Le fils de Rob Reiner arrêté après la mort du réalisateur et de son épouse
Le fils de Rob Reiner a été arrêté après la découverte du corps sans vie du cinéaste et de son épouse à leur domicile de Los Angeles, rapportent les médias américains lundi, Donald Trump imputant le drame à l’anti-trumpisme “enragé” du réalisateur.Le cinéaste de 78 ans, auteur de la comédie romantique à succès “Quand Harry rencontre Sally” et de “The Princess Bride”, une parodie de contes de fée à l’humour décalé, a été retrouvé mort dimanche au côté de son épouse Michele Singer dans leur maison située dans un quartier huppé de la métropole.Selon les médias américains, le fils de Rob Reiner, Nick Reiner, a été arrêté. Soupçonné de meurtres, il a été placé en détention dans une prison de Los Angeles, d’après le Los Angeles Times. Aucun autre détail n’a été communiqué par la police sur les causes de la mort des victimes. Des médias américains, citant des sources policières, ont affirmé que le couple avait été poignardé, tandis que le site people TMZ a rapporté que le réalisateur et son épouse avaient été égorgés par un membre de leur famille lors d’une dispute.Donald Trump s’est de son côté déchaîné contre Rob Reiner, assurant que son décès était le résultat de son “anti-trumpisme “enragé”.Sa mort “serait due à la colère qu’il a suscitée chez d’autres” avec sa “névrose anti-Trump”, a écrit le président américain sur Truth Social, poursuivant: “Il était connu pour rendre les gens FOUS par son obsession enragée contre le président Donald J. Trump.”Militant de longue date proche des démocrates, le cinéaste était un défenseur du droit au mariage pour tous et un critique virulent de l’administration Trump.Amie du couple, l’ancienne vice-présidente démocrate Kamala Harris a déclaré sur X être “dévastée d’apprendre leur décès” tandis que l’ancien président Barack Obama a affirmé que lui et sa femme Michelle avaient le “coeur brisé” par cette tragédie.Rob Reiner a offert au public “certaines de nos histoires les plus aimées à l’écran. Mais derrière toutes les histoires qu’il a produites se cachait une profonde croyance en la bonté des gens”, a déclaré l’ancien président sur X.Le gouverneur de Californie, Gavin Newsom, a également présenté ses condoléances, saluant “l’empathie sans bornes” du cinéaste.- “Ami merveilleux”-D’abord acteur dans des séries télévisées dans les années 1970, il a commencé sa carrière comme réalisateur en 1984 avec le film “Spinal Tap” sur un groupe de rock imaginaire. Il restera surtout l’auteur de nombreux films cultes, notamment “Quand Harry rencontre Sally” avec Billy Crystal et Meg Ryan, “The Princess Bride” avec Robin Wright et Mandy Patinkin mais aussi “Stand by me” ou encore “Misery”.En 1993, son film “Des hommes d’honneur” – avec Tom Cruise, Jack Nicholson et Demi Moore – avait été nommé aux Oscars. Au total, Rob Reiner a réalisé 23 longs-métrages.Retrouvant parfois son rôle de comédien, il était apparu récemment dans quatre épisodes de la série “The Bear”.L’actrice Kathy Bates, qui a travaillé avec Rob Reiner sur le film “Misery” (1990), s’est dite “horrifiée d’apprendre cette terrible nouvelle” dans un communiqué à NBC.”J’aimais Rob. Il était brillant et bienveillant, un homme qui a réalisé des films de tous les genres pour se dépasser en tant qu’artiste. Il a aussi défendu avec courage ses convictions politiques (…). Michele était une photographe de grand talent (…). J’ai le coeur brisé pour eux deux”, a déclaré la comédienne.L’auteur Stephen King dont la nouvelle “The Body” a inspiré le classique “Stand By Me” du cinéaste (1986) a rendu hommage à un “ami merveilleux”, l’acteur John Cusack se disant “à court de mots”.
