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By MORGAN LEE | Associated Press SANTA FE, N.M.  — A grand jury indicted Alec Baldwin on Friday on an involuntary manslaughter charge in a 2021 fatal shooting during a rehearsal on a movie set in New Mexico, reviving a dormant case against the A-list actor. Special prosecutors brought the case before a grand jury in Santa Fe this week, months after receiving a new analysis of the gun that was used. Baldwin, the lead actor and a co-producer on the Western movie “Rust,” was pointing a gun at cinematographer Halyna Hutchins…

Nine months ago, Ronald Gladden was working a construction job in San Diego as word began to spread about a new genre-bending TV comedy that he didn’t even know he was starring in as it was being filmed. Last week, all glowed up in powder blue tuxedo jacket, he was posing for photos with “The Last of Us” star Pedro Pascal at the Golden Globes and wishing his run-in with “Oppenheimer’s” Cillian Murphy had slightly more thrilling.“I was walking in the bathroom, he was leaving. I didn’t want to strike up a conversation as…

Epic Games wins antitrust case against Google Epic Games wins antitrust lawsuit against Google 05:54 A federal court jury has decided that Google's Android app store has…

Actor Jonathan Majors was found guilty by a New York jury of assault and harassment of his former girlfriend during a domestic dispute. On Monday, December 18, the Marvel franchise star was convicted of one count of reckless assault in the 3rd degree and a non-criminal charge of harassment as a violation. However, he was acquitted on another assault charge and one count of aggravated harassment. Jonathan Majors leaves a courtroom in New York, Monday, Dec. 18, 2023 (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)(AP) Chaudhry, an attorney…

By Alli Rosenbloom and Nicki Brown | CNN Jurors in the assault trial against actor Jonathan Majors now have the case and will begin deliberations. The trial, which began on December 4, stems from a March 25 domestic dispute involving Majors and his former girlfriend, Grace Jabbari. Majors has pleaded not guilty to misdemeanor charges of assault and aggravated harassment. He faces up to one year in prison if convicted. Majors did not testify during the trial, but he was present in the New York City courtroom for the…

“A heroine of our modern times, Greta Gerwig shakes up the status quo between a highly codified cinema industry and an era that is demanding greater scrutiny,” Cannes said in its announcement Greta Gerwig will make history at the next Cannes Film Festival. On Thursday, the festival announced that the Barbie director will lead the jury next year, making her the first American woman to become the jury president. “As a cinephile, Cannes has always been the pinnacle of what the universal language of…

Greta Gerwig, fresh from her box office triumph Barbie, is to be president of the jury for the 2024 edition of the Cannes film festival.In a lengthy statement announcing Gerwig’s appointment to the role, the festival said: “Gerwig manages to combine what was previously judged to be incompatible: delivering arthouse blockbusters, narrowing the gap between art and industry, exploring contemporary feminist issues with deft as well as depth, and declaring her demanding artistic ambition from within an economic model that she…

Google lost its antitrust case against Epic Games on Monday night, where a San Francisco jury unanimously ruled the search giant maintains a monopoly with its Google Play app store.'Even AI Rappers are Harassed by Police' | AI UnlockedGoogle and Apple kicked Fortnite off their app stores back in 2020 for selling in-game currency, V Bucks, directly to players. This was a clear violation of the app stores’ policies, in which Apple and Google both take 30% of in-game sales. Fortnite publisher Epic Games sued the two tech…

A US federal jury has found that Google has an illegal monopoly over the Android app ecosystem in a verdict against the internet giant, and in favour of Epic Games, makers of Fortnite. This raises several concerns for Google's app store revenue, potentially jeopardising billions of dollars.…

Google has lost a landmark case against Epic Games after a jury decided on Monday that the web giant operates an illegal monopoly via its Android app store. The decision was announced at the end of a month-long trial that itself was part of a longer legal dispute between Google and Epic Games that’s been rumbling on since 2020. The outcome has the potential to significantly disrupt the app store sector, giving app developers vastly more power over how their apps are distributed and how they make money from them.…