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Two days after a judge shut down the prosecution’s attempt to bring on a new special prosecutor in the Rust shooting, Santa Fe District Attorney Mary Carmack-Altwies has stepped aside and appointed a pair of special prosecutors — veteran New Mexico attorneys Kari Morrissey and Jason Lewis — to take over…

(Updated with D.A. statement) That's four for four setbacks for the New Mexico First Judicial District Attorney in her prosecution of Alec Baldwin for the fatal shooting of Rust cinematographer Halyna Hutchings in October 2021. In a virtual hearing today, Judge Mary Marlowe Sommer shut down D.A. Mary…

Looking at potentially months before a trial even begins in Alec Baldwin's criminal case over the October 2021 shooting death of Rust cinematographer Halyna Hutchins, the actor is now accusing prosecutors of violating his "constitutional rights." Related Story ‘Succession’ Review: Final S…

EXCLUSIVE: No date has been set for Alec Baldwin's criminal trial over the October 2021 fatal shooting of Rust cinematographer Halyna Hutchins, but the resurrected movie is now looking at a late April production start in Montana. In fact, Rust 2.0 is currently seeking actors to play a boy who is hearing…

Alec Baldwin has just won another scuffle with the Santa Fe District Attorney in the criminal case over the fatal shooting of cinematographer Halyna Hutchins in October 2021. Less than two weeks before a New Mexico court hearing on a motion by the actor’s legal team to disqualify the special…

UPDATE, 4:35 PM: Alec Baldwin's defense team are wrong that the gun that killed Rust cinematographer Halyna Hutchins has been destroyed, says the Santa Fe District Attorney's office. “The gun Alec Baldwin used in the shooting that killed Halyna Hutchins has not been destroyed by the state," asserts…

Once again, Alec Baldwin will not be showing up at a hearing in the criminal case for the Rust shooting that killed cinematographer Halyna Hutchins in October 2021. Just hours before a rescheduled virtual hearing Thursday in front of New Mexico Judge Mary Marlow Sommer with co-defendant and ex-Rust…

Alec Baldwin has one less Rust trial to worry about, for now. Facing two counts of involuntary manslaughter in New Mexico for the fatal October 2021 shooting of Rust cinematographer Halyna Hutchins, the actor has gotten a bit of breathing room in the California courts. Responding to a petition…

Once again, Alec Baldwin and Rust producers are being taken to court by crew members of the indie Western over the fatal 2021 on-set shooting of cinematographer Haylna Hutchins. Ross Addiego, Doran Curtin and Reese Price filed suit against Baldwin and the production for negligence. The trio, who were…

EXCLUSIVE: The management/production company Cavalry Media appears to be circling the drain. We’re hearing that the company co-founded by Keegan Rosenberger and the recently exited Dana Brunetti is in financial chaos. How desperate is it? The firm’s 14-person staff have not been paid in months, and they…

Rust armorer Hannah Gutierrez-Reed will be allowed to have a gun at home, a New Mexico judge ruled today. In the first hearing for the criminal case over the October 2021 fatal shooting of cinematographer Halyna Hutchins, Judge Mary Marlow Sommer decided that 25-year-old Reed can have "a firearm at…

In an throughly unsurprising move, Alec Baldwin has officially entered a plea of not guilty today to charges arising out of the fatal shooting  cinematographer Haylna Hutchins on the Rust set in 2021. Facing involuntary manslaughter charges in the criminal case, the plea by the multiple Emmy winning…