A judge said on Thursday he would take control of Marion "Suge" Knight's assets, including his Death Row Records label, after finding the rap mogul had avoided paying a US$107 million civil court judgment. Los Angeles County Superior Court Judge Ronald Sohigian said Knight, who co-founded Death Row with rapper Dr. Dre in the early 1990s and helped launch the careers of performers Snoop Dogg and Tupac Shakur, could stave off the order if he fully disclosed his assets in a debtor's exam set for April 1.
J.R.R. Tolkien's epic tale The Lord of the Rings, recast as the most expensive musical ever produced, opened in Toronto late Thursday to wretched reviews.
"It feels rushed, not so much in tempo as in lack of weight," the National Post said of the three-and-a-half-hour play, watched by some 2,000 guests at the Princess of Wales theater.
The Daily Telegraph in London, where producers said the world premiere would have been launched had there been a theater available during preparations, said the US$24-million play proved "you can't always solve a problem by chucking money at it."
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