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Joel Souza, who directed the ill-fated movie Rust, wished for his own death after the bullet that killed cinematographer Halyna Hutchins on set also struck him in October 2021. In an in-depth Vanity Fair interview, the filmmaker explained that the bullet he took in his shoulder missed his lungs “by …

The judge in Alec Baldwin‘s Rust shooting case censured the New Mexico prosecutors in a written order issued on Wednesday for “willful and deliberate misconduct” over evidence involved in the accidental shooting death ofcinematographer Halyna Hutchins. In the filing, Judge Mary Marlowe Sommerfound that the prosecution had “intentionally and deliberately …

Hannah Gutierrez-Reed, the Rust armorer convicted of involuntary manslaughter in the shooting death of cinematographer Halyna Hutchins, is asking the New Mexico judge who dismissed a related involuntary manslaughter indictment against Alec Baldwin to let her off the hook as well. In a new motion filed Tuesday, Gutierrez-Reed’s defense lawyer …

Alec Baldwin’s lawyers have warned the Santa Fe sheriff and prosecutors of “future litigation” over their actions in the Rust shooting trial following the dismissal of the charge against the actor. In a pair of preservation notices mailed Monday and obtained by Rolling Stone, Baldwin’s lawyers told both the Santa …

Attorneys for Alec Baldwin filed a motion to dismiss his ongoing manslaughter case tied to the accidental shooting ofcinematographer Halyna Hutchins. Baldwin’s lawyers told the court in a hearing Friday morning that the case should be thrown out because a set of bullets weren’t made available for the defense to …

In a stunning turn of events at Alec Baldwin’s involuntary manslaughter trial, a New Mexico judge dismissed the single felony count filed against the actor on Friday and said prosecutors could not bring it again. The shocking decision followed after Baldwin’s defense lawyers filed an emergency motion alleging prosecutors and …

Alec Baldwin failed Thursday to prevent jurors onhis involuntary manslaughter trialfrom hearing the possibly damaging private phone calls he made to his wife Hilaria and an assistant just hours after the accidental shooting of cinematographer Halyna Hutchins on the set of the western movie Rust. During the two calls recorded …

The prosecution and defense disputed whether Alec Baldwin violated the “cardinal rules of firearm safety” during their opening statements in the actor’s involuntary manslaughter case in the accidental shooting death of cinematographer Halyna Hutchins. Prosecutor Erlinda Johnson opened the states case by saying: “When someone plays make-believe with a real …

Alec Baldwin appeared in a New Mexico courtroom Monday and scored potentially pivotal rulings on the evidence that will be allowed at his looming trial over the deadly shooting of cinematographer Halyna Hutchins on the set of the ill-fated Western movie Rust. In two of her biggest decisions a day …

Since production resumed on Rust following the shooting death of cinematographer Halyna Hutchins, getting the Alec Baldwin-led film back on track hasn’t been easy. Safety officer and consultant Paul Jordan believed the process would be “very straightforward” in the aftermath of the tragedy, but quickly learned otherwise as crew members …