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Actor Nathan Lane was passed over for a role in the 1996 movie Space Jam, a decision he feels was likely due to homophobia. However, it's not the "role that got away" for Lane, as he says he actually felt relieved that he didn't have to do the film.

Lane addressed his near-casting in Space Jam during a new interview with Vanity Fair. He was asked about how much homophobia might have impacted his career during that era, and that had the actor remembering the situation with Space Jam. As Lane explained, he was in consideration to play Stan Podolak, Michael Jordan's assistant, who was ultimately played by Wayne Knight. Lane also said he'd been told that the film's director, Joe Pytka, thought he was "too gay" for the role.

"I don’t know what goes on behind closed doors, but I can’t help but think that [homophobia] played a part [in limiting movie roles]," he said.

Nathan Lane said in an interview with Vanity Fair that he lost out on a role in 1996’s “Space Jam” and was told it was because he was just “too gay.” While Lane said he never knows “what goes on behind closed doors,” he “can’t help but think” that homophobia “played a part” in shaping the roles he could or couldn’t do. He cited “Space Jam” as an example.

“I was told [being gay did] impact a movie that I didn’t really care about: ‘Space Jam.’ I was up for the part that the guy from ‘Seinfeld’ wound up playing,” Lane said of being up for the role of Michael Jordan’s publicist and assistant Stan, ultimately played by Wayne Knight in the movie. “I was up for that part. Apparently the director saw me hosting the Tony Awards and thought that suggested I was too gay to play the part.

Nathan Lane’s star-making, Golden Globe-nominated turn in 1996 film “The Birdcage” didn’t have as much of an impact as the actor thought it would. Lane detailed how he actually lost out on roles — specifically one of which was “Space Jam” — after leading the comedy about a proud queer couple forced back into closet for the benefit of their heteronormative son and his would-be fiancée’s conservative family.

Lane has previously said that he was “not prepared at all” to publicly come out as gay when “The Birdcage” was released and was “terrified” of being outed at the time; he later came out in 1999. Yet “Space Jam” director Joe Pytka allegedly deemed Lane “too gay” to star as Michael Jordan’s assistant in the film, which was also released in 1996. Wayne Knight instead was cast.

“I was up for that part,” Lane told Vanity Fair. “Apparently the director [Joe Pytka] saw me...

Where were you during the Oj Simpson car chase in Los Angeles? The Oj Simpson criminal trial was considered the tragedy of the century during the mid-1990s. American Manhunt: Oj Simpson goes back to the days of Oj Simpson, who was tried for the murder of his ex-wife, Nicole Brown Simpson, and her boyfriend, Ronald Goldman.

Simpson built a persona over the years since the start of his football career at USC. He was later drafted by the Buffalo Bills and then played for the San Francisco 49ers before he moved into a career in acting and broadcasting.

He thrived in his charm and character, which had caught the attention of so many people around the world. The car chase and the trial were the highest in TV ratings at the time when his controversies took notice from the public.

American Manhunt: Oj Simpson is a new Netflix must-watch...

It’s been 30 years since the so-called Trial of the Century captivated the world, making household names of Marcia Clark, Johnnie Cochran, and Kato Kaelin. Court TV’s cameras covered the O.J. Simpson double murder trial, and now three decades later the limited series Trial & Error: Why Did O.J. Win? delves behind the scenes of the trial, with archival footage and interviews with key individuals involved in the case.

The seven-part series premieres on February 16, 2025, with new episodes airing on Sundays at 8pm Et/Pt. Attorney, Court TV anchor, and Emmy-award-winning true crime journalist Michael Ayala covered the trial, which kicked off with opening statements on January 24, 1995, and serves as host of the limited series.

“Thirty years have gone by, and the O.J. Simpson trial — which Court TV documented as it unfolded — is still one of the nation’s most consequential cultural touchstones,” stated Ethan Nelson, head of Court TV.

Ryan Murphy and the creators of Will & Grace have partnered up to develop a new comedy series for Hulu. A logline has also been revealed, which has sparked some comparisons to an iconic sitcom from the past.

Per The Hollywood Reporter, a pilot has been ordered by Hulu for a new comedy show called Mid-Century Modern. The show comes from Will & Grace co-creators David Kohan and Max Mutchnick, and the first cast members to be revealed are Nathan Lane, Matt Bomer, and Linda Lavin. Murphy is executive producing with Kohan, Mutchnick, Lane, Bomer, and director James Burrows.

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The show, described as a "gender-swapped take on The Golden Girls," will follow "three best friends gay gentlemen of a certain age who, after an unexpected death,...

