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An avowed satanist’s girlfriend, accused of killing one man and helping to bury the body of another in a suburban North Carolina backyard, pleaded guilty Thursday to her part in the crimes.

Authorities who accused Amber Nicole Burch, 27, first found themselves investigating a link to possible satanic ritual and sacrifice after the bones of two missing men, Joshua Wetzler, 32, and Tommy Welch, 31, were discovered in 2014 behind the red-bricked Clemmons home where Burch had lived with her boyfriend, Pazuzu Illah Algarad, and his mother.

Prosecutors charged Burch and Algarad — the former John Larson, a “weird goth kid” in the words of a former classmate,...

Democrats used Facebook Live and Periscope to stream their gun control sit-in protest in the House of Representatives on Wednesday after Republicans pulled the plug on C-span’s feed. Frustrated Democrats led by John Lewis (D-ga) and John Larson (D-ct) began their sit-in on the House floor Wednesday morning after Republicans tried to call a recess without voting on universal background checks and restrictions on sales for those on the suspected terrorist list. Also Read: Paul Ryan Cuts Off C-span Access During Democrats' Gun Control Sit-In The sit-in sparked the hashtag #NoBillNoBreak on social media. House Democrats were also joined by members of.

As part of 20th Century Fox's campaign to land Serkis a best supporting actor nomination for his role as Caesar, Hitfix have this great vid featuring a pre mo-cap Serkis performing his goodbye scene with James Franco and Freida Pinto There are also some great quotes from Serkis, director Rupert Wyatt and supervising sound supervisors Chuck Michael and John Larsen as they discuss bringing Caesar to life for the movie, and their take on a mo-cap performance being nominated in the best actor category at the Academy Awards. Click the link below to check it out. up your game at Gambling Insider...

Tuesday night I had the pleasure of moderating a conversation with Andy Serkis, director Rupert Wyatt and supervising sound supervisors Chuck Michael and John Larsen about their work bringing Caesar to live in the critically acclaimed "Rise of the Planet of the Apes."  The evening was part of 20th Century Fox's campaign to land Serkis a best supporting actor nomination for his role as Caesar, an ape with extreme intelligence who falls victim to the prejudices and fears of man.  If Serkis finds himself among the five nominees announced a week from Tuesday, it will make history as the first motion-capture...

Now entering its third week of release, several things have contributed to making Rise of the Planet of the Apes one of the summer's surprise hits. The general, overall positive buzz is one. An award-worthy, performance capture turn by Andy Serkis as Caesar is another. A smart, taut screenplay by Rick Jaffa and Amanda Silver has plenty to do with it too [1], as is an inspired sophomore directorial effort by Rupart Wyatt. Actors, writers and directors always gets the kudos though. Sometimes it's the little people who are what truly makes a movie special. In Rise of the Planet of the Apes, the sound is certainly one of those factors. After the jump, watch the latest video from the SoundWorks Collection (who've previously tackled blockbusters like Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2 [2], The Social Network [3] and Tron: Legacy [4] among others) and see what kind of work went into the...

All this could be done and over with! Photo by Pete SouzaThe framers of the Constitution apparently anticipated the protracted debate over raising the debt ceiling and the unfortunate Politico coverage that would follow: lo, the 14th Amendment, the second most controversial amendment on Vf.com’s 2010 edition of the Top 27 Most Debated Constitutional Amendments, which states that “the validity of the public debt of the United States, authorized by law, including debts incurred for payment of pensions and bounties for services in suppressing insurrection or rebellion, shall not be questioned.” Some Democrats, such as Congressman James Clyburn of South Carolina and John Larson of Connecticut, have stated that President Obama ought to “sign an executive order invoking the 14th Amendment to this issue” if Republicans do not agree to a long-term solution, according to Clyburn.