Lyle and Erik Menendez, currently serving life sentences without parole for the 1989 murders of their wealthy parents, are the subject of renewed attention following the release of a new Netflix documentary. Through 20 hours of jailhouse calls from the Richard J. Donovan Correctional Facility in San Diego, the brothers present themselves as polite middle-aged … Read more
WikiLeaks’ founder Julian Assange gestures as he speaks during a hearing on his detention and conviction, and their effect on human rights before the Committee on Legal Affairs and Human Rights of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) in Strasbourg, France, October 1, 2024. — Reuters STRASBOURG: Julian Assange, the founder of … Read more
STRASBOURG: Julian Assange, the founder of whistleblower media group WikiLeaks, told European lawmakers on Tuesday, that his guilty plea to US espionage accusations was necessary because legal and political efforts to protect his freedom were not sufficient. “I eventually chose freedom over an unrealisable justice,” Assange said, in his first public comments since his release … Read more
For as long as I can remember, I’ve been enthralled by the iconic creatures of Universal’s classic monster franchise: Frankenstein’s monster, Count Dracula, the Mummy, the Bride of Frankenstein, the Creature from the Black Lagoon, and the Invisible Man. These legendary characters, along with their respective actors such as Bela Lugosi, Boris Karloff, Lon Chaney … Read more