Prosecutor Says Mom Beat Son, 4, to Death Because She Thought He Was Gay

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Jessica Dutro regularly beat all three of her kids - but the Portland mom was especially hard on her son Zachary, eventually beating him to death the day before his fourth birthday because he seemed gay, prosecutors say. Before they were released for the weekend, the jury read Facebook messages between Dutro, 25, and her live-in boyfriend, Brian Canady, who has already pleaded guilty to first-degree manslaughter and second-degree assault for his role in Zachary's death. As part of a plea deal, Canady admitted that he kicked Zachary in the stomach on Aug. 12, 2012. The coroner later found that the child had two holes in his intestines, See more »

- Howard Breuer

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American Horror Story Casts TV Icon to Play Evan Peters' Dad—Find Out Who!

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Oh American Horror Story. Stop stealing all the best actors already! Michael Chiklis is joining the cast for the show's fourth season, entitled American Horror Story: Freak Show, executive producer Ryan Murphy announced during PaleyFest Friday night in Hollywood.  Chiklis will be playing Jessica Lange's ex-husband and the father of Evan Peters' character. We aren't family-tree whizzes or anything, but clearly there's a chance Jessica will be playing Evan's mother.  She also will be rocking a German accent. Evan Peters told us tonight that he's not quite sure what the specific plans are See more »

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Michael Chiklis Joins American Horror Story: Freak Show

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Michael Chiklis has joined the cast of American Horror Story: Freak Show. Chiklis surprised Horror Story fans by joining the cast on stage during Friday's PaleyFest panel.

"[This is] somebody who I have loved for many, many years and courted for many, many years and we finally found the right role for him," executive producer Ryan Murphy said before the actor came out on stage. "He's playing...

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- Natalie Abrams

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See a Fantastic Picture of Cersei, Tyrion, and Other Game of Thrones Cast Members In Beach Chill Mode

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This picture (now burning up Reddit's front page) of several members of the Game of Thrones cast straight chillin' is simply fantastic. From left-right: Pedro Pascal (Oberyn Martell), Lena Headey (Cersei Lannister), Nikolaj Coster-Waldau (Jaime Lannister), Gwendoline Christie (Brienne), Indira Varma (Ellaria Sand), Finn Jones (Loras Tyrell), Charles Dance (Tywin Lannister), Conleth Hill (Varys), and Peter Dinklage (Tyrion Lannister). And here are two more pictures from Headey's Instagram feed.Headey with Charles Dance, who plays her on-screen dad Tywin. See more »

- Gilbert Cruz

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Down memory lane with the reporter who coined the term Beatlemania

26 March 2014 6:00 AM, PDT

I always warn my students* to avoid listening to veteran hacks who talk about the golden age of journalism. But I admit I'm not immune to doing it myself and I also enjoy reading old friends' reminiscences - some of which I even recognise to have been true.

The latest example is an interview on The Surrey Edit site with the former Daily Mirror show business writer, Don Short, renowned for his story-getting abilities.

The piece began badly by wrongly stating that the Mirror's 5m circulation in the 1960s was "more than all the other newspapers put together." How ridiculous.

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- Roy Greenslade

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CinemaCon 2014: X Marks The Spot For Fox

27 March 2014 8:25 PM, PDT

Threesome. Stop sniggering… 20th Century Fox (or, more accurately) Cameron Diaz and Leslie Mann used the word to describe new comedy The Other Woman, but it could also be used for the studio’s trio of big tentpoles X-Men: Days Of Future Past, Dawn Of The Planet Of The Apes See more »

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Nine Inch Nails Fans Will Be Surprised By This Album

3 September 2013 11:50 AM, PDT

Nine Inch Nails, "Hesitation Marks" (Columbia)

Sun-kissed harmonies, funk-flecked guitar lines and – whisper it – a saxophone workout all make an appearance on "Hesitation Marks," a surprising new offering from Trent Reznor's Nine Inch Nails after a lengthy, self-imposed hiatus.

In the five years since the industrial rockers' See more »

- AP

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The Best Movies Of 2013

17 December 2013 12:00 PM, PST

To clarify, this is my top ten today at this very moment. It's going to change. Even as I wrote out the below list, I was dramatically shifting these worthy films up and down. For one thing I want — no, need — to see all of these again and See more »

- Josh Horowitz

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Trailer Watch: Manakamana

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Ahead of its April 18 release at New York’s IFC Center, the Harvard Sensory Ethnography Lab’s latest outing, Manakamana, now has a proper trailer. Directed by Stephanie Spray and Pacho Velez, the documentary captures several 10-minute tram rides to the titular Nepalese shrine through a fixed camera, mounted See more »

- Sarah Salovaara

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First clip arrives from How To Train Your Dragon 2: watch now

28 March 2014 12:44 AM, PDT

The first clip has arrived online from How To Train Your Dragon 2, and it's every bit as charming as you'd expect! The new clip shows Hiccup attempting to map out an uncharted realm, as he and his scaly chum embark upon another quest into the unknown. This particular See more »

- George Wales

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