just talking hypothetically, which is weird, because if he didn't do it what's his basis for creating the hypothetical. Simpson starts by talking about his "friend Charlie...
- 3/12/2018
- by TMZ Staff
- TMZ
O.J. Simpson won’t ever be charged again for killing Nicole Brown Simpson and Ron Goldman. Double jeopardy rules would prevent that, as the former football star was famously acquitted of the murders in 1995. But in Sunday night’s Fox special “O.J. Simpson: The Lost Confession?,” he makes a pretty solid case for why he ought to be behind bars.
The story of the Brown Simpson and Goldman murders has been fairly well covered through the years, including the recent FX series “The People v. O.J. Simpson: American Crime Story” and ESPN’s doc “O.J.: Made in America.” But “The Lost Confession” digs deep into Simpson’s take on his tumultuous relationship with his ex-wife — and along the way, provides a stunning case for motive, something that a prosecution team could easily use if they were able to try him once again for murder.
“The one thing that concerns me,...
The story of the Brown Simpson and Goldman murders has been fairly well covered through the years, including the recent FX series “The People v. O.J. Simpson: American Crime Story” and ESPN’s doc “O.J.: Made in America.” But “The Lost Confession” digs deep into Simpson’s take on his tumultuous relationship with his ex-wife — and along the way, provides a stunning case for motive, something that a prosecution team could easily use if they were able to try him once again for murder.
“The one thing that concerns me,...
- 3/11/2018
- by Michael Schneider
- Indiewire
O.J. Simpson continues to shock, because he blames the people he killed for metaphorically killing him. It's actually hard to watch, but Simpson says Ron Goldman and his ex-wife, Nicole Brown Simpson, somehow killed him, presumably because their murders put him in a bad spot. It's an amazing comment, given Judith Regan -- who published "If I Did It" with Simpson -- says Simpson's lawyer called her and confessed the murders to her, and said...
- 3/10/2018
- by TMZ Staff
- TMZ
We also told you about O.J.'s lawyer calling Judith Regan, the woman who published his book, 'If I Did It,' and straight-up said Simpson murdered Nicole Brown Simpson and Ron Goldman ... this according to Regan herself. That clip, however, is an outtake and won't make it on Sunday's show.
- 3/9/2018
- by TMZ Staff
- TMZ
In 2006, O.J. Simpson gave an interview where he opened up about the night that his ex-wife, Nicole Brown Simpson, and Ron Goldman were killed. On Sunday, Fox will air the two-hour special, “O.J. Simpson: The Lost Confession?”, which will feature the never-before-seen interview with publisher Judith Regan in which Simpson gives a “hypothetical” account of what occurred on the evening of June 12, 1994.
- 3/9/2018
- by Corey Atad
- ET Canada
O.J. Simpson: The Lost Confession? won't be easy to watch, but it will be fascinating. As host Soledad O'Brien explained to E! News, the two-hour Fox special, crafted from the "lost" recording of a 2006 interview between O.J. Simpson and publisher Judith Regan, marks the first time the notorious former football player has ever publicly discussed the night his ex-wife Nicole Brown Simpson and her friend Ron Goldman were brutally murdered in 1994. "There is a fascination. And I think part of that fascination comes from O.J. Simpson never taking the stand," O'Brien said. "As a reporter, obviously I covered the story, the trial. You never heard from him. He's never really talked about...
- 3/9/2018
- E! Online
Shrouded in mystery. O.J. Simpson’s name is currently back in the news after his former book publisher Judith Regan claimed in a new interview that the fallen NFL star confessed to the murders of his second ex-wife, Nicole Brown Simpson, and her friend, Ron Goldman, during secret 2006 meetings for his chilling, hypothetical book about the crimes (of which he was acquitted) called If I Did It. Despite Judith’s allegations about O.J. admitting to Nicole and Ron’s gruesome double homicide, many true crime enthusiasts can’t help but wonder what happened to his first wife, Marguerite Simpson, who has remained out of the public eye for decades. Here, In Touch rounded up the most interesting facts you need to know about O.J.’s very private former spouse. Marguerite was uncomfortable with O.J.’s fame. Marguerite and O.J. at a movie premiere in 1977. (Photo Credit: Getty Images) O.
