Jacobs: Movie Industry Still Wrestling With How to Maintain Safety on Sets With Guns After the ‘Rust’ Shooting

Scott Reeder, the head of props on ā€œWalker,ā€ the TV revival about a gun-toting Texas Ranger, was planning for a scene in which a woman points a revolver at a captive when a new set of orders arrived: real guns would no longer be used in the production. It was shortly after a cinematographer had … Read more

New Mexico Prosecutors Say They’ll Charge Alec Baldwin With Manslaughter Again

New Mexico prosecutors say they will file new charges againstĀ Alec BaldwinĀ if further testing shows that his gun was working at the time of the ā€œRustā€ shooting. The special prosecutors in the case, Kari Morrissey and Jason Lewis,Ā dropped manslaughterĀ charges against Baldwin in April. Baldwin had been accused of negligently pulling the trigger, causing the death of … Read more

DA Stands Behind Special Prosecutor in Alec Baldwin’s Attempt to Disqualify Her

A district attorney in Santa Fe fought back Monday against efforts to disqualify the special prosecutor pursuing manslaughter charges against actor Alec Baldwin in the fatal shooting of a cinematographer on a New Mexico film set. Baldwin’s legal team in February sought to disqualify special prosecutor and Republican state Rep. Andrea Reeb of Clovis based … Read more

Prosecution Drops 5-Year Firearm Enhancement Charge in Alec Baldwin ‘Rust’ Movie Set Shooting Case

From the AP . . . Prosecutors have dropped the possibility of a sentence enhancement that could have carried a mandatory five-year sentence againstĀ Alec BaldwinĀ in a fatal film-set shooting, according to new court filings made public Monday. The actor-producer’s attorneys had earlier objected to the enhancement, saying it was unconstitutional because it was added after … Read more

Judge: Alec Baldwin’s Doctrinaire, Dogmatic Leftism is What Killed Halyna Hutchins

In a ridiculous interview on ABC with DNC gnome George Stephanopoulos, Baldwin broke down in tears, while insisting that heĀ felt no guiltĀ about what had happened. ā€œSomeone is responsible for what happened, and I canā€™t say who that is,ā€ Baldwin told Stephanopoulos in the interview. ā€œBut I know itā€™s not me.ā€ Had a single National Rifle … Read more

Alec Balwin Sues Movie Crewmembers to Deflect Blame for Cinematographer’s Shooting Death

From the AP . . . Saying he wants to clear his name, Alec Baldwin on Friday sued people involved in handling and supplying the loaded gun that he was using when it fired, killing cinematographer Halyna Hutchins during a 2021 filming accident in New Mexico. Baldwin filed aĀ cross-complaintĀ in Superior Court in Los Angeles alleging … Read more