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Today’s film is the 1990 short Bronx Cheers. The film, which received an Oscar nomination in 1991 for Best Short Film, Live Action, stars Jolene Ray Harrington and Sean Stanek, and is written and directed by Raymond De Felitta. Over the course of his career, De Felitta has worked on feature films such as City Island, as well as documentaries such as Tis Autumn: The Search for Jackie Paris. His newest feature, titled Rob the Mob, opens in limited release in American theatres this weekend.

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Troubled actor Robert Blake banged on the front door of a house in Studio City, Los Angeles, to say his wife had been beaten - it emerged at his ongoing murder case yesterday. Investigator Robert Bub testified that resident Sean Stanek told police he called emergency number 911, upon the actor's request, on the evening of May 4, 2001. Blake's preliminary hearing, which is expected to conclude this week, will determine whether he will stand trial for the murder of his wife Bonny Lee Bakley. His bodyguard is also facing charges of conspiracy. Bub told Superior Court Judge Lloyd Nash that Stanek informed investigators he went to the car where Bakley had been sitting when she was shot, and saw the 44-year-old woman slumped in the front seat, leaning toward the driver's side. She had limited breathing and Stanek noticed blood running from her nose - he also saw what he believed to be a bullet hole on the right side of the victim's head, the detective testified. Bub said Stanek told them he tried to comfort her, then backed away as paramedics arrived. Blake "was shaking like crazy," Stanek told police. According to what Stanek said to detectives, the actor said, "They must have beat her up. They must have done something to her. I knew this was going to happen."...