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Hundreds of rioters have been charged, convicted and sentenced for joining the mob attack on the U.S. Capitol. Unlike their cases, Samuel Lazar’s appears to have been resolved in secret — kept under seal with no explanation, even after his release from prison. Lazar, 37, of Ephrata, Pennsylvania, was arrested in July 2021 on charges that he came to the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, dressed in tactical gear and protective goggles, and used chemical spray on officers who were desperately trying to beat back the angry Donald Trump supporters. There is no public record of a conviction or a...

A Capitol police escorted him?

Dennis Farina -- who starred as Det. Joe Fontana on "Law & Order" -- died today in Scottsdale, Arizona after suffering a blood clot in his lung. He was 69. Farina is a Hollywood legend -- who appeared in tons of classic films and TV shows including "Get Shorty," "Snatch" and "Midnight Run." He also appeared in HBO's series "Luck."

LOS ANGELES, May 11 (Reuters) - Dennis Farina, a former policeman who built a Hollywood career playing detectives, was arrested on Sunday at Los Angeles International Airport for carrying a loaded gun on his way to board a plane, police said. Farina, 64, told police he brought the .22 caliber, semi-automatic pistol with him on a drive from Arizona to Los Angeles and forgot it was in his briefcase when he tried to pass through airport security, police said in a statement. He was scheduled to take a United Airlines flight to his home in Chicago. "Farina was very apologetic...

From the man who brought us "The Passion of the Christ" comes "Paparazzi," a cheeseball revenge thriller with an alarmingly twisted moral. According to this Mel Gibson-produced late-summer offering, released without screening for critics, it's OK to murder celebrity photographers because they're amoral bottom-feeders. Forget about turning the other cheek; these unshaven, bourbon-swigging "parasites" — who, in the view of "Paparazzi," all look and behave like dirty buccaneers — apparently deserve to die. The "Death Wish" premise is almost as extreme as the acting. Squandering a chance to thoughtfully examine the repercussions of society's obsession with Hollywood lives, first-time feature...