A scoop from The Hollywood Reporter. MSNBC’s Rachel Maddow is playing Vesper Fairchild (isn’t that a great moniker?) in The CW’s Batwoman (played by Ruby Rose), even though the character is not actually scheduled...
For Vulture, Rebecca Lavoie offers a list of true-crime podcasts that have had a outsized influence on the medium. Here is her roll call. Serial. In the Dark. Criminal. My Favorite Murder. Up and...
Harvard Law Professor Jack Goldsmith discusses Martin Scorsese’s new film The Irishman and the unsolved disappearance of union leader James (Jimmy) Hoffa here for the New York Review of Books. Professor Goldsmith writes in part,...
Barbara Elin looks back at the original tv series Beauty and the Beast, which featured Assistant D.A. Catherine Chandler (Linda Hamilton), in love with subterranean dweller “Beast” Vincent (Ron Perlman). For more of Ms. Elin’s...
Kal Penn discusses his new NBC comedy series Sunnyside here, for the New York Times. The show is centered on immigration, but not political, says Mr. Penn. The premise seems timely in the Trump...
Bluff City Law, the new NBC legal drama starring Jimmy Smits (L. A. Law.) as attorney Elijah Strait and Caitlin McGee as his daughter Sydney, premieres on Monday, September 23. What’s the show about?...
From The Hollywood Reporter, an interview with Aaron Paul and Vince Gilligan about the new “Breaking Bad” movie.
Via Open Culture: Listen to 298 episodes of the classic radio series Dragnet.
From the New York Review of Books, an essay by Michael Chabon on the litigation surrounding the publication of James Joyce’s Ulysses. The essay in slightly altered form also appears in the forthcoming collection Fight...
The National Jurist rounds up 10 Inspiring Movies that suggest the kinds of legal careers law students can follow to do good in the world. These films include When They See Us, RBG, and Saint Judy.
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