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The Phil Spector Trial: We Watch Court TV So You Don't Have To (06/27) | ARTICLE
WHAT HAPPENED YESTERDAY? Forensic pathologist Vincent DiMaio took the stand as the first witness for the defense. After an exhaustive rundown of all of DiMaio's qualifications, he launched into a long soliloquy about a bullet's journey from...
June 27, 2007 11:32 AM ET -
The Phil Spector Trial: We Watch Court TV So You Don't Have To (06/22) | ARTICLE
WHAT HAPPENED YESTERDAY? LA criminologist Lynne Herold, the last witness for the prosecution, took the stand once more for cross-examination by the defense. Herold, who previously put Spector at close proximity to Lana Clarkson...
June 26, 2007 11:19 AM ET -
The Phil Spector Trial: We Watch Court TV So You Don't Have To (06/22) | ARTICLE
WHAT HAPPENED YESTERDAY LA criminologist Lynne Herold, the prosecution's last witness, was back on the stand yesterday after a daylong recess. Herold spoke at length about the blood splatter from the gunshot that killed Lana Clarkson. First,...
June 22, 2007 10:59 AM ET -
The Phil Spector Trial: We Watch Court TV So You Don't Have To (06/20) | ARTICLE
WHAT HAPPENED YESTERDAY: Lynne Herold, yet another criminologist, took the stand as the prosecution's last witness. Herold's testimony was meant to contradict the theories expected to be put forth by the defense's star witness (and alleged
June 20, 2007 1:36 PM ET -
The Phil Spector Trial: We Watch Court TV So You Don't Have To (06/19) | ARTICLE
WHAT HAPPENED YESTERDAY In the first half of the day, we heard more ballistics evidence, including an in-depth look at gunshot residue procedure. At this point, the defense's claim that Lana Clarkson committed suicide has been deemed...
June 19, 2007 11:12 AM ET -
The Phil Spector Trial: We Watch Court TV So You Don't Have To (06/15) | ARTICLE
WHAT HAPPENED YESTERDAY: Drama! A while ago, the prosecution alleged that Dr. Henry Lee stole a valuable piece of evidence. Now, it turns out Spector's former defense lawyer, Sara Caplan, is suffering as a result. According...
June 15, 2007 1:13 PM ET -
The Phil Spector Trial: We Watch Court TV So You Don't Have To (06/14) | ARTICLE
WHAT HAPPENED YESTERDAY? Jaime Linetmoot, another LA Sheriff Dept. criminologist, testified about her role in inspecting Lana Clarkson's body, and the defense to show errors in her process. More happened, but Court TV has made it...
June 14, 2007 11:35 AM ET -
The Phil Spector Trial: We Watch Court TV So You Don't Have To (06/13) | ARTICLE
June 13, 2007 11:50 AM ET -
The Phil Spector Trial: We Watch Court TV So You Don't Have To (06/12) | ARTICLE
WHAT HAPPENED YESTERDAY: Dr. Steve Renteria, another LA Sheriff's Dept. criminologist, treated the jury to a four-hour gorefest! The featured topic of conversation was the blood splatter resulting from the gunshot that killed Lana Clarkson. Renteria testified...
June 12, 2007 12:26 PM ET -
The Phil Spector Trial: We Watch Court TV So You Don't Have To (06/07) | ARTICLE
WHAT HAPPENED YESTERDAY? Detective Mark Lillienfeld appeared on the stand again, this time under defense cross-examination. The defense attempted an O.J. strategy, trying to show errors in the way evidence was collected, but little damage was...
June 7, 2007 11:07 AM ET -
The Phil Spector Trial: We Watch Court TV So You Don't Have To (06/06) | ARTICLE
WHAT HAPPENED YESTERDAY? Detective Mark Lillienfeld, who fronted the LAPD's investigation into Lana Clarkson's alleged murder, took the stand. What followed was Court TV's version of MTV Cribs, as the jury took a painstakingly detailed tour...
June 6, 2007 1:25 PM ET -
The Phil Spector Trial: We Watch Court TV So You Don't Have To (06/05) | ARTICLE
WHAT HAPPENED YESTERDAY? Medical examiner Dr. David Pena took the stand for a fourth and final day. Last week, he appeared to have the defense rattled with his convincing case that Lana Clarkson's death was...
June 5, 2007 1:05 PM ET -
The Phil Spector Trial: We Watch Court TV So You Don't Have To (06/01) | ARTICLE
What Happened Yesterday: Medical examiner Dr. Louis Pena was cross-examined again by the defense. While the jury was on one of many recesses (they sent a note to the judge saying they were bored by...
June 1, 2007 6:23 PM ET -
The Phil Spector Trial: We Watch Court TV So You Don't Have To (05/13) | ARTICLE
What Happened Yesterday: Dr. Louis Pena, the medical examiner who ruled Lana Clarkson's death a homicide, was back on the stand again, this time under cross-examination by the defense. Spector's lawyers attempted to poke holes...
May 31, 2007 12:44 PM ET -
The Phil Spector Trial: We Watch Court TV So You Don't Have To (05/30) | ARTICLE
What Happened Yesterday: Dr. Louis Pena, the medical examiner who performed the autopsy on Lana Clarkson, testified, making jurors gag (really) with step-by-step desciption of how he extracted Clarkson's bullet-grazed tongue from her mouth. He then explained...
May 30, 2007 1:04 PM ET -
Linkin Park Dominate Billboard Charts, Set New Record for 2007 | ARTICLE
As expected, Linkin Park dominated the Billboard charts, selling 623,000 copies of their new album Minutes to Midnight, which easily became the best-selling debut of 2007. Last week's champ Michael Buble fell to...
May 23, 2007 2:47 PM ET -
Phil Spector Trial: Defendant Thinks He Killed Somebody | ARTICLE
Yesterday at the Phil Spector murder trial, perhaps the most damaging witness to the defense took the stand. But as it goes in the Spectorium, that wasn't the only news of the day, thanks to a newly-unearthed...
May 16, 2007 2:24 PM ET -
Nine Inch Nails' Trent Reznor Slams Records Labels for Sorry State of the Industry | ARTICLE
The ongoing death of the CD has been discussed at length. There's no shortage of directions to point the finger: iTunes, illegal file-sharing services, the lack of brick-and-mortar record stores, etc. But if you ask Nine...
May 14, 2007 3:43 PM ET -
Spector Trial Watch: Producer's History With Guns | ARTICLE
When we last checked in on the Phil Spector murder trial, the producer had been called "demonic" by a former assistant, who also said the defendant chased her with an Uzi and threatened to shoot her...
May 10, 2007 4:00 PM ET
