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Section Page 2 I Fort Worth Star-Telegram Thursday January 191995 TELEVIS101 Section Page 2 I Fort Worth Star-Telegram I Thursday January 191995 TELEVISION The three-ring trial of the century Welcome to the OJ Simpson Circus Here's a recap of who's who and what's what i 4-No 1 Po'lt dt 1 1 4 4 I VA 't 1 1 4 it -4t 4 i -i 4 Foil Worth Star-Te4egram file c4- tsla Zr: ora rA i' ''''''i If ii A 1 1 411711" 41P- i 1 fl'if 1' 4 '''''''''S? 'N :) 'ff 1 '44 41 vfrk 1yo 1 70r r' il -)'''t i 4(1i if- Aii 7 4 play her in the movie William Hodgman prosecuting attorney His down-home demeanor makes him the Will Rogers of the '90s: "I never met a man I didn't try to incarcerate" His wardrobe won't likely dictate any fashion trends Likely Post-Trial Activities: Reminding people that he did if nothing else convict Charles Keating Al Cowlings designated driver His explanation for his and 0J's infamous driving tour of Southern California could very well prompt congressional reform measures for makers of "confusing" LA maps Likely Post-Trial Activities: Ford Bronco spokesman owner of a chauffeur service you have to get somewhere but you're not in any particular Kato Kaelin Talk Soup guest host In charge of giving young vacuous self-absorbed aspiring actors an even worse name Shapiro will try to discredit him by asking how many calories were in the Big Mac he ate with OJ just before the murders Likely Post-Trial Activities: Explaining to people who try to adopt him that they've mistaken him for Kato Nicole's Akita Mark Fuhrman avowed non-racist cop You find one lousy bloody glove while on the job and your whole crummy checkered past is thrown up in your face Likely Post-Trial Activities: Not returning David Duke's phone calls appearing in Snoop Doggy Dogg videos -74-- -404717'J' '4 :1 1kot 00 i irtor Akotattawarg9i 1 i''' vieA 4 i 1: 4 I 1 'i Nit A Fj7 i 4 'i 1 '''i: 1 i I i' -11' 1 Fort Wonh Star-Telegram file Al Cowlings profiting from this case The jury (12 plus 15 alternates) Your mission should you choose to accept it is to stay awake and lucid and attentive and sane for the next six months If you fail District Attorney Gil Garcetti will disavow any knowledge of your existence Likely Post-Trial Activities: 27 different book tours The media Doing it in the name of public service Likely Post-Trial Activities: To declare in retrospect that they behaved really abominably during this whole thing then react even more perversely to the next scandal down the pike Simpson saga I Fort Worth Star-Telegram file Superior Court Judge Lance A Ito 01 Simpson 's a nomeys Johnn le Cochran alarm awakened him while tuned to a radio station After assailing the media helped a local TV station earn high ratings by giving it an exclusive interview Likely Post-Trial Activities: His own talk show The Beautiful People's Court Robert Shapiro chief defense attorney LA's most celebrated celebrity will argue that no piece of evidence has a place in a court of law and pick every nit in sight say the time was I 0:36 pm can you be more specific how many seconds past until viewers stay away in droves Likely Post-Trial Activities: His own talk show Believe It or Betio Yet Don't! Client-attorney privilege means he won't be able to cash in otherwise but that didn't stop Alan Dershowitz from writing Reversal of Fortune about Claus von Bulow Johnnie Cochran chief defense attorney Will continue to repeat that race is not an issue in this case ensuring that it indeed is an issue person" Blessed with the ability to replay licks after hearing them only once Trucks began playing in area clubs just a few months after picking up the instrument He soon formed his own blues band Word of his talent spread He jammed with the Allmans played with Guy at a huge festival in Atlanta and was soon being tapped as an opener for the Gregg Allman Band and Bob Dylan among oth --71- 7' 'f: i' i4' 3 e1 'i i 4 '''-7: -4 '''c'- A i 404 -e 3 '4 40' ik VII: 4''''1'1444'' i "T5' '0 'f sfyf 741 ::::1 rot kt: ii''' it' '2 te413 4k44 4 444 i By DAVID KRONKE SPECIAL TO THE STAR-TELEGRAM LOS ANGELES Submitted for your approval: One Trial of the Century brought to you by the taxpayers of the city of Los Angeles intended to show that one Orenthal James Simpson did with intent to harm kill one Nicole Brown Simpson (the defendant's ex-wife) and one Ronald Goldman (the defendant's ex-wife's friend) Can a celebrity get a fair trial? Can a rich man buy justice? Can an African-American find a colorblind jury in strife-torn LA? Can the media exploit this thing any more than they already have? These are the questions before us today and they all tend to weigh on our minds more heavily than the ostensible question of the trial did Simpson do it? Answers with luck will be forthcoming In the meantime here's a handy scorecard to help keep the major players clear as the media circus uh that is the proceedings