Souter asked precise questions during argument sessions, sometimes with a fierceness that belied his low-key manner. “He had an unerring knack of finding the weakest link in your argument,” veteran Supreme Court advocate Carter Phillips said.
: The estate of saxophonist John Coltrane offers an anniversary edition of his album “A Love Supreme,” Pharrell Williams’ life story is told using Lego pieces in the unconventional documentary “Piece by Piece” and Andrew Garfield and Florence Pugh star in the romantic drama “We Live In Time,”— Amy Schumer leads the R-rated comedy
which premieres on Netflix on Wednesday. In the film, her character Lainy starts wearing a fake “bump” and telling everyone she’s pregnant, jealous of her best friend who is actually gestating a human. Naturally, she meets the man of her dreams in this state. Will Forte, Jillian Bell, Damon Wayans Jr. and “Ginny and Georgia’s” Brianne Howey also star.— It’s hard to believe that the Andrew Garfield, Florence Pugh,only happened last year. This is not the meditation on time that John Crowley was going for with his romantic drama
about new love, family, cancer and ambition, but with subjects as heavy as those it’s also OK to have a bit of fun with it. The movie makes its Max debut on Friday, Feb. 7. I found myself mostly dry-eyedhung up on some of the more unbelievable story points, writing “The main reason to see ‘We Live In Time’ is not the promise of crying or the realities of having a young kid, though, but the quietly affecting performances from Pugh and Garfield… It is charming and silly and sometimes cringey — other people’s relationships always are.”
— Pharrell Williams’ life story is told using Lego in Morgan Neville’s unconventional documentary “Piece by Piece,” which begins streaming on Peacock on Friday, Feb. 7. In his review for the Associated Press,
“is a bright, clever song-filled biopic that pretends it’s a behind-the-scenes documentary using small plastic bricks, angles and curves to celebrate an artist known for his quirky soul. It is deep and surreal and often adorable. Is it high concept or low? Like Williams, it’s a bit of both.”PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — James Talbot, a former Catholic priest convicted of sexually assaulting boys in Maine and Massachusetts after he was exposed by the investigation highlighted in the movie “Spotlight,” has died. He was 87.
Talbot, a former Jesuit, appeared on a list provided by the religious order of northeastern Jesuits who faced credible allegations of sexual abuse of a minor. Talbot died on Feb. 28 at a hospice center in St. Louis, said Mike Gabriele, a spokesperson for Jesuits USA East.Talbot was one of the subjects of The Boston Globe’s investigation into priest sexual abuse that won a Pulitzer Prize in 2003 and was adapted into the 2015 movie “Spotlight.” The investigation revealed widespread sexual abuse, and coverup of that abuse, within the Catholic Church. Jesuits USA East did not offer a comment about Talbot’s death.
in 2018 to gross sexual assault and unlawful sexual for sexually abusing a 9-year-old boy at a Maine church in the 1990s. He was sentenced to three years in prison.Prior to the Maine conviction, Talbot spent six years in prison after pleading guilty to raping and sexually assaulting two students in Boston. He has settled lawsuits with more than a dozen victims in addition to the convictions.