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jake gyllenhaal as rusty sabich (presumed innocent, 2024)

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Oh what a wild ride Presumed Innocent is. I came for Rusty (ba dum tss) and some light murder mystery and seven episodes later I am still here, very confused and HOOKED.

There's only one episode left. So guys, tell me, who do you think has done it? Who killed Carolyn? (Tell us in the comments so you can brag in one week if you guessed correctly)

Please feel free to share every theory and opinion you have under this post or tag me if you post something on your blog, I am dying to know what you guys think. Thank you so much!

Shamelessly tagging the Crew (SORRY IF YOU DON'T WATCH THE SHOW, just ignore this, thank youuuu):

@gyll-yee-haw @gyllenhaalstories @charliehoennam @harmonity-vibes @jennaajoseph

@billyboyblue @stephendorff @lust4life01 @det-loki @ilovedavidloki

@anunusers @frozen-hearts-club @caffeineplusmypen @tayduagyllencevans @greenparadiseperry

The crew=every blog that comes across my dash and interacts with Jake content. If we've never talked: hi! If you want to be part of the crew, dm me. ✨🫶🏻

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Presumed Innocent

Season 1, “Pregame”

Director: Greg Yaitanes

DoP: Doug Emmett

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This scene was brilliant. Rusty was never going to win an argument against Raymond.

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beloved disgruntled lawyer. very healthy and immortal.

Episode 6: The Elements.

Bill Camp as Raymond Hogan in Presumed Innocent.

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New South of the Mountains is Available Now

2024 Jan-Mar | Vol. 68, No. 1

IN THIS ISSUE

🔹New City in the Early 20th Century

In this article, Raymond A. Eberling addresses the question of what New City was like in the first three decades of the twentieth century, when his grandfather Frank Eberling was serving as the hamlet’s RFD mail carrier.

🔹Naming of Roads and Settlements

Rockland County was largely rural until rapid development began in the 1950s. Many roads were unnamed, and place names once familiar to county residents are largely unknown today. Marianne B. Leese introduces and presents two letters written in 1931 to the editor of the Rockland County Leader that address the issue of historical road and settlement names of the county.

🔹Notes about the Letter Writers

Brief biographies of our letter writers: the newspaperman Wilfred Blanch Talman (1904–1986) of Spring Valley and the writer and landscape architect Mary Helena Bothwell Horgan Mowbray-Clarke (1875–1962) of New City.

🔹In Memoriam: Laurence “Pete” Beckerle

COVER PICTURE: The author’s grandparents Frank and Elsa Eberling on the day of their engagement, ca. 1907. They are standing at the top of the hill on New Hempstead Road near the home of Frank’s parents, Henry Eberling Jr. and Anna Fedelia (Morphet) Eberling. Raymond A. Eberling Collection

"South of the Mountains" is one of the tangible benefits of membership in the Historical Society of Rockland County. For more information on membership, click here: http://www.rocklandhistory.org/product.cfm?category=17.

SOUTH OF THE MOUNTAINS (ISSN 0489-9563) is published quarterly by

The Historical Society of Rockland County

Single copy price of South of the Mountains is $5, including postage and handling.

While all efforts are made to ensure accuracy in the articles, the Historical Society assumes no responsibility for opinions and conclusions expressed or implied by contributors. The editors welcome contributions of letters and articles. Please contact us at the Historical Society.

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Editor: Marjorie H. Johnson

Consulting Editor: Marianne B. Leese

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"It has been argued that dark academia is a response to the gradual devaluing of the humanities in the wake of the marketization of higher education. This is not implausible, but what kind of revaluation have the humanities been given in dark academia?

The aesthetic offers the promise of a fantasy of control, of mastery of the canon, and most importantly, of already being special. Education, at its best, can transform you. Dark academia offers the illusion of already having been transformed.

A taxonomy developed by Raymond Williams, the Welsh socialist and theorist, in The Long Revolution is clarifying here. Williams argues that the development of schooling in Britain was partly a struggle between three different traditions: democratic educators, who wanted mass education as broadly and continuously available as possible; those who saw education as a way of ensuring the right mix of industrial training; and finally, old humanists committed to preserving and sustaining a traditional and hierarchical culture while preserving the legacy of humanistic study. Dark academia represents a particularly shallow version of the third group: an ersatz romanticism.

Education is at once a social good, currently subject to a cruel and unfair distribution, and a means through which class society is reproduced. This ambiguity makes it all the more important for socialists to fight for a democratic, public, free education.

Writing about youth trends tends to affirm or disaffirm whatever the kids are doing: Gen Z will either save us or doom us, dark academia for all or for nobody. But taking youth trends and culture seriously means more deeply engaging with the underlying assumptions in youth culture’s social practices.

Dark academia offers feelings of coziness and specialness, but learning relies on letting go of the idea of your own specialness, of being open to the possibility of being transformed, together."

- Amelia Horgan, from "The 'Dark Academia' Subculture Offers a Fantasy Alternative to the Neoliberal University." Jacobin, 19 December 2021.

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The 25 Best Lawyer Movies of All Time

Happy New Year everyone! I hope that you’ve had a wonderful 2019 and are looking forward to paying off debt, building wealth and achieving financial independence in 2020.

Today’s post is totally for fun – and I hope you have as much fun with it as I had creating it. Below are the 25 best lawyer movies of all times (in my opinion), complete with clips from some of the best scenes. Did I leave anything out? If so, let me know in the comments.

Enjoy the downtime during the holidays (assuming you got it) and enjoy the cheap entertainment below, some of which can be streamed on Netflix and all of which can probably be obtained for less than $10.

1. My Cousin Vinny (1992)

Directed by Jonathan Lynn and written by Dale Launer, My Cousin Vinny follows two young New Yorkers, Bill Gambini and Stan Rothenstein, who are arrested and put on trial for murder while traveling in rural Alabama. The fate of these men rests in the hands of Vincent Gambini (Vinny) a cousin of Bill’s and a lawyer who’s just barely passed the bar exam. 

Gambini, played by Joe Pesci, does his best to defend his cousin and his cousin’s friend but makes a number of missteps along the way. Gambini’s fiancee, Mona Lisa, who is played by Marisa Tomei, is instrumental in helping him with his defense.

Trivia: Marisa Tomei received an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for her role.

2. 12 Angry Men (1957)

This classic courtroom drama was directed by Sidney Lumet and details the deliberations of 12 men, all of whom are part of the jury deciding the fate of a poor young man who’s been accused of murder. If found guilty, he will face the death penalty.

The film begins with all jurors except for Juror 8 agreeing that the young man is guilty. Juror 8, played by Henry Fonda, encourages his fellow jurors to discuss the defendant’s case before sentencing him to death. Throughout the discussions, many of the jurors go back and forth, changing their votes as their forced to confront certain aspects of the case that they initially dismissed.

Trivia: The film was shot in less than three weeks.

3. Anatomy of a Murder (1959)

Deemed one of the greatest courtroom dramas of all time and based on the novel with the same title, Anatomy of a Murder follows Michigan lawyer Paul Biegler (played by James Stewart), who has his work cut out for him after agreeing to defend Lt. Manion (played by Ben Gazzarra), who murdered a local bar owner after learning he’s been accused of rape.

Biegler, who is encouraged to take the case by his mentor, Parnell McCarthy, played by Arthur O’Connell, must go up against big-city prosecutor Claude Dancer (played by George C. Scott) in order to help his client.

