MySpace.com; FILMWEEK’S OSCAR PREVIEW; FILMWEEK CONT'D
MySpace.com
A middle school student faces expulsion for allegedly posting graphic threats against a classmate on the popular MySpace.com Web site, and 20 of his classmates were suspended for viewing the posting, school officials said. Police are investigating the boy's comments about his classmate at TeWinkle Middle School as a possible hate crime, and the district is trying to expel him. According to three parents of the suspended students, the invitation to join the boy's MySpace group gave no indication of the alleged threat. They said the MySpace social group name's was ``I hate (girl's name)'' and included an expletive and an anti-Semitic reference. Larry Mantle talks with experts and listeners about the myspace.com. Experts include Andrew Brandt, Editor, PC World, expert on online and cyberspace issues, and Amanda Lenhart, Senior Research Specialist at the Pew Internet and American Life Project.
FILMWEEK’S OSCAR PREVIEW
From the historic Egyptian Theater in Hollywood, Larry Mantle and critics Henry Sheehan of HenrySheehan.com, Ella Taylor of the L.A. Weekly, Charles Solomon, animation critic for amazon.com, Jean Oppenheimer of New Times, Andy Klein, film editor and chief critic of both CityBeat and ValleyBeat, Scott Foundas, film editor for the L.A. Weekly, Lael Loewenstein of Variety, and Peter Rainer of the Christian Science Monitor discuss the Academy Award nominations.
FILMWEEK CONT'D
From the historic Egyptian Theater in Hollywood, Larry Mantle and critics Henry Sheehan of HenrySheehan.com, Ella Taylor of the L.A. Weekly, Charles Solomon, animation critic for amazon.com, Jean Oppenheimer of New Times, Andy Klein, film editor and chief critic of both CityBeat and ValleyBeat, Scott Foundas, film editor for the L.A. Weekly, Lael Loewenstein of Variety, and Peter Rainer of the Christian Science Monitor discuss the Academy Award nominations.