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NewsPhil Spector testimony comes to a dramatic closeFive months of testimony in the Phil Spector murder trial drew to a close yesterday (August 27) with the resignation of Spector's lead lawyer, and the exhibition of newly discovered emails written by actress Lana Clarkson before her death. As previously reported, Spector's attorney Bruce Cutler told Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Larry Paul Fidler that he was resigning from the case because of a difference of opinion between he and his client. After Cutler's dramatic resignation, defence attorney Roger Rosen took over as lead lawyer in the case, recalling two of Clarkson's friends to the witness stand. Elizabeth "Punkin Pie" Laughlin and Jennifer Hayes-Riedl reiterated previous testimony that Clarkson was upset about being "dissed" by director Michael Bay at a party, reports the Associated Press. Bay previously testified that he never saw Clarkson at the party. The defence also showed members of the jury emails that were recently discovered on Clarkson's computer, indicating she was depressed about her acting career and personal and financial troubles. "I hurt myself of course, injured as usual by tequila," she wrote in one of the messages. She also said she had gotten "hammered" after she was stood up by a man. Another spoke of being critiqued by an entertainment executive who allegedly told her to change her hair colour and personality. She wrote: "I don't feel ready to change the color of my hair, stop making people laugh and give up my dreams." Spector is accused of murdering Clarkson at his Los Angeles mansion on February 3, 2003. The defence contends that the actress was depressed and committed suicide. At the end of the day, Fidler said the presentation of evidence was finished, and excused the jurors until next Wednesday (September 5) when final arguments are to be presented. `Monster Mash' Singer Pickett Dies at 69 He does the "Monster Mash" no more. Bobby "Boris" Pickett, whose dead-on Boris Karloff impression propelled the Halloween anthem to the top of the charts in 1962, making him one of pop music's most enduring one-hit wonders, has died of leukemia. He was 69. Pickett, dubbed "The Guy Lombardo of Halloween," died Wednesday night at the West Los Angeles Veterans Hospital, said his longtime manager, Stuart Hersh. His daughter, Nancy, and his sister, Lynda, were at Pickett's bedside. "Monster Mash" hit the Billboard chart three times: when it debuted in 1962, reaching No. 1 the week before Halloween; again in August 1970, and for a third time in May 1973. The resurrections were appropriate for a song where Pickett gravely intoned the forever-stuck-in-you r-head chorus: "He did the monster mash. ... It was a graveyard smash." The novelty hit's fans included Bob Dylan, who played the single on his XM Satellite Radio program last October. "Our next artist is considered a one-hit wonder, but his one hit comes back year after year," Dylan noted. The hit single ensured Pickett's place in the pantheon of pop music obscurities, said syndicated radio host Dr. Demento, whose long-running program celebrates offbeat tunes. "It's certainly the biggest Halloween song of all time," said Demento. The DJ, who interviewed Pickett last year, said he maintained a sense of humor about his singular success: "As he loved to say at oldies shows, `And now I'm going to do a medley of my hit.'" Pickett's impression of Karloff (who despite his name was an Englishman, born William Henry Pratt) was forged in Somerville, Mass., where the boy watched horror films in a theater managed by his father. Pickett used the impersonation in a nightclub act and when performing with his band the Cordials. A bandmate convinced Pickett they needed to do a song to showcase the Karloff voice, and "Monster Mash" was born ? "written in about a half-hour," said Dr. |
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