O.J.: Made in America covers everything about O.J. Simpson while also transcending the typical true crime documentary, becoming a perfect film about America. The nearly eight-hour film won practically every award possible for a documentary, a testament to its quality and ability to captivate viewers on multiple levels. Made in America is not just about O.J. Simpson, but delves into race, class divisions, celebrity culture, and societal issues, making it a significant cultural study.

O.J. Simpson has passed away, leaving behind a complicated, sometimes frustrating, sometimes exhilarating, and often disturbing legacy behind him. Of course, Orenthal James Simpson has become deeply wedged in the pop-cultural lexicon by now, famous for a career that went from the NFL to Hollywood to 'the trial of the century.' Everyone remembers the white Bronco being chased by the police, with half the nation staring at their television sets. We remember the trial and that,...

O.J. Simpson, the former NFL icon, broadcaster and actor, died of cancer today at the age of 76.

While celebrated for his athletic achievements, his legacy remains shrouded by the 1995 acquittal in the tragic murder case of his ex-wife Nicole Simpson Brown and her friend Ron Goldman. The trial became a news sensation globally that divided America due to the reaction to the verdict. Simpson was ultimately acquitted of both counts of murder on October 3 of the same year.

Simpson was represented by a high-profile defense team, referred to as the “Dream Team,” which was initially led by Robert Shapiro. His legal council included F. Lee Bailey, Alan Dershowitz, Robert Kardashian, Shawn Holley, Carl E. Douglas, and Gerald Uelmen. Barry Scheck and Peter Neufeld were two additional attorneys who specialized in DNA evidence.

Scroll through the gallery for the murder trial timeline that divided the nation.

Emmy winner Nathan Lane has joined Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story, the second installment of Ryan Murphy’s true-crime anthology series for Netflix.

Lane will play writer and investigative journalist Dominick Dunne who covered the Menendez brothers trial for Vanity Fair. Dunne is also known for his coverage of the O.J. Simpsons trial, which was the subject of Murphy’s Emmy-winning The People v. O.J. Simpson: American Crime Story. Lane played “Dream Team” member F. Lee Bailey in the series, making this a return to the true-crime anthology genre and a reunion with Murphy.

On Monsters, Lane joins Nicholas Chavez and Cooper Koch, who play Lyle and Erik, respectively, as well as Javier Bardem and Chloë Sevigny, who portray their parents.

It was in 1989 that Lyle and Erik Menendez murdered parents Jose and Kitty in their L.A.-area home. Although not initially looked at as prime suspects,...

When reading actor Brian Cox's memoir "Putting the Rabbit in the Hat," I was disappointed that he didn't mention his work on David Fincher's superlative "Zodiac." Throughout the book, Cox shows no reluctance to burn bridges, and given his ribbing of "Succession" co-star Jeremy Strong's method acting, I was eager to see if he'd have similar words about Fincher's infamous perfectionism. Alas, no such stories exist.

True to its title, the 2007 "Zodiac" film is about the Zodiac killer, the still unidentified murderer who left Northern California quaking with fear as the 1960s closed. The film spans the 1960s to 1980s (with an epilogue in 1991), focusing on the killings and then Robert Graysmith's (Jake Gyllenhaal) investigation years later.

One of the movie's earlier sequences recreates an episode from October 22, 1969. Someone claiming to be the Zodiac said he would dial into Jim Dunbar's Kgo-tv (local to...

Warning: This article contains Spoilers for Boston Strangler!

This article contains a discussion of sexual violence.

Hulu’s Boston Strangler raises questions about what happened to the real-life Boston Strangler suspect Albert DeSalvo. Boston Strangler follows journalist Loretta McLaughlin (Keira Knightly) as she connects a string of murders and brings the Boston Strangler to the public discourse. Based on true crime murders in which 13 women were killed in their apartments, Boston Strangler explores the possibility that all 13 murders were not all done by a single killer.

Albert DeSalvo had a history of crime including battery and robbery, as well as being the main suspect in the police’s investigation in an ongoing rape case. Under custody for sexual assault charges, DeSalvo confessed to the crimes of the Boston Strangler. However, there wasn't any physical evidence to link him to the crimes. Therefore, DeSalvo was tried for earlier crimes, and not the murders of the 13 women.

The story of the infamous serial-killer case nicknamed the Boston Strangler involved 13 sexual assaults and murders in the Boston area between 1962 and 1964. Officially, 12 of them have never been solved. The 13th, decades later, was proven through DNA techniques to be the chief suspect, and self-confessed “Boston Strangler” Albert DeSalvo. He was famously represented by F. Lee Bailey, who later would write a book about the case.

