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A$AP Rocky’s assault trial on Wednesday.The “Umbrella” singer, 36, dressed in all black and sat in the gallery at the Clara Shortridge Foltz Criminal Justice Center in downtown Los Angeles between Rocky’s mother, Renee Black, and his sister, Erika B. Mayers.Her court appearance comes on the heels of her date night with Rocky in Los Angeles on Tuesday evening.The “Praise the Lord” rapper, 36, is charged with two felony counts of assault with a semiautomatic firearm related to an alleged 2021 shooting incident in Hollywood.

the October 2021 shooting on the set of his movie “Rust.”Gloria Allred, who represents Hutchins’ mother, Olga Solovey, father Anatolii Androsovych and sister Svetlana Zemko, filed a notice of deposition in New Mexico on Monday, according to People.In the notice, Hutchins’ family demands that the “30 Rock” alum testifies on May 9 in the wrongful death civil suit they originally filed in February 2023.“It is long overdue for Alec Baldwin to admit and face the real-life consequences that he caused Halyna’s parents and sister. It is time for him to face reality under oath,” they told the outlet.Baldwin, 66, was holding a prop gun during a rehearsal for a scene in “Rust” when it discharged, killing Hutchins and injuring director Joel Souza.The actor, who also served as a producer on “Rust,” has always maintained that he did not pull the trigger that fatally shot Hutchins and did not know that the gun was loaded with live bullets.He was charged with involuntary manslaughter, but the case was dismissed in July 2024 because prosecutors withheld evidence that could have been beneficial in the star’s defense.Prosecutors ultimately dropped their appeal of the ruling last December.

the October 2021 shooting on the set of his movie “Rust,” according to his wife, Hilaria.The revelation was shared in the second episode of “The Baldwins,” the new TLC reality show that chronicles Alec and Hilaria as they navigate the aftermath of the tragic incident.“I found these text messages the other day between us, you know, the day after,” Hilaria, 41, told a friend in a scene from “The Baldwins,” referring to the day after the shooting on the set of the western that was filming in New Mexico.The “Manual Not Included” author explained, “He said he wanted to kill himself.”Alec, 66, was holding a prop gun during a rehearsal for a scene in “Rust” when it discharged, killing cinematographer Halyna Hutchins and injuring the director Joel Souza.“He has survivor’s guilt,” Hilaria shared in a confessional-style interview. “You’re involved in this thing that nobody could even possibly imagine.

A$AP Rocky’s lawyer is expected to finish delivering his closing argument Friday at the hip-hop star’s trial, where the defense is trying to persuade jurors that the former friend Rocky is charged with shooting at took the stand and “lied to you about so many crucial things.”Closing arguments began Thursday, when Rocky’s longtime partner, the singing superstar Rihanna, walked quietly into the downtown Los Angeles courtroom after proceedings began, as she has several times during the three-week trial. She brought their two young sons.Rocky’s lawyer Joe Tacopina reminded the jurors that their instructions allow them to disregard everything a witness says if the jurors believe they are being dishonest in any part of their testimony.He told them if they do that with Rocky’s accuser, who goes by A$AP Relli, “there is no case.”“This is a man whose tongue is a stranger to the truth,” Tacopina said.

Rihanna, the superstar singer, and Rocky’s partner, watched from the audience for the second straight day.After the jury left for the day, Superior Court Mark Arnold said that he hadn’t heard the latter part of the statement, and would tell them to disregard it when they returned for the rest of the cross-examination Friday.Relli, whose legal name is Terell Ephron, testified that Rocky pointed a gun at his stomach and head, but it wasn’t actually touching him, and that Rocky said he was going to kill him. Rocky’s lawyer Joe Tacopina confronted him with a prosecutor’s interview in 2022 when he said the gun was pressed into his stomach, and he hadn’t remembered what Rocky said.Relli broke courtroom decorum to shout at Rocky, “You did this to yourself” earlier in the day.