- 3/9/2018
- by In Touch Weekly
- In Touch Weekly
O.J. Simpson is back in the news ahead of Fox’s television special “Oj Simpson: The Lost Confession?” TMZ has debuted an exclusive outtake from the two-hour special in which host Soledad O’Brien interviews book publisher Judith Regan, who says Simpson’s lawyer contacted her and said his client was ready to confess to the murders of Nicole Brown Simpson and Ron Goldman.
“Oj Simpson: The Lost Confession?” will feature the discussion between Regan and Simpson that was filmed in 2006. Regan was interviewing Simpson for the Harper Collins book the two were working on called “If I Did It.” The interview featured Simpson giving “a hypothetical account” of the night of the murders. Fox canceled the special after it was revealed Simpson received a $3.5 million paycheck for the sit-down. While the book was later released, the special has never aired until now.
According to Regan, Simpson and his attorney...
“Oj Simpson: The Lost Confession?” will feature the discussion between Regan and Simpson that was filmed in 2006. Regan was interviewing Simpson for the Harper Collins book the two were working on called “If I Did It.” The interview featured Simpson giving “a hypothetical account” of the night of the murders. Fox canceled the special after it was revealed Simpson received a $3.5 million paycheck for the sit-down. While the book was later released, the special has never aired until now.
According to Regan, Simpson and his attorney...
- 3/9/2018
- by Zack Sharf
- Indiewire
As In Touch exclusively revealed earlier this morning, O.J. Simpson described the 1994 murders of Nicole Brown Simpson and Ron Goldman in shocking detail during a series of secret 2006 meetings for his chilling, supposedly hypothetical book, If I Did It. Now, in a preview for Fox’s upcoming special O.J. Simpson: The Lost Confession?, his publisher Judith Regan reveals that she was given the impression that O.J. was ready to take responsibility for the brutal deaths of his ex-wife and her friend. "I received a phone call from an attorney that said O.J. was ready to confess. And actually, I thought it was some kind of a scam and I didn’t believe him and I thought this guy’s a lunatic," Judith says in a clip, obtained by TMZ. "But I took his number and said I’d call him back and the next day I called him back.
- 3/9/2018
- by In Touch Weekly
- In Touch Weekly
At his arraignment on July 22, 1994, O.J. Simpson — who stood accused of the brutal slayings of ex-wife Nicole Brown Simpson, 35, and Ron Goldman, 25 — was asked how he pleaded. The former NFL star looked at the judge and responded clearly: "Absolutely 100 percent not guilty." The jury eventually agreed, acquitting him of the murders in a 1995 verdict that sent shock waves across the country. But more than a decade later, in a series of secret 2006 meetings in Miami, O.J. told a completely different story, which In Touch can now reveal. (Photo Credit: Getty Images) The fallen star, who was found liable for Nicole's and Ron's deaths in a 1997 civil trial and was ordered to pay the Brown and Goldman families $33.5 million in damages, had agreed to tell his side of the story in a book titled, If I Did It, with the proceeds ostensibly going to his kids, according to writer Pablo Fenjves.
- 3/9/2018
- by In Touch Weekly
- In Touch Weekly
O.J. Simpson had his lawyer call Judith Regan, the woman who published his book, 'If I Did It,' and said flat-out Simpson murdered Nicole Brown Simpson and Ron Goldman ... this according to Regan herself. This is the most damning part of the special, "Oj Simpson: The Lost Confession?," which will air Sunday on Fox. TMZ got this exclusive clip. Btw, the clip is an outtake ... it will not appear on the show. It's really...
- 3/9/2018
- by TMZ Staff
- TMZ
O.J. Simpson's sociopathic personality came out in full bloom during his interview for the upcoming Fox special as he described how he just kinda calmly tapped Nicole Brown Simpson's car with a baseball bat. It's pretty incredible ... during Simpson's interview with Judith Regan, he describes a 1985 incident that was discussed during the 1995 murder trial, where Simpson took a bat to Nicole's car and smashed her windshield. Police were called, and as Nicole cried hysterically,...
