APRIL 7, 1995/The National Association of Broadcasters (NAB) convention, beginning April 9 in Las Vegas, is expecting approximately 990 exhibitors and 80,000 attendees….Animation studio Klasky Csupo, Hollywood, has launched division Klasky Csupo Commercials under the aegis of executive producers Tim Bloch, who was most recently a producer at Metrolight Studios, Los Angeles, and Larry Le Francis, former head of Klasky Csupo’s now defunct special projects division….Slavin/Schaffer Films, New York, has signed director Michael Ulick for exclusive spot representation. Ulick is credited for co-executive producing the ’88 feature film Rocket Gibraltar….
APRIL 6, 1990/Director/cinematographer Stephen Goldblatt, who had been represented for spots exclusively by Giraldi Suarez Productions, New York, has exited to shoot The Prince of Tides, directed by Barbra Streisand…. After seven years at Venice Beach Editorial, the in-house arm of Chiat/Day/Mojo, Los Angeles, editor Ed Yost has left to launch post house Edge Film & Tape, Hollywood…. Editors GAS, New York, has opened a second, downtown facility….
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Judge Upholds Dismissal Of Involuntary Manslaughter Charge Against Alec Baldwin In “Rust” Shooting
A New Mexico judge has upheld her decision to dismiss an involuntary manslaughter charge against Alec Baldwin in the fatal shooting of a cinematographer on the set of a Western movie.
In a ruling Thursday, state District Court Judge Mary Marlowe Sommer stood by her July decision to dismiss an involuntary manslaughter charge against Baldwin. She said prosecutors did not raise any factual or legal arguments that would justify reversing her decision.
"Because the state's amended motion raises arguments previously made, and arguments that the state elected not to raise earlier, the court does not find the amended motion well taken," the judge wrote, adding that the request was also untimely.
A spokesperson for Baldwin's lawyers said Friday that they had no immediate reaction to teh decision.
The case was thrown out halfway through trial on allegations that police and prosecutors withheld evidence from the defense in the 2021 death of cinematographer Halyna Hutchins on the set of the film "Rust."
Baldwin's trial was upended by revelations that ammunition was brought into the Santa Fe County sheriff's office in March by a man who said it could be related to Hutchins' killing. Prosecutors said they deemed the ammo unrelated and unimportant, while Baldwin's lawyers say investigators "buried" the evidence in a separate case file and filed a successful motion to dismiss.
Special prosecutor Kari Morrissey can now decide whether to appeal to a higher court.
Baldwin, the lead actor and co-producer for "Rust," was pointing a gun at Hutchins during a rehearsal on a movie set outside Santa Fe in October 2021 when the revolver went off, killing Hutchins and wounding director Joel Souza. Baldwin has said he pulled back the hammer โ... Read More