Alec Baldwin spotted making acting return for first time since 'Rust' shooting

Alec Baldwin's lawyers released a statement just hours after Halyna Hutchins' estate filed a wrongful death lawsuit against him and the producers of, calling the «reckless» claims against them as «entirely false.»In a statement to ET, lawyers for Baldwin and the producers named in the lawsuit say Baldwin, Hutchins «and the rest of the crew relied on the statement by the two professionals responsible for checking the gun that it was a 'cold gun' — meaning there is no possibility of a discharge, blank or otherwise.»The lawyers say the protocol «has worked on thousands of films, with millions of discharges, as there has never before been an incident on a set where an actual bullet harmed anyone.» The statement went on to say that «actors should be able to rely on armorers and prop department professionals, as well as assistant directors, rather than deciding on their own when a gun is safe to us.»«Any claim that Alec was reckless is entirely false,» the statement also said.In legal documents, obtained by ET, the Hutchins estate claims in the wrongful death suit that the «defendants had the power to prevent her death if they had only held sacrosanct their duty to protect the safety of every individual on a set where firearms were present instead of cutting corners on safety procedures where human lives were at stake, rushing to stay on schedule and ignoring numerous complaints of safety violations.»Some of the cost-cutting measures the estate claims Baldwin and production undertook included «hiring inexperienced and unqualified armorers or weapons masters, requiring the film’s armorer to split time as assistant props master, establishing and aggressively adhering to unreasonably rushed production schedules, and hiring

Alec Baldwin is once again finding himself in the hot seat over his involvement in the deadly Rust shooting that took place on October 21. This time, Halyna Hutchins’ family is suing him for wrongful death — and they’re claiming he completely lied about not pulling the trigger.

Taking action. The family of Halyna Hutchins, who died in the shooting on the set of Rust, has filed a wrongful death lawsuit against Alec Baldwin and other individuals involved in the movie’s production.

This morning Hutchins estate attorney Brian Panish put blame on Rust producers and Baldwin for their negligence with safety during production of the western that led to Hutchins being shot and killed by a prop gun discharged by the Oscar nominated actor, an incident that also saw the pic’s director Joel Souza injured. Using an animated video to reconstruct the alleged incidents that occurred, Panish showed Baldwin cross-drawing and firing the gun straight at crew during a “line-up”.

Rust production team.On October 21 last year, Baldwin is alleged to have discharged a prop firearm during rehearsal on set at Bonanza Creed Ranch in New Mexico which injured director Joel Souza and killed Hutchins.At a press conference in Los Angeles on Tuesday (February 15), lawyers for the Hutchins family announced they had filed a lawsuit against Baldwin and “others who are responsible for the safety on set, and whose reckless behaviour and cost-cutting led to the senseless, tragic death of Halyna Hutchins”.Names mentioned in the lawsuit (via Deadline) include actor and producer Baldwin, producers Ryan Smith, Allen Cheney, Nathan Klingher, Ryan Winterstern, Anjul Nigam, Matthew DelPiano, and Emily Salveson. Armourers Hannah Gutierrez Reed and Seth Kenney are also named, alongside crew members Sarah Zachry, Dave Halls, Gabrielle Pickle and others.The lawsuit claims the Rust production team “disregarded at least 15 Industry Standards” of on-set safety.

supports HTML5 videoHalyna Hutchins’ family have filed a lawsuit for wrongful death against Alec Baldwin, following Hutchins’ death on the set of Rust in October 2021.Baldwin was holding the revolver during an on-set rehearsal when it fired and fatally injured director of photography Hutchins.Attorney Brian Panish, representing Hutchins’ husband, Matthew Hutchins, and their son, Andros, held a press conference in Los Angeles on Tuesday to announce the lawsuit again Baldwin and ‘others who are responsible for safety on the set, and whose reckless behaviour and cost-cutting led to the senseless, tragic death of Halyna Hutchins.’ According to Panish, his firm uncovered multiple ‘violations of industry standards’ during an independent investigation.Director Joel Souza was also wounded in the shooting that killed Hutchins.Baldwin has maintained that Hutchins told him to aim the gun just off camera and in her direction and pull the hammer back, and that it fired when he let go.

The family of Halyna Hutchins, the cinematographer shot and killed on the set of "Rust" on Oct. 21, announced the filing of a wrongful death lawsuit at a press conference Tuesday. The lawsuit, which was filed on behalf of Halyna's husband, Matthew Hutchins, and their son, Andros, in New Mexico, names Alec Baldwin and others who "are responsible for the safety on the set" and "reckless behavior and cost-cutting" that led to the death of Hutchins, according to Hutchins' lawyer.

Halyna Hutchins’s family is suing Alec Baldwin for her death after the cinematographer was shot on the set of Rust last year. Halyna, 42, was fatally shot in October 2021 after Alec let off a prop gun which he had been told was safe to use. The Ukrainian cinematographer is survived by her husband and their son.

The family of cinematographer Halyna Hutchins has finally taken legal action against the Rust producers, including Alec Baldwin, nearly 4 months after her tragic on-set death. Lawyer Brian Panish filed a wrongful death lawsuit Tuesday (Feb. 15) in New Mexico on behalf of Halyna’s husband Matthew and their 9-year-old son Angelo, according to multiple reports. The lawsuit specifically called out Alec, 63, and the film’s producers for their “reckless behavior” on the film’s set the day Halyna died (Oct. 21). For those that forget, Alec accidentally discharged a prop gun that killed Halyna and injured director Joel Souza during filming.