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The fact that there were, and still are, so many questions about it all did not deter Hollywood and others from exploiting the case to various degrees — most famously in the 1968 20th Century Fox...

In the early 1960s, 13 women were murdered around the Boston area. Most were strangled with their own nylon stockings, leading the press to dub the murderer the “Boston Strangler.” That title also lends itself to Matt Ruskin’s newest feature on the killings, which foregrounds the reporting of Loretta McLaughlin (Keira Knightley) and Jean Cole (Carrie Coon) for the Record American. They not only coined the name but also wrote a four-part series highlighting the investigative gridlock that kept police from discovering the killer and kept the city on edge.

It’s a fascinating story that has been told before, to much less successful results, in 1968’s The Boston Strangler. Here, however, writer-director Matt Ruskin wisely hones in on McLaughlin, Cole, and the media circus that erupted during the killings. Despite dependable performances from Knightley and Coon, who honestly couldn’t be bad in anything, Boston Strangler is workmanlike above all,...

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The heinous crimes of the Boston Strangler are at the center of Hulu's latest crime thriller, "Boston Strangler," which hits the platform on March 17. The original film stars Keira Knightley as Loretta McLaughlin, a Boston Record American investigative reporter determined to solve a string of sexually motivated serial killings in Boston in the 1960s. Along with fellow reporter Jean Cole (Carrie Coon), McLaughlin covered the killer's 13 murders until his eventual arrest in 1964.

The Boston Strangler has been referenced in entertainment several times since his crimes occurred, most notably in the 1968 film "The Boston Strangler," starring Tony Curtis and Henry Fonda. Still, the story itself - including the women that helped bring it to light - has gotten lost with the high-profile crimes that succeeded it. Ahead of the upcoming "Boston Strangler" premiere, here is the true story behind the murders that shook Boston.

What Did the Boston Strangler Do?...

There are some smart and even provocative ideas motivating Nicola B. Marsh’s four-part Showtime docuseries The 12th Victim, which aims to separate and rehabilitate Caril Ann Fugate from the legacy of notorious spree killer Charles Starkweather, whom she accompanied — whether willingly or unwillingly is the matter up for debate — on a multi-state rampage that left 11 people dead in 1958.

Fugate, still alive and now living in Michigan, has spent decades trying first to appeal her conviction, then for parole and finally for a full pardon. The 12th Victim, which features Oscar winner Morgan Neville among its producers, focuses less on clearing Fugate’s name in a legal sense and more on clearing her name in a cultural sense. The documentary targets the true crime genre and the way Hollywood’s mythologizing of society’s darkest and most unspeakable elements can become a proxy for the truth. This is especially true...

F. Lee Bailey, the criminal defense attorney who defended O.J. Simpson, Patty Hearst and the Boston Strangler, has died in hospice care at 87. Jennifer Sission, a manager for Bailey’s consulting firm, confirmed the defense attorney’s passing and called him “a great man.” While the cause of death is currently unknown, Bailey’s son Bendrix said […]

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World famous criminal defense attorney F. Lee Bailey, best known for representing O.J. Simpson and other high profile clients in his career, has passed away. The lawyer's oldest son, Bendrix Lee Bailey, says his father died Thursday morning while in hospice care in Georgia. Per TMZ, the family is also contributing his death to old age, and his illness was not related to Covid-19. He was 87 years old, passing just one week before his 88th birthday.

Bailey has represented criminal defendants in many high profile cases, which includes Sam Sheppard, Patty Hearst, and Albert DeSalvo. He is most famous for representing O.J. Simpson in what was deemed at the time to be the "trial of the century," resulting in an acquittal for the alleged double-murderer amid great controversy. Also including Johnnie Cochran, Robert Shapiro, and Robert Kardashian, the legal team was dubbed as the "Dream Team" of lawyers.

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Renowned defense lawyer and former Good Company host, F, Lee Bailey has died at the age of 87.

Portrayed by Nathan Lane in the award winning The People v. O. J. Simpson: American Crime Story, Bailey was as high profile as many of his clients and almost as controversial in some circles. The death in Atlanta of the O.J., Patty Hearst and Sam Sheppard (inspiration for The Fugitive TV series) attorney has been confirmed by Bailey’s family, but no cause was revealed.

A fixture on the legal and pop culture fronts since the 1960s and having rarely met a microphone he didn’t like, Bailey was perhaps best known in his latter years for his participation in the defense of NFL legend Simpson in the criminal trial of the murder of O.J.s estranged wife Nicole and her friend Ron Goldman in 1994. Eventually acquitted, though later found guilty in a civil trial,...