- 3/8/2018
- by TMZ Staff
- TMZ
Fox has set its analyst panel for O.J. Simpson: The Last Confession? — the special airing Sunday against American Idol’s ABC premiere that’s based on Judith Regan’s 2006 sit-down with the actor and ex-football star who was acquitted in his double-murder trial. Publisher and producer Regan will be on the panel along with Simpson case prosecutor Christopher Darden, Nicole Brown Simpson family rep Eve Shakti Chen, anti-domestic violence advocate Rita Smith and retired FBI…...
- 3/7/2018
- Deadline TV
The “Oj Simpson: The Lost Confession” special is getting a team of analysts — including former Simpson prosecutor Christopher Darden. Journalist Soledad O’Brien will host the two-hour special, with Darden, producer Judith Regan, Nicole Brown Simpson family representative Eve Shakti Chen, anti-domestic violence advocate Rita Smith and retired FBI profiler Jim Clemente all serving as analysts to provide context for the footage. The special promises never-before-seen footage from a 2006 interview between Simpson and Regan. Also Read: Oj Simpson Says 'I Remember I Grabbed the Knife' in Unearthed 2006 Interview (Video) Darden is currently an adjunct instructor at Santa Monica Junior College, and practices...
- 3/7/2018
- by Ashley Boucher
- The Wrap
Publisher and TV/film producer Judith Regan, who was fired by News Corp. in 2006 (and later sued the company) after her plans to publish the O.J. Simpson quasi-confessional “If I Did It” — and turn it into a Fox special — fell apart, has agreed to take part in next Sunday’s telecast of the unaired interview.
Also appearing on “O.J. Simpson: The Lost Confession?”: Attorney Christopher Darden, who helped lead the prosecution team with Marcia Clark (and was later famously played by Sterling K. Brown in FX’s “The People v. O.J. Simpson: American Crime Story”). Nicole Brown Simpson family representative Eve Shakti Chen, anti-domestic violence advocate Rita Smith, and retired FBI profiler Jim Clemente will also serve with Regan and Darden as analysts on the two-hour special, which airs Sunday, March 11 at 8 p.m. Et.
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Also appearing on “O.J. Simpson: The Lost Confession?”: Attorney Christopher Darden, who helped lead the prosecution team with Marcia Clark (and was later famously played by Sterling K. Brown in FX’s “The People v. O.J. Simpson: American Crime Story”). Nicole Brown Simpson family representative Eve Shakti Chen, anti-domestic violence advocate Rita Smith, and retired FBI profiler Jim Clemente will also serve with Regan and Darden as analysts on the two-hour special, which airs Sunday, March 11 at 8 p.m. Et.
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- 3/7/2018
- by Michael Schneider
- Indiewire
This never-before-seen video is the smoking gun in the upcoming Fox special, 'The Lost Confession?' ... and it provides the reason O.J. Simpson went to Nicole Brown Simpson's house the night she was murdered. Simpson is interviewed by book publisher Judith Regan, who collaborated with O.J. on the book, 'If I Did It.' The premise is O.J. Simpson's "hypothetical" on how Nicole Brown Simpson and Ron Goldman were slaughtered on June 12, 1994. O.
- 3/7/2018
- by TMZ Staff
- TMZ
Oj Simpson wasn't going to be an Academy Award-winning actor at any point in his illustrious career.
So when he sat down to give his "hypothetical" account of what might have happened the night Nicole Brown Simpson and Ronald Goldman were murdered, I have to wonder:
What The Hell Was He Thinking??
The segment couldn't be briefer, but in two sentences it appears Oj gives himself away because of his inability to talk the murders without including himself at the scene.
Of course, he's supposed to be talking about "If I Did It," but wouldn't he have tried to put himself in the third person to show his innocence? Nope, not Oj Simpson.
The Goldman family now holds the right to all things related to Simpson's crazy book of the same name, and they must have been floored when they first read it. We can only hope they've found peace after all these years.
So when he sat down to give his "hypothetical" account of what might have happened the night Nicole Brown Simpson and Ronald Goldman were murdered, I have to wonder:
What The Hell Was He Thinking??