are played out on a TV near you Fod Wotth Star- Tetegf am Me The defendant 0J Simpson 0J Simpson the defendant Those requiring further explanation should be on the jury Doubtful that he'll testify but perhaps he'll favor the court with another Andrew Lloyd Webber song as he did early in the proceedings singing Memory from Cats to himself While in jail he helped design and market a $3500 bronze statue of himself and wrote a book due out next month arguing for his innocence Likely Post-Trial Activities: Seclusion enforced or otherwise Lance Ito the judge During preliminary hearings he ousted one potential juror simply because he had watched cartoons and another because his clock-radii Trucks Continued from Pagel Butch Trucks Two he plays the kind of blues)' Southern rock the Allmans were known for Trucks is currently laying the tracks for an upcoming debut CD and touring clubs near and far including Blues Bar in Fort Worth tonight He picked up a guitar six years ago on a whim at a garage sale got a few lessons from his dad then learned by ear He already has jammed with Joe Walsh Buddy Guy and the Allmans opened for and played with Bob Dylan and guested on Tinsley Ellis' 1994 Storm Warning CD Unfortunately he's about as comfortable doing interviews as the average I 5-year-old which is to say not very While friendly he specializes in quick answers giving the distinct impression that he'd rather be concentrating on his Nintendo game or his baseball card collection "It's an honor" he says of the Allman comparisons "I remember when I started playing that was who I listened to nonstop But you don't INant to be constantly corn- pared to any one person definitely try not to sound like another -7 444' :14 "A 3 i 12 4 4 Denise and Dominique Brown Likely Post-Trial Activities: Giving the least-attended lecture of all Simpson trial participants Sukru Boztepe and Allan Park key witnesses Shapiro will ask Boztepe the length of the yarn in centimeters in the sweater he was wearing at the time he discovered the bodies he will demand Park prove his competence as limo driver by dismantling and rebuilding a car engine blindfolded Likely Post-Trial Activities: Getting free drinks at bars with oJ anecdotes Tanya Dominique and Denise Brown sisters of the victim Their expected emotional outbursts have already led the defense to request they be barred from the courtroom Cameras will no doubt frequently cut away to them during particularly emotional testimony Likely Post-Trial Activities: Denise will continue to weigh in with the nation's media as to I er theories on the case Contents of the mystery envelope A classic Hitchcock McGuffin: Its purpose is to titillate the audience for weeks then prove ultimately to have no bearing on the proceedings Likely Post-Trial Activities: A brief pass on the talk show circuit oerhaps inanimate objects are otherwise generally incapable of Covering the By SCOTT WILLIAMS THE ASSOCIATED PRESS The long-awaited opening statements in the OJ Simpson double-murder trial will get 'round-thedial live coverage on network and cable television when they begin After that viewers who want saturation coverage will have to choose their stations CNN is adjusting its schedule for extensive live coverage of the trial and Court TV and Entertainment Television plan gavel-togavel attention Barring significant developments in the following day's proceedings however ABC CBS and NBC will revert to regular daytime schedules The networks will opt for "OJ minutes" or brief hourly or periodic trial updates ABC CBS and NBC all with "hot" control rooms able to go live instantly have pledged to provide live coverage of major developments key testimony closing arguments and verdict "Decisions will be made on a daily hourly even minute-byminute basis" said Lane Venardos CBS' director of hard news and special events coverage "There's just no way to decide up front" The broadcasters will be able to highlight each day's events in their nightly newscasts create "instant specials" for prime time and even shift their focus and analysis into prime-time news magazines Fox Broadcasting Co plans to air a continuous feed from the courtroom's pool cameras for its affiliates to use at will The syndicated news magazines American Journal Inside Edition and Hard Copy are shifting their anchor desks to the Los Angeles courthouse site In Fort Worth-Dallas two network affiliates will take advantage of recent agreements with independent stations to offer expanded jazz weekend brian sharp trio rnondays and thursdays trio descargo this friday and saturday 7th street cafe 35 QP Fort Worth Star-Telegram tile Los Angeles prosecutor Marcia Clark Fort Worth Star-Telegram he Jr left and Robert Shapiro Likely Post-Trial Activities: Taunting Howard Weitzman Simpson's former attorney for giving up this cash cow of a case It's a wonder Cochran doesn't already have a talk show Alan Dershowitz Lee Bailey Gerald tie and