Alvin Rakoff, the Canadian-born filmmaker who directed Laurence Olivier in A Voyage Round My Father, has died. He was 97. His death was confirmed to The Hollywood Reporter by his longtime ...

The late filmmaker played a major role in helping Connery land his iconic role as James Bond Alvin Rakoff, Canadian filmmaker who helped launch the careers of actors Sean Connery and Alan Rickman ...

I heard this David Rakoff bit on This American Life a few weeks ago, and now I get to see it. Watch this clip to see and to hear how special this guy was. RIP. I heard this David Rakoff bit on ...

A federal judge in New York on Tuesday set a trial date for April 14 in the libel lawsuit Sarah Palin, the former Alaska governor, brought against The New York Times.

The disclosures came during a phone conference where U.S. District Judge Jed Rakoff in Manhattan scheduled a retrial for April 14, 2025. That followed a federal appeals court's decision in August ...

Everyone's favorite judge is back in the spotlight! U.S. District Judge Jed Rakoff was assigned the SEC case against Galleon's Raj Rajaratnam and his co-defendants, the Wall Street Journal's Law ...

[Emphasis added.] Quoting Rakoff, Posner states: In case you’re wondering what Posner’s “common sense” generates, I’ll point you to some passages from the newest of his series of streams ...

Joanna Smith Rakoff is the author of the novel *A Fortunate Age*, which was a *New York Times* Editors' Pick, a winner of the *Elle* Readers' Prize, a selection of Barnes and Noble's First Look Book ...

Judge Jed S. Rakoff said during a telephone conference that the trial can begin April 14 if a deal can’t be made before then. The lawsuit by the onetime Republican vice presidential candidate ...