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What happened to the once seemingly inexorable march of cameras into the courtroom? The answer, most trial watchers agree, boils down to two initials: O.J. His obsessively covered 1995 trial--and the subsequent criticism of Judge Lance Ito's handling of the proceedings--has made nearly every judge presiding over a high-profile case opt for the safer, camera-free route. (One of the few recent exceptions: the sexual-abuse trial of former priest Paul Shanley.) Longtime proponents of TV in court haven't given up the fight. Henry Schleiff, CEO of Court TV (which is pursuing a lawsuit seeking...
...Simpson trial sparked widespread concerns that television cameras had wielded an undue influence on the Judge Lance Ito, who presided over the case, says Amherst College political scientist Austin D. Sarat, who is a visiting professor in Harvard’s Social Studies program this semester...
...inside the okushoin, an area of one of the main buildings that had been the head priest's residence for centuries but was now virtually abandoned. Inside the dark building, every room was filled with seemingly forgotten artistic treasures, including the flowers by legendary 18th century painter Jakuchu Ito, which cover every wall of the room that was once the priest's private study. It was unlike anything Takubo had ever laid eyes upon. Unlike much of Japanese art, in which seasonal coherence and the balanced composition of complete landscapes are recurring priorities, these intensely detailed close-ups of blooms...
...Daiei's owners, who face an early-September deadline for settling on a restructuring plan with the company's three lenders, are fighting to retain control by vigorously opposing both the IRCJ's and Wal-Mart's intervention. But with blood in the water, Japanese retailers Ito-Yokado and Aeon have expressed an interest in Daiei, too, leading analysts to predict that there could also be a takeover battle brewing in the retailing sector...
...genre, "Gyo" gets at larger ideas, like humans becoming slaves to their machines, while also supplying plenty of outrageous gore and freaky jolts. Fans of the films of David Cronenberg, such as "The Fly" and "Rabid," with their themes of bodily corruption, will see his influence on Ito's work. His brilliant drawings only become more outrageous as the story goes on, searing your brain with fantastically detailed moments of gut-puking carnage and nightmarish surreality. At one point Tadashi encounters a circus taken over by the germ that keeps going about its business - a seeping, rotting parody...