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Civil case against Alec Baldwin, ‘Rust’ movie producers advances toward a trial

Civil case against Alec Baldwin, ‘Rust’ movie producers advances toward a trial

Published by Sam Flores

Nearly two years after actor Alec Baldwin was cleared of criminal charges in the “Rust” movie shooting death, a long simmering civil negligence case is inching toward a trial this fall. On Friday, a Los Angeles Superior Court judge denied a summary judgment motion requested by the film producers Rust Movie Productions LLC, as well as actor-producer Baldwin and his firm El Dorado Pictures to dismiss the case. During a hearing, Superior Court Judge Maurice Leiter set an Oct. 12 trial date. The negligence suit was brought more than four years ago by Serge Svetnoy, who served as the chief lighting technician on the problem-plagued western film. Svetnoy was close friends with cinematographer Halyna Hutchins and held her in his arms as she lay dying on the floor of the New Mexico movie set. Baldwin’s firearm had discharged, launching a .45 caliber bullet, which struck and killed her. The Bonanza Creek Ranch in Santa Fe, N.M. in 2021. (Jae C. Hong / Associated Press) Svetnoy was the first crew member of the ill-fated western to …

Ireland Baldwin showcases massive arm tattoo for first red carpet appearance in 6 years

Ireland Baldwin showcases massive arm tattoo for first red carpet appearance in 6 years

Published by Daniella Wilson

Ireland Baldwin made her first red carpet appearance in six years at the Elton John AIDS Foundation’s 34th Annual Academy Awards Viewing Party on Sunday night, where she showcased her bold new Ghostface tattoo in honor of the Scream franchise. The 30-year-old daughter of Alec Baldwin and Kim Basinger was glowing as she stepped out in a black gown with spaghetti straps and a daring thigh slit. She paired the look with strappy black heels and a silver necklace, and wore her blonde curls swept to the side. “It took a village to pull me out of sweatpants and back on a red carpet,” she wrote in the caption, as fans rushed to the comment section to share the love. “Damn maaaa,” wrote Sailor Brinkley-Cook, the daughter of model Christie Brinkley. © Getty Images for Elton John AIDSIreland looked stunning in the sizzling black dress “What a beauty,” said another supporter, while a third added: “You look stunning,” and a fourth chimed in: “Wowza.” Ireland’s incredible Ghostface tattoo was on full display, and spread from …

Alec Baldwin Set for THR’s ‘Awards Chatter’ Podcast

Alec Baldwin Set for THR’s ‘Awards Chatter’ Podcast

Published by Daniella Wilson

Alec Baldwin, the award-winning actor who has distinguished himself on the stage and screen for nearly a half-century, will sit down with yours truly at the upcoming Boulder International Film Festival for a career-retrospective conversation that will also be recorded as an episode of The Hollywood Reporter’s Awards Chatter podcast. The event will kick off at 7:45 pm on Saturday, April 11, at the historic Boulder Theater. Tickets will go on sale on Friday, March 13, at BIFF1.com. Baldwin, 67, first made his name in films such as 1988’s Beetlejuice, Working Girl and Married to the Mob and 1990’s The Hunt for Red October. Later big screen credits include 1992’s Glengarry Glen Ross, 1996’s Ghosts of Mississippi, 2001’s The Royal Tenenbaums and Pearl Harbor, 2003’s The Cooler (for which he received an Oscar nomination), 2004’s The Aviator, 2006’s The Departed, 2009’s It’s Complicated, 2012’s To Rome with Love, 2013’s Blue Jasmine, 2014’s Still Alice and 2019’s Motherless Brooklyn. Remarkably, he has found even greater success on the small screen, most famously on NBC’s Saturday Night …

Lukas Prize Finalists Spotlight Baldwin Biography and a Searing Look at Ukraine’s War

Lukas Prize Finalists Spotlight Baldwin Biography and a Searing Look at Ukraine’s War

Published by Sam Flores

NEW YORK (AP) — A biography of James Baldwin, a deep and personal probe into the Russian invasion of Ukraine and a revelatory history of the American West inspired by a 19th century photograph are among this year’s finalists for prizes established in honor of the late investigative journalist J. Anthony Lukas. The finalists in three categories were announced Thursday by the Columbia Journalism School and the Nieman Foundation for Journalism at Harvard University, which oversee the Lukas Prize Project. Danielle Leavitt’s “By the Second Spring: Seven Lives and One Year of the War in Ukraine” is a nominee for the $10,000 Lukas Book Prize, given for works that exemplify “literary grace, commitment to serious research and original reporting.” Others cited are Bench Ansfield’s “Born in Flames: The Business of Arson and the Remaking of the American City,” Rich Benjamin’s “Talk to Me: Lessons from a Family Forged by History,” Mariah Blake’s “They Poisoned the World: Life and Death in the Age of Forever Chemicals” and Jeff Hobbs’ “Seeking Shelter: A Working Mother, Her Children, …