Trivia: The novel upon which the film is based was written by John D. Voelker (under the pseudonym Robert Traver), a Michigan Supreme Court justice.

4. The Lincoln Lawyer (2011)

Directed by Brad Furman, The Lincoln Lawyer stars Matthew McConaughey as Mick Haller, a defense attorney who runs his law practice out of a Lincoln Continental. Mick’s clientele is comprised mainly of petty criminals, but he’s surprisingly presented with an opportunity to defend a wealthy Beverly Hills playboy by the name of Louis Ross Roulet, played by Ryan Phillippe, who’s been accused of attempted murder.

At first, Mick assumes that the case will be an easy, open-and-shut affair. He soon learns, though, that there’s more to it than meets the eye and that it’s connected with a previous case of his.

Trivia: After starring in the film, McConaughey went on to become a spokesman for the Lincoln brand in 2014.

5. Witness for the Prosecution (1957)

In this film, Tyrone Power plays Leonard Vole, who has been accused of murdering a wealthy woman. Vole is represented by the legendary Sir Wilfrid Robarts (played by Charles Laughton) and, in order to win his case, must have his alibi corroborated by his wife, Christine (played by Marlene Dietrich).

In a shocking turn of events, Christine decides to appear in court and testify against him. Several other twists and turns occur throughout the award-winning film as Sir Wilfrid does his best to defend his client and close the case.

Trivia: Witness for the Prosecution was the last film that Power completed before he died of a heart attack in November of 1958.

6. Legally Blonde (2001)

Based on the novel by Amanda Brown, Legally Blonde is a courtroom comedy that stars Reese Witherspoon as Elle Woods, a sorority girl from California. Elle follows her ex, Warner Huntington III (played by Matthew Davis), to Harvard law school after he breaks up with her on the night when she expects him to propose.

While her initial goal is to win back Warner, Elle soon falls in love with the legal profession as she works to overcome the challenges of being a first-year law student. She goes on to realize that she has the potential to become a great lawyer in her own right.

Trivia: Reese Witherspoon’s contract allowed her to keep all of the costumes she wore in the movie after filming ended.

7. Philadelphia (1993)

Directed by Jonathan Demme, Philadelphia tells the story of lawyer Andrew Beckett, who struggles to hide his homosexuality, as well as his HIV status, for fear that they will have a negative impact on his career at a prestigious Philadelphia law firm. Eventually, his secrets are exposed by a colleague.

After losing his job at the firm, Beckett decides he must sue on the grounds of discrimination. The only lawyer who will help him with his case is Joe Miller, played by Denzel Washington. The two men work together as they face down Belinda Conine, one of the firm’s top litigators, who is played by Mary Steenburgen.

Trivia: Initially, Demme planned to cast a comedic actor in the role of Joe Miller, but he changed his mind after Washington showed an interest in the part.

8. Erin Brockovich (2000)

Erin Brockovich tells the true story of a woman who fought hard against the giant energy corporation Pacific Gas and Electric after learning about a cover-up that was exposing a local community to contaminated water and contributing to serious illnesses.

In the film, directed by Steven Soderbergh, Brockovich is played by Julia Roberts. Her attorney, Ed Masry, who eventually hires her at his firm, is played by Albert Finney. It is when she starts working at Masry’s firm that Brockovich discovers medical records related to the case and kicks off her investigation.

Trivia: Julia Roberts’ salary for her role as Erin Brockovich made her the first actress in Hollywood to earn more than $20 million.

9. The Verdict (1982)

The Verdict follows Frank Galvin, played by Paul Newman, a once-promising attorney who’s down on his luck after being fired from a Boston law firm for accusations of jury tampering. At the beginning of the film, directed by Sidney Lumet, as a favor to his friend Mickey (played by Jack Warden), Galvin agrees to take on a medical malpractice case.

Galvin initially plans to settle the case, but declines the offer from the hospital and decides to take it to trial instead, much to the surprise of the judge and the relatives of the victim.

Trivia: Two of the film’s cast members, Jack Warden and Edward Binns, starred in 12 Angry Men, which Lumet also directed.

10. Presumed Innocent (1990)

Directed by Alan J. Pakula, Presumed Innocent tells the story of Rusty Sabich, a chief deputy played by Harrison Ford, who is assigned by prosecuting attorney Raymond Horgan (played by Brian Dennehy) to investigate the rape and murder of his colleague, Carolyn Polhemus (played by Greta Scacchi).

At the time of the assignment, Horgan doesn’t know that Polhemus and Sabich are involved in an affair. Eventually, though, evidence implicates Sabich and causes Horgan’s enemies to demand his arrest. Sabich must call on defense attorney Sandy Stern (played by Raul Julia) to help him with his defense.

Trivia: Before Harrison Ford was cast as Rusty Sabich, both Robert Redford and Kevin Costner turned down the role.

11. Judgment at Nuremberg (1961)

Set in the late 1940s post-World War II, this political drama follows nazis who are tried in an American court in Germany. In the film, directed by Stanley Kramer, these individuals must face a military tribunal and address charges of crimes against humanity.

Chief Justice Haywood, played by Spencer Tracy, must hear from the lead defendant Ernst Janning (played by Burt Lancaster) as well as his defense attorney (played by Maximillian Schell), the widow of a Nazi general, a US army captain (played by William Shatner), and a witness named Irene Wallner (played by Judy Garland).

Trivia: Maximillian Schell’s Academy Award for Best Actor made him the lowest-billed winner in history (he was billed fifth on the film’s cast list).

12. A Man for All Seasons (1966)

Directed by Fred Zinnemann, A Man for All Seasons is set in 16th Century England and tells the story of Sir Thomas More, played by Paul Scofield.

More is known for standing up to King Henry VIII (played by Robert Shaw) and refusing to pressure the Pope into allowing the king to have his marriage annulled so he could remarry. More, who was a devout Catholic, stood by his convictions to not allow the king to divorce, despite intense pressure to do otherwise. The king and his loyalists responded by charging More with treason.

Trivia: Fred Zinneman describes A Man for All Seasons as the easiest film he’s ever made, thanks to the talent and cooperation of the cast and crew.

13. A Few Good Men (1992)

Directed by Rob Reiner and written by Aaron Sorkin, A Few Good Men tells the story of military lawyer Lt. Daniel Kaffee (played by Tom Cruise) as he defends two Marines who have been charged with killing another Marine at Guantanamo Bay.

Kaffee is convinced by another lawyer, played by Demi Moore, that he should not seek a plea bargain for these Marines. Instead, she convinces him that they were acting on the orders of a commanding officer, Col. Nathan Jessep, who is played by Jack Nicholson.

Trivia: The American Film Association named the film’s famous line “You can’t handle the truth!” as one of the top movie quotes of all time (it ranks #29 on the list).

14. The Rainmaker (1997)

The Rainmaker, directed by Francis Ford Coppola, follows a new attorney by the name of Rudy Baylor, who, struggling to find work, is forced to take a job under another lawyer of questionable morals, played by Mickey Rourke.

While working for this lawyer, Baylor meets Deck Shifflet, a paralegal played by Danny DeVito and Dot Black (played by Mary Kay Place), whose insurance provider will not provide coverage for her dying son. When he learns of this information, Baylor decides to team up with Shifflet to take on Black’s insurance company and its formidable attorney (played by Jon Voight).

Trivia: Danny DeVito wore fake teeth for his role in the film.

15. Kramer vs Kramer (1979)

Written and directed by Robert Benton, Kramer vs Kramer follows advertising executive Ted Kramer (played by Dustin Hoffman) after he finds out that his wife (played by Meryl Streep) is abandoning him and his young son.

