More on the Department of Justice community building initiative. A detective speaks on the Venice High School student sex assault investigation. The arrest of Robert Durst.
DOJ announces 6 pilot cities for initiative to build community trust
Last week, the Department of Justice announced six cities which will serve as pilot sites to test strategies for strengthening trust between police and citizens.
The pilot initiative is part of a nation-wide program that Attorney General Eric Holder launched last year called the "National Initiative for Building Community Trust and Justice."
The six pilot sites are Birmingham, Alabama, Minneapolis, Minnesota, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Gary, Indiana, Fort Worth, Texas, and the central California city of Stockton.
Tracie Keesee, Project Director of the National Initiative for Building Community Trust and Justice, and Karol Mason, Assistant Attorney General for the Office of Justice Programs, joined Take Two to explain more about the program and how it will work.
The future of the movement in Ferguson and confirmation of Loretta Lynch for AG hits a snag
Joining us this week for our regular series is Nancy Cook, political correspondent for National Journal and Jamelle Bouie, staff writer for Slate.
Detective speaks on Venice High School investigation
On Friday came the shocking headline that 14 teenage boys from Venice High School had been accused of sexual assault against their classmates. LAPD Det. Kimberly Porter has more.
NASA scientist: California has only one year of water in reservoirs
Four years into an extreme drought, California has only about a year's worth of water stored in reservoirs. Jay Famiglietti, senior water scientist with NASA's JPL, warned of dire consequences if the state doesn't take action.
In an op-ed published in the Los Angeles Times, Famiglietti suggested mandatory water rationing and a fast-tracking of California's groundwater management plan, passed last year.
Trend up in Baby Boomer drug use, deaths
In 2013, more than 12,000 baby boomers died of accidental drug overdoses. That's more than died that year from either car accidents or the flu, according to the CDC. The Wall Street Journal's Zusha Elinson has more.
Be like Cinderella with $5,000 Jimmy Choo shoes
Cinderella truly is the belle of the ball.
Disney's new live action adaptation of the classic fairy tale led the box office this week with an estimated $70 million debut.
Ticket sales won't be the only revenue generator on this one. There is a whole line of merch and it's not just for the kiddos.
Michelle Dalton Tyree, founder of Fashion Trends Daily, joins Take Two for The Styled Side to look at the thousands that adults can spend on Cinderella-themed shoes, make-up and more.
Some modern takes on classic fairy tales
The live action adaptation of the popular Disney story Cinderella opened recently ... which has a lot of people talking about the history of fairy tales in modern movies.
Take Two contributor
talks about some other classic live action films that tackle the fairy tale genre.
In 1998's Ever After, Drew Barrymore plays the famous down on her luck orphan and Anjelica Huston is terrific as the evil stepmother:
And in 2007, Paramount Pictures released the film Stardust. Based on a graphic novel by Neil Gaiman its story revolved around a falling star that crashes to Earth and takes on a human form. The film stared Claire Danes, Michelle Pfeiffer, Robert DeNiro and Sienna Miller.
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But maybe the most loved of all is 1987’s The Princess Bride. Filmmaker Rob Reiner created the action/romance/comedy based on William Goldman’s book of the same name. And although it's now considered a classic - it wasn't a major box office hit upon its initial release.