BBC Presenter Ray Gosling's On-Air Confession: I Killed My Lover (VIDEO)

BBC Presenter Decides to Admit That He Killed a Guy a While Ago
"I killed someone once" is an interesting thing for anyone to say in a non-joking way, at any time, ever. When you're a BBC television personality, like Ray Gosling, and you say it on-camera, it's especially noteworthy. As part of a Documentary on death and dying that aired yesterday, Gosling reveals, while walking through a cemetery, that he once used a pillow to smother his lover, who was terminally ill from AIDS and in "terrible, terrible pain." Gosling says he only did what his lover...

Synth Britannia: BBC documentary about synthpop bands
YouTube has Synth Britannia, split into nine parts. Documentary following a generation of post-punk musicians who took the synthesiser from the experimental fringes to the centre of the pop stage. In the late 1970s, small pockets of electronic artists including the Human League, Daniel Miller and Cabaret Volatire were inspired by Kraftwerk and JG Ballard and dreamt of the sound of the future against the backdrop of bleak, high-rise Britain. The crossover moment came in 1979 when Gary Numan's...

Hitler's Green Killing Machine
Historians have either overlooked or forgotten that sweeping Nazi environmental laws, all signed by Hitler and considered to be his pet projects, preceded the racially charged Nuremberg Laws, reflecting the fact that Nazi Racism was rooted in ecology. The shocking climax of the infamous 1940 Nazi Documentary film entitled "The Eternal Jew" stunningly reveals a strong green rationalization based on Animal Rights for the looming destruction of the Jews. According to Nazi ideology, the so-called...

TEA Party - The Documentary Film viewed by sold out crowd at Hanover Tavern
This weekend saw sold-out shows at the historic Hanover Tavern , near Richmond Virginia, of “Tea Party – The Documentary Film”. Hosted by the Richmond Liberty Alliance , Richmond Tea Party and the Washington D.C. –based FreedomWorks Foundation, the film details five ordinary Americans who came to the conclusion individually that the Federal Government was not listening to them, and that it was time to act and actively protest at wasteful spending and unnecessary...

Vancouver Olympics protest turns violent
told the Vancouver Media Co-op in a short video Documentary. Vancouver has over 15,000 homeless people, CS Monitor noted. Indeed, the games have cost the city well over $6 billion in unexpected spending, even though the initial public cost projection were less than $700 million. Added to the city's troubles was a startling lack of frozen precipitation, for which officials compensated by having over 5,000 cubic meters of snow airlifted by helicopter , requiring some 750 workers according to...

Celine Dion says new documentary a 'VIP' pass for fans; talks about being an 'open book'
NEW YORK — Celine Dion's new movie, "Celine: Through the Eyes of the World," does more than highlight her performances during her last world tour; it also allows fans rare glimpses of her offstage life. The Documentary shows Dion as a goofy jokester, a doting mother, a tender wife, a wide-eyed tourist, a devoted daughter and more. The cameras tag along for intimate moments the superstar is happy to share with fans. "I want to be kind of accessible. I don't want to be doing this show...

British journalist detained by Hamas in Gaza
Hamas security forces arrested a British man in Gaza on Sunday, British and Hamas officials said. Authorities in Gaza arrested British filmmaker Paul Martin Sunday as he arrived to testify at the trial of a militant accused of giving information to "hostile parties," Palestinian security officials said. Martin, described as a freelance Documentary filmmaker, was handcuffed and taken into custody for 15 days as he arrived at the Gaza City courthouse where the trial was taking place.

British Journalist Seized by Hamas in Gaza
British Journalist Seized by Hamas in Gaza Journalists Kidnapped by Palestinian Militants in Gaza since Sept. 2004 Freedom of Press in Israel Iran-backed Hamas arrested and imprisoned British freelance journalist and Documentary filmmaker Paul Martin in Gaza on Sunday (Feb. 14). A spokesman for the terrorist organization said Martin had "violated Palestinian law and the security in Gaza" but provided no details of Martin's alleged crimes.[1] The Hamas spokesman said only that Martin would be...

George Washington's whiskey distillery rebuilt; first president also grew hemp at Mount Vernon
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Dolphin slaughter film in Oscars contention
Beverly Hills, California — A gripping film about the annual slaughter of dolphins in a Japanese town is vying for Oscars glory after being nominated in the best Documentary category on Tuesday. Louie Psihoyos's "The Cove" has angered authorities in the Japanese coastal town of Taiji, where officials last year said they would consider suing the film-makers. Psihoyos's film plays like a fast-paced thriller as it follows the film-makers trying to capture the dolphin slaughter on camera...

Hamas: British journalist ordered held for 15 days
Gaza City, Gaza Strip — Hamas officials said Monday that a British freelance journalist detained in Gaza will be held for 15 days, an unprecedented step against a foreigner since the Islamic Militants seized Gaza in 2007. Documentary filmmaker Paul Martin was detained Sunday at a Gaza Military tribunal where he was to testify on behalf of a Gaza man accused of collaborating with Israel, said Hamas Interior Ministry spokesman Ehab Ghussein. He had just begun to speak when the prosecutor...

Video "Generation Jihad": How Radical Islamic Websites Create Terrorists in the West
I'll let this Daily Mail summary of the recent BBC Documentary "Generation Jihad" speak for why you should watch the whole thing. I'll embed all six parts of episode 1 of it below the fold. I'm watching it as we speak, so I may have some commentary in a bit. Daily Mail: Religious extremists are increasingly turning to the Internet to find, indoctrinate and radicalise young Muslims, according to a new Documentary series. Like Sexual Predators they prey on vulnerable young people, quickly...