Despite losing his advertising job, Ted goes on to develop a much stronger relationship with his son, helped along by a fellow single parent named Margaret, played by Jane Alexander. This causes problems later when his wife returns to try and win back custody. An arduous courtroom battle ensues as a result and has serious implications for all who are involved in the case.

Trivia: Meryl Streep wrote her own courtroom speech when she was unhappy with the original speech she was given.

16. The Paper Chase (1973)

In The Paper Chase, written and directed by James Bridges, a first-year Harvard law student named James Hart (played by Timothy Bottoms) who faces a series of academic challenges. His load becomes even heavier, though, when he has a run-in with an intimidating contracts professor, Charles W. Kingsfield (played by John Houseman).

Despite Kingsfield’s intensity in the classroom and the harsh demands he places upon his students, which cause many to abandon their pursuits and drop out altogether, James perseveres and even begins to date his professor’s daughter, Susan, who is played by Lindsay Wagner.

Trivia: The film received three Academy Award nominations and received one for Best Supporting Actor.

17. The Firm (1993)

In The Firm, directed by Sydney Pollack and based on the legal thriller by John Grisham, a young lawyer by the name of Mitch McDeere (played by Tom Cruise) joins the ranks of a small and prestigious firm. Although at first honored to be part of the firm, McDeere soon learns, with the help of a receptionist played by Holly Hunter, that there’s more than meets the eye and that the firm is involved in laundering money for the mob.

McDeere finds himself in a jam when the FBI contacts him to gather evidence about the actions of his colleagues. As a result, he must decide between doing what’s best in the eyes of the law and making the decision that will keep him alive.

Trivia: Holly Hunter’s performance lasts five minutes and 59 seconds, making it one of the shortest Oscar-nominated performances of all time.

18. Compulsion (1959)

This crime drama, directed by Richard Fleischer, tells the story of two sociopathic students, Artie Straus (played by Bradford Dillman) and Judd Steiner (played by Dean Stockwell). Artie and Judd find themselves in serious trouble after they commit a murder in an attempt to pull off a flawless crime. They leave behind a crucial piece of evidence and end up arrested for what they’ve done.

Their lawyer, played by Orson Welles, must then work hard to defend the two young men and save them from execution. The film is based on the well-known and often-cited Leopold and Loeb case of 1924.

Trivia: Despite his top-billed status, Welles does not appear in the film until an hour and five minutes in.

19. And Justice for All (1979)

Directed by Norman Jewison, follows Arthur Kirkland, a Baltimore defense attorney played by Al Pacino, who finds himself in jail after punching Judge Henry T. Fleming (played by John Forsythe) while arguing in defense of his client, Jeff McCullaugh (played by Thomas G. Waites). McCullaugh, after being stopped for a minor traffic defense, was mistaken for a murderer with the same name.

Kirkland eventually gets out of jail and later finds himself hired to defend Judge Fleming, who has been accused of the brutal assault and rape of a young woman. Fleming wants Kirkland as his lawyer because he believes it will work in his favor to have someone who openly hates him defending him.

Trivia: And Justice for All marks the theatrical film debut of acclaimed actor Jeffrey Tambor.

20. A Time to Kill (1996)

In this film, directed by Joel Schumacher, Samuel L. Jackson Carl Lee Hailey, a man who shoots the bigoted men who brutally raped his daughter when they are on their way to being tried for their crime. Hailey must then rely on the help of defense lawyer Jake Brigance, played by Matthew McConaughey, to help him get acquitted.

Brigance feels that the chances of an acquittal are slim, due in part to the fact that Hailey resides in a small and segregated town in the South, but he takes on the man’s case regardless when he shows unshakable faith in his abilities.

Trivia: Woody Harrelson had an interest in playing Jake Brigance, but John Grisham objected.

21. A Civil Action (1998)

In this film, written and directed by Steven Zaillian and based on a true story, John Travolta stars as personal injury attorney Jan Schlichtmann. Schlichtmann finds himself involved in a case that, while seemingly straightforward at first, ends up being incredibly difficult and appears to have the potential to be his undoing.

The case involves a major company responsible for contaminating a town’s water supply and causing several of its residents to develop leukemia. At the risk of bankrupting his firm and ending his career, Schlichtmann goes up against a powerhouse attorney played by Robert Duval in an attempt to make things right and hold the company accountable.

Trivia: This was the only non-Best Picture nominee for the year to receive a nomination for Best Cinematography.

22. The Conspirator (2010)

Directed by Robert Redford, The Conspirator tells the story of the aftermath of the assassination of President Lincoln. After the President is assassinated, seven men and one woman are arrested and charged with conspiring to murder him, the vice president, and the secretary of state.

The lone woman, Mary Surratt (played by Robin Wright), is represented by the reluctant lawyer Frederick Aiken (played by James McAvoy). Surratt owns the boarding house where John Wilkes Booth and the other men planned their crimes. Convinced that Surratt may be innocent, Aiken works hard to defend her throughout the film and prove that she’s being used to try and capture her son, another suspect who is still at large.

Trivia: This was the American Film Association’s first film.

23. Amistad (1997)

Set in 1839, Amistad tells the story of a slave ship sailing from Cuba to the United States. In the film, directed by Steven Spielberg, Cinque (played by Djimon Hounsou) leads the slaves in an uprising, which results in them being held as prisoners in Connecticut.

Theodore Joadson, a freed slave played by Morgan Freeman, learns of the plight of these individuals and recruits the help of property lawyer Roger Baldwin (played by Matthew McCaughnehey) to defend and exonerate them. Their pursuit later wins the support of John Quincy Adams, who is played by Anthony Hopkins.

Trivia: This was the theatrical film debut of Chiwetel Ejiofor.

24. The Devil’s Advocate (1997)

Keanu Reeves stars in the film as Kevin Lomax, a Florida defense attorney who takes a position at a New York law firm headed by John Milton (played by Al Pacino).

As Kevin moves up the ranks within the firm, his mentally ill wife, Mary Ann (played by Charlize Theron), has a series of progressively more severe frightening and mystical experiences that alter her perception of reality. While dealing with the strain of his wife’s illness, Kevin also learns that his boss is involved in some nefarious activities and is not who he claims to be.

Trivia: Charlize Theron spent an hour per day working with a psychotherapist to learn how to play a schizophrenic in an accurate way.

25. RBG (2018)

RBG chronicles the career of Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, which spans several decades, and how she developed a legal legacy while becoming a pop culture icon.

After frankly answering questions about abortion and discrimination at her Senate confirmation hearings, Ginsburg was confirmed by a vote of 96 to 3, which President Clinton notes was astounding given the partisan political environment of the 1990s.

Trivia: The nickname is inspired by the “Notorious” honorific from the name of rap artist Notorious B.I.G. Ginsburg shows a good-natured embrace of her nickname, noting that she and the rapper have much in common: they were both born in Brooklyn.

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Chapter 1: Claws

On a crisp day in 1924, workers with Buxton Limeworks in Taung, South Africa, found some remains within exploded tufa-rock. The rock was full of secret spaces, so bones were no surprise.

This, however, was a head. The head was 2.3 million years old.

The head was put over the fireplace of the lime company’s director. If not for an intern at the University of Witwatersrand, it may have stayed there.

The head had belonged to a child about 3 or 4 years old at death. Due to their growth rate, they would have appeared 7.

