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By Morgan Lee | Associated Press SANTA FE, N.M. — A jury convicted a movie weapons supervisor of involuntary manslaughter on Wednesday in the fatal shooting of a cinematographer by actor Alec Baldwin during a rehearsal on the set of the Western movie “Rust.” The verdict against movie armorer Hannah Gutierrez-Reed assigns new blame in the death of cinematographer Halyna Hutchins in October 2021 after an assistant director last year pleaded no contest to negligent handling of a firearm. Baldwin, the lead actor and a…

Brad Pitt is set to reunite with Quentin Tarantino for the director’s final film, The Movie Critic, according to Deadline. Brad Pitt is part of a Formula One movie being filmed around the event and won't be driving. (Christian Bruna/Pool photo via AP, File)(AP) This will be their fourth collaboration, after Pitt appeared in True Romance (1993), Inglourious Basterds (2009), and Once Upon a Time in Hollywood (2019), which earned him his first Oscar for best-supporting actor. Catch the complete coverage of Budget…

By Kevin Flower | CNN The manslaughter charges against Alec Baldwin relating to the 2021 fatal shooting on the set of the movie “Rust” have been downgraded by prosecutors in New Mexico, which will reduce the prison time the actor could face in the death of the movie’s cinematographer, Halyna Hutchins. The move comes after attorneys for Baldwin filed a motion this past month to have the firearm enhancement charge dropped, arguing prosecutors were incorrect. A statement released by Heather Brewer, a spokeswoman for the New…