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The investigation into the tragic death of cinematographer Halyna Hutchins has looked closely into the events that led to her shooting on the set of Alec Baldwin's Rust. Part of the proceedings have naturally focused on what exact role Baldwin played in those events, and it’s something that’s weighed very heavily on the actor’s mind. According to a new interview, it’s also allegedly led to him being fired from several acting gigs as of late.Alec Baldwin continued to make his thoughts on Rust and its unfortunate history…

Alec Baldwin says the death of Rust cinematographer Halyna Hutchins has cost him acting jobs and taken “years” off his life due to stress.The 64-year-old actor fatally shot Hutchins and wounded director Joel Souza on the Rust set on 21 October, after assistant director David Halls allegedly handed him a prop gun that turned out to be loaded with live ammunition.In a new interview with CNN, Baldwin said he’d lost out on five jobs due to the fallout from the shooting, which he denies responsibility for. “I got fired from…

Alec Baldwin has said that after former US President Donald Trump’s Rust shooting comments, he was “100 per cent nervous” about being attacked by Trump supporters. The 64-year-old actor fatally shot cinematographer Halyna Hutchins and wounded director Joel Souza on the set of Rust on October 21, after assistant director David Halls allegedly handed him a prop gun which turned out to be loaded.A few weeks after the incident, Trump baselessly suggested Baldwin may have deliberately shot his two colleagues. On a recent CNN…

The subject of safety on set has been a hot button issue for the film and industry for a few years now, largely thanks to a number of sobering accidents that have occurred; some of which (like the motorcycle crash in Deadpool 2) resulting in death. Perhaps nowhere is that more obvious than the tragedy that occurred on the set of Alec Baldwin's Rust, where cinematographer Halyna Hutchins was killed by a prop gun with a live round. Following the investigation findings, Baldwin maintains he never pulled the trigger.The…

Alec Baldwin has defended himself against the “trash press” that he feels is out to get him, insisting that he did not pull the trigger of the gun that killed a cinematographer on the Rust movie set.The 64-year-old actor accidentally shot Halyna Hutchins on the New Mexico set of the Western in October 2021 with what he believed was an unloaded “cold gun” handed to him as he was about to film a scene.The gun discharged one bullet which struck and killed Hutchins, 42, and also injured the film’s director, Joel Souza.Since…

It was last fall that the entertainment industry was shaken by the tragic events that occurred on the set of western film Rust. Cinematographer Halyna Hutchins was killed by a live round that was fired from a prop gun. Lead actor Alec Baldwin was holding the gun that fired the round, also injuring director Joel Souza in the process. The FBI soon launched an investigation and, in the midst of that, Baldwin denied pulling the trigger. Now, the investigation is complete, and the forensic findings clash with Baldwin’s…

Last weekend, Alec Baldwin asked his fans to send “their support and love” to his “old pal” Anne Heche, who is battling for her life after crashing her car into a Los Angeles home and igniting a devastating fire. In his Instagram tribute to Heche, Baldwin didn’t mention that she also is his co-star in another of the low-budget independent films he’s lined up in recent years to keep working, including his tragic “Rust” production. In the spring of 2021, production wrapped in Montana and Georgia for “Supercell,” a disaster…

With his remaining media platforms, controversial actor Alec Baldwin sometimes likes to give a reputational boost to his famous male friends who have become similarly polarizing figures in American public life, most recently Woody Allen and Robert F. Kennedy Jr. In June, Baldwin hosted a bizarre Instagram live chat with Woody Allen, during which he and the 86-year-old director sadly battled wi-fi difficulties, lamented the changing nature of the movie industry and totally avoided any discussion about Allen’s three decades…

Woody Allen told Alec Baldwin that he’s considering ending his filmmaking career during an Instagram Live interview on Tuesday (28 June). The 87-year-old director with 49 feature films to his credit joined Baldwin for the 45-minute interview, during which they spoke about Allen’s writing, the use of profanity in his films, and the current state of Broadway. The two men – each with significant controversies currently attached to them – steered clear of addressing either the abuse allegations against Allen or the fatal…

Alec Baldwin left fans perplexed during a chaotic Instagram Live interview with Woody Allen, after he began shouting in Spanish about his barking dogs.The actor, 64, got up from his sofa in his New York home around 15 minutes into the interview on Tuesday (28 June), and could be heard shouting: “Leonetta! Leonetta! Basta! Las perritas! Basta! Las perritas, suficiente!”It translates as: “Leonetta! Leonetta! Enough! The dogs! Enough. The dogs. That’s enough!”It is not known who Leonetta is.Many fans were amused by the…