2 million years ago, the tufa-rock of the limestone mines would have been mud, in a vast river floodplain. Megafauna would’ve shaped landscapes through their foraging. And between the trees, Australopithecus africanus did well to avoid them, in egalitarian family groups.

This child at Taung, like many their age at the time, would have traveled with their parents in one such group. One can imagine them sitting upon their parents’ back, chattering excitedly, watching the birds above go by.

Until one such bird came down to meet them.

Eagles today are known to catch primates, and eagles then were the same. A. africanus was not very large either - coming to about 3 feet. It would have been no surprise to watch a great bird carrying off someone.

But how it must have been to watch it happen to a child...

The head of the Taung Child is all that remains, but we can learn much through forensic analyses. Their tiny skull was peppered with ugly scratches, from talons able to pierce bone.

The child could even have watched the bird push its claws through right above their eye.

It would take decades before being more than an oddity, but today, it stands as one of the most important fossils in human evolution.

The Taung Child is a treasure-trove of data into our ancestors’ development - and a reminder of nature’s white-hot, dispassionate cruelty.

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How often do you Lie? Jody discusses this.

An Interview with Jody Sabral

Can you tell your readers something about why you chose this particular topic to write about? What appealed to you about it? Why do you think it is different and your approach is unique?

I think the topic chose me in a way. I lived with an alcoholic for a year and felt the need to write about it in a realistic way. To capture the absolute denial of it and what the impact of that can be on everyone who comes into contact with it. I think it’s unique in the sense that I lived up close with it and therefore have a real passion for the issue. I’m not just using it as a plot ploy in a flippant manner. I hope it starts a positive conversation around alcoholism as I feel it’s something that is lacking in this country. I’ve always felt that literature and art can have a much longer lasting impact than that of news, the other business I’m in, so I guess I wanted to bring this to my novel, which I hope is also extremely entertaining. I still recall scenes from books I read ten or fifteen years ago and they make me think differently about the world we live in.

How long do you think about a topic before deciding to write about it? Do you have a set of notes or a notebook where you write down topics that appeal before making a decision as to which topic this time?

 Not really, for me it’s a very organic process. I think we all have themes in our lives that we feel strongly about for one reason or another and my writing is born from that. I’ve just completed a screenplay in which the main themes were born out of reading an article in the newspaper and a conversation with my niece. I felt strongly about the issues so I wanted to write about them.

3. How long does it take to research a topic before you write? And for this book?

It depends. I tend to pull off my experiences and those of friends. I’m not writing police procedurals. Yes, I have an investigation and an investigator but the emphasis is on the characters affected by it and the impact it has on them. So I tend to write about people’s emotions, which I think is about connections and the human condition. People fascinate me, so my writing is born out of conversations with others and observations about how people deal with a crisis.

How helpful do you find authority figures such as the police when you say you want to write about them? Is there a good way to approach them in your experience?

As a journalist I’ve always found them very helpful and happy to cooperate. I have contacts who will read to see if it’s plausible and they will tell me if it’s not working.

5. How many times have you been rejected before your first novel was accepted or before this book was accepted?

I’m proud to say upwards of sixty-five rejections in my writing career. Obviously with this novel it was different as my agent handled those rejections. But with the two earlier books, the first CHANGING BORDERS I sent it out to almost thirty agents and got a heap of rejections. The second, THE MOVEMENT, which I won the CWA Debut Dagger for got me lots of interest from agents, yet many more rejections. I met my agent on the back end of those rejections. He had the foresight to ask me what I was working on next and a partnership was formed. He’s been with me since the conception of I NEVER LIE and it’s a very supportive and nurturing relationship. Finally I have someone behind me, believing in my work. What I will say to aspiring writers is just keep at it, at some point something will give.

Did you need to self-publish on e-books before a publisher took you up?

I think you self-publish because you want to put it out there. To move on to a new project. To draw a line under it. But self-publishing has its pitfalls. Selling a book is a full time job.

Would you recommend self-publishing and building an audience before approaching a publisher? If so, what benefits do you see that it might have for the aspiring novelist?

I found self-publishing to be a very tough sell even though I had an audience of millions at the time that I wrote CHANGING BORDERS because I was a foreign correspondent on TV regularly. I write. I’m not a marketing person so I found that part of it tricky. It depends on your skills. If you’re good at sales and marketing I suppose you’d be in with a better chance than me. I don’t think there’s one perfect route. It’s a personal journey, but the important point is that you keep writing because at the end of the day it’s the words that will eventually pay off and resonate with someone. I like the support I have with an agent and publisher behind me because writing is a solitary job.

Does writing provide sufficient income to live on? And how long did it take before this happened?

Not yet. This is my first novel to be released via a publisher, so let’s see!

What is the funniest thing that happened to you on a book tour?

I haven’t done a book tour yet, so not sure I can answer this. But some interesting people have a copy of my first book. Sir Patrick Stewart has one via someone I met on a plane, and the musician Moby. I inscribed on Moby’s copy, ‘if you like it Tweet it!’ Obviously he didn’t, but you have to be your own ambassador for your work in a competitive environment. Maybe one day he’ll tweet about I NEVER LIE, who knows!

What do you read when you are ill in bed?

I don’t get ill very often. I write a lot in bed though.

 What is your favourite genre?

Crime obviously. I like Sci-fi too because it makes you think about the bigger questions in life as in ‘why are we here?’

If you recommend a living author – who would it be? A dead author?

That’s tough because there are so many amazing authors dead and alive. J G Ballard is my all time fav. Living, there’s just so many. It’s like asking me what my favourite song is, it changes all the time. I really love Gillian Flynn, S J Watson, Nicki French, John Le Carre’s earlier works…. I mean the list just goes on.

Which author had the most influence on your writing? Your writing style? Your writing genre?

Dan Brown possibly? I’m not a literary writer. It’s pacy and not overly descriptive. I don’t read as much as I used to, which may shock some people, but that’s because I find that other writer’s voices get into my own and presently I’m trying to hone my own, which I think I did with I NEVER LIE. I found my voice with this book and that’s a very satisfying feeling.

In your opinion who is the funniest author now writing?

I think the best comedy writers of the moment for me are Sharon Horgan and Phoebe Waller-Bridge, oh and Charlie Brooker, but they write for TV, which I’m also attempting to do after attending an evening class in screenwriting. I tend to watch more comedy on TV than read it in books.

Have you ever tried to imitate another author’s style? And if so, why?

When I was retraining from journalist to novelist during my MA at City University I used to copy sentences from Raymond Chandler’s books word for word into a notebook then change the adjectives for my own, I did this so I could try to capture the show aspect of writing rather than tell. As a broadcast journalist I’ve had to work on my description a lot because news writing is stripped back and we don’t use a lot of adjectives. I think Chandler’s writing is all about the atmosphere, which he creates through even just describing the materials in a room. He is my guru of descriptive writing.

What have you done with the things you wrote when in school?

Sadly, they’ve been lost over the years as I left home at sixteen and moved endlessly to a million different flats and many countries. So if you find a diary in a charity shop somewhere one day that has me name in it, please return it to me!

About the Author

Jody Sabral is based in London, where she works as a Foreign Desk editor and video producer at the BBC. She is a graduate of the MA in Crime Fiction at City University, London. Jody worked as a journalist in Turkey for ten years, covering the region for various international broadcasters. She self-published her first book Changing Borders in 2012 and won the CWA Debut Dagger in 2014 for her second novel The Movement . In addition to working for the BBC, Jody also writes for the Huffington Post , Al–Monitor and BRICS Post .