Alec Baldwin has been sued by the family of Rust cinematographer Halyna Hutchins for "unlimited damages".The family of Halyna, who died in October 2021, filed a wrongful death lawsuit against Alec on Tuesday.It has also been filed against others who were also on the set of the low-budget Western film titled 'Rust'.This comes after the actor accidentally killed her with a prop gun after he fired it at her chest.Alec was holding a revolver on the New Mexico set during filming rehearsals when it fired and killed Hutchins.However, Alec has maintained his stance that it was Halyna herself who asked him to point the gun just off-camera and towards her armpit.This comes after Alec's public Twitter account appears to have been shut down late last year and appeared to be deleted from the social media platform.When searching for the Hollywood star on the micro-blogging site, a message which reads "this account doesn't exist" appears.It comes after Alec gave his first television interview following the shock death of his Rust colleague Halyna Hutchins.During the emotional chat with America's ABC News, Alec became teary-eyed as he spoke in-depth and publicly for the first time about the tragedy that occurred on set on October 21.Since the interview's debut, the star's main Twitter account became inactive days after being interviewed by ABC news TV host George Stephanopoulos.Although Alec's main account has been deleted, a second account, @AlecBaldwin___, remains to be live, with its most recent tweet being from October.During the emotional interview, Alec discussed the tragedy which happened during the filming and included the unfortunate death of American cinematographer Halyna, 42, as she had been tragically shot on set.In the

Alec Baldwin and the  production over the fatal October shooting on the set of the film in which Baldwin starred and produced. Lawyers for the Hutchins estate made the announcement Tuesday at a news conference in Los Angeles, where attorney Brian Panish said Baldwin and others are named defendants «responsible for the safety on the set and whose reckless behavior in cost cutting led to the senseless and tragic death of Halyna Hutchins.”Panish added that his team undertook an investigation, and interviewed witnesses that were at the scene and the day before in an effort to set the stage as to what led to Hutchins' death. Panish later showed an animated video that re-enacted what the lawyers alleged happened on the day Hutchins was fatally shot.»You can see the recreation in the video based on the witnesses statements, the scene, the evidence and the emails and such we were able to attend," Panish said.

The family of Halyna Hutchins has filed a lawsuit against Alec Baldwin.

The family of Halyna Hutchins, the cinematographer shot and killed on the set of "Rust" on Oct. 21, announced the filing of a wrongful death lawsuit at a press conference Tuesday. The lawsuit, which was filed Tuesday in New Mexico, names Alec Baldwin and others who "are responsible for the safety on the set" and "reckless behavior and cost-cutting" led to the death of Hutchins, according to Hutchins' lawyer.

The family of slain Rust cinematographer Halyna Hutchins has officially launched a wrongful death lawsuit over the shooting by Alec Baldwin that took the filmmaker’s life on October 21 last year.

Ireland Baldwin isn’t bothered by public scrutiny anymore! The 26-year-old daughter of Alec Baldwin and Kim Basinger took to her Instagram on Wednesday (February 9) to put her own spin on the “That’s Not My Name” craze on social media, where famous actors share the different names of characters they’ve played to the tune of the Ting Tings’ 2008 song of the same name. Ireland’s take on the trend had her revealing the insults she’s dealt with in the past, including the phrase “thoughtless little pig,” which her father called her in an infamous voicemail leaked in April 2007 when Ireland was only 11 years old.

Revisiting her past. Ireland Baldwin reflected on some of the names she’s been called over the years — and she included dad Alec Baldwin‘s “thoughtless little pig” remark.

Ireland Baldwin discussed her father Alec Baldwin’s infamous leaked "rude little pig" voicemail while participating in a viral trend.  The daughter of Alec and his ex-wife Kim Basinger took to social media on Wednesday where she made a video noting what people in the media like to call her. In addition to bad names like "fat," "voluptuous," "promiscuous" and "attention-seeking," she added "thoughtless little pig." The comment was of course a reference to the 2007 voicemail message that he left his then 11-year-old daughter in which he called her a "rude, thoughtless little pig" for failing to answer her phone.The ensuing rant has plagued the actor for years and it seems it also stuck with Ireland, who is now 26.  In her caption to the video after she reposted it from TikTok to Instagram, Ireland goes into more detail about how negative media scrutiny has impacted her life over the years.  Ireland Baldwin commented on her dad's infamous 2007 voicemail to her.

Ireland Baldwin posted a TikTok video this week where she made fun of her father Alec Baldwin's infamous voicemail.In 2007, when Ireland was only 11, Alec left her a scathing message in which he branded her a 'rude, thoughtless little pig' after she missed a phone call from him that she had known was coming.Alec, 63, and Ireland, 26, now have a close relationship and she has made light of the experience multiple times over the years. And she was at it again on TikTok this Wednesday.

Ireland Baldwin to accurately introduce herself.  In a new video recently shared on Instagram, the 26-year-old model put a spin on a current TikTok trend set to The Ting Tings' «That's Not My Name,» in which celebrities share all the roles they've performed and titles they've held throughout their careers. «My name is Ireland...,» her video read, «but the media likes to call me…» She posed as the video listed labels including «fat,» «attention seeking, voluptuous, promiscuous,» «well-off, silver spoon fed brat w/ no real job,» and «thoughtless little pig,» a quote from the infamous leaked voicemail her father, Alec Baldwin, left her in 2007. The video concluded with, «My name is Ireland. I’m a writer.

Alec Baldwin's quick return to work might have moviegoers questioning his "sincerity" after the "Rust" shooting left him saying he might never act again, according to an industry expert. Baldwin, 63, was spotted Tuesday on the set of "97 Minutes" in Hampshire, England.The upcoming film is the actor's first project since the "Rust" shooting that left cinematographer Halyna Hutchins dead and director Joel Souza wounded.

Ireland Baldwin is looking back at the voicemail dad Alec Baldwin left her 15 years ago.