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Man pleads guilty in Indiana police officer's killing

Tags: Parenting, Justice System, Prosecution, Crime, Law and Justice, Health

'Trishna' review: Beauty and the east

**1/2 (out of four) "Trishna" opens as if it could be an Indian cousin of "The Hangover," as Jay (Riz Ahmed of "Four Lions") and his fellow vacationing dudes either lounge and laugh freely or lay around nursing the night before. Few of the women in this...

Tags: Trishna (movie), Michael Winterbottom, Roman Polanski, Slumdog Millionaire (movie)

'Trishna' moves 'Tess' to a turbulent India -- 2 1/2 stars

Updating "Tess of the d'Urbervilles" from late 19th century Wessex to contemporary India, the protean director Michael Winterbottom combines his love of Thomas Hardy with an instinct for on-the-ground, socially engaged storytelling in"Trishna." The title...

Tags: Trishna (movie), India, Miral (movie), Entertainment, Michael Winterbottom

Certain themes resonate for Irving

Special to Tribune newspapers

John Irving's latest book, "In One Person," is his most politically charged novel since his 1980s best-sellers "The Cider House Rules" and "A Prayer for Owen Meany." The book is about a bisexual boy from rural Vermont named Billy Abbott who has crushes...

Tags: John Irving, Literature, AIDS, Gays and Lesbians, Authors

Film review: 'Dark Knight Rises' is a promise fulfilled

And so the Christopher Nolan rendition of Batman — started in “Batman Begins” (2005) and continued in “The Dark Knight” (2008) — comes to an end, in “The Dark Knight Rises.” It stands proudly alongside...

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Trishna

Fox 5 San Diego staff

This movie is based on the novel by Thomas Hardy (no, not the villain in the latest Batman). That novel from the 1800s is brought into modern-day India. Trishna (Frieda Pinto) is trying to help her dad, who fell asleep in his truck and got badly injured....

Tags: Michael Winterbottom, Jack Nicholson, Riz Ahmed, Slumdog Millionaire (movie), Mumbai (India)

'Fifty Shades of Grey' is turning women 50 shades of red

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New charges in IMPD Officer David Moore case to be announced Thursday

New charges in the murder of IMPD Officer David Moore will be announced Thursday. Officer David Moore was shot four times during a traffic stop on Jan. 23, 2011. He died three days later. Back in April, 61-year-old Thomas Hardy received life without...

Tags: Murder

Man accused of providing gun in fatal Officer David Moore shooting charged

The man accused of providing the gun to the man convicted of fatally shooting Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department Officer David Moore was charged with conspiracy Thursday. U.S. Attorney Joseph Hogsett, alongside Marion County Prosecutor Terry...

Tags: Firearms, Prosecution, Crime, Law and Justice, Shootings, Trials

Cannes 2012: Roman Polanski receives some therapy

IMPD Officer David Moore's murderer to be sentenced Thursday

The family of an IMPD officer who was murdered will hopefully receive some closure. Thomas Hardy, 61, will be sentenced at 9 a.m. Thursday. Hardy pleaded guilty last month to shooting IMPD Officer David Moore during a traffic stop last January.  As a...

Tags: Prosecution, Prisons, Trials, Punishment, Court Preliminary

Hardy receives life sentence for murder of IMPD officer in emotional hearing

The man accused of killing an Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department officer was sentenced Thursday morning. Thomas Hardy, 61, received life without parole for the murder and an additional 40 years for robbery and firearm charges. Hardy pleaded...

Tags: Justice System, Crime, Law and Justice, Murder, Human Interest, Punishment