Twitter: @jsabral

I Never Lie will be followed by Don’t Blame Me in early 2019, which will explore the dark side of instant celebrity culture and the deadly  consequences of overnight success.

Canelo books can be found on Amazon, Kobo, Apple and Google Books – some books will be limited to UK publication places only:

Amazon (UK)

Kobo (UK)

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SPRINGFIELD — White Lion Brewing continues to root itself as Springfield’s craft beer brand. Pride Stores which has a beer-and-wine selection in five of its 30 locations will feature White Lion as the preferred local beer brand.

“The partnership is part of Pride Stores commitment to the local community,” said David Horgan, director of Advertising. “The company recently announced a distribution partnership with Big Mamou Restaurant, a Springfield based establishment, and we are excited to expand our partnerships through the ‘Support Local’ campaign with White Lion.”

White Lion has accounts throughout Massachusetts, but company president, Raymond Berry, stated “there is no better feeling than knowing local decision makers like Pride Stores want to be part of our growth, this partnership will put the brand and our portfolio in front of people daily. Both companies are committed to the city and surrounding communities.”

The stores will carry White Lion’s portfolio of bottled and soon to be released canned products.

The post Pride Stores Partners with Local Beer Brand White Lion appeared first on BusinessWest.

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Carolyn Polhemus, an up-and-comer in the Kindle County D.A.'s Office, is found viciously murdered in her home. Immediately her boss, D.A. Raymond Horgan and his

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I still can't believe that two men wrote this. I mean, I know the work they have done before this series, and that is brilliant work. I just appreciate the fact that they are telling it how it is because this is something that I have always thought about men who cheat.

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FETISH — RUSTY SABICH

summary: something something you needed a job and raymond offered you to work at the office. something something there is a misunderstanding and you pique rusty's curiosity.

warnings: this story happens before the events of presumed innocent so rusty is still a prosecutor, includes tommy molto (with mentions of barbara, carolyn, nico & raymond), sexual harassment, cheating, smut (masturbation, underwear smelling). 18+ NO MINORS.

word count: 3360

gif credits: me @/gyllenhaalstories / divider credits: @/firefly-graphics

notes: raymond is the star of this fic and so is @sizzlingcloudmentality's idea that saved this story 📂 thank you for reading & REMEMBER TO REBLOG!

You were thankful for Raymond Horgan. He considered you as his niece, he had helped you more times than you could remember. He bought you the biggest dollhouse you could dream of when you were a child, he set an absurd amount of money aside for your education and now he had offered you a job most law students of Chicago could never even dream of. Most of the time, you were thankful for Raymond.

"So, let met get this right... You found the file in a recycling bin?" Tommy's voice sounded like nails on a chalkboard. The twisted grin glued to his face sent a shiver down your spine.

You were not thankful for Raymond at this precise moment. He left you all alone to answer his phone calls while everyone in the office had left to enjoy their weekend. You assumed that no one would care to call the district attorneys on a Friday afternoon. No. Evening. The sun had started setting, you did not even see the day go by. You assumed that no one would bother, but Raymond had never been more popular. "For the third time, yes, I found the documents in the bin and I thought it was important material so I grabbed it before the janitors did. If I had known, I would not have touched it. I can assure you of that, Tommy."

"Mister Molto," he rectified, he pursed his lips. "It's Mister Molto for you."

"Since when are you so passionate about recycling, Mister Molto?" You spat out his name with disgust. There was just something about Tommy. Everyone in the office had been pleasant, you had no trouble believing that Raymond knocked on each door and instructed them to treat you with the upmost respect. Everyone listened, except Tommy.

Tommy's gaze fell on your hand, he watched you tap your fountain pen on the notepad nervously. You were always so nervous in his presence, surely this must mean you liked him. You liked him but you were too shy to admit it. "What did you do with the documents?"

You grabbed your notepad, imitating your every action. Maybe, you thought, the man would understand better if you gave him the visuals. You explained how you pulled the file out of the bin and set it down exactly where Tommy had found it: on Nico Della Guardia's desk. You assumed he would know better than you what to do with it, but Tommy had the reflexes of a cat and snitched the papers before anyone else could see them. "Is it more clear now? Do you want me to tell you the whole story again for the fourth time?"

You were making an excuse to talk to him longer. He found it endearing. His thin lips curled into a smile, he shook his head. He looked down at the file he gripped on tightly, so tightly that the sweat of his palm began to warp the material. "In this office, we value being thorough..." The phone rang, cutting his lecture off. Tommy looked down again. He recognized the code written on the file, he even recognized the handwriting. It was from a case Carolyn Polhemus had worked on with Rusty Sabich.

You exhaled dramatically and let the phone ring three times before picking it up. You repeated your greeting like a robot, expecting the caller to insist you made Raymond magically appear so they could talk to him.

"It's you." A familiar voice resonated through the phone. Rusty was calling. "Hi." You could practically hear him smile. "I was just wondering if you saw my stapler anywhere. Ray always steals it, and..."

"We also value respect around here." Tommy pulled your attention back to you, annoyed that you picked up the phone without excusing yourself. "Anyway." Another grin, another wave of shivers. He rambled about how you should stick to your tasks, how you would be a better secretary if you did not go snooping around people's trash. Apparently, he could not even begin to comprehend the concept of a simple mistake.

You narrowed your eyes while he continued his monologue. You could not believe what your left ear heard, as your right ear burned against the phone while it perceived words about Raymond's kleptomaniac's tendencies regarding office supplies. You tried to breathe through your nose to calm down. Overwhelmed. Overstimulated. You wanted this day to be over.

"Am I disturbing something? I'm sorry, I didn't want to bother..." Rusty frowned, trying to recognize the other voice he heard. He could not see the scene, but he started to imagine the agitation. "Who's with you?"

Tommy's expression faded into a dark one. Annoyance, perhaps. You could not read him well and you certainly did not want to. He gave you... Ick. There was something else, a spark in his eyes that made you swallow a knot of nerves stuck in your throat. "Evidence from a trial is not to be messed with. I hope you learned your lesson. Or maybe... You wanted to see me. So we could have a little talk just the two of us. And the problem is that you can't keep your hands to yourself, can you?"

You scoffed. "That's inappropriate." Tommy was not annoyed. He was aroused. There was a double meaning to his words that made you sick to your stomach. He lost no time defending himself, hiding behind his inflated ego to justify how his comment was perfectly normal.

Rusty had trouble discerning a single thing from the word vomit that fell out of his colleague's mouth. He tried to inquire about what was happening in vain. He had to pull the handset away from his ear, Tommy and you argued in full volume. However, Rusty heard one thing before you violently hung up the phone, forcing it back into the receptacle. He remained unsure of who you directed your rage-filled words to.

"Go fuck yourself!"

*~*~*

"Go fuck yourself! Go fuck yourself! Go fuck yourself!"

The sound of your voice echoed in Rusty's mind. It had been all he could think about. He was fixated. Obsessed.

He replayed the scene over and over again. By now, he understood you spat these words out at Tommy.

Rusty spat on his hand, squeezing it around his cock that he pumped to full hardness.

You sounded like a broken record in his head. By now, he still did not understand why these words had such an effect on him.

His left hand dived into the teal laundry basket, feeling around. He pulled out the towel he used after his session on the treadmill earlier. He also pulled out a bunched up piece of black fabric. The plastic basket was roughly pushed to the side before Rusty flattened the towel on the counter. His right hand moved up and down on his cock, he was desperate for some relief.

