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...college, he served as Stevie's Big Brother, then sought him out after Hoop Dreams' release. What he found, living in a bleak Illinois hamlet, was a human being about as messed up as it is possible to be. In his 20s, Stevie is jobless, feckless and has a rap sheet. He is also fat, slovenly and utterly unable to explain himself to himself or anyone else. Fairly early in the film he is jailed for sexually abusing his young niece, and though he denies it, everyone we see--even the anguished James--eventually comes to disbelieve...
...time, though, police thought they had already nabbed their man: Richard Ricci, another former handyman to the Smart family, with a 30-year rap sheet, who had inexplicably logged more than 500 miles on his Jeep Cherokee in the days just following Elizabeth's disappearance. Arrested on June 24 for an unrelated parole violation, Ricci denied any involvement in the Smart kidnapping. He would not get a chance to prove his innocence. On Aug. 27, he suffered a brain hemorrhage in his jail cell and died three days later...
...about 20 spectators stood by, Litinsky placed his boombox on the ground and cranked up a sound track of Eminem rap songs, nearly drowning out the trumpet. Waving his arms like an emcee, he began to call out, “Wake up France! Time to go to action! Time to get Saddam out of power...
Last year, actor and singer Nicholas Tse was convicted for letting his driver take the rap after Tse slammed his sports car into a guard rail. Still paying his debt to society, Tse tells TIME's Kate Drake about his fortnight in the slammer, what happened to that famous Ferrari and why he is still the baddest boy in Canto...
Tellingly, Murs describes his music as “Sitcom Rap.” And he indeed delivers on his claim that, like Seinfeld, he can “take elements from everyday life and make it entertaining.” One only wishes that Murs had a more meaningful everyday life. With songs about compulsive shopping for Star Wars: Episode II action figures (“B.T.S.”), amateur skateboarding (“Transitions of a Rider”) and seratonin reuptake inhibitors (“Happy Pills”), the album is slim pickings for compelling...