F. Lee Bailey, the celebrity attorney who defended O.J. Simpson, Patricia Hearst and the alleged Boston Strangler, but whose legal career halted when he was disbarred in two states, has died, a former colleague said Thursday. He was 87.

The death was confirmed Thursday by Peter Horstmann, who worked with Bailey as an associate in the same law office for seven years.

In a legal career that lasted more than four decades, Bailey was seen as arrogant, egocentric and contemptuous of authority. But he was also acknowledged as bold, brilliant, meticulous and tireless in the defense of his clients....

F. Lee Bailey, the celebrity attorney who defended O.J. Simpson, Patricia Hearst and the alleged Boston Strangler, but whose legal career halted when he was disbarred in two states, has died, a former colleague said Thursday. He was 87.

The death was confirmed Thursday by Peter Horstmann, who worked with Bailey as an associate in the same law office for seven years.

In a legal career that lasted more than four decades, Bailey was seen as arrogant, egocentric and contemptuous of authority. But he was also acknowledged as bold, brilliant, meticulous and tireless in the defense of his clients....

It’s some kind of paradox — he probably thought of it as a joke played on him by the gods — that Christopher Plummer, the impishly irascible, velvet-voiced star of stage and screen who died Friday at 91, was one of the great Shakespearean actors of the 20th century, as well as a notorious rapscallion who spent decades living the dissolute high life, yet the first thing that most people think of when they hear his name is “The Sound of Music,” the timelessly beloved 1965 musical that’s the sugary quintessence of G-rated Hollywood wholesomeness. “The Sound of Music” is not a hip movie to like. Critics have spent half a century taking snide swipes at it, and Plummer himself liked to call it “The Sound of Mucus.” Yet as an unashamed fanatic for it, I’d argue that “The Sound of Music” carries the hint of a more turbulent inner quality...

The Zodiac Killer attacked at least eight people in California between 1966 and 1969. He claimed to have killed at least 37 people, although only five of those deaths can be definitively attributed to the killer. While the Zodiac Killer has never been caught, his case is still active, and now one major mystery has been solved: an international team of private citizens and codebreakers have cracked the Zodiac Killer’s mysterious “340 Cipher” 51 years after it landed on the FBI’s desk.

Zodiac had a habit of taunting police by sending letters to the press, and several of those contained intricate codes, some of which he claimed would ultimately reveal his identity. This marks the second coded message to be broken by civilians. In July of 1969, a puzzle sent in pieces to The San Francisco Chronicle, San Francisco Examiner, and Vallejo Times-Herald newspapers in 1969, was cracked by a school teacher from Salinas, Calif.

The first episode of ESPN’s “Oj: Made in America,” focuses on Oj Simpson’s early years, and only hints at the tragedy to come: and the trial that involved Johnnie Cochran, Robert Shapiro, Marcia Clark, Chris Darden, F. Lee Bailey, Judge Lance Ito, Kato Kaelin, Mark Fuhrman and many more.

He Married His Best Friend’s Girlfriend

Childhood friend Joe Bell recalls how Simpson “stole his best friend’s girl” — convincing his first wife Marguerite to marry him instead of Al “AC” Cowlings.

Also Read: Oj Simpson's Robbery Sentence Too Harsh, Says Da in Murder Case

Cowlings, of course, was the endlessly supportive friend who took the wheel as Simpson fled police in the white Bronco.

“I’m Not Black. I’m Oj.”

Sociologist Harry Edwards — featured prominently in “Made in America” — tried in the late ’60s to get black athletes to take political stands.

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Court TV’s first original true crime series, OJ25, will look back at the world-famous O.J. Simpson murder case 25 years later. The series will premiere on Thursday, Jan. 23 at 9:00 p.m. Et on Court TV.

OJ25 will relive the trial using Court TV’s extensive library, featuring every minute of the double murder trial. OJ25 will encapsulate the week’s courtroom action in the chronological order in which it took place 25 years ago in Los Angeles ̶ from the trial’s start on January 24, 1995 until the verdict in early October. New episodes of the original 37-part series will premiere on Court TV weekly each Thursday night.

As companion to OJ25, Court TV will also make the complete trial available in weekly chronological installments on CourtTV.com every Thursday starting January 23.

OJ25 includes exclusive new interviews with numerous trial participants from multiple vantage points, ranging from Los Angeles police detectives, attorneys,...

The Murder of Nicole Brown Simpson will be released in theaters and on VOD next month, and a new trailer for the true crime movie has been released online. Starring Mena Suvari (American Pie) as Nicole Brown Simpson, the movie takes some creative liberties by suggesting everything we thought we knew about her infamous double-homicide is completely wrong. You can see what I mean by watching the official trailer below.