The segment couldn't be briefer, but in two sentences it appears Oj gives himself away because of his inability to talk the murders without including himself at the scene.
Of course, he's supposed to be talking about "If I Did It," but wouldn't he have tried to put himself in the third person to show his innocence? Nope, not Oj Simpson.
The Goldman family now holds the right to all things related to Simpson's crazy book of the same name, and they must have been floored when they first read it. We can only hope they've found peace after all these years.
- 3/6/2018
- by Carissa Pavlica
- TVfanatic
O.J. Simpson said he remembers grabbing the knife that killed his ex-wife Nicole Brown Simpson and Ron Goldman in a preview for a new special featuring footage from a 2006 interview with Judith Regan. “It’s not easy to discuss,” Simpson said of the events of June 12, 1994, in the latest preview. “This is hypothetical,” he continued. “I remember I grabbed the knife, I do remember that portion.” Also Read: Newly Unearthed Oj Simpson Interview About Ex-Wife's Murder to Air on Fox (Video) “Where are the bloody clothes? So somebody had to get rid of the bloody clothes,” he said. “We’ve all seen the grizzly...
- 3/6/2018
- by Ashley Boucher
- The Wrap
Fox’s announcement earlier this month that it would be airing its 2006 O.J. Simpson interview for the first time in 12 years caused a strong reaction online, and now the broadcast network has debuted the first-look footage from the controversial sit-down.
Book editor and publisher Judith Regan interviewed Simpson in 2006 for a book she was working on with Harper Collins titled “If I Did It.” The interview featured Simpson giving “a shocking hypothetical account” of the night that his ex-wife, Nicole Brown Simpson, and her friend Ron Goldman were murdered. Fox canceled the special after it was revealed Simpson received a $3.5 million paycheck for the sit-down. While the book was later released, the special has never aired until now.
The 2006 intervene will air as part of a two-hour special called “O.J. Simpson: The Lost Confession?” The program will hosted by Soledad O’Brien and feature a panel of analysts giving context to the interview.
Book editor and publisher Judith Regan interviewed Simpson in 2006 for a book she was working on with Harper Collins titled “If I Did It.” The interview featured Simpson giving “a shocking hypothetical account” of the night that his ex-wife, Nicole Brown Simpson, and her friend Ron Goldman were murdered. Fox canceled the special after it was revealed Simpson received a $3.5 million paycheck for the sit-down. While the book was later released, the special has never aired until now.
The 2006 intervene will air as part of a two-hour special called “O.J. Simpson: The Lost Confession?” The program will hosted by Soledad O’Brien and feature a panel of analysts giving context to the interview.
- 3/6/2018
- by Zack Sharf
- Indiewire
O.J. Simpson told Judith Regan he "hypothetically" had an accomplice in the murders of his ex-wife and her friend ... an accomplice who was with him during the killings. Fox is belatedly airing an O.J. Simpson interview it had shelved years ago ... shelved under extreme pressure. Regan, a book publisher, helped Simpson write a book called, "If I Did It: Confessions of a Killer." Regan interviewed Simpson on camera for the TV special and he...
- 3/2/2018
- by TMZ Staff
- TMZ
Back in 2006, O.J. Simpson sat down with producer and host Judith Regan for an in-depth interview
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- 3/1/2018
- by Lindsay MacDonald
- TVGuide.com - Features
Never say Fox won't let a good opportunity pass them by. Instead of crying over spilled milk, they're making a strategic scheduling maneuver against what was to be a secure win for ABC.
In 2006, O.J. Simpson sat down with noted publisher, producer and host Judith Regan for a wide-ranging, no-holds-barred interview, in which Simpson gives a shocking hypothetical account of the events that occurred on the night his ex-wife, Nicole Brown Simpson, and her friend, Ron Goldman, were brutally murdered.
During their conversation, Simpson, in his own words, offers a detailed – and disturbing – description of what might have happened on that fateful night of June 12, 1994.
For over a decade, the tapes of that infamous interview were lost – until now. Simpson’s explosive words finally will be heard, as he answers the questions that gripped a nation during the notorious “Trial of the Century.”
