Santa Fe County Sheriff Adan Mendoza says 500 rounds of ammunition – a mix of blanks, dummy rounds and suspected live rounds – were found while searching the set of the Western ‘Rust.’
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Grammys CEO trying to regain music industry’s trust
Harvey Mason Jr., who took the helm of the Recording Academy in May, says the organization is moving in the right direction.
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Mort Sahl, whose political comedy changed standup, dies at 94
Sahl helped revolutionize standup comedy and inspired new generation of comedians, including Bill Cosby, George Carlin and the team of Mike Nichols and Elaine May.
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Potential legal woes mount after ‘Rust’ shooting tragedy
Crew members say five days before the fatality, Alec Baldwin’s stunt double accidentally fired two live rounds after being told the gun didn’t have any ammunition.
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TV looks more like U.S. diversity, and viewers like it, study says
Television shows that reflect the nation’s increasing racial and ethnic diversity are finding favor with industry gatekeepers and viewers.
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Search warrant from ‘Rust’ set details fatal shooting
A camera operator said actor Alec Baldwin had been ‘very careful’ while handling firearms on the set before he discharged a prop firearm that killed cinematographer Halyna Hutchins and injured director Joel Souza.
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Peter Scolari of ‘Newhart,’ ‘Bosom Buddies,’ dies at 66
Scolari died Friday morning in New York after fighting cancer for two years.
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Crypto community secretly paid $4 million for Pharma Bro’s one-of-a-kind Wu-Tang Clan album
Martin Shkreli, who infamously raised the price of a lifesaving drug by 5,000%, purchased the album by the Staten Island hip-hop greats for $2 million at an auction.
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Baldwin was told gun was ‘cold’ before fatal movie set shooting
The 63-year-old actor and producer was performing Thursday when a prop gun he fired killed his cinematographer and wounded the director on a movie set outside Santa Fe, the sheriff’s office says.
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Actor Alec Baldwin fatally shoots movie crew member with prop firearm
Authorities say Halyna Hutchins, director of photography for the movie ‘Rust,’ was killed and director Joel Souza was injured by the shot on the movie set.