Though based on true events, The Murder of Nicole Brown Simpson introduces the idea that real-life serial killer Glen Rogers, a.k.a. the "Casanova Killer," may be the real murderer behind the heinous crime that took the lives of Brown Simpson and her friend Ronald Goldman. Co-starring with Suvari in the movie are Nick Stahl as Glen Rogers, Drew Roy as Ronald Goldman, and Gene Freeman as O. J. Simpson. Also starring as other real-life personalities who knew Brown...

Former NFL player, movie star, and accused double-murderer O.J. Simpson is back in the news once again, this time for posting some bizarre videos on his new Twitter account. "Coming soon to Twitter, you'll be able to read my thoughts and opinions on just about everything," Simpson remarks in his first video. Simpson then eerily adds, "This should be a lot of fun, I've got a lot of getting even to do." Given Simpson's criminal background and involvement in the "Trial of the Century" in 1994, that particular phrasing is leaving a lot of people very nervous.

In a second video posted on Saturday, Simpson takes a bit of a more light-hearted approach in talking to his followers. "For years, people have been able to say whatever they want to say about me, with no accountability" Simpson says, noting he now gets to "challenge all of that B.S. and set the record straight.

It has long been said that the true story behind “The Fugitive,” the Harrison Ford action classic that turns 25 years old today, is very loosely based on the ’50s murder case, conviction and acquittal of Sam Sheppard. Both Sheppard and Ford’s Richard Kimble were doctors, and both were wrongly accused of murdering their wives after an intruder broke into their home.

And the similarities end there.

The assailant Sheppard fought with was not a one-armed man, as in the film. It was said Sheppard’s motive was that he was having an affair, a detail not in the movie. Sheppard never escaped from prison, least of all from a moving, crashing train. And the real killer was never even found!

Also Read: Harrison Ford Crashes Alden Ehrenreich's Interview: 'Get Out of My Life!' (Video)

And yet this idea stretches all the way back to the popular TV...

Logan director James Mangold has landed another directing gig. He's currently working on a script for a solo X-23 film, and he's also going to direct a feature film adaptation of the children's book Crenshaw.

Now the director is set to helm an untitled Patty Hearst biopic based on the book by Jeffery Toobin which is called American Heiress. The story is said to trace the "audacious, kaleidoscopic and psychologically twisted story of a true-life Alice in Wonderland.”

It will follow Hearst’s capture and two-year detainment by the Symbionese Liberation Army in the mid 1970’s, as well as her transition from hostage to warrior. The kidnapped heiress captured the world’s attention when she was caught on tape participating in armed bank robberies. Her arrest and trial sparked a media frenzy.

According to Variety, Elle Fanning is in talks to take on the role of Hearst. She is a...

O.J. Simpson's inner circle now includes a blast from the past ... F. Lee Bailey. O.J. and his former famed criminal defense attorney in the murder trial had dinner Monday night at the Palms Hotel in Vegas. A lot's changed since Bailey and Simpson's famous "Dream Team" helped O.J.'s acquittal in 1995. Simpson, of course, just got released from prison. As for Bailey ... he was disbarred in 2001 and is reportedly broke. So ... no...

Sunday night, The Golden Globes were handed out to actors, directors, producers, musicians, screenwriters, and television show creators in a setting of inebriated debauchery that The Golden Globes are so well known for. While La La Land broke a record in total awards received, there were also a few surprises on the TV side of the awards.

The Biggest Winners

1. The Night Manager

Best Performance by an Actor in a Limited Series or Motion Picture Made for Television: Tom HiddlestonBest Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Series, Limited Series or Motion Picture Made for Television: Hugh LaurieBest Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in a Series, Limited Series or Motion Picture Made for Television: Olivia Colman

The Night Manager stars Tom Hiddleston playing Jonathan Pine, a lonely night manager at a Cairo hotel, who gets recruited into infiltrating Richard Onslow Roper's (Hugh Laurie), an arms dealer,...

