Phil Spector
Phil Spector was sentenced to 19 years to life in prison on Friday for the murder of actress Lana Clarkson.
A Los Angeles Superior Court judge sentenced Spector to 15 years to life for second-degree murder and an additional four years for personal use of a gun, according to the Associated Press.
Clarkson, who starred in Roger Corman's cult hit Barbarian Queen, died of a gunshot fired in her mouth in Spector's mansion in 2003. She had met Spector only hours earlier at her job as a nightclub hostess.
Spector was best known as a music producer in the 1960s, whose signature "Wall of Sound" souped up the tracks of Ike and Tina Turner, the Ronettes and the Beatles.
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Phil Spector
Music producer Phil Spector has been convicted of second-degree murder in the 2003 shooting of an actress.
Spector, 69, faces at least 15 years in prison, according to a spokesperson for the Los Angeles Superior Court. After deliberating for nine days, the jury found that the producer killed Lana Clarkson on Feb. 3, 2003, hours after they met at a Sunset Strip club where she worked. A previous jury on the case deadlocked in 2007.
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In the murder trial of "wall of sound" producer Phil Spector yesterday, a coroner testified that a bruise on the tongue of the late Lana Clarkson may have been caused by the gun being forced into her mouth before it was discharged. She also had contusions (thank you, Law & Order) on her right arm and wrist, and no history of depression or suicidal tendencies. Other than being the sort who'd go home with a crazy-ass-lookin' guy like Phil Spector.
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As first teased a month ago by TVGuide.com's Soaps News, NBC is close to inking a deal that will keep the supernatural sudser Passions alive on DirecTV. Two caveats, per Variety: The show will air only four days a week, and further slash its acting tutor production budget.... Disney Channel this month starts production on Twitches Too, starring real-life sisters Tia and Tamera Mowry. The sequel finds the twin princesses threatened by an "evil darkness" and learning that their father may be alive.... Court TV begins live coverage of the Phil Spector trial today at noon/ET.... Starting next year, the Screen Actors Guild Awards will honor outstanding performances by stunt performers and coordinators.Matt (that's me) is back from vacay, rested and relaxed. If I got any more sun, Don Imus would start calling me names.
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Prince's 3121 has debuted at the top of Billboard's album charts, marking the first first-place bow of his career.... Graceland, the home where Elvis Presley lived, gorged and died, has officially been upgraded from tourist trap to national landmark.... Girls Gone Wild creator Joe Francis is out to buy Playboy, the New York Post reports.... Come fall, Lynn Toler will be replacing Mablean Ephriam as the judge on Divorce Court.... As if standing trial for murder weren't bad enough, record mogul Phil Spector is now being sued for millions by a personal assistant who claims he sexually harassed her. What's next? Gum on his shoe?
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