Hosted by award-winning journalist Soledad O’Brien,...
In 2006, O.J. Simpson sat down with noted publisher, producer and host Judith Regan for a wide-ranging, no-holds-barred interview, in which Simpson gives a shocking hypothetical account of the events that occurred on the night his ex-wife, Nicole Brown Simpson, and her friend, Ron Goldman, were brutally murdered.
During their conversation, Simpson, in his own words, offers a detailed – and disturbing – description of what might have happened on that fateful night of June 12, 1994.
For over a decade, the tapes of that infamous interview were lost – until now. Simpson’s explosive words finally will be heard, as he answers the questions that gripped a nation during the notorious “Trial of the Century.”
Hosted by award-winning journalist Soledad O’Brien,...
- 3/1/2018
- by Carissa Pavlica
- TVfanatic
"Forget everything you think you know about that night because I know the facts better than anyone. This is one story the whole world got wrong." The night in question? June 12, 1994, when Nicole Brown Simpson and Ron Goldman were brutally murdered, leading to the Trial of the Century that America's still not quite over. The person uttering those words? O.J. Simpson himself. The footage comes from the first look at Fox's new two-hour special, O.J. Simpson: The Lost Confession, airing Sunday, March 11. Culled from a 2006 sit-down with noted publisher, producer and host Judith Regan where Simpson delivered a shocking hypothetical account of the events that occurred on the night of the murders, the...
- 3/1/2018
- E! Online
More than 11 years after Judith Regan was fired by HarperCollins over an O.J. Simpson book and Fox special she was overseeing, her Simpson interview has finally been given an airdate.
Fox has dusted off that special, and repackaged it as “O.J. Simpson: The Lost Confession?” — now hosted by Soledad O’Brien. The two-hour special will air Sunday, March 11 at 8 p.m. The special will air as counterprogramming against ABC’s “American Idol.”
Per the network, the telecast will “air with limited interruptions and will feature public service announcements on domestic violence awareness throughout the program.” O’Brien will also moderate a talk with a panel of analysts giving context to the interview.
Regan spoke in 2006 to Simpson, who gave “a shocking hypothetical account” of the night that his ex-wife, Nicole Brown Simpson, and her friend Ron Goldman were murdered. That interview was the basis of “If I Did It,...
Fox has dusted off that special, and repackaged it as “O.J. Simpson: The Lost Confession?” — now hosted by Soledad O’Brien. The two-hour special will air Sunday, March 11 at 8 p.m. The special will air as counterprogramming against ABC’s “American Idol.”
Per the network, the telecast will “air with limited interruptions and will feature public service announcements on domestic violence awareness throughout the program.” O’Brien will also moderate a talk with a panel of analysts giving context to the interview.
Regan spoke in 2006 to Simpson, who gave “a shocking hypothetical account” of the night that his ex-wife, Nicole Brown Simpson, and her friend Ron Goldman were murdered. That interview was the basis of “If I Did It,...
- 3/1/2018
- by Michael Schneider
- Indiewire
A “disturbing” 12-year-old interview with O.J. Simpson will air as part of the Fox special O.J. Simpson: The Lost Confession?
Airing Sunday, March 11 at 8/7c with limited interruptions, the special features footage of Simpson’s 2006 sitdown with publisher Judith Regan, in which the athlete-turned-actor gave a shocking, hypothetical account of the events that occurred on the night of June 12, 1994, when his ex-wife Nicole Brown Simpson and her friend Ron Goldman were brutally murdered.
The Simpson interview eventually begat the controversial book If I Did It, which Regan got to press after News Corporation scrapped its originally planned November 2006 publication,...
Airing Sunday, March 11 at 8/7c with limited interruptions, the special features footage of Simpson’s 2006 sitdown with publisher Judith Regan, in which the athlete-turned-actor gave a shocking, hypothetical account of the events that occurred on the night of June 12, 1994, when his ex-wife Nicole Brown Simpson and her friend Ron Goldman were brutally murdered.
The Simpson interview eventually begat the controversial book If I Did It, which Regan got to press after News Corporation scrapped its originally planned November 2006 publication,...
