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True Crime (genre)
True crime is a genre of non-fiction books, magazines, websites, films, TV shows, and podcasts. True Crime may also refer to: Television * True Crime (TV channel), a British crime-based TV channel * '' True Crime with Aphrodite Jones'', a U.S. documentary TV show * "True Crime" (''Only Murders in the Building''), an episode of the 2021 mystery-comedy TV series ''Only Murders in the Building'' * '' 72 Hours: True Crime'', a Canadian TV show, documentary show about the first 3 days in a crime * '' Law & Order: True Crime'', a U.S. TV show, dramatizations of true crimes * True Crime Network, an American broadcast network Online * ''Casefile True Crime Podcast'', a true crime podcast series airing since January 2016 * '' Morbid: A True Crime Podcast'', an anthology podcast * '' True Crime Zine'', an online literary magazine about true crime books Other uses * ''True Crime'' (1996 film), a 1996 movie starring Alicia Silverstone * ''True Crime'' (1999 film), a 1999 movie starring an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
True Crime
True crime is a nonfiction literary, podcast, and film genre in which the author examines an actual crime and details the actions of real people associated with and affected by criminal events. The crimes most commonly include murder; about 40 percent focus on tales of serial killers. True crime comes in many forms, such as books, films, podcasts, and television shows. Many works in this genre recount high-profile, sensational crimes such as the JonBenét Ramsey killing, the O. J. Simpson murder case, and the Pamela Smart murder, while others are devoted to more obscure slayings. True crime works can impact the crimes they cover and the audience who consumes it. The genre is often criticized for being insensitive to the victims and their families and is described by some as trash culture. History Zhang Yingyu's ''The Book of Swindles'' () is a late Ming dynasty collection of stories about allegedly true cases of fraud. Works in the related Chinese genre of court case fict ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
True Crime (1999 Film)
''True Crime'' is a 1999 American mystery thriller film directed by Clint Eastwood, and based on Andrew Klavan's 1995 novel of the same name. Eastwood also stars in the film as a journalist covering the execution of a death row inmate, only to discover that the convict may actually be innocent. The film was released on March 19, 1999 and became a box-office bomb, grossing just $16 million against its $55 million production budget. Plot Steve Everett, an Oakland journalist recovering from alcoholism, is assigned to cover the execution of convicted murderer Frank Beechum following the death of Everett's colleague, Michelle Ziegler, who had originally been assigned to the story. Everett investigates the background to the case and comes to suspect that Beechum has been wrongly convicted of murdering Amy Wilson. He gets permission from his editor's boss to investigate, and is told that the top editor would call the Governor, and that would do the job, if Everett gets hard proof. H ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sleeping Dogs (video Game)
''Sleeping Dogs'' is an Action-adventure game, action-adventure video game developed by United Front Games and published by Square Enix. It was released for PlayStation 3, Xbox 360 and Windows in 2012. Set in contemporary Hong Kong, the story follows martial artist and undercover police officer Wei Shen who infiltrates the Sun On Yee Triad (underground society), Triad organization. Gameplay focuses on Wei Shen's martial arts moves, fighting, shooting and parkour abilities, and on gadgets that can be used for combat and exploration. Players must complete missions to unlock content and continue the story, but they may instead freely roam the game's open world environment and engage in both legal and criminal activities. The latter may incite a police response, the intensity of which is controlled by a "heat" system. Actions such as fighting, driving and racing grant Shen statistical rewards and earn the player Achievement (video gaming), achievements. ''Sleeping Dogs'' difficult a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
New York City
New York, often called New York City to distinguish it from New York State, or NYC for short, is the List of United States cities by population, most populous city in the United States. With a 2020 population of 8,804,190 distributed over , New York City is also the List of United States cities by population density, most densely populated major city in the United States. Located at the southern tip of the State of New York, the city is the center of the New York metropolitan area, the largest metropolitan area in the world by urban area. With over 20.1 million people in its metropolitan statistical area and 23.5 million in its combined statistical area as of 2020, New York is one of the world's most populous megacities. New York City has been described as the Culture of New York City, cultural, financial, and media capital of the world, significantly influencing commerce, entertainment, research, technology, education, politics, tourism, dining, art, fashion, and sports, and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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