A 23-year-old Dallas woman, who pled guilty to gluing her two-year-old daughter's hands to a wall and beating her into a coma in 2011, was sentenced to 99 years in jail on Oct. 12. Elizabeth Escalona, 23, admitted to the September 2011 torture she inflicted on her daughter, which left her with a fractured rib, bleeding in her brain, and in a coma for days. On Oct. 12, the young mother received a harsh sentence of 99 years in prison for her vicious attack. During the sentencing trial, Elizabeth testified extensively in her defense, begging to not be sent to prison and for a second chance to redeem herself. "I hit her, I kicked her constantly, and she didn’t deserve that," she said on Oct. 11. "Only a monster does that." State District Judge Larry Mitchell expressed his understanding of Elizabeth's troubled upbringing, including sexual and physical abuse against her, but did not believe he should implement leniancy on her "On Sept.
- 10/12/2012
- by Hollywood Life Staff
- HollywoodLife
Db (Ted Danson) arrives and takes over the Cs. Catherine (Marg Helgenberger) it appears had another axe to grind with her heavy handedness and has she taken a leaf out of Stella's book when it comes to treating suspects in such a hostile way. He was a paedophile - yes - but there was an easy solution to that if the parents of Fiona had taken care of their daughter and reported him. Then she changed her tune when she needed the same suspect, John Lee's (James Harvy Ward) help in identifying the other suspects who came and went at the house. Brass (Paul Guilfoyle) also showing the Vegas brass (!) can be as humiliating and cold as the CSI:ny lot used to be. They've come a long way as far as the treatment of suspects harshly is concerned but the Vegas team appear to have gone back to the older NY ways,...
- 3/25/2012
- by mhasan@corp.popstar.com (Mila Hasan)
- PopStar
Novelist Felice Picano is a walking, talking, breathing encyclopedia of gay history. His experiences cross the spectrum of gay culture and his past memoirs are a window into the life and times of such celebrated names as Tennessee Williams and Bette Midler.
True Stories, Portraits of My Past is yet another glimpse into the eventful and fascinating life Mr. Picano has led. This is not his first memoir and indeed AfterElton.com gave his last memoir Art and Sex in Greenwich Village a glowing review.
If you don’t know who Picano is, don’t feel bad. Among my failings is a rather large gap in my knowledge of gay history and this book provided me a wonderful opportunity to fill in that missing knowledge a little.
Picano started Seahorse Press in 1977, which essentially pushed gay literature out of the shadows, giving it a legitimacy it had never before had.
True Stories, Portraits of My Past is yet another glimpse into the eventful and fascinating life Mr. Picano has led. This is not his first memoir and indeed AfterElton.com gave his last memoir Art and Sex in Greenwich Village a glowing review.
If you don’t know who Picano is, don’t feel bad. Among my failings is a rather large gap in my knowledge of gay history and this book provided me a wonderful opportunity to fill in that missing knowledge a little.
Picano started Seahorse Press in 1977, which essentially pushed gay literature out of the shadows, giving it a legitimacy it had never before had.
- 5/5/2011
- by Chris O'Guinn
- The Backlot
Ray (Laurence Fishburne) still having to battle his demons with Haskell (Bill Irwin) being on the loose. News reports of Haskell's escape and Ray doesn't want Brass (Paul Guilfoyle) turning off the TV due to him. Brass can't report there have been any sightings of him. Ray explains Haskell isn't any ordinary criminal and so the search for him, that should be manhunt, should also be different. Ray: "Until he makes a mistake, we just satisfy ourselves picking up bodies." Well, like it or not, it's what they do; unfortunately. A man presumed a Db is picked up and brought to autopsy. Before David (David Berman) can cut him open, he gets up and walks out of the morgue. David faints. Lucky for the Db, David got a call otherwise he'd be cut open; but he turns out to be not so luck after all. CSI delving into zombies for the twenty-first century.
- 5/3/2011
- by mhasan@corp.popstar.com (Mila Hasan)
- PopStar
Two old ladies in a thrift store open boxes to reveal dismembered body parts. Nick (George Eads) arrives on the Cs with Sara (Jorga Fox) this time and not Ray, (Laurence Fishburne) as is the norm; who is busy with his own personal issues. Det Frankie (Katee Sackoff) tells them his head and foot were found. Sara admits to shopping at this thrift store, as they have some good things. Sara doesn't find any leakage in the boxes and Nick believes the rest of the parts must be in the boxes. They were dropped off by a truck on a pick-up route. Nick wonders how much the killer thought the Db was worth, "times are tough." That was the supposedly funny line. Nick takes Gloria (Tracee Ellis Ross) to see Ray who's conducting an experiment with Hodges (Wallace Langham). Nick comments he looks more like "Dr Dre than Dr Ray.
- 4/26/2011
- by mhasan@corp.popstar.com (Mila Hasan)
- PopStar
A woman attempts to pay at the check out in the grocery store, hounded by a complaining customer behind her and very nervous when she looks at a gang outside in the car. Lots of potential suspects in the opening as to why she was so anxious. Shots are heard and the trolley cart boy and the same woman are shot and killed. Nick's (George Eads) first comment at the Cs is that he wanted to go grocery shopping too. Very out of character and irrelevant that two DBs could lead him to think of shopping. Sara (Jorga Fox) replies someone had the same idea. The Db boy, Hector has prison tattoos so could have been the intended target. Brass (Paul Guilfoyle) comments on the woman being an unlucky customer, meaning her shooting could have been accidental. However Nick comments on the Gs (Gun shot) wounds and one in her left eye.
- 3/30/2011
- by mhasan@corp.popstar.com (Mila Hasan)
- PopStar
Ray (Laurence Fishburne) and David (David Berman) are called in after a Db is found in the desert. along with a nylon bag, containing styrofoam. David finds a key chain on the Vic; who appears to have puncture marks on his back, which Ray points out are uniform in pattern, resembling bite marks. Ray supposes the bitemarks are from "Godzilla." Doc Robbins (Robert David Hall) comments on the monster on the loose. Cod is brain injury caused by sudden deceleration, such as a car accident. There is perforated skin, muscle. Hodges (Wallace Langham) can't resist getting involved in the investigation, after his analysis on the bag reveals what was found inside is used to construct simulated muscle. Thus there are dinosaurs in town! Hodges wants to "go now, go now" in the words of the song. For the first time, this season, CSI (TV) delves into two separate cases. Nick...
- 2/18/2011
- by mhasan@corp.popstar.com (Mila Hasan)
- PopStar
Officer Mitchell (Larry Mitchell) and his partner are on a call out. When they try to get into the house, they need to break the door down. After several attempts, the door gives way to reveal the house if brim full of clutter and junk. The owner, Marta Santiago (Bertila Damas) suffers from a hoarding obsession/disorder. She was ordered by the court to clean out her house. Nick (George Eads) asks Sara (Jorga Fox) how people can live like this. Sara replies it's more like "somebody died like that." Nick manages to find a Db when he puts his foot into the remains. Greg (Eric Szmanda) jokes about Nick "stepping in it". The body can't be moved until they clear a way for David (David Berman) to get in. Marta is helped out of the room by Sara. Marta's whole life is in this house as she tells Sara.
- 2/10/2011
- by mhasan@corp.popstar.com (Mila Hasan)
- PopStar
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