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Alternative Latin American Music

Check out Latin Alternative music here at NPR's new blog and show AltLatino. Lots of cultural, social, political messages from the composers and singers featured every week.

Blake Edwards Dies

Blake Edwards, the celebrated director, has died at the age of 88. Mr. Edwards, who created such hits as "S.O.B.," the Pink Panther movies, and "Victor/Victoria" leaves behind a great legacy of films and popular culture references. He got his start as an actor, then moved into writing and directing with the iconic tv series "Peter Gunn," screen comedies such as "Operation Petticoat," and "10," which starred his wife Julie Andrews. Although one wouldn't think so, law and order is something of a theme in his work: think Inspector Clouseau, Peter Gunn, and Richard Diamond (the radio series).  More here in a New York Times obit.

Leaping Tall Legal Issues at a Single Bound

For those who can't get enough analysis of Buffy the Vampire Slayer, the law of Harry Potter, Superman, the X-Men, and their ilk (and count me among them), check out a new blog, Law and the Multiverse. Excellent!

New ABC Procedural Stars Dana Delany

Dana Delany's new show "Body of Proof" will debut on ABC soon. In it she'll play a medical examiner who solves crimes (shades of "Quincy, M.E."!)