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...provisional constitutional order that would mandate the state of emergency. But most of the justices instead signed a declaration calling the state of emergency illegal. "The Supreme Court was going to rule against him," president of the Supreme Court Bar Association Aitzaz Ahsan told TIME by cell phone from jail, where he was taken after being served a month-long detention order. "Constitutionally he [Musharraf] had no right to run as President while staying a general. This is the end of the road...
...offered. Finally, Frank, who is played with a smooth coolness by Denzel Washington that eluded the more rough-hewn Edward G. Robinson and James Cagney, does not come to a tragic end. Eventually, he is turned by an almost comically obsessive cop named Richie Roberts (Russell Crowe), does some jail time and loses his fortune, but remains available to tell his story...
Thus, perhaps ironically, American Gangster, Steve represents an improvement on gangster myth. In truth, crime kingpins tend to lead long lives, interrupted by a little jail time (Frank's life sentence was commuted to 15 years). It is also improved by the fact that Crowe's bumptious character comes to enjoy the man's company, even becoming his attorney when he leaves law enforcement. It's the old Dostoyevskian bit about cop and crook being brothers under the skin. In the film, the only truly loathsome villain is a crooked cop, Detective Trupo, played with wonderful brutality by Josh Brolin...
Provided Britney Spears can keep herself out of jail or rehab, she’ll be able to take some satisfaction in pulling off a big comeback with “Blackout.” Spears’s first new album since 2003’s “In The Zone” attempts to put aside recent troubles and defiantly declare that none of it matters. While “In The Zone” was a statement of independence from her handlers and the constraints of teen pop, “Blackout” confronts listeners...
...Baroda - regarded as one of India's top schools for art - was imprisoned for five days after his paintings of religious imagery were deemed hurtful to both Hindus and Christians. If convicted of "promoting enmity between different groups on grounds of religion," the student could face several years in jail...