- Its star is a talented lady, so one of Netflix’s top shows
is turning to a crew of talented ladies to help guide its second season. “Jessica
Jones” built a lot of momentum and a loyal fan base in its first season and its
second installment will be helmed entirely by Melissa Rosenberg, the show
runner for the series, revealed that all 13 episodes of the forthcoming second
season will be directed by women. Exactly who those women will be hasn’t been
announced, but clearly Rosenberg and those who help run the show have a solid
list and a strong belief that those they ask will say yes, or else she wouldn’t
be breaking this news now. What we do know is that filming is expected to begin
in early November. In Season 1, three of the nine directors were female for the
show, which stars Krysten Ritter as a private detective with superhuman
abilities. There is no official air date for the second season and while those
around the show are working hard to keep the plot lines a secret, Rosenberg previously
said it will see Jones continuing to deal with the sexual assault she suffered
in Season 1. The Jessica Jones character was previously a part of the “Alias”
story in the early 2000s and its sequel, “The Pulse,” but back in July, Marvel
announced the original “Alias” creative team were working on a solo Jessica
Jones comic, following last year’s Netflix series centered around the private
eye. So far, it’s been a rousing success and this latest publicity grab, er,
opportunity for female advancement should help it along on the road to grab
more eyeballs for upcoming seasons………
- Hey United States Congress, are you paying attention? The
corruption solution being applied to a Chinese provincial legislature one month
after allegations of electoral fraud would be useful in dealing with the same
sort of chicanery in its American counterpart and if the U.S. could get rid of
450 members of its bicameral legislature on account of fraud, corruption,
ineptitude, incompetence, etc., then the 85 remaining members might be inspired
to do better. In China, nearly 525 people have been yanked out of office and
state media reported Saturday that elections this week added 447 deputies to
the Liaoning Provincial People's Congress, which nominally oversees a
northeastern China province that borders North Korea, though all key decisions
are made by the ruling Communist Party. With this mass replacement, the
provincial congress now has 594 deputies, although it was just one month ago
that oOfficials announced in September the disqualification of 523 deputies.
Forty-five deputies representing Liaoning were also expelled from China's
national legislature, so this scamming reached the highest level. Head
communist despot/Chinese President Xi Jinping has made fighting corruption a
hallmark of his administration as a means of boosting his party’s legitimacy
and placate rising public discontent over graft. Having said that, a hell of a
lot of corruption remains and that won’t change any time soon……..
- This isn't the sort of teamwork a coach wants to see from
his players. Five Minnesota football players missed Saturday's home game
against Rutgers because they were (allegedly) working together earlier this
season to sexually assault a woman. Cornerbacks KiAnte Hardin and Ray Buford,
safety Dior Johnson, running back Carlton Djam and defensive lineman Tamarion
Johnson were benched fter a woman involved in Golden Gophers game-day operations
filed the orders stemming from a September sexual assault allegation. "It
would not be appropriate for the University to comment on this matter to the
extent it relates to University students," university spokesman Evan
Lapinska said in a statement. "The University reaffirms, however, that it
will honor and comply with court orders." Hardin, Buford, Johnson and Djam
each were suspended for three games earlier this season while the Minneapolis
Police Department investigated the allegations and while the Hennepin County
Attorney's Office decided not to pursue charges in early October due to
insufficient evidence to prove an assault occurred, the restraining orders kept
them off the field. Oh, and this also wouldn’t be the first time football
players for a major Division I university were allowed to skate on a possible
crime by a local court, in the event that’s what happened here. The players'
attorney, Lee Hutton, called the restraining orders a "calculated move,”
so maybe this accuser is a Rutgers alum who waited for just the right moment to
strike……..
- Don’t step to granny unless you’re prepared to get run
down. That lesson was learned the hard way by a Lake Charles, Louisiana man who
made the near-fatal decision to step onto the front porch of one Ella Reed.
According to police, Reed was traveling
on Pear Street when she saw the man standing on her front porch, recognizing
the man as her next-door neighbor. Apparently the two haven’t been feeling very
neighborly to one another of late, because the 75-year-old Reed attempted to
run the man over with her car. The good news for the man is that he was able to
move, but the bad news is that as he fled, Reed backed up, threw it into drive
again and ran her car into his residence. She went from old lady out for a
drive whose only damage is to the collective patience of everyone around her on
the road on account of driving 15 miles per hour below the speed limit in the
left lane while not being able to see over the top of her steering wheel to
being charged with attempted second-degree murder, according to Lake Charles
Police Department spokesman Lt. Richard Harrell. As much rage as Reed
apparently had, she displayed none of it in the aftermath of her crime, as
arriving officers found her still sitting in her vehicle. Maybe the reality of
what she had just done and almost done finally hit her, just like that
attempted murder charge and a possible jail stint in the twilight years of her
life might hit her in the coming months……..
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