Thursday, May 16, 2013

Cromwell Loves Cats

So do I.

"Actor enters plea

Actor James Cromwell has pleaded no contest to disrupting a University of Wisconsin System Board of Regents meeting last month while protesting cat experiments at the school. Cromwell, 73, and another activist, Jeremy Beckham, 27, were charged with disorderly conduct after the meeting on the university’s Madison campus Feb. 7. Cromwell’s lawyer, Marcus Jens Berghahn, entered no contest pleas on both men’s behalfs Monday. A court commissioner ordered each to pay $263 in forfeitures and costs. Cromwell was nominated for an Academy Award for the 1995 film ‘‘Babe.’’ (AP)."