Month: February 2019

Zellner breaks the news: Steven Avery officially won his motion to appeal on Monday

NEWSWEEK REPORTING: Making A Murderer subject Steven Avery will have his case re-examined by a Wisconsin circuit court, his lawyer Kathleen Zellner revealed Monday. Avery officially won his motion to appeal on Monday, when the Wisconsin Court of Appeals filed their decision.Avery was found guilty of the murder of Teresa Halbach, who he claims he … Read moreZellner breaks the news: Steven Avery officially won his motion to appeal on Monday

Tourist hit! The Gas Station from TEXAS CHAINSAW MASSACRE

FOX 13 IN TEXAS REPORTS “We actually have a gas pump that every once in a while we take out,” manager Ben Hughes told KVUE. “The Coca-Cola machine that’s exactly the one from the movie, we take out.”There’s also memorabilia for purchase inside the building and a replica van from the movie is parked outside.“If … Read moreTourist hit! The Gas Station from TEXAS CHAINSAW MASSACRE

GAGA FOR THE GALA? OSCAR RATINGS RISE FOR THE FIRST TIME IN YEARS

ABC reports that 29.6 million viewers tuned into the Oscars, scoring a 7.7 rating in the 18-49 demographic. That makes it TV’s most watched entertainment telecast in two years, and the first rise in viewership since Ellen DeGeneres hosted in 2014.  It’s also up in total viewers versus last year’s 26.5 million—an all-time low for … Read moreGAGA FOR THE GALA? OSCAR RATINGS RISE FOR THE FIRST TIME IN YEARS

NEWS ROUNDUP WEDNESDAY FEBRUARY 20 2019

DEVELOPING.. ????? ??????.. Attorney General Bill Barr is preparing to announce as early as next week the completion of special counsel Robert Mueller’s Russia investigation, with plans for Barr to submit to Congress soon after a summary of Mueller’s confidential report, according to people familiar with the plans… The U.S. Supreme Court ruled unanimously Wednesday … Read moreNEWS ROUNDUP WEDNESDAY FEBRUARY 20 2019

SPIDER-VERSE OpenColorIO GOES OPEN SOURCE!

Sony Pictures Imageworks has made the color management tool OpenColorIO—which was used to create the recent hit animated film Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse—available to the open source community.  The tool has now become the second software project of the Academy Software Foundation (ASWF), a Linux Foundation-owned open source association. MORE.. “We want to contribute OpenColorIO … Read moreSPIDER-VERSE OpenColorIO GOES OPEN SOURCE!