Barry Scheck assorted money-scarfing defense attorneys Scheck'll handle the DNA stuff Uelmen'll gnaw away at other minutiae Dershowitz and Bailey will flash their big names Likely Post-Trial Activities: Because they're not headliners any effort to cash in on their parts will seem even more unduly crass Which doesn't mean they won't try Marcia Clark prosecuting attorney Were this a romantic comedy she and Shapiro after eternal feuding would fall in love by trial's end Her power-suit wardrobe and hairstyle will no doubt dictate what's in in women's fashions for the next year Likely Post-Trial Activities: Coaching Debra Winger on how to beforehand we'd opened for him and we were packing up to go and he asked me if I wanted to play" As it became clear that Trucks' playing was more than a hobby he began touring farther and farther afield from his home base in northern Florida His father Chris sold his roofing business to manage his son full time and Trucks has been playing one bar after another for the past four years His current band includes Ron Roper on keyboards and vocals Ricky Anton on drums and vocals and Todd Smalley on bass Does it make him nervous to know that his family's income is now dependent on him? "Yeah to a point" he says "But he lets me know that whatever happens isn't my fault He gives me a lot of encouragement I hope it pans out II think it wig trial coverage KDFWChannel 4 controls programming on Channel 27 KXASChannel 5 has a similar agreement with KXTX Channel 39 Channel 4 will stick with CBS' live coverage but will also air an' hour-long program reviewing the highlights at 10:30 pm daily on Channel 27 The show hosted by' Richard Ray will air as long as the trial lasts Channel 5 will provide NBC's coverage of trial highlights but will also air NBC's uninterrupted satellite feed on Channel 39 The program hosted anchored and produced by Mike Androvett will continue for as long as the trial lasts Nobody wants to say how much all this live coverage will cost whether in news division budgets or the disruption of viewers' habits Much of the sting comes from Madison Avenue According to the trade journal Advertising Age ABC CBS and NBC stand to lose almost $13 million per day if they pre-empt just half of their almost 1300 30-second daytime commercials "We're rearranging our schedule" said George Schweitzer CBS' executive vice president for marketing "If there's an update it's not coming out of commercial time" The broadcasters want to mini- mize the revenue hit they took last summer for the six days of the in- tensely watched pretrial hearing when ratings soared but commercials were fewer If they show it will the viewers come? "There's no way to estimate view interest" Venardos said "The same people who are saying 'God I'm so sick of 0J' are the same people who may be saying 'I'm so sick of 0J and I can't stand not to watch it' FOfi Worth Star-Telegram the Alan Dershownz Lisa Kahn the DA of DNA Will put America to sleep for a week or two while she and Shapiro bicker about every insignificant detail about the history and scientific process of DNA testing These days Trucks listens to a lot of Stevie Wonder and Marvin Gaye today's rock he says is often "a band trying to write a hit the songs aren't from the heart" and keeps up with schoolwork on the road "I go to a public high school in Jacksonville and I make A's and B's" he says "I get the work in advance and do it on the road Usually we're not gone that long Or I'll call my friends to see what we've done Usually the teachers are pretty lenient about when I turn stuff in Depending on what happens I think I'll most likely go to college" His debut CD is still a ways off When he can Trucks collaborates with an old friend guitaristkeyboard ist Larry Oakes and recently went into the studio "There's a few instrumentals it's hard to explain" he says "It's kind of a blues-based rock kind of thing A few are kind of lengthy I'd like to have some guests on it but I don't know who they'll be so I can't really say" And that's pretty much that Derek Trucks Tonight: Opening act James Hickle starts at 10 pm at Blues Bar 937 Woodward St Fort Worth Admission: $5 Information: 870-2337 He picked up a guitar six years ago on a whim at a garage sale got a few lessons from his dad then learned by ear He already has jammed with Joe Walsh Buddy Guy and the Allmans opened for and played with Bob Dylan and guested on Tinsley Ellis' 1994 Storm Warning CD LP A A i A 4t i A di It A A (11 A A i 001107 1 I PI I I I 1(14 7:30 8:30 w7th st 870-1672 ers At one concert Dylan had him play on two songs Everything Is Broken and Highway 61 Revisited and hugged him afterward "It's a thrill to play with those people" Trucks says "I'm not nervous when I'm up there with them Dylan was one of the last people I thought I'd play with just because he's such a legendt didn't know I was going to play with him Elocctr1Jzz311zzaglgtqzzxqgzzlgtriciri.