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Wait! What? New ID Documentary Contends O.J. Simpson Didn’t Do It

Are the 1994 murders of Nicole Brown Simpson and Ron Goldman about to get a new, unexpected chapter?  On Monday, the New York Post reported that the ID (as in Investigation Discovery) cable channel will air a documentary titled  My Brother the Serial Killer  that presents evidence that the subject of the film, Glen Rogers , who may have killed as many as 70 to 80 people, is the “likely” killer of the two, not O.J. Simpson , as has been frequently speculated in the media. According to the tabloid’s TV critic, Linda Stasi , Rogers’ family thought he was lying when he told them that he was “partying with a woman in L.A. named Nicole Brown Simpson shortly before she was murdered. A few years after the murders and the white Bronco highway chase that ushered in a worldwide media circus, Rogers, who was on death row for other murders, admitted to a criminal profiler that he’d killed Simpson and Goldman. Stasi writes that receipts that show Rogers had been working construction in the area at the time of the deaths and his knowledge of how the murders were conducted, appear to add to his credibility. Rogers also apparently claims that O.J. didn’t bring any of this information to light when he he was on trial because the former actor and football star had paid the serial killer to break into Ncole’s house and steal a pair of $20,000 earrings he’d given to her.   The Post also reports that Simpson allegedly told Rogers to “kill ‘the bitch’ if necessary.” Shortly after Simpson and Goldman met grisly ends, Rogers went on a cross-country murder rampage. My Brother the Serial Killer debuts on ID on Wednesday night at 9 p.m. Follow Frank DiGiacomo on Twitter. Follow Movieline on Twitter. 

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Wait! What? New ID Documentary Contends O.J. Simpson Didn’t Do It

Happy 70th Birthday Week, Martin Scorsese! Celebrate With His Finest Scenes

Martin Scorsese turned 70 on Nov. 17, which makes it an ideal time to look at some of the best  cinematic gifts he’s given to the world.  This list could go on well past the eight clips I’ve chosen. For instance, Joe Pesci’s chilling “Do I amuse you in some way?” scene in GoodFellas could easily be included, but I wanted to feature one clip for each of Scorsese’s seven decades (and, in birthday tradition, one to grow on) without repeating any films. 1.   Robert De Niro’s  “You talkin’ to me?” scene in Taxi Driver   (1976) — One of the most quoted, imitated and parodied scenes in the last 50 years of filmmaking.  And look how young Bobby D looks.  2. The Copacabana Steady-cam shot from GoodFellas (1990)   — This shot makes me practically giddy every time I watch it. It’s a beautiful, seamless depiction of how power and influence can be bought and sold on the streets of New York City.

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Happy 70th Birthday Week, Martin Scorsese! Celebrate With His Finest Scenes