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| TV producer ordered to Mexico on murder charges Posted: 13 Jul 2011 04:08 AM PDT LOS ANGELES, July 13 — A judge yesterday ordered a former producer for the "Survivor" TV show extradited to Mexico to face charges that he killed his wife two years ago while they were on holiday in the resort town of Cancun. US magistrate Judge Jacqueline Chooljian determined that Bruce Beresford-Redman, who has been in jail since November 2010 awaiting a decision, should be sent to Mexico for a trial because there was enough circumstantial evidence to show probable cause he could have murdered his wife. The US is required to send Beresford-Redman to Mexico within 60 days but he can appeal the judge's ruling, which would extend the process for an undetermined period of time, a spokeswoman for federal prosecutors said. The badly beaten body of Monica Beresford-Redman was found in a sewer at a resort hotel where the couple and their children were vacationing in April 2010. Beresford-Redman had reported his wife was missing three days before she was found. Mexican authorities believe the two had an argument, he beat her to death, then dumped her body. Beresford-Redman has proclaimed his innocence, saying in a statement that he was "devastated at her loss" and "incensed at the suggestion" that he could have killed his wife. At the extradition hearing yesterday, defence attorneys Richard Hirsch and Vicki Podberesky claimed that statements from the couple's six-year-old daughter suggested there was no animosity between them while on the Cancun vacation with their family. But US prosecutors, who have reviewed the case made by Mexican authorities, believe there is enough evidence to show Beresford-Redman killed his wife for three reasons: collecting insurance money, getting sole custody of their children, and continuing an extramarital affair. According to court papers filed in Los Angeles, Monica Beresford-Redman was hit on the head, her face and body were badly beaten, and the cause of death was determined to be asphyxiation. Mexican police searched the couple's hotel room in Cancun and found blood spatter in several areas.  Mexican police escort Bruce Beresford-Redman (centre) in this file photo taken in Cancun April 8, 2010. — Reuters pic |
| ‘Evil Dead’ star confirms return of the franchise Posted: 13 Jul 2011 01:44 AM PDT LOS ANGELES, July 13 — "Evil Dead" is getting resurrected. Bruce Campbell, who played Ash in Sam Raimi's horror classic "The Evil Dead", "Evil Dead II" and "Army of Darkness" — and whose executive produced the first and co-produced the second and third films — confirmed a new project via Twitter. "Believe in the remake, dawg!" he wrote. "The project is real. In the works. Cool as hell. Scary as hell." He wrote the tweet in response to a Twitter posting from a fan. Raimi will write and produce the next "Evil Dead". He won't direct. That will fall to Fede Alvarez, a filmmaker from Uruguay who has a deal with Raimi's company, Ghost House Pictures. The entire franchise has grossed a mere US$19.8 million (RM60 million) at the box office, and the first grossed a meagre US$2.4 million. The most recent film in the franchise, 1992's "Army of Darkness", grossed US$11.5 million. But the importance of the movies goes far beyond their box office receipts. They're cult favourites that have influenced an entire generation of horror writers — and fans. Campbell confirmed the project after a fan @TheMike31, tweeted: "I won't believe in a new Evil Dead film until I see it. Or at least not until @GroovyBruce tells me to believe in it." Within an hour, Campbell responded in the affirmative. — Reuters Full Feed Generated by Get Full RSS, sponsored by USA Best Price. |
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