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In the newsCompiled from Times wires© St. Petersburg Times published June 13, 2002 Director's son found guilty of murderThe son of a Hollywood television director was found guilty Wednesday of killing four pedestrians with his speeding car on a crowded California street last year. Jurors convicted David Attias, 20, of four counts of second- degree murder. The next phase of the trial was to begin today to determine if Attias was sane at the time. Attias, who was on drugs at the time and has a history of mental illness, could face life in prison without parole. His father, Emmy-nominated director Daniel Attias, has worked on such shows as Ally McBeal, The Practice and The Sopranos TV notesAfter a nearly three-week hiatus, the TNT sci-fi series Witchblade has resumed production following star Yancy Butler's release from alcohol rehabilitation. Only six of the 13 episodes ordered for the show's second season were complete when the actor voluntarily checked into rehab on May 23 at an unspecified clinic. . . . Oprah Winfrey will star in a prime-time coda to her talk show on the Oxygen cable channel. The program, Oprah After the Show, will air weeknights at 7:30 p.m. and be rerun at 10 p.m., 11:30 p.m. and 8:30 a.m. the next day. It will debut Sept. 16. . . . Former CNN Crossfire combatants Pat Buchanan and Bill Press will reunite for a daytime talk show on MSNBC next month. Their new show will air daily from 2 to 4 p.m., premiering July 15. The struggling cable network is also hiring talk radio team Curtis Sliwa and Ron Kuby for a daytime show. It will air from noon to 2 p.m., starting Monday. . . . The former Duchess of York, Sarah Ferguson, signed a development deal Wednesday with Universal Television to produce a syndicated talk show. The premiere is planned for September 2003. Ferguson also had a talk show on Britain's SkyOne Television called Sarah, Surviving Life. Lopez, Affleck to star in Kevin Smith filmJennifer Lopez and Ben Affleck will star in the next Kevin Smith film, Jersey Girl, which will be shot in Philadelphia this summer. The sixth film from writer-director Smith, the dramatic comedy features Lopez, 31, and Affleck, 29, as parents of a preschool-aged daughter and has a budget of more than $20-million. Smith's previous works include Clerks, Mallrats and Chasing Amy, all set in New Jersey.
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