BREAKING Director Rob Reiner and his wife murdered in their home, 12-16-25

[Crimson1967]

I saw a report earlier that the family was at a Christmas party the night before - hosted by Conan O'Brien - and there was a huge dust up between father and son.

Not even sure if drugs had anything to do with it until we hear more.

Celebrity or not - we see parents getting killed by their children every year because they can't resolve things amicably.

Sometimes I wonder why we don't have more emphasis on conflict resolution in the media.

Once you master this skill - it's amazing how little conflict seeps into one's life.....

Not becoming a crackhead helps avoid a lot of problems as well.

 

[4Q Basket Case]

A decent man.

In the same spirit comes a response from James Woods. Woods is one of the few active conservatives in Hollywood. He and Reiner worked together on at least one movie. Woods says that the studio thought he was too young for the part, but that Reiner fought for him. Woods and Reiner remained fast friends and greatly respected one another, political differences aside.

Here's an article from MSN on Woods' response to Reiner's death.

MSN

We should all handle our differences like this. It's sad that responses like Reiner's to Charlie Kirk's murder and Woods' response to Reiner's murder attract national attention simply because someone said and did the decent thing when someone on the other end of the political spectrum was murdered.

Loved JDCrimson's observation that conflict resolution doesn't get a lot of attention because nobody watches when two people shake hands.

 

[Its On A Slab]

It took about half a page to turn the discussion from a double-murder wherein the victims’ son is the prime suspect, to a referendum on Donald Trump, complete with sneering personal characterization.

Keep the discussion in this thread on the Reiners’ deaths and their lives prior to yesterday’s tragedy.

If you want to debate how much impact Trump had on them, start a thread on that topic.

I mean, didn't our President jump on Twitter with his usual infantile bile just after the murder was announced? If that doesn't deserve some comment, I don't know what else to say.

 

[CrimsonJazz]

I mean, didn't our President jump on Twitter with his usual infantile bile just after the murder was announced? If that doesn't deserve some comment, I don't know what else to say.

4Q isn't suggesting it doesn't deserve comment, he just wants a bit more thread discipline (and frankly, so do I.) Practically every thread on this board seems to go this way. We just need a "Trump doing Trump things" thread and all the comments about it can go there and the other threads can fulfill their purpose without being hijacked. We've needed this for a long time now.

 

[4Q Basket Case]

I mean, didn't our President jump on Twitter with his usual infantile bile just after the murder was announced? If that doesn't deserve some comment, I don't know what else to say.

A husband and wife were murdered. By all accounts, they were good people. While he hasn't been convicted, all evidence so far collected points to their son as the murderer. Two lives ended, a third destroyed, and scores of family and friends permanently affected.

The son has had a lifetime of drug abuse, and there's a decent possibility he was under the influence of one or more mind-altering substances.

Trump did what Trump does and said something vile. Comment all you want. Just don't take a thread on a multi-dimensional human tragedy and turn it into yet another anti-Trump discussion.

There's plenty of room on the board for anti-Trump threads and posts. We have lots of them. As I stated in my request to keep the thread on topic: If you want to discuss that, start a different thread.

4Q isn't suggesting it doesn't deserve comment, he just wants a bit more thread discipline (and frankly, so do I.) Practically every thread on this board seems to go this way. We just need a "Trump doing Trump things" thread and all the comments about it can go there and the other threads can fulfill their purpose without being hijacked. We've needed this for a long time now.

Thank you. That's a good idea, and I'll start one.

It boggles my mind that a request to move political commentary to a political thread is so often interpreted as a request not to comment at all.

 

[Bazza]

On a 10-point scale......this movie is an 11.........

 

[Bazza]

News Nation’s Jesse Weber joins “News Nation Live” to discuss celebrity attorney Alan Jackson backing out of serving as counsel to Nick Reiner, whose arraignment was postponed until next month.

 

[Tidewater]

News Nation’s Jesse Weber joins “News Nation Live” to discuss celebrity attorney Alan Jackson backing out of serving as counsel to Nick Reiner, whose arraignment was postponed until next month.

Everybody has a right to representation.
This situation is just sad. Even if Nick Reiner gets acquitted, he will have to live for the rest of his life with the knowledge that he murdered his parents. The human mind being what it is, he may be able to justify his actions in his own mind, but in his saner, more sober moments, he'll know what he did.

 

[Tidewater]

Mrs. Tidewater and I watched The Princesse Bride last nice in Rob's memory.
Such a good film. Humor for young people and for adults. Adventurous, poignant, a good story.
Can't wait to watch that film with my grandkids.

 

[Bazza]

Everybody has a right to representation.

He will have a court appointed public defender at no charge paid for by tax payers, so there's that.

I also think that another high profile attorney will step up and get involved in his behalf - way too much to gain publicity-wise for that NOT to happen, IMHO. We'll see.

Also, it's being reported that Nick's meds were changed just prior to the murders and that might figure strongly in his defense. Some are saying his behaviour was noticeably different when this took place.

The rest of your comments are very true!

 

[Tidewater]

He will have a court appointed public defender at no charge paid for by tax payers, so there's that.

I also think that another high profile attorney will step up and get involved in his behalf - way too much to gain publicity-wise for that NOT to happen, IMHO. We'll see.

Also, it's being reported that Nick's meds were changed just prior to the murders and that might figure strongly in his defense. Some are saying his behaviour was noticeably different when this took place.

The rest of your comments are very true!

I do not know how it is in California, but in Virginia public defense is means tested. At the arraignment the accused is asked whether he has an attorney and if he can afford one. If not, the state appoints one. If California has a similar system, I doubt Reiner would qualify.

 

[92tide]

Mrs. Tidewater and I watched The Princesse Bride last nice in Rob's memory.
Such a good film. Humor for young people and for adults. Adventurous, poignant, a good story.
Can't wait to watch that film with my grandkids.

we rewatched this over the holidays. it’s been a while since we’ve seen it and we enjoyed it just as much as always

 

[Bazza]

I do not know how it is in California, but in Virginia public defense is means tested. At the arraignment the accused is asked whether he has an attorney and if he can afford one. If not, the state appoints one. If California has a similar system, I doubt Reiner would qualify.

Rob Reiner's estate "must" be something sizable I would think but how much of that does Nick have access to, I'm not sure we know at this time.