APRIL 21, 2000
The joint Eastern boards of directors of the Screen Actors Guild (SAG) and the American Federation of Television and Radio Artists (AFTRA) voted unanimously to launch a strike, beginning May 1, against the advertising industry….Bicoastal/international Propaganda Films has signed a deal to provide exclusive spot and music video representation for director Mark Pellington, who comes over from Crossroads Films, bicoastal and Chicago, his roost since 1991….Former tomandandy producer Marit Burch has been hired to work in the same capacity at Sacred Noise, New York….After three years as head of television at Leo Burnett Co., London, Jonathan Davis has been named executive producer/head of television production at Leo Burnett’s Chicago headquarters….
APRIL 21, 1995
Music/sound design house Endless Noise, Santa Monica, has signed composers Bobby Paine, Eddie Reyes and Rick Cox for exclusive spot representation….Bicoastal The Artists Company has added Skip D’Amico to its directing roster. D’Amico joins the company after spending the past 10 years as an agency producer….Following an expansion of its graphics arm, Broadway Graphics, and on the heels of opening its new Broadway Video Duplication facility in New York, Broadway Video has launched an audio division called Broadway Video Sound….Vincent Paterson has signed an exclusive agreement with Dark Light Pictures, West Hollywood, for representation as a commercial director….Independent film and music video director Aki Spicer has signed with Cantaloupe Pictures, Atlanta….
Alec Baldwin Urges Judge To Stand By Dismissal Of Involuntary Manslaughter Case In “Rust” Shooting
Alec Baldwin urged a New Mexico judge on Friday to stand by her decision to skuttle his trial and dismiss an involuntary manslaughter charge against the actor in the fatal shooting of a cinematographer on the set of a Western movie.
State District Court Judge Mary Marlowe Sommer dismissed the case against Baldwin halfway through a trial in July based on the withholding of evidence by police and prosecutors from the defense in the 2021 shooting of cinematographer Halyna Hutchins on the set of the film "Rust."
The charge against Baldwin was dismissed with prejudice, meaning it can't be revived once any appeals of the decision are exhausted.
Special prosecutor Kari Morrissey recently asked the judge to reconsider, arguing that there were insufficient facts and that Baldwin's due process rights had not been violated.
Baldwin, the lead actor and co-producer on "Rust," was pointing a gun at cinematographer Halyna Hutchins during a rehearsal when it went off, killing her and wounding director Joel Souza. Baldwin has said he pulled back the hammer โ but not the trigger โ and the revolver fired.
The case-ending evidence was ammunition that was brought into the sheriff's office in March by a man who said it could be related to Hutchins' killing. Prosecutors said they deemed the ammunition unrelated and unimportant, while Baldwin's lawyers alleged that they "buried" it and filed a successful motion to dismiss the case.
In her decision to dismiss the Baldwin case, Marlowe Sommer described "egregious discovery violations constituting misconduct" by law enforcement and prosecutors, as well as false testimony about physical evidence by a witness during the trial.
Defense counsel says that prosecutors tried to establish a link... Read More