Commercial rep company Dubay TV, under the aegis of president Dana Dubay, has signed director Jeremy Heslup for commercial representation on the East Coast. Heslup serves as director and EP at Valkyr Productions, which he founded nearly a decade ago. The director’s credits span such clients as Divergent 3D, Land Rover, Wahl Clippers, Zenith Watches, Omaze, Puma, Porsche, a six-part narrative commercial campaign for Vincent Optiek in the Netherlands, and many others. His work has been nominated for awards by the London Motor Film Festival and Automoto Film Festival and featured at the Petersen Automotive Museum, Soho Houses, Monterey Classic Car Show and more. Heslup’s international exploits have seen him make films in Europe, South America, Hong Kong, South Africa, Mexico, Canada and Costa Rica, among other varied locales. On the long-form front, he directed The Last Great Road Race, a feature documentary about the historic La Carrera Panamericana in Mexico….
Duane “Keffe D” Davis’ Murder Trial Heads To Closing In Tupac Shakur’s 1996 Killing
The murder trial of Duane "Keffe D" Davis in the 1996 killing of Tupac Shakur is headed to closing arguments after the defense rested Thursday following testimony from three former Las Vegas police officers.
Jurors are scheduled to return Monday for closing arguments before beginning deliberations in the only prosecution brought in the killing of the hip-hop icon. The presentation of evidence ended after nine days of testimony.
Davis, 63, did not take the stand.
Shakur was riding in a BMW on Sept. 7, 1996, when a white Cadillac pulled up next to it at a red light near the Las Vegas Strip and gunfire erupted. Shakur was shot multiple times and died six days later. The driver of the BMW, Marion "Suge" Knight, survived.
Years later, Davis would say he procured the gun and his nephew, who has since died, fired the shots. Prosecutors say Davis orchestrated the killing, and he faces life in prison if convicted of murder with a deadly weapon with the intent to promote, further or assist a criminal gang. He has pleaded not guilty.
Defense attorney Michael Sanft has argued that Davis fabricated or embellished his accounts of the killing for money and notoriety and that investigators failed to independently corroborate his claims.
Retired Las Vegas homicide detective Dan Long, the defense's final witness, testified that he tried unsuccessfully to verify several details Davis provided during a 2009 police interview.
Davis told Long that his nephew, Orlando "Baby Lane" Anderson, had gone to a Las Vegas hospital after being beaten by Shakur and others in a casino brawl hours before the rapper was fatally shot. Long said he was unable to find hospital records confirming Anderson was treated there.
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