News about Robert Shapiro

As OJ Simpson wakes up in a toasty eternal sauna, we all remember the day he got away with it. It was also the day that wannabe killers everywhere learned that all they needed was enough dough to hire Robert Shapiro if ever caught red handed. I was on air at MTV, a fledgling know-it-all distracted from the day job, with one eye trained on the televised double-murder trial, assuming - like everyone - that a guilty verdict was a slam-dunk sealed deal.

Simpson, who'd been a sickly child, over the odds and became one of the greatest running backs in the history of college and then professional football. He was chosen first in the draft by the Buffalo Bills, for whom he played nine seasons, before wrapping up his career with the San Francisco 49ers. In 1995, Simpson was cleared by a Los Angeles jury for the murders of his ex-wife and her friend in what was dubbed 'the trial of the century.'

Floyd Mayweather will continue his exhibition boxing career this weekend as he takes on John Gotti III. However, unlike other exhibitions, all attention will be on the 31-year-old former MMA actor given his fascinating background. Gotti III's past has been examined in depth by Mail Sport, covering everything from his MMA career to his grandfather's service in the Mafia.

A first openly bisexual member of Congress, an Ironman triathlon competitor who grew up in a Mormon family, and whose idiosyncratic clothing and hair earned her a write-up on the New York Times' style pages has a tendency to defy expectations. Well, even before now. If you look at it from her standpoint, she's pretty predictable, but few people in Washington, D.C., agree with her,' said political strategist Brad Bannon, who knew the extra Democratic vote from the Georgia election meant she's lost some of her authority.'

As she walked the red carpet of the summer's most glamorous fundraising gala, Golnesa "GG" Gharachedaghi wore an eye-catching dress. In her natural toned make-up, the Selling Sunset actress, 40, wore a sexy black dress that showcased her curves and looked stunning.

After Brendan Fraser was praised for his new film The Whale at the Venice Film Festival after a six-minute standing ovation, FEMAIL looks at other actors who have made comebacks to the big screen, including Kiefer Sutherland (left) and Robert Downey Jr. (second from right), who rose above cocaine to become one of Hollywood's highest-paid actors after overcoming heroin use to become one of the top-paid actors. Vanessa Williams and Billie Piper (second from left) revived their musical careers on film.