You spent so much time with Tommy. Too much time. Why? Why did you spend time with Tommy? All the small talk by the coffee machine or the elevator. Why was Tommy going down in the elevator with you? Why was it always him?

Rusty pulled his hand away from his cock that twitched. He looked down at the counter, grabbing a clothespin to fidget with. He was thankful there was a window before him and not a mirror.

A pathetic sight.

He pulled his sweatpants down below his ass, a drop of precum even left a wet stain on the front. His cock throbbed with the desire to be touched again. His thoughts fought an unfair race.

He wanted to think of you.

But he was thinking of Tommy. Of his jealousy towards Tommy. He could not see straight. Rusty was too blinded by his insatiable lust to remember all of the times he caught you grimacing after Tommy walked away, flinching when Tommy initiated physical contact with a squeeze of your shoulder or a pat on your lower back. You hated Tommy. Rusty hated Tommy.

"Go fuck yourself!"

You resisted Tommy. Why were you not resisting him? Why were you always so pleasant and nice with him? Rusty remained charming and resourceful. When it came to working his way through a case or helping you with a task Raymond gave you that seemed way above your skill set, he was the smartest guy in the room.

Rusty was stupid for wanting to think of you.

He dropped the wooden clothespin on the counter and proceeded to continue. His dominant hand wrapped around the base of his cock, his long fingers grazed over his balls. His left hand brushed over the bunched up fabric. Clumsily, he unfolded it and it revealed to be a pair of panties.

He should think of Barbara.

He brought the panties up to his nose. He brought his hand up to his tip. That would work. That usually worked. It had not worked for a long time, but... But it had to work right now.

He inhaled her scent and he moaned. "Good. Keep going." He traced his fingertip over his slit, smearing the precum over it while he relaxed. He closed his eyes, images of Barbara flashed. His face buried in the crook of her neck, his eyes blinded by the black curls of her hair, his hands squeezing on the soft flesh of her ass. He kept going. He kept thinking of Barbara.

Barbara's features started to morph with yours. He imagined your smile. He imagined your curves. He imagined the sound of your voice moaning his name.

"Fuck!" Rusty shouted. His thin upper lip curled in frustration. His face twisted with anger towards himself while his mind became a mosaic crafted with the memories he had of you.

He barely had anything. It was all office related. It was all Raymond related. It was all Tommy related. He barely had any memory alone with you. You should tell him to go fuck himself. You should push him away. You should resist him. Resist. Resist. Resist.

He needed to resist you.

He wrapped Barbara's panties around his cock and he used them to jerk off. His shoulders loosened up. The fabric dragged over his cock, a familiar sensation that used to make him climax effortlessly. Just the thought of it would make him hard.

Like a fetish. His wife's panties used to work like magic. It could work again. He needed it to work again.

He threw his head back, his eyes fluttered close. "That's it, that's it. Feels so fucking good..." He mumbled. His hand and the panties blurred together while he stroked himself hard and fast. He fought the frustration with pathetic desperation. You appeared in his mind again.

Like a fetish. He could not get rid of his thoughts of you. A fixation. An obsession.

Rusty tightened the grip on his cock. The panties got bunched up at the base, caressing his sack deliciously while he focused on his leaking tip. His breath came in short gasps. He felt so close.

His balls tightened, his orgasm imminent. He propped himself up a bit on the tip of his toes. Just high enough. Quick strokes. Tight quick strokes.

Would you jerk him off this way if he begged you to? Did you even think about jerking him off? Or would you tell him to go fuck himself?

He groaned, he fought the urge to close his eyes so he could aim at the towel.

Did you ever think about the two of you fucking? On his desk. Against the wall. On the floor. He did. He thought about it many times. A fixation. An obsession.

"Fuck yes!" He cried out when he spilled all over the towel. His entire body tensed up. Ropes of white cum painted the navy blue towel. It felt so good to cum for you. It would feel even better to cum inside of you.

He slowed the movements of his hand and squeezed the remaining of his release on the cumrag. He set his feet flat again, his chest heaved while he panted.

For a moment, a moment that did not last long enough, his mind seemed blank. No imagery, no thought. A void. It was peaceful, but volatile.

He opened the door of the washing machine and threw in his cumrag and Barbara's underwear after he wiped his cock clean with them. He added the rest of the dirty laundry and poured a generous amount of detergent with the hope it would wash away what happened.

Rusty noticed a spurt of his cum squirted on the counter top. He grabbed the small tissue box and wiped it clean. He shook his head, unsatisfied. He rummaged through the cabinet and found cleaning wipes. He dragged the wipe over the counter with force until it started to tear up.

He looked out at the window. Rained poured outside, the clouds looked menacing. A bad omen.

Later, he would tell himself this was inoffensive. He could be very convincing, very persuasive. He would make himself believe this was not harmful. He used Barbara's panties. He finished on a cumrag. How could it be harmful if he did not even touch you?

He never touched you. He needed to touch you.

He would fixate on you. He would obsess over you until you granted him the privilege to touch you.

*~*~*

Exactly a week after the incident, you returned to the office with Raymond. He handed you a box, the type of boxes they used to store files. He had already found you another place to work in a less anxiety inducing setting. He reassured you that your departure would not inconvenient you in the future. He also mumbled something about how he would like to have a word with Fuck-Thing One and Fuck-Thing Two. You figured who carried these endearing pet names.

Rusty came into work every morning this week with the hope of bumping into you. Nobody had warned him about how you had been strongly advised to quit. He could tell Raymond was grumpy and Tommy was annoyed. Nothing out of the ordinary.

You leaned the box on your hip and put in the few belongings you had brought to Raymond's office. A set of highlighters with two missing colours, a box of cookies that only had a sleeve left in it, a pad of sticky notes with a smiley face scribbled on it. It felt as though you had never even walked up those infamous stairs in front of the building. You assumed everyone would forget about your short employment, like you had never worked here at all. You gave the stuffy room one last look before you closed the door behind you.

There was nothing out of the ordinary except for the knock on his door during lunch break despite it being wide open. "Come in." He invited you after you waited patiently outside. A patience he could not reciprocate. Not around you.

"Hi, Sir." You took a couple of steps in his office while the man leaned back on his chair, spinning slowly from left to right.

"Screw that." He brushed the formalities away with his hand. "No Sir or Mister with me. Didn't I tell you this on your first day?"

And on your last day too.

His eyes glanced from your beautiful face to what you carried in your arms. "Box full of stuff. That's bad news." Rusty's enthusiastic smile faded. He had waited so long to see you and now you were going away. Bad news indeed.

"Bad? Depends for who." You chuckled dryly. "I'm happy to get away from him."

Rusty nodded, acknowledging what you referred to. "Office gossip. It goes around." You arched a curious brow. "Rumour has it he's not happy."

You laughed, this time more genuinely. You looked at the content of the box, remembering what you came here for. You set the box down on a chair across Rusty's desk and you pulled out the stapler he asked for the other day. "Better late than never."

He stretched an arm across his desk to grab it, his fingers brushed against yours. He wondered if you felt the shock that went through his hand when your skin touched his. Sparks? Probably just static electricity. Rusty tilted his head back to look at you.

"I didn't come here for the stapler... Ray definitely stole it. He always steals things. He says it's endearing, it means he loves you. In my opinion, he probably thinks everything is free real estate." You reacted to your own amusing comment.