The crime of the century became a media circus, with no angle hidden -- yet behind what we saw on TV was even more conflict and consternation. This eight-hour miniseries is a beautifully constructed recreation with excellent casting, even though its O.J. doesn't remind us much of the original. It's highly absorbing stuff to anyone who lived through it. The People v. O.J. Simpson: American Crime Story Blu-ray Fox Home Video 2016 / Color /1:78 widescreen / 498 min. / Street Date September 6, 2016 / 49.99 Starring Sarah Paulson, John Travolta, Sterling K. Brown, Kenneth Choi, Christian Clemenson, Cuba Gooding Jr., Bruce Greenwood, Nathan Lane, David Schwimmer, Courtney B. Vance, Robert Morse, Steven Pasquale, Cheryl Ladd, Larry King, Malcolm-Jamal Warner, Billy Magnussen. Cinematography Nelson Cragg Film Editors Chi Yoon Chung, Stewart Schill, Adam Penn Original Music Mac Quayle Written by Scott Alexander & Larry Karaszewski (creators), Jeffrey Toobin, D.V. DeVincentis, Joe Robert Cole, Maya Forbes, Wallace Wolodarsky Produced by Alexis Martin Woodall,...

Former O.J. Simpson defense attorney F. Lee Bailey filed for Chapter 7 bankruptcy in Maine on Friday, reporting $5.6 million in debt to the IRS. According to the Portland Press Herald, Bailey owes the money due to a dispute over his reportable income from 1993-2001. “After trying very hard to settle the case, the IRS turned me down on the grounds that I am a celebrity and it would look bad for them to settle the case,” Bailey told the paper. “There’s a good case to be made for bias, but I’m not the one to make that case.” Also Read: Robert.

The first episode of Espn’s “Oj: Made in America,” focuses on Oj Simpson’s early years, and only hints at the tragedy to come: and the trial that involved Johnnie Cochran, Robert Shapiro, Marcia Clark, Chris Darden, F. Lee Bailey, Judge Lance Ito, Kato Kaelin, Mark Fuhrman and many more. He Married His Best Friend’s Girlfriend Childhood friend Joe Bell recalls how Simpson “stole his best friend’s girl” — convincing his first wife Marguerite to marry him instead of Al “AC” Cowlings. Also Read: O.J Simpson's Robbery Sentence Too Harsh, Says Da in Murder Case Cowlings, of course,...

The TV event of 2016 so far was surely FX's marvelous miniseries The People v. O.J. Simpson: American Crime Story, which turned the Trial of the (last) Century into 10 fascinating, funny, tragic hours of drama that shed new light on a case that most of its viewers thought they already knew by heart. Given the phenomenon of The People v. O.J., you would think a five-part, 7.5-hour (10 with commercials) documentary on the same subject would be redundant. Who needs to spend even more time watching a retelling of Simpson's trial for murdering ex-wife Nicole Brown Simpson and her friend Ronald Goldman? Instead, Espn's newest 30 for 30 film O.J. Simpson: Made in America(*) proves to not only be better than The People v. O.J. — and among the best things Espn has aired in its history — but a perfect complement to the FX show. Where People v. O.J. was...

“The People v. O.J. Simpson” contained lots of bizarre-but-true details — about Johnnie Cochran’s domestic issues, Marcia Clark being mocked for buying tampons, and there being two white Broncos. Lots of details about Chris Darden (Sterling K. Brown), Clark (Sarah Paulson), Cochran (Courtney B. Vance), F. Lee Bailey (Nathan Lane), and O.J. Simpson himself (Cuba Gooding Jr.) felt too strange to possibly be true — but they were. The series is over, but we keep discovering strange new details the show left out. We’ve already written about some, but we’ve found more in our read of “The Run of His Life:.

Last night at the Ace Hotel in Downtown Los Angeles, Gold Derby was on the red carpet at the season finale event of FX's "The People v. O.J. Simpson" as the stars did interviews with the press. We have eight exclusive chats with cast members and crew including Cuba Gooding Jr., Courtney B. Vance, John Travolta, Nathan Lane, Sterling K. Brown and Connie Britton. -Break- Subscribe to Gold Derby Breaking News Alerts & Experts’ Latest Oscar Predictions Click each gold link to watch our fun chats: Connie Britton plays socialite Faye Resnick. Sterling K. Brown plays assistant prosecutor Christopher Darden. Cuba Gooding Jr. plays accused murderer O. J. Simpson. Nathan Lane plays defense attorney F. Lee Bailey. John Travolta plays defense attorney Robert Shapiro. Courtney B. Vance plays lead defense attorney Johnnie Cochran. Scott Alexander and Larry Karaszewski, producers and co-writers. Anthony Hemingway, director of...'...

