news for 12-9-11
Sandusky arrested; new child sex charges filed
Former Penn State assistant football coach Jerry Sandusky faces additional child sex charges involving two more alleged victims, bringing the total to 10.
Each count is punishable by up to 20 years in prison and $25,000 in fines.
also faces one new count of indecent assault and two counts of endangering a child's welfare, each punishable by up to seven years behind bars and $15,000 in fines. And Sandusky faces a single new count of indecent assault and two counts of corruption of minors. His bail is set at $250,000
http://www.cnn.com/2011/12/07/justice/penn-state-scandal/index.html?hpt=hp_t2
Each count is punishable by up to 20 years in prison and $25,000 in fines.
also faces one new count of indecent assault and two counts of endangering a child's welfare, each punishable by up to seven years behind bars and $15,000 in fines. And Sandusky faces a single new count of indecent assault and two counts of corruption of minors. His bail is set at $250,000
http://www.cnn.com/2011/12/07/justice/penn-state-scandal/index.html?hpt=hp_t2
James Cameron Sued for stealing "Avatar" storyline as well as the idea of an environmentally themed 3-D film
A disgruntled sci-fi fan is attempting to depose the King of the World.
James Cameron is being sued by a man who once worked with his production company, who claims he came up with the idea of an "environmentally themed 3-D epic about a corporation's colonization and plundering of a distant moon's lush and wondrous natural setting” long before “Avatar”
In his suit filed in LA County Superior Court, Eric Ryder alleges he came up with a very similar movie, called “KRZ 2068,” and pitched it to Cameron’s production company in 1999 – only to be rebuffed.
Among Ryders’ accusations is that it was his idea for a "self-contained robotic exterior suits which house a single human operator" like the one worn by Stephen Lang in “Avatar,”
Of course, longtime Cameron fans could argue that the exo-skeleton has an older inspiration - the one the director designed for Weaver to kick some extraterrestrial butt with in 1986’s “Aliens.”
Cameron has said previously that he came up with the idea for the environmental parable behind “Avatar” in the early ‘90s but had to wait for the special-effects technology to catch up to be able to film it.
"I certainly feel a personal sense of responsibility because I made a movie on these issues," Cameron told the News in 2010. "Why? Because they were personally important to me. It's not like the studio said, 'Jim we want you to make a movie about the environment.' No. ...They said, 'We really like the big epic science fiction story, but is there any way we can get this tree-hugging crap out of it?'”
Read more: http://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/movies/james-cameron-sued-sci-fi-fan-stealing-avatar-storyline-idea-environmentally-themed-3-d-film-article-1.989139#ixzz1g6cAGRHV
James Cameron is being sued by a man who once worked with his production company, who claims he came up with the idea of an "environmentally themed 3-D epic about a corporation's colonization and plundering of a distant moon's lush and wondrous natural setting” long before “Avatar”
In his suit filed in LA County Superior Court, Eric Ryder alleges he came up with a very similar movie, called “KRZ 2068,” and pitched it to Cameron’s production company in 1999 – only to be rebuffed.
Among Ryders’ accusations is that it was his idea for a "self-contained robotic exterior suits which house a single human operator" like the one worn by Stephen Lang in “Avatar,”
Of course, longtime Cameron fans could argue that the exo-skeleton has an older inspiration - the one the director designed for Weaver to kick some extraterrestrial butt with in 1986’s “Aliens.”
Cameron has said previously that he came up with the idea for the environmental parable behind “Avatar” in the early ‘90s but had to wait for the special-effects technology to catch up to be able to film it.
"I certainly feel a personal sense of responsibility because I made a movie on these issues," Cameron told the News in 2010. "Why? Because they were personally important to me. It's not like the studio said, 'Jim we want you to make a movie about the environment.' No. ...They said, 'We really like the big epic science fiction story, but is there any way we can get this tree-hugging crap out of it?'”
Read more: http://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/movies/james-cameron-sued-sci-fi-fan-stealing-avatar-storyline-idea-environmentally-themed-3-d-film-article-1.989139#ixzz1g6cAGRHV