Actor Alec Baldwin has filed a civil lawsuit for malicious prosecution and civil rights violations in the fatal shooting of a cinematographer on the set of the Western movie “Rust.”The lawsuit was filed Thursday at state district court in Santa Fe, where a judge in July dismissed a charge of involuntary manslaughter against Baldwin in the death of cinematographer Halyna Hutchins.Baldwin also alleges defamation in the suit, saying that prosecutors and investigators intentionally mishandled evidence as they pursued the case.Defendants named in the lawsuit include special prosecutor Kari Morrissey and Santa Fe District Attorney Mary Carmack-Altwies, along with three investigators from the Santa Fe County sheriff’s office and the county board of commissioners.“Defendants sought at every turn to scapegoat Baldwin for the acts and omissions of others, regardless of the evidence or the law,” the lawsuit states. It also says prosecutors and investigators targeted Baldwin for professional or political gain.Hutchins died shortly after being wounded during a rehearsal for the movie “Rust” in October 2021 at a film-set ranch on the outskirts of Santa Fe, New Mexico.Baldwin, the lead actor and co-producer, was pointing a pistol at Hutchins when it discharged, killing Hutchins and wounding director Joel Souza.

“Fail Better” podcast on Monday and said he’s going to “expose what really happened” in the fatal “Rust” shooting. “I think there’s more to come,” Baldwin said. “There’s more to come, but the more to come is now my effort, and it’s going to be undeniably a successful effort, to raise and to expose what really happened.

the recent murder of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson, including America’s fascination with the alleged gunman’s appearance.“The manhunt continues for the assassin who gunned down the CEO of United Healthcare on Wednesday, and it really says something about America that a guy was murdered in cold blood and the two main reactions were, ‘Yeah, well health care stinks!’ And also, ‘Girl, that shooter hot,'” co-host Colin Jost quipped.Users on several social media platforms voiced their disdain of the commentary, condemning it for a lack of consideration of Thompson’s family. The businessman, 50, and his wife had two sons together.“Disgusting. I couldn’t watch this segment.

statement to Deadline that Baldwin “seeks to unjustly profit from his killing of my daughter.” “Alec Baldwin continues to increase my pain with his refusal to apologize to me and his refusal to take responsibility for her death,” she said. “This is why I refuse to attend the festival for the promotion of ‘Rust,’ especially now when there is still no justice for my daughter.”A second statement from Solovey’s attorney, Gloria Allred, said Hutchins’ family had been “disrespected” by Baldwin, who “has never called them to apologize.” “Even worse, he argued, through his attorneys, that Halyna was emotionally distant from her family in Ukraine.

upheld her decision to dismiss an involuntary manslaughter charge against Alec Baldwin in the fatal shooting of a cinematographer on the set of a Western movie.In a ruling Thursday, state District Court Judge Mary Marlowe Sommer stood by her July decision to dismiss an involuntary manslaughter charge against Baldwin. She said prosecutors did not raise any factual or legal arguments that would justify reversing her decision.“Because the state’s amended motion raises arguments previously made, and arguments that the state elected not to raise earlier, the court does not find the amended motion well taken,” the judge wrote, adding that the request was also untimely.A spokesperson for Baldwin’s lawyers said Friday that they had no immediate reaction to the decision.Special prosecutor Kari Morrissey told The Associated Press that she disagrees with the court’s analysis and will appeal the ruling.

Lee wrote on Facebook Sunday.“There was a verbal confrontation which ended with an agreement that I would walk one way and they would walk the opposite. That didn’t work out.

