I mentioned on this blog back on December 23, Alan Jackson is both the name of a country music singer and the name of a somewhat-less-famous criminal defense attorney. The lawyer of that name has represented both Harvey Weinstein and Kevin Spacey. So I gather he's on the rolodex of show-biz folks. Most recently, he was in the news last month as the attorney for Nick Reiner, son and allegedly the killer of Rob Reiner and Michele Singer Reiner. This month we learned that he has quit that cause. Here's a link to a discussion in a show-biz news source. https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/general-news/nick-reiner-power-lawyer-alan-jackson-1236466498/ Everyone is being hush-hush about the reasons for the withdrawal. My guess? the money fell through. One could spin a story about this, were one untethered to facts and an acknowledgement of one's own ignorance. One could suppose, in those hypothetical circumstances, that the younger Reiner (bot...
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I saw it on television, on one of those "show business news" shows. Don't ask why I was watching one of them. A bear cub tries to climb up a cliff, while his mother waits patiently at the top. Baby loses his grip near the top, slides down, and starts climbing again. This happens a couple of more times until, triumph! mother and child are reunited. It was always only a motion away. The TV show got the footage because it had already gone viral on social media, and social media got the footage because a drone took it. That's what ticks off Faine Greenwood, who has written on this clip for SLATE. https://slate.com/technology/2018/11/inspirational-baby-bear-video-drones-harassing-wildlife.html