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George Clooney said he doesn’t know Alec Baldwin well, doesn’t believe he or anyone else on the set of “Rust” intended “to do anything wrong” and calls the fatal shooting of cinematographer Halyna Hutchins “a terrible accident.”However, Clooney raised new questions about Baldwin’s actions on the set of the low-budget Western, both as the actor handling the gun that killed Hutchins on Oct. 21 and as one of the film’s producers.In an interview on Marc Maron’s “WTF” podcast, the Oscar winner called Hutchins’ death “infuriating,” given strict gun safety protocols put in place on film and TV sets following the...

An attorney for the armorer on the set of “Rust” said that his client is being “framed” for the tragic death that occurred when Alec Baldwin shot the film’s cinematographer. The lawyer for Hannah Gutierrez-Reed insisted on Wednesday that “sabotage” and a “tampered” crime scene were evidence of the frame job for the shooting last month on the New Mexico film set. The statement came a day after Gutierrez-Reed met with Santa Fe County Deputy Sheriffs about the double shooting. The cinematographer, Halyna Hutchins, was killed and director Joel Souza injured when Baldwin fired a “hot” prop gun that was...

The Santa Fe district attorney investigating the fatal "Rust" shooting has shut down allegations of "sabotage." DA Mary Carmack-Altwies said authorities don't have "any proof" to back up what she called "conspiracy theories." Lawyers for the film's armorer claimed without evidence that someone may have tried to "sabotage" the set by putting a live round in a box of dummy rounds. The Santa Fe district attorney investigating the fatal shooting on the set of Alec Baldwin's latest movie "Rust" has shut down the "sabotage" allegations floated by attorneys for the film's armorer. "I know that some defense attorneys have come...

Almost three weeks after the deadly shooting on the set of “Rust,” a “rough” looking Alec Baldwin has returned to the Big Apple, where he was spotted strolling with his family – before he promoted a new episode of his podcast, “Here’s The Thing.” The 63-year-old actor was photographed Sunday with his wife, Hilaria, 37, as he pushed their child in a stroller in Greenwich Village, where they visited a nail salon and grabbed dinner at Il Cantinori, an Italian eatery on East 10th Street.

Alec Baldwin has released the first episode of his podcast Here's The Thing since the accidental shooting of Rust cinematographer Halyna Hutchins last month. The episode was recorded in July 2021 and features guest Marla Frazee, an award-winning children's book author, illustrator, and 'true talent' behind his animated film Boss Baby. Baldwin posted a clip of the episode to his Instagram account on Tuesday and said they would be 'tackling serious topics' such as babies and birthday cake. 'This week, we are releasing an episode of Here's The Thing that was recorded this July with @marlafrazee, an award-winning children’s book...

Alec Baldwin’s wife Hilaria has shared a quote encouraging people to stop being negative towards other people when they are ‘enjoying something that isn’t hurting anyone’. The tweet, which also suggested people instead ‘train themselves’ to be pleased for others’ happiness and ‘carry on with your life’, was shared by the mum of six to her Instagram Stories on Tuesday. It read: ‘The next time you see someone enjoying something, that isn’t hurting anyone, that’s not your cup of tea instead of saying something negative train yourself to think to yourself “I’m glad they are happy” and carry on with...

As Hollywood considers new safety measures following the fatal shooting during filming of Western movie “Rust,” actor Alec Baldwin said on Monday he believed film and TV productions should hire police officers to monitor weapons on sets.Baldwin accidentally shot and killed cinematographer Halyna Hutchins on Oct. 21 after being told the gun he was rehearsing with on the “Rust” set in New Mexico was “cold,” or safe to use, according to the Santa Fe County Sheriff’s Office....“Every film/TV set that uses guns, fake or otherwise, should have a police officer on set, hired by the production, to specifically monitor weapons...

Former President Trump baselessly claimed on a podcast last week that the tragic incident on the set of “Rust” involving actor Alec Baldwin and cinematographer Halyna Hutchins might have been intentional. Baldwin fatally shot Hutchins in October when he fired a prop gun containing a live round. Authorities are investigating the matter, but no charges have been filed so far. The 63-year-old actor has said he is “fully cooperating” with the investigation. Trump, who admitted he does not know the actor, told conservative podcast host Chris Stigall he believed it was strange that Baldwin would point a gun at a...

Ireland Baldwin responded to the mass casualty incident that occurred at Travis Scott's Astroworld Festival in Houston on Friday. In three posts that the 26-year-old model shared to her Instagram Story on Saturday, Baldwin said that the tragedy was 'not Travis Scott's fault' but added, 'he incites the rage.' The Grudge Match star later deleted the posts, explaining, 'people on the internet are so scary and so misinformed.' Eight people, including a 14-year-old and a 16-year-old, died after a deadly crowd surge at the festival, which also left many others injured. In Baldwin's first post, she wrote: 'Y'all are really...

A production worker on Alec Baldwin’s tragedy-marred flick “Rust” was bitten by a poisonous spider while helping to close down the set after its fatal accidental shooting — and may now lose his arm. Lamp operator and pipe rigger Jason Miller was bitten by a venomous brown recluse while helping wrap up film production after Baldwin shot and killed cinematographer Halyna Hutchins on Oct. 21, Sky News said. A JustGiving fundraising page said Miller has experienced necrosis of his arm and sepsis as a result of the bite. “He has been hospitalized and endured multiple surgeries each day as doctors...