Trial opens of US judge accused of helping migrant evade arrest
Opening statements began Monday in the jury trial of a judge in the northern US state of Wisconsin accused of helping an undocumented man evade federal immigration agents.Milwaukee County Judge Hannah Dugan has pleaded not guilty to charges of obstructing an official proceeding and concealing a person from arrest.The 66-year-old judge, who could face up to six years in prison if convicted, has been temporarily suspended from her duties.The case stems from a standoff with federal immigration agents outside Dugan’s courtroom in downtown Milwaukee in April.They had come to arrest Eduardo Flores-Ruiz, a 30-year-old Mexican immigrant appearing on misdemeanor battery charges.Prosecutors say Dugan sent the agents down the hall to see the chief judge and, while they were away, postponed Flores-Ruiz’s hearing and directed him and his lawyer to a private jury exit.Immigration agents spotted Flores-Ruiz, however, and arrested him outside the building after a foot chase. He was subsequently deported.Dugan was later arrested and FBI Director Kash Patel posted a photo on social media of her being led away in handcuffs. Attorney General Pam Bondi accused the judge of “protecting a criminal defendant over victims of crime.”President Donald Trump has conducted a sweeping crackdown on undocumented migrants since returning to power in January, and has clashed with several courts which have argued he has not followed due process.A number of judges have issued rulings that put several of Trump’s executive actions on hold, particularly those related to his bid to exercise unprecedented powers in deporting migrants.Dugan’s arrest set off a torrent of criticism by Democrats but was welcomed by some Republicans. More than 150 former state and federal judges signed a letter to the Justice Department calling Dugan’s arrest an attempt to intimidate the judiciary.
In Israel, Sydney attack casts shadow over Hanukkah
With heavy hearts, Jews in Israel lit the year’s first Hanukkah candles, mourning after gunmen opened fire on a Jewish gathering in Australia, killing 15 and reviving painful memories of the October 7, 2023 attack.Sunday’s attack in Bondi Beach was Australia’s worst mass shooting in decades, and has been decried as antisemitic “terrorism” by Israeli authorities and many others around the world.”It was awful and so reminiscent of October 7. For many people here, it’s very traumatic,” Bill Fogel, 69, told AFP in Jerusalem, referring to Hamas’s deadly 2023 cross-border attack on southern Israel, which resulted in the deaths of 1,221 on the Israeli side.The Israeli-American said he had lit the first Hanukkah candle on Sunday with friends from Sydney’s Jewish community and followers of a rabbi killed in the shooting.”Being Jewish means constantly being vigilant,” Fogel told AFP at a popular Jerusalem bakery where customers rushed to place orders for Hanukkah.Next to Fogel stood Ayelet, 37, who said “the light of the holiday has been somewhat dimmed”.”Our hearts are with the people of Sydney. But I think that just as we grew stronger from October 7, we will also grow stronger from events like this,” she told AFP. “Most of all, we will continue to celebrate as much as possible.”Hours after the shooting, a candlelight vigil was held on a beach in the city of Tel Aviv where mourners lit candles arranged to look like the Star of David.- ‘Tough time for community’ -In Tel Aviv, the vigil’s attendees carried Israeli and Australian flags.”This is a very tough time for our community. We have lost a rabbi, we have lost friends, we’ve lost children,” Nir Golan, an Australian Jew, told the vigil.”Out of darkness comes light, so let’s all pray for peace and strength and healing for the community in Sydney,” Golan said, overcome with emotion.The Sydney shooting has also sparked strong emotions in the Israeli media.”Hanukkah massacre” wrote one of Israel’s best-selling dailies, Yediot Aharonot, which devoted six pages to covering the attack.”The light of Hanukkah has gone out,” wrote another daily, Israel Hayom.In an editorial for Yediot Aharonot, journalist and commentator Nadav Eyal urged Israel to reach out to the Australian Jewish community.”For two years, they put their lives on hold to help Israelis in need,” Eyal wrote. “Now it’s our turn to ask ourselves: what can we do for them?”- Warning to Israeli travellers -In response to the attack, Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s office announced stricter security measures for Israeli travellers.”It is strongly recommended to avoid attending unsecured mass gatherings, including events at synagogues,” the office said in a statement.But despite the fears of rising antisemitism, many in Israel remained defiant.In west Jerusalem’s Zion Square where street singers charmed passers-by and young people handed out doughnuts, 29-year-old Elinor Chaim refused “to be sucked into sadness”.”We must not let darkness prevail over light. That’s the meaning of Hanukkah,” she said.