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18-month prison term at a New Mexico state penitentiary for involuntary manslaughter in the fatal shooting of cinematographer Halyna Hutchins.In the “Rust” case, prosecutors blamed Gutierrez-Reed for unwittingly bringing live ammunition onto the movie set and for failing to follow basic gun safety protocols.Gutierrez-Reed shuffled into the Santa Fe courtroom Monday in a beige jumpsuit, handcuffs and ankle shackles to change her plea to guilty and waive her right to trial.“I’d just like to apologize to the court and thank you for your judgment today,” she said.The case stems from evidence that a few weeks before “Rust” began filming in October 2021, Gutierrez-Reed carried a gun into a downtown bar in Santa Fe where firearms are prohibited.Special prosecutor Kari Morrissey said Gutierrez-Reed filmed herself in the bathroom of the bar with a handgun — explaining how she snuck in the prohibited firearm in a video that was obtained when authorities searched the armorer’s phone during the “Rust” investigation.Gutierrez-Reed was convicted in March at trial of involuntary manslaughter in the fatal shooting of Hutchins. She has an appeal of that conviction pending in a higher court.Baldwin, the lead actor and co-producer for “Rust,” was pointing a gun at Hutchins during a rehearsal for the film when the revolver went off, killing Hutchins and wounding director Joel Souza.In July, Judge Mary Marlowe Sommer dismissed an involuntary manslaughter case against Baldwin halfway through a trial based on the withholding of evidence by police and prosecutors from the defense.

cinematographer Halyna Hutchins. Joel Souza and Hutchins were both shot when Alec Baldwin’s prop gun went off during a rehearsal on the set of the Western film in October 2021. In a new interview, the director, 51, revealed that in the immediate aftermath of the shooting, he wished he would “bleed out” because he “didn’t want to be around anymore.” To this day, the tragedy has left him feeling “ruined.” “When I tell someone it ruined me, I don’t mean in the sense that people might generally think.

with the murder of “General Hospital” star Johnny Wactor, who was gunned down in May when he interrupted thieves trying to steal his car’s catalytic converter, the Los Angeles Police Department announced on Thursday.Three of the men, who are all between the ages of 18 and 22, are charged with murder while a fourth was booked as an accessory, police said in a press release. Wactor, 37, was fatally shot in the chest around 3:25 a.m.

Rolling Stone the only media outlet giving it regular coverage.FBI agents arrested Trone in Las Vegas more than two weeks after the Sept. 12, 2022, shooting in Las Vegas.

shot and killed on May 25, after encountering armed robbers who were trying to steal a catalytic converter from his car. He protected his female co-worker from the thieves when he was gunned down.His mother, Scarlett Wactor, told TMZ at the time that her son was a “loving young man” and his death “leaves a huge hole in the family’s heart.”Wactor’s mother confirmed to NBC News that Anita Joy was the friend and colleague who was with her son when he was shot in the chest.

His brother, Grant, initially posted the update on social media, and Scarlett Wactor said the family will be holding receiving and funeral services at Sommerville Baptist church in Sommerville, South Carolina on June 15.Scarlett said friends from his theater group in Los Angles are also planning a private “not press, and no fans,” memorial for Wactor as well, which she hopes to attend if she’s able.She also confirmed that his co-worker Anita Joy, who he protected in his final moments, will be attending the funeral, saying, “I’m very excited…it’ll be nice that I’ll be able to see her and be able to meet her as well.”Joy shared his final moments on Instagram last Wednesday.“Johnny was between me and the man who shot him,” she wrote. “As I heard the shot ring into the night, he forcefully tumbled back into my arms.

shot and killed in Los Angeles Saturday by a trio of armed robbers who were trying to steal a catalytic converter from his car. The actor, who was 37, shielded his female co-worker from the thieves when he was brutally gunned down.Wactor played Brando Corbin in 164 episodes of “General Hospital” between 2020 and 2022 before his character was written off the show. Following the news of his death, many of his former co-stars released statements on social media to mourn the tragic loss.

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tells two very striking and profound stories: the one in front of the camera, which follows six powerful sisterhoods within the animal kingdom, and the one happening behind the scenes, with the first-ever women-led production team for a natural history series.You can't tell one without the other, and it's evident in the chill-inducing trailer, which Glamour is exclusively premiering ahead of the series' debut on Monday, March 4. Narrated by Oscar winner and Angela Bassett, Queens examines the impact of the matriarchy from the smallest ant to the largest land and sea mammals.The seven-episode series was filmed over four years in 12 countries and is, without question, one of National Geographic's most ambitious and crucial projects, both for the future of wildlife and the women telling their stories.