Oh how Rusty loved the sound of your laughter. Tommy would be jealous of him if he knew how many times he heard it, how many times he made you laugh.

"You've been working with Ray for how long?" Rusty opened his mouth to tell you the number of years, but you cut him off. "A hundred years or something? And you didn't know that! Wow." You clicked your tongue, mocking him like you truly disapproved of his ignorance.

His smirk turned into a frown of confusion when you quickly switched the topic.

"I came here to apologize for lashing out at you the other day. I was yelling at Tommy, not you. But yeah, I just wanted to say sorry. And goodbye."

"Don't even worry about it." He held his hands on his thighs. "I figured you weren't talk to me. One way or another... You would have ended up telling me to fuck off anyway."

You reacted to his words, squinting your eyes while trying to figure out what he meant. While Tommy had been nothing but a pain in the ass, Rusty revealed himself as one of the nicest people you met in the office. He brought you a cup of coffee, remembered how you preferred it. He paid for yours and Raymond's lunches so he could tag along. You smiled to yourself, remembering your stressful first day and the way it took the two of you to fix the printer by getting a scrunched sheet of paper unstuck.

Rusty caught that small smile of yours and he mirrored your expression. Silence lingered in the office one moment too long. His gaze lingered on you one moment too long as well. He swallowed thickly and fixed his tie back in his vest.

"Well..." You put the lid on the almost empty box and picked it up. You turned on your heels and headed in direction of the glass door.

Rusty was not ready to watch you leave just yet. "Got anything lined up? I can write you good references if you need. Whatever you need." His voice dropped to a whisper with the last three words.

"Uh, yeah. I'm fine, but I appreciate the offer." You explained what Raymond did, The old man called up a few connections, offering a round of beers at the bar as a thank you for the special treatment. "Although I'll have to work on my language, or so I've been told." You rolled your eyes playfully.

Rusty did not understand why it had been such an issue. He would have lost his job a long time ago on the basis of telling people to fuck off one too many times.

"Whatever that new place is, I'm just happy that it's Tommy Molto-free."

"I'll... We. I mean we'll miss having you around!" Rusty slipped up, his nostrils flaring while he inhaled deeply to try and dissipate the potential awkwardness.

You answered that you had a good time, that you appreciated his help. It felt so good to hear these words of praise from you.

"You know, after a while... I'm sure you'll end up missing Tommy too."

You basically cackled at his words, now stepping out of the glass door. "Oh, fuck you, Rusty."

"Fuck me?" He raised his voice so you could hear him loud and clear.

You remained immobile to let him finish.

"Is that a threat?" He pulled his glasses off in one swift motion and let them fall on his desk covered in scattered papers. "Or a promise?"

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Noticias de series de la semana: FOX recorta 'Lucifer' a última hora

Lucifer acaba antes

Por exigencias de programación y aunque FOX le concedió veintidós, la actual temporada de Lucifer tendrá los dieciocho episodios que, según su creador, fueron pensados originalmente. Los cuatro restantes, con una historia cerrada y muy concreta, se emitirán durante la tercera temporada, que podría tener entre veintidós y veintiséis capítulos. Lucifer vuelve el 1 de mayo con sus últimos cinco episodios y tendrá el final pensado desde el principio. [Fuente]

¿Solo tres temporadas más con Cookie Lyon?

Taraji P. Henson no quiere continuar muchos años más interpretando a Cookie. Comenta en una entrevista a Variety que los guionistas fuerzan sus emociones hasta tal punto que acaba muerta al final de la temporada y debe alejarse del personaje lo máximo posible. Cuando consigan la sindicación, dice, será el momento de abandonar. [Fuente]

La falsa renovación de Fleabag

La semana pasada, RadioTimes anunciaba la renovación de Fleabag por una segunda temporada según la mismísima Phoebe Waller-Bridge. Esta semana, la creadora y protagonista desmentía la información a Digital Spy. [Fuente]

Renovaciones de series

Comedy Central ha renovado Detroiters por una segunda temporada

Hulu ha renovado Shut Eye por una segunda temporada

CBS ha renovado The Big Bang Theory por una undécima y duodécima temporada

CBS ha renovado Blue Bloods por una octava temporada

CBS ha renovado Bull por una segunda temporada

CBS ha renovado Hawaii Five-0 por una octava temporada

CBS ha renovado Kevin Can Wait por una segunda temporada

CBS ha renovado Life in Pieces por una tercera temporada

CBS ha renovado MacGyver por una segunda temporada

CBS ha renovado Madam Secretary por una cuarta temporada

CBS ha renovado Man with a Plan por una segunda temporada

CBS ha renovado Mom por una quinta temporada

CBS ha renovado NCIS: LA por una novena temporada

CBS ha renovado NCIS: New Orleans por una cuarta temporada

CBS ha renovado Scorpion por una cuarta temporada

CBS ha renovado Superior Donuts por una segunda temporada

Univision ha renovado El Chapo por una segunda y tercera temporada

Cancelaciones de series

Cinemax ha cancelado The Knick tras su segunda temporada

Incorporaciones y fichajes de series

Penélope Cruz interpretará a Donatella Versace en la tercera temporada de American Crime Story, sobre el asesinato de su hermano Gianni.

Ashley Judd (Divergent, Heat) se une como regular a la segunda temporada de Berlin Station. Será BB Yates, nueva jefa de estación. Brandon Spink (Batman v. Superman: Dawn of Justice) será recurrente como Noah, hijo de Robert Kirsch (Leland Orser).

Peter Sarsgaard (The Slap, The Killing) será Martin Schmidt, analista de la CIA, en The Looming Tower.

Adrien Brody (The Pianist, The Grand Budapest Hotel) se une a la cuarta temporada de Peaky Blinders interpretando a un personaje pensado para él. Se desconocen detalles.

Jon Kortajarena se une como recurrente a Quantico. Será Felix Cordova, operativo político.

John Cho (Sleepy Hollow, Selfie) será recurrente en la tercera temporada de Difficult People como Todd, ejecutivo de publicidad y nuevo novio de Billy (Billy Eichner).

Daniel Sharman (Teen Wolf, The Originals) se une como regular a la tercera temporada de Fear The Walking Dead.

Eliza Dushku (Dollhouse, Buffy) participará en tres episodios de Bull con posibilidad de convertirse en regular en la segunda temporada. Será J.P. Nunnelly, la presidenta de una firma de abogados.

Chris Messina (The Mindy Project, The Newsroom) será Richard Willis, detective de Kansas City, en Sharp Objects. Taylor John Smith (American Crime) será John Keene, hermano de una de las niñas asesinadas, y Matt Craven (Resurrection) será Vickery, el jefe de policía del pequeño pueblo de Wind Gap.

John Leguizamo (Bloodline, Ice Age) será el agente de la ATF Robert Rodriguez, enviado a recoger pruebas y construir un caso federal sobre los davidianos, en Waco.

Anne Dudek (Mad Men, House) será recurrente en la tercera temporada de The Flash en el misterioso papel de Tracy Brand.

Raney Branch (The Originals) se une como recurrente a la cuarta temporada de Being Mary Jane. Será Aaliyah Luckett, nueva relaciones públicas asociada de la cadena.

Falk Hentschel (Legends of Tomorrow) se une como recurrente a The Alienist. Será Biff Ellison, un gángster corrupto que dirige burdeles y bares ilegales.

Olivia Sandoval será recurrente en la tercera temporada de Fargo como Winnie Lopez, agente de policía de St. Cloud.

