Jose Padilha Teams with 'Gran Torino' Writer for 'Tri-Border' Thriller « FirstShowing.net

Jose Padilha Teams with 'Gran Torino' Writer for 'Tri-Border' Thriller « FirstShowing.net: "The Brazilian filmmaker is already slated to direct the long-gestating reboot of RoboCop, but now Jose Padilha has another project for his future slate as well. Heat Vision reports the Elite Squad director is set to helm a new thriller from Gran Torino writer Nick Schenk. Called Tri-Border, the film, being shot in English, takes place in the infamous lawless South American zone trisected by Brazil, Argentina and Paraguay, where competing crime organizations and law enforcement agencies fight for the upper hand. Surprisingly, this has nothing to do with Kathryn Bigelow's Triple Frontier, that deals with the same setting."

Kevorkian never shy in assisted-suicide crusade - CBS News

Kevorkian never shy in assisted-suicide crusade - CBS News: "The death early Friday morning of Jack Kevorkian, the man stripped of his medical license in his pursuit of legalizing physician-assisted suicide, shined the spotlight once again on the ways he attracted attention, some of which were broadcast on CBS' '60 Minutes.'
After serving eight-and-a-half years in a Michigan prison for ending the life of a terminally ill man, Kevorkian sat down with '60 Minutes' correspondent Mike Wallace in 2007. Kevorkian gave CBS in 1998 a videotape of him ending the life of Tom Youk, a man suffering from Lou Gehrig's disease."

Billy Bob Thornton's daughter guilty of manslaughter in baby's death - Crimesider - CBS News

Billy Bob Thornton's daughter guilty of manslaughter in baby's death - Crimesider - CBS News: "The estranged daughter of actor Billy Bob Thornton has been found guilty of aggravated manslaughter for the October 2008 death of a friend's 1-year-old child. Amanda Brumfield, 32, was acquitted Friday of the first-degree murder and aggravated child-abuse charges she originally faced in the death of her best friend's daughter, whom she was babysitting at the time in Orlando."

Jonas Bevacqua, co-founder of hip-hop clothing line, dies at 33 - KansasCity.com

Jonas Bevacqua, co-founder of hip-hop clothing line, dies at 33 - KansasCity.com: "Jonas Bevacqua, who co-founded the Orange County-based hip-hop and skateboarding clothing line known as LRG that became an influential fashion leader, has died. He was 33. Bevacqua was found dead inside his Laguna Beach, Calif., home, the Orange County Sheriff's Department said Tuesday. Investigators were unsure how he died. An autopsy was expected to be completed Wednesday."