BBC documentarian confesses to mercy killing of aids stricken lover
(BBC) Ray Gosling, a veteran Documentary-maker, said he had smothered the man with a pillow as he lay in his Hospital bed, after doctors said they couldn't help relieve his suffering. He claimed he had previously made a pact with the man, whom he did not name, that he would help him die if his pain became unbearable. Mr Gosling insisted that he had no regrets about his "startling confession". Full story: BBC presenter admits mercy killing of lover who had Aids – Telegraph

Daily Kos: Special Comment: Tea Parties And Race
I happen to be filling the few spare hours of this past week by re-watching my friend Ken Burns' Jazz Documentary and was literally pulling my shoes on to head over to the Hospital yesterday when it came to the story of the great Billie Holiday and the still-startling anti-lynching song "Strange Fruit." Not long ago, my father, who abandoned baseball because his team traded his favorite players (Yankees; Steve Souchock, George Stirnweiss; 1948, 1950; yes, we carry grudges), mentioned to me...

Countdown Special Comment on the Tea Parties and Race
From Countdown Feb. 15, 2010 Special Comment: Tea Parties And Race : I happen to be filling the few spare hours of this past week by re-watching my friend Ken Burns' Jazz Documentary and was literally pulling my shoes on to head over to the Hospital yesterday when it came to the story of the great Billie Holiday and the still-startling anti-lynching song "Strange Fruit." Not long ago, my father, who abandoned baseball because his team traded his favorite players (Yankees; Steve Souchock,...

Hamas: British journalist ordered held for 15 days
Gaza City, Gaza Strip (AP) - Hamas officials said Monday that a British freelance journalist detained in Gaza will be held for 15 days, an unprecedented step against a foreigner since the Islamic Militants seized Gaza in 2007. Documentary filmmaker Paul Martin was detained Sunday at a Gaza Military tribunal where he was to testify on behalf of a Gaza man accused of collaborating with Israel, said Hamas Interior Ministry spokesman Ehab Ghussein. He had just begun to speak when the prosecutor...

A Look Back at Communism: Tracking Down East German Factory Workers
Documentary filmmaker Volker Koepp made a career in communist East Germany out of documenting the lot of factory workers in the country. Now, with Germany celebrating two decades since reunification, his new film shows how those workers have adapted to life in Capitalism. It is rare that a visit to the local bar provides one's career a decisive boost. But when young East German film student Volker Koepp stumbled into the pub in the sleepy settlement of Wittstock four decades ago, he found it...

Chutzpah, thy name is Zionism
In Defamation, a highly revealing 2009 Documentary on Anti-Semitism by Israeli filmmaker Yoav Shamir, Professor Norman Finkelstein noted this strategy of invoking past Jewish suffering to justify future wars. "The irony is that the Nazi holocaust has now become the main ideological weapon for launching wars of aggression," said Finkelstein, the author of The Holocaust Industry. "Every time you want to launch a war of aggression, drag in the Nazi holocaust." Or, to be more precise, every time...

Immigration Equality Action Fund
Introducing the Immigration Equality Action Fund, the direct action organization built on Immigration Equality's work advocating with the LGBT and HIV-positive Immigration communities and their families. Our complete Action Fund website is coming soon. To stay updated on our progress, and the announcement of our complete direct action tool kit, please sign up here: A Family's Story: The Case for LGBT Immigration Reform An original Immigration Equality Action Fund Documentary, highlighting the...

Britain identifies UK journalist detained in Gaza
Jerusalem — The British consulate on Monday identified a Briton detained in Gaza as Paul Martin, adding that it understood he was a freelance journalist and Documentary filmmaker. A spokeswoman for the consulate said that the British government was "very concerned" and had been in touch with Martin's family. She spoke on customary condition of anonymity. A Palestinian militant group said Martin was arrested Sunday at a Gaza courthouse where he had gone to show support for a militant...

Tennessee mosque vandalized after irresponsible local TV report on 'homegrown jihad'
Last year, the right-wing Christian Action Network and PRB Films produced a "documentary" called "Homegrown Jihad: The Terrorist Camps Around U.S." It claims to expose 35 " Islamic terrorist training compounds " devoted to "radical Pakistani cleric, Sheikh Mubarak Gilani." (Watch the trailer here .) In February 2009, CBS News reviewed the film and dismissed it as nothing more than "sensationalistic" fear-mongering: Officials describe the film to CBS News as "sensationalistic" and without...

Iranian film directors: More funding, independence
BERLIN (AP) - Making movies in Iran is becoming increasingly difficult because of economic constraints that art house directors say leave them dependent on outside funding and fueling a lively underground scene. Director Rafi Pitts said Wednesday at the Berlin Film festival that President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s government has largely dismantled the cinema industry by channeling funding into television and restricting money for independent Films. Documentary filmmaker Nadar Davoodi said...

Ray Gosling has done the assisted-dying campaign no favours
I don’t believe Ray Gosling , the veteran Documentary maker who claims to have suffocated a lover in Hospital in his final stages of dying from Aids. His story just doesn’t ring true – how he just asked the doctor to leave him alone with his dying lover for a moment, how he then despatched hm by suffocating him with a pillow (not easy), how there was no autopsy or investigation of the suspicious circumstances of the death. Gosling sounded like a fantasist, making bits of it...