- 3/1/2018
- TVLine.com
Fox will air a two-hour special featuring a previously unaired interview with O.J. Simpson from 2006 in which the former football star directly addresses the night his ex-wife and her friend were murdered. In the newly unearthed interview, Simpson gives what is described as “a detailed – and disturbing – description of what might have happened on that fateful night of June 12, 1994.” Publisher and producer Judith Regan conducted the interview in connection with the release of Simpson’s book “If I Did It.” The tapes (owned by Harper Collins) were recently discovered on the Fox lot and are airing with...
- 3/1/2018
- by Reid Nakamura
- The Wrap
O.J. Simpson's still untouchable in the literary world -- most major publishers will Not be scrambling to offer him a book deal after he gets out of prison. We spoke with multiple major publishers who said ... despite being granted parole, and all the interest in recent O.J. projects -- like the "30 for 30" documentary and 'The People vs. O.J.' -- the book world will take a hard pass. We're told publishers fear a major backlash,...
- 7/24/2017
- by TMZ Staff
- TMZ
Kendra Wilkinson hits the roof on Kendra on Top this week — after finding out that her mom Patti has met with a famous book publisher in secret. Kendra thought that her mom’s plans for a tell-all book was “all talk” but when she meets with her manager Troy she finds out that Patti is much further down the line with her plans than thought. Troy tells her how Patti has met with Judith Regan, the head of Phaidon Press’s Regan Arts division and the person behind a string of big books. They include Howard Stern’s Private Parts and Son...read more...
- 7/14/2017
- by Julian Cheatle
- Monsters and Critics
Things are still rocky for Kendra Wilkinson-Baskett and her estranged mother, Patti — and they don’t seem to be getting any better.
In a People exclusive sneak peek at Kendra on Top, Patti finally meets with New York book publisher Judith Regan, and discusses her plan to allegedly knock Kendra “off her pedestal” by writing a tell-all book.
“I think it’s more about people are interested in what I went through raising Kendra. A couple of years ago I kinda thought about this book and people were backing me at that,” Patti tells Regan. “They were saying, ‘Don’t go to the media,...
In a People exclusive sneak peek at Kendra on Top, Patti finally meets with New York book publisher Judith Regan, and discusses her plan to allegedly knock Kendra “off her pedestal” by writing a tell-all book.
“I think it’s more about people are interested in what I went through raising Kendra. A couple of years ago I kinda thought about this book and people were backing me at that,” Patti tells Regan. “They were saying, ‘Don’t go to the media,...
- 6/29/2017
- by Joelle Goldstein
- PEOPLE.com
Evolution Media (Real Housewives franchise, Botched) is partnering with Judith Regan’s Regan Arts on an unscripted project featuring pop artist Ashley Longshore. The companies are shopping the potential series to cable networks and other platforms. Longshore is known for her Warhol-esque pop-art, “where bedazzled flowers sit next to diamonds and Valium boxes, Jesus holds a black Amex and Wonder Woman dresses in Chanel.” The project follows Longshore’s recent bestseller You…...
- 4/10/2017
- Deadline TV
On Wednesday, former Fox News anchor Gretchen Carlson filed suit against CEO Roger Ailes for sexual harassment. Now the journalist's lawyers Nancy Erika Smith and Martin S. Hyman are speaking to People about what it was that led to her demotion, why she was fired and just how Carlson is doing as she heads into legal battle they say has been "a long time coming." After Carlson, 50, was demoted from her role as co-host on Fox & Friends in 2013, she was put on a daytime show, The Real Story, which Smith says was a strategic plan to "lower her profile." "She...
- 7/6/2016
- by Christina Dugan, @Christina_Dugan
- PEOPLE.com
On Wednesday, former Fox News anchor Gretchen Carlson filed suit against CEO Roger Ailes for sexual harassment. Now the journalist's lawyers Nancy Erika Smith and Martin S. Hyman are speaking to People about what it was that led to her demotion, why she was fired and just how Carlson is doing as she heads into legal battle they say has been "a long time coming."
