Criminal Law

A Little More Friday Fun Before Oscar Night
Oscar(R) night, February 24th, is coming fast. For a little workplace Friday Fun today, you can print out and circulate the Oscars ballot (pdf) from the official Oscar site [nominations page for details], play Predict the Winners on the offical...

Scalia's Oscar the Grouch Comment
A recent Law.com article notes that Justice Scalia mentioned Oscar the Grouch in his dissenting opinion in Washington State Grange v. Washington State Republican Party, released last Tuesday...

More Evidence of Naomi Wolfs Hotness
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Milk Gets Oscar Buzz
Interesting article about Prop 8's passage leading to additional Oscar buzz for Milk.Ok, I suppose I see the connection. But it sort of does a disservice to the movie to say that it's getting more critically positive attention because of a hostile outside political event...

Oscar, Bloody Oscar
"If he pulls a knife, you pull a gun. If he sends one of yours to the hospital, you send one of his to the morgue." ? Jim Malone (Sean Connery) in The Untouchables (1987). This Sunday marks the 80th...

"I have come to view hotness as the enemy of everything about pop culture that I enjoy."
Linda Holms hates hotness.Because hotness is a vapid, ill-considered cheat so you don't have to discuss, think about, or take a position regarding the quality of anything. "You know what's hot? Twilight!" "Okay, but...

Oscar Winner Sues Production Company
Ascendant pays Kevin Costner undisclosed amount in settlement.