Like the real-life lawyer he portrays, F. Lee Bailey, Nathan Lane brings gravitas to "The People v. O.J. Simpson." Bailey was a celebrated attorney who successfully defended Dr. Sam Sheppard (whose case was the basis of "The Fugitive") and also represented Albert DeSalvo (the "Boston Strangler") and kidnapped heiress Patty Hearst. -Break- Subscribe to Gold Derby Breaking News Alerts & Experts’ Latest Emmy Predictions By the time we meet Bailey on this new FX limited series, he's coasting on his legacy. Then when Robert Shapiro (John Travolta) brings him on board the Simpson defense team do we see his legal genius. Lane portrays Bailey as a savviest strategist. He convinces Shapiro to hire Alan Dershowitz (Evan Handler), helps acquire the explosive Mark Fuhrman (Steven Pasquale) tapes and assists Johnnie Cochran (Courtney B. Vance) in his quest to take over as lead attorney. Lane particularl...'...

A review of tonight's The People v. O.J. Simpson: American Crime Story coming up just as soon as I notice the smell of mint julip and condescension in the air... One of the more impressive aspects of The People v. O.J. is how generous and empathetic it's been. There are certain figures from the trial — O.J. himself, Shapiro, the Kardashian kids — for whom the show can't really disguise its contempt, but for the most part it's dug deep to find the humanity inside all these characters whom media coverage of the case long ago turned into cartoons. It looks at Marcia Clark and Chris Darden, for instance, and in no way excuses them for the blatant and easily avoidable ways in which they bungled the prosecution, but it also shows the many complications they had to deal with due to gender and/or race, the insane circus atmosphere of the trial,...

We're accidentally having nearly a full television day today at our mostly movies site so this is as good a time as any to try to reboot that idea about a weekly glance at what we're loving on TV. So I asked members of the team to name a Mvp of their television week and here's what they said...

Mvp: "If it doesn't fit...," Scene

Show: The People Vs. Oj Simpson

This show gets better and better. In an episode chock-full of riveting moments, there was never any real doubt that The moment would be the presentation of the iconic gloves, the gloves the prosecution was so convinced would win the case for them. After tracing what led to the fatal error of asking Simpson to try them on—Chris Darden’s desire for a “big moment” to beat the defense at their own game, and perhaps to make up...

The Performer | Sarah Paulson

The Show | The People v. O.J. Simpson: American Crime Story

The Episode | “Marcia, Marcia, Marcia” (March 8, 2016)

The Performance | To date, Sarah Paulson showed us a cool, calm and collected prosecutor, diligently getting her ducks in a row in building case against accused murderer O.J. Simpson. But in “Marcia, Marcia, Marcia,” so many of those ducks, plus others, transformed into dominoes that started toppling over in rapid succession, testing the resolve of even the best person.

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As Marcia fought battles on multiple fronts,...

Playing O.J. Simpson defense attorney F. Lee Bailey in The People v. O.J. Simpson: American Crime Story, Nathan Lane called the n-word "the most powerful word in the English language" – and gleefully threatened to "impale" Det. Mark Fuhrman, who discovered key evidence at the crime scene but allegedly had a history of using the racist epithet.

During Tuesday night's episode, Bailey asked Fuhrman (Steven Pasquale) on the stand if he'd used the slur in the past 10 years, repeating the word multiple times – just as he did in real life as stunned Americans watched the proceedings on TV.

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Playing O.J. Simpson defense attorney F. Lee Bailey in The People v. O.J. Simpson: American Crime Story, Nathan Lane called the n-word "the most powerful word in the English language" - and gleefully threatened to "impale" Det. Mark Fuhrman, who discovered key evidence at the crime scene but allegedly had a history of using the racist epithet. During Tuesday night's episode, Bailey asked Fuhrman (Steven Pasquale) on the stand if he'd used the slur in the past 10 years, repeating the word multiple times - just as he did in real life as stunned Americans watched the proceedings on TV. Cuba Gooding Jr....

Tuesday's The People v. O.J. Simpson: American Crime Story includes what may go down as one of the most shocking scenes on television this year.

First, O.J. Simpson defense attorney F. Lee Bailey (Nathan Lane) utters an uncensored N-word as he has drinks with his colleagues, including Johnny Cochran (Courtney Vance), laying out his plan for the next day.

In another uncensored scene near the end the episode, Lane's Bailey utters the N-word multiple times while cross examining Mark Fuhrman (Steven Pasquale), the police detective known for using racial epithets, repeatedly asking him if he's ever used the N-word – as the camera swoops dramatically.

Tuesday's The People v. O.J. Simpson: American Crime Story includes what may go down as one of the most shocking scenes on television this year. First, O.J. Simpson defense attorney F. Lee Bailey (Nathan Lane) utters an uncensored N-word as he has drinks with his colleagues, including Johnny Cochran (Courtney Vance), laying out his plan for the next day. In another uncensored scene near the end the episode, Lane's Bailey utters the N-word multiple times while cross examining Mark Fuhrman (Steven Pasquale), the police detective known for using racial epithets, repeatedly asking him if he's ever used the N-word - as the camera swoops dramatically.