After Carlson, 50, was demoted from her role as co-host on Fox & Friends in 2013, she was put on a daytime show, The Real Story, which Smith says was a strategic plan to "lower her profile."
"She...
After Carlson, 50, was demoted from her role as co-host on Fox & Friends in 2013, she was put on a daytime show, The Real Story, which Smith says was a strategic plan to "lower her profile."
"She...
- 7/6/2016
- by Christina Dugan, @Christina_Dugan
- People.com - TV Watch
Tampa, Fla. — The trustee overseeing Casey Anthony's bankruptcy case has filed a motion to sell the rights to her story so she can pay her debts.
In a motion filed Friday in federal court in Tampa, trustee Stephen Meininger asked Judge K. Rodney May for permission to sell the "exclusive worldwide rights" of Anthony's life story.
Anthony, who is now 26, was acquitted of murder in 2011 in the death her 2-year-old daughter, Caylee.
Anthony has never told her side of the story, despite intense media scrutiny of the case.
During a meeting with creditors in her bankruptcy case in Tampa on March 4, Anthony said she was unemployed and hasn't received any money to tell her story. She said that she is living with friends and that those friends – and strangers who send her gift cards and cash – help her survive.
But Meininger, through his attorney, said he thinks that her story...
In a motion filed Friday in federal court in Tampa, trustee Stephen Meininger asked Judge K. Rodney May for permission to sell the "exclusive worldwide rights" of Anthony's life story.
Anthony, who is now 26, was acquitted of murder in 2011 in the death her 2-year-old daughter, Caylee.
Anthony has never told her side of the story, despite intense media scrutiny of the case.
During a meeting with creditors in her bankruptcy case in Tampa on March 4, Anthony said she was unemployed and hasn't received any money to tell her story. She said that she is living with friends and that those friends – and strangers who send her gift cards and cash – help her survive.
But Meininger, through his attorney, said he thinks that her story...
- 3/18/2013
- by AP
- Huffington Post
By Roger Friedman
HollywoodNews.com: This week’s main offering at the movies is “Man on a Ledge”–described as “ludicrous” by some critics and certainly not an Oscar nominee. (It was a lowly 20% on Rotten Tomatoes, which is like an F.) It’s January, of course, and if you couldn’t release a movie by December 31st, you know what January means. But “Man on a Ledge” has another reason of interest. Its screenwriter is Pablo Fenjves. Don’t recognize his name? He ghost wrote O.J. Simpson’s infamous confessional book, “If I Did It,” which outlined how O.J. murdered in cold blood his ex wife Nicole Brown and her friend Ronald Goldman.
The ironic part of that is that Fenjves, creepily, was a witness in the Simpson murder trial. He was the neighbor who testified he’d heard a dog’s plaintive wail near Nicole Brown’s house in Brentwood.
HollywoodNews.com: This week’s main offering at the movies is “Man on a Ledge”–described as “ludicrous” by some critics and certainly not an Oscar nominee. (It was a lowly 20% on Rotten Tomatoes, which is like an F.) It’s January, of course, and if you couldn’t release a movie by December 31st, you know what January means. But “Man on a Ledge” has another reason of interest. Its screenwriter is Pablo Fenjves. Don’t recognize his name? He ghost wrote O.J. Simpson’s infamous confessional book, “If I Did It,” which outlined how O.J. murdered in cold blood his ex wife Nicole Brown and her friend Ronald Goldman.
The ironic part of that is that Fenjves, creepily, was a witness in the Simpson murder trial. He was the neighbor who testified he’d heard a dog’s plaintive wail near Nicole Brown’s house in Brentwood.
- 1/27/2012
- by Roger Friedman
- Hollywoodnews.com
Today on TMZ Live, Harvey and Charles spoke to former publisher Judith Regan -- who claims she got O.J. Simpson to confess to murder during an interview. According to Judith, Anthony can kiss a book deal goodbye ... unless she's willing to confess as well ... but Harvey begs to differ. And Willie Nelson may be facing up to a year in jail for weed possession ... but is he getting a raw deal? Read more...
- 7/7/2011
- by TMZ Staff
- TMZ
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