Son arrested after Rob Reiner and wife found dead: US media
Police took Rob Reiner’s son into custody after the Hollywood director of hits including “When Harry Met Sally” and his wife were found dead in their Los Angeles home, US media reported Monday.Networks CBS and ABC said Nick Reiner was arrested, and the Los Angeles Times reported he was booked into the Los Angeles County jail on suspicion of murder, citing jail records.Los Angeles deputy police chief Alan Hamilton had said earlier they were seeking to interview “every family member” of the 78-year-old actor-director and his wife, Michele Singer Reiner.The bodies were discovered Sunday and police said they were treating the case as an “apparent homicide.”As tributes poured in for Reiner, Donald Trump unleashed a crude broadside on the Hollywood icon, appearing to blame the deaths on the director’s “raging” criticism of the US president.Several US news media cited police sources as saying the couple were stabbed, while celebrity news website TMZ, which first broke the story, reported that their throats had been cut by a family member during an argument.Reiner directed classic films including 1984’s rock music mockumentary “This is Spinal Tap,” fantasy gem “The Princess Bride” from 1987, and the 1992 courtroom drama “A Few Good Men.”His films spanned everything from laugh-out-loud comedy to searing drama and earned him a global following.Reiner was politically active and an outspoken supporter of progressive causes — potentially a reason for the extraordinary statement by Trump on Monday less than a day after the killings.While movie fans around the world grieved, Trump claimed Reiner died “reportedly due to the anger he caused others through his massive, unyielding, and incurable affliction with a mind crippling disease known as TRUMP DERANGEMENT SYNDROME.””He was known to have driven people CRAZY by his raging obsession of President Donald J. Trump, with his obvious paranoia reaching new heights as the Trump Administration surpassed all goals and expectations of greatness,” the president posted.- A beloved director -Democratic politicians and Hollywood figures expressed shock over the deaths.Former US vice president Kamala Harris was friends with the couple and said on X she was “devastated to learn of their passing,” while former president Barack Obama said he and his wife Michelle were “heartbroken.”Reiner gave television and movie viewers “some of our most cherished stories on screen. But beneath all of the stories he produced was a deep belief in the goodness of people,” Obama said on X.Movie heavyweight John Cusack said he was “at a loss for any words that make sense” about the deaths.Horror and thriller writer Stephen King, whose novella “The Body” was the basis for Reiner’s 1986 coming-of-age classic “Stand By Me,” lauded a “wonderful friend.”Reiner rose to acting fame as the oafish son-in-law Michael “Meathead” Stivic on groundbreaking 1970s sitcom “All in the Family,” before transitioning to directing. Even as a force behind the camera, he often appeared in cameo roles in his own films.He directed the 1989 romantic comedy “When Harry Met Sally,” starring Billy Crystal and Meg Ryan, and famously cast his real-life mother Estelle Reiner to utter the line “I’ll have what she’s having” after Ryan’s classic fake orgasm scene in Katz’s Delicatessen.His 1992 thriller “A Few Good Men,” starring Hollywood heavyweights Tom Cruise and Jack Nicholson, earned an Oscar nomination for Best Picture.Reiner backed efforts to secure equal marriage rights for LGBTQ people and create California’s First 5 program, which provides child development programs funded by taxes on tobacco products. He also helped fundraise for Democratic presidential candidates including Hillary Clinton.He was the son of legendary comedian Carl Reiner, who won 11 Emmy Awards for his television performances and wrote screenplays with movie greats Mel Brooks and Neil Simon.