A few thoughts on tonight's The People v. O.J. Simpson coming up just as soon as my stylist turns me into Rick James... How appropriate that we get to wrap up International Women's Day with "Marcia, Marcia, Marcia," The People v. O.J.'s sympathetic mash note to doomed O.J. prosecutor Marcia Clark. It's not straight-up hagiography, as it points out various mistakes Clark made during this period — continuing to dismiss Darden's concerns about letting Mark Fuhrman testify, taking a big stand in court about needing to get home to her kids and then asking her husband to watch them that night (a move that she had to know would blow up in her face, given the contentiousness of the divorce and her new hugely public identity) — but it also illustrates the many challenges she had to face throughout the trial that none of her male counterparts did. Radio...

Tuesday's The People v. O.J. Simpson: American Crime Story includes what may go down as one of the most shocking scenes on television this year. First, O.J. Simpson defense attorney F. Lee Bailey (Nathan Lane) utters an uncensored N-word as he has drinks with his colleagues, including Johnny Cochran (Courtney Vance), laying out his plan for the next day. In another uncensored scene near the end the episode, Lane's Bailey utters the N-word multiple times while cross examining Mark Fuhrman (Steven Pasquale), the police detective known for using racial epithets, repeatedly asking him if he's ever used the N-word - as the camera swoops dramatically.

For the second consecutive week, The People V. O.J. Simpson: American Crime Story ranked as television's #1-rated show in delivery of Adults 18-49 and Adults 18-34 on Tuesday inclusive of all broadcast networks and basic and premium cable network programs according to The Nielsen Company. The Live+3 delivery for the first two episodes of The People v. O.J. Simpson: American Crime Story illustrates the increasing irrelevance and incomplete picture of Live+Same Day ratings compared to the ultimate viewership of an FX original series and most scripted entertainment programs. The series aired its third of 10 episodes, The Dream Team, last night at 10 Pm Et on FX.

The first-run of the second episode of The People v. O.J. Simpson: American Crime Story delivered 3.9 million Adults 18-49, an astounding +104% Live+3 ratings increase over its delivery in Live+Same Day. The 1.87 million Adults 18-34 delivery for episode two was equal...

A few thoughts on tonight's The People V. O.J. Simpson: American Crime Story coming up just as soon as I don't have a Father's Day reservation... Celebrity is one of the key subjects of The People V. O.J. as a whole, and particularly of "The Dream Team." The hour gives us Robert Kardashian's lecture about the hollowness of fame falling on his children's deaf ears. It gives us Kato experiencing the upside and downside of fame in under a minute. And it gives us Gil Garcetti's proclamation that "a star is born" after Marcia Clark's first major press conference about the case. Mainly, though, the hour is concerned with the growing number of celebrity attorneys who will be mounting O.J.'s very expensive defense. Robert Shapiro, who specialized in plea bargains, came to realize that he needed a lot of help (even if he...

Last Week's Review: 'The People v. O.J. Simpson: American Crime Story' Episode 2, 'The Run of His Life,' Gets Inside the White Bronco Opening Statement After two episodes, the stage has been set for the trial of the century, and by the end of Episode 3, all the major players on both sides have been lined up. After some panic over his ability to actually win the case, Robert Shapiro brings in some heavy-hitters — celebrity lawyers F. Lee Bailey, Alan Dershowitz and Johnnie Cochran — as well as the key strategies that could dismantle the prosecution's major advantages. Meanwhile, Marcia Clark Is losing key witnesses to the allure of "cash for trash" — selling their stories to the media before she can get them on the stand. But while she originally feels pretty confident that the physical evidence will win them the day, it's Christopher Darden who helps her realize they can't...

"Fame is fleeting," Robert Kardashian tells his kids in an early episode of FX's The People v. O.J. Simpson: American Crime Story (it debuts tomorrow night at 10). "It's hollow. It means nothing at all without a virtuous heart." Young Kim, Kourtney, Khloe, and Rob look at their father like he's speaking some long-dead language they have no hope of understanding. Their dad is on TV, and getting priority seating at overbooked restaurants, all because he's famous — and only famous, at that, because his best friend happens to be Simpson, the world's most famous accused murderer. Of course fame means everything to these kids. The People v. O.J. — the first installment of a new FX anthology series from Ryan Murphy (American Horror Story, Glee), and not to be confused with ABC's similarly-titled anthology series American Crime — isn't really a Keeping Up with the Kardashians origin story. The kids only appear...