Blank ammunition has a distinctive look: a crimped or wadded tip instead of a bullet. But dummy rounds are supposed to be stand-ins for real bullets, inert but identical or nearly identical. "You know, it's the most concerning thing to me when I'm on set because they are intentionally made to look identical to a live round," Bryan Carpenter, a longtime armorer whose recent work includes USA Network’s "Queen of the South," told Fox News Digital. Depending on the manufacturing process, some have a hole in the casing. High-end dummies don’t, according to Carpenter. Santa Fe deputies said they recovered...

A weapons safety expert and industry armorer pushed back on the notion from Hannah Gutierrez-Reed’s lawyers that “sabotage” may have been to blame for how live ammunition found its way into the gun that killed Halyna Hutchins on the set of “Rust” last month. The sabotage claim, as floated by the lawyers for “Rust” armorer Gutierrez-Reed on “Today” Wednesday, is speculation and has not been substantiated with any evidence by the lawyers or authorities. And Steve Wolf, who has 30 years of experience as a movie armorer, told “TheWrap-Up Podcast,” that “speculation” is a “kind word” for how to describe...

ALEC BALDWIN, " OH, ARE YOU VIDEOING? "While doing my job on Main St. in Amagansett, NY, I was approached by Alec Baldwin who was upset that I was taking pictures of him and his wife. I treated him with the utmost respect. He was his usual self. He did not realize that I was taking video until the end and made a hasty retreat to his car where his wife was waiting and threatened to call the cops. I waited around for an hour, the police never showed...

The attorney representing the armorer at the center of the rust movie shooting investigation is claiming his client tried to get actor Alec Baldwin more training on gun safety but was denied. This comes after reports that Hanna Gutierrez Reed had been on a podcast talking about how nervous she was when she was recently hired as the armorer on another movie. "I was really nervous about it at first,” she said in a September interview on the podcast Voices of the West. “And I almost didn't take the job because I wasn't sure if I was ready. But doing...

(AP) — The woman in charge of weapons on the movie set where actor Alec Baldwin fatally shot cinematographer Halyna Hutchins said Wednesday night that she had inspected the gun Baldwin shot but doesn’t know how a live bullet ended up inside. “Who put those in there and why is the central question,” Hannah Gutierrez-Reed, the armorer for the movie “Rust” said in a statement issued by one of her lawyers, Jason Bowles of Albuquerque, New Mexico. “Hannah kept guns locked up, including throughout lunch on the day in question (Oct. 21), and she instructed her department to watch the...

The husband of "Rust" cinematographer Halyna Hutchins has lawyered up, and is preparing to file a wrongful death lawsuit ... TMZ has learned. Matthew Hutchins retained the services of Panish | Shea | Boyle | Ravipudi ... according to the L.A.-based law firm. The firm's website says its attorneys specialize in personal injury and wrongful death litigation ... so clearly, Halyna's tragic death is in their wheelhouse. Sources familiar with the situation tell us the lawsuit will be filed on behalf of Halyna's spouse and their child, and there will be multiple defendants.

The armorer on the set of "Rust" offered a chilling theory through her attorneys about what led to the accidental shooting death of Halyna Hutchins. Armorer Hannah Gutierrez Reed was one of four people who handled the weapon prior to Alec Baldwin firing it while rehearsing a scene for the indie-western. As a result, Santa Fe County Sheriff Adan Mendoza said that the investigation is largely focused on her as well as how a live round made its way to the set of the film at all. Speaking on the "Today" show Wednesday Jason Bowles and Robert Gorence claim that...

Alec Baldwin took to Instagram on Tuesday to share a message on Instagram from one of the "Rust" movie crew members. He captioned the post: "Read this." The post came from Terese Davis, who appears to have been a part of the costume department. "I'm so sick of this narrative," Davis began. "I worked on this movie. The story being spun of us being overworked and surrounded by unsafe, chaotic conditions is bulls--t." Davis then discussed the amount of time the crew worked and how they were not "too tired to do their jobs." "This is all provable by daily...

SANTA FE, N.M. — “What the f--- just happened?” Alec Baldwin repeated the words again and again with growing urgency as the sound of the shot reverberated throughout the wooden church. Mere seconds before, the actor had been preparing to film a scene in which he, as a grizzled 1880s Kansas outlaw, becomes involved in a shootout in a church. He was just going through the motions, giving the camera crew a chance to line up their angles. “So,” he had said, placing his hand on the Colt .45 revolver in its holster, “I guess I’m gonna take this out,...

If one terrible thing happens with a gun, gun control activists reflexively call for bans or other new regulations. There is rarely a consideration of costs and benefits. Actor Alec Baldwin has demonstrated this thinking again after the accidental fatal shooting on the set of his movie in New Mexico. "[H]ow many bullets were fired in movies and TV shows over the last 75 years?" he said on Saturday. "… Billions? In the last 75 years? And nearly all of them without incident. ... Some new measures have to take place. ... No live ammunition. No real weapons in the...