Natalia Cordova-Buckley (Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.) será recurrente como Julia Ramos, abogada experta en el negocio de la droga, en la quinta temporada de Bates Motel.

Adam Busch (Buffy, Colony) será recurrente en Altered Carbon como Mickey, un brillante técnico informático de la policía de Bay City.

El actor y rapero Jahking Guillory se une como recurrente a The Chi.

Kate Bosworth (21, Superman Returns), Sarah Wayne Callies (Prison Break, The Walking Dead), Jason Ritter (Parenthood), Jeremy Sisto (Suburgatory, Law & Order), Noel Fisher (Shameless), Michael Kelly (House of Cards, Taboo), Patrick Schwarzenegger (Scream Queens), Jon Beavers (The Fresh Beat Band), Jorge Diaz (Jane the Virgin, East Los High), E.J. Bonilla (Unforgettable), Ian Quinlan (Gotham) y Darius Homayoun (Tyrant) protagonizarán The Long Road Home, basada en el libro de la corresponsal jefe de ABC News Martha Raddatz sobre el Black Sunday de 2004 en Irak, en National Geographic.

Timothy Spall (Harry Potter) protagonizará el episodio "The Commuter" en Electric Dreams. Será un empleado de una estación de tren en la que varios pasajeros diarios están tomando el tren hacia un pueblo que no debería existir. Al investigar, se encuentra con una realidad alternativa que le fuerza a enfrentarse a sus propias penurias familiares. Le acompañan Rebecca Manley (This Is England), Tuppence Middleton (Sense8), Anne Reid (Last Tango in Halifax), Hayley Squires (I, Daniel Blake), Tom Brooke (Preacher), Anthony Boyle, Rudi Dharmalingam, Marko Leht, Matthew Raymond y Naveed Khan.

Daveed Diggs (Black-ish), Laura Dern (Big Little Lies), Ray Liotta (Shades of Blue), Andrea Martin (Difficult People) y Maya Rudolph (Saturday Night Live) tendrán cameos en la tercera temporada de Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt.

Dennis Boutsikaris (Better Call Saul, Billions) y Aaron Poole (Incorporated, Copper) serán recurrentes en Salvation como Malcolm Croft, profesor y mentor de Liam (Charlie Rowe) en el MIT, y Lazlo, un amigo de la niñez de Darius Tanz (Santiago Cabrera) y su jefe de seguridad.

Lydia Wilson (Ripper Street, Star Trek: Beyond, About Time) protagonizará Requiem junto a Joel Fry (Game of Thrones, Plebs) y James Frecheville (The Drop). Completan el reparto Claire Rushbrook (My Mad Fat Diary), Tara Fitzgerald (Game of Thrones), Richard Harrington (Poldark), Joanna Scanlan (No Offence) y Brendan Coyle (Downton Abbey).

Sarah Parish (Atlantis, Broadchurch) protagonizará Bancroft junto a Faye Marsay (Game of Thrones; Love, Nina) y Linus Roache (Vikings, Law & Order). Completan el cast Amara Karan (The Night Of, Lucky Man), Adrian Edmondson (War & Peace), Art Malik (Borgia, Cold Feet), Kenneth Cranham (Maleficent, In the Flesh), Adam Long (Happy Valley), Lee Boardman (The Five, Da Vinci's Demons) y Steve Evets (One of Us, Rev.).

Rebecca Henderson será Judy Clarke, la abogada defensora del Unabomber, en Manhunt: The Unabomber, antes conocida como Manifesto.

Pósters de series

Nuevas series

History Channel desarrolla The Commanders, antologías de entre cuatro y diez episodios que contarán cada año los momentos más importantes de los mandatos de los Presidentes de Estados Unidos. Ya se está trabajando con conocidas biografías de Clinton, Reagan, Roosevelt, Madison y Jefferson para las primeras temporadas. La cadena también se encuentra desarrollando limited series independientes centradas en Washington, Lincoln y Eisenhower.

BBC emitirá Collateral, miniserie de cuatro episodios creada por David Hare (The Hours, The Reader), protagonizada por Carey Mulligan (Suffragette, Drive), dirigida por SJ Clarkson (Love, Nina) y descrita vagamente como un análisis actual del país que se desarrolla durante cuatro días.

Bad Robot, la productora de J.J. Abrams, está preparando una dramedia sobre la vida de RuPaul ambientada en los años ochenta en Nueva York.

Colin Farrell protagonizará la miniserie sobre Oliver North y el escándalo Irán-Contra dirigida por Yorgos Lanthimos (The Lobster) en Amazon.

go90 ha dado luz verde a Zac and Mia, adaptación de la novela de A.J. Betts (2013) sobre dos adolescentes que se conocen en un hospital. Protagonizarán el youtuber Kian Lawley (Before I Fall) y Anne Winters (Tyrant, The Fosters).

Vice Media comienza su andadura en el terreno de la ficción original (sus series tendrán episodios de diez minutos) con el pacto con la plataforma digital francesa Blackpills y la productora inglesa Pulse. Anuncian que adaptarán Spring Breakers, con los mismos productores pero sin la colaboración de la escritora y directora de la película. También emitirán:

Junior, escrita y dirigida por Zoe Cassavetes (Day Out of Days, Broken English), que trata la llegada a la madurez de los adolescentes de hoy criados por Instagram o Facebook.

Twiz and Tuck Bucket List, sobre dos amigos -uno transgénero y otro de género fluido- que recorren Estados Unidos con veinticinco cosas que hacer antes de sentar la cabeza.

Pillowtalk, creada por Mike Piscitelli y la actriz Rachael Taylor (Jessica Jones) y producida por Sharon Horgan (Catastrophe, Divorce), sobre un soltero (Patrick J. Adams, Suits) que intenta mantenerse firme ante un mundo en el que puede tener todo el sexo ocasional que quiera.

Playground, antes conocida como Killer's School y creada por Luc Besson (Taken, Nikita), sobre una adolescente que se une a una escuela de asesinos y descubre el misterio alrededor de la muerte de sus padres.

Pineapple, sobre una joven violada en una mina de carbón que solo acierta a decir la palabra "pineapple" y la investigación que lleva a cabo el sheriff del pueblo.

Tycoon, que sigue a alguien a quien ofrecen cinco millones de dólares a cambio de que otra persona tome todas sus decisiones durante un año.

Skinford, en la que un joven intenta desenterrar a una mujer inmortal con la intención de salvar a su padre.

All Wrong, con un treintañero desempleado y en la ruina que se lleva a casa a una cita de una noche que lo empeora todo.

A Girl Is a Gun, sobre tres mujeres que desaparecen y desatan una gran preocupación en Los Ángeles cuando en realidad están en un campamento entrenando para vengar la injusticia del sistema machista que humilla y explota a las mujeres.

La tercera temporada de Making a Scene, que parodia series o películas con la ayuda de James Franco.

La noruega Maniac (2015), de la que Netflix ya está haciendo un remake con Emma Stone y Jonah Hill.

Una serie creada, producida y protagonizada por el viner Logan Paul.

Una ficción de Bryan Singer (House, X-Men) de la que no se conocen detalles.

Fechas de series

Dimension 404 se estrena en Hulu el 4 de abril

El Chapo se estrena en Univision el 23 de abril

La segunda parte de la cuarta temporada de Being Mary Jane se estrena en BET el 18 de julio

Tráilers de series

Dimension 404

The Handmaid's Tale

Orphan Black - Temporada 5

Snowfall

Fargo - Temporada 3

Empire - Temporada 3

Claws

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