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    FEBRUARY 11, 2000
    Cohn+Company has signed directors Martin Bell, Mark Raymon Bennett and Olivier Venturini for spot representation. All come over from 1/33 Productions, Santa Monica, which has closed and folded its operations into Cohn+Company, a New York-based house that now becomes bicoastal….Jack Lechner, formerly a key development executive at Miramax Films, has joined the motion picture division of bicoastal/international @radical.media….Editor Bill Marmor has joined Santa Monica-based TrailHead….Composer Morgan Visconti has signed with JSM, New York. Visconti comes to the shop after nine years at New York-based Crushing Music….Publicly-traded, New York-headquartered Paradise Music & Entertainment has launched Paradise Digital Productions (PDP), a bicoastal division that will produce and develop content for the Internet….

     

    FEBRUARY 10, 1995
    Bicoastal production company Crossroads Films has established a satellite division, Pellington/Gorai, for director Mark Pellington and his longtime executive producer, Tom Gorai….Director Mike Bigelow has signed with HKM Productions, Hollywood, for exclusive representation in commercials….Director Bill Scarlet, formerly of the lopes picture company, New York, has joined bicoastal Harmony Pictures for exclusive commercial representation….Beehive, New York, the design and editorial company formed last November by editor Jon Vesey and designer Ada Whitney, has tapped producer Marion Rosenfeld to work full time….Marking its expansion into the Canadian market, animation/live action studio Cornell/Abood, Studio City, Calif., has entered into a partnership with Toronto-based RF Fly Films….

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    The End of The “Rust” Criminal Case Against Alec Baldwin May Unlock A Civil Lawsuit

    Tuesday, December 24, 2024

    The conclusion of a criminal case against Alec Baldwin in the fatal shooting of a cinematographer clears the way for a related civil lawsuit by relatives of the deceased woman and efforts to depose the actor under oath, attorneys for plaintiffs in the civil suit said Tuesday.

    At a news conference in Los Angeles, victims' rights attorney Gloria Allred said that the parents and younger sister of deceased cinematographer Halyna Hutchins were disappointed that prosecutors won't appeal the dismissal of an involuntary manslaughter charge against Baldwin. The criminal charge against Baldwin was dismissed halfway through trial in July on allegations that police and prosecutors withheld evidence from the defense.

    Hutchins died shortly after being wounded during a rehearsal in the movie "Rust" in October 2021 at a film-set ranch on the outskirts of Santa Fe, New Mexico.

    Baldwin, the lead actor and coproducer, was pointing a pistol at Hutchins when it discharged, killing Hutchins and wounding director Joel Souza. Baldwin has said he pulled back the hammer — but not the trigger — and the revolver fired.

    Allred said Hutchins' relatives are determined to pursue damages and compensation from Baldwin and "Rust" producers in New Mexico civil court, and want Baldwin to answer questions under oath in the proceedings. Hutchins' widower and son previously reached a separate legal settlement.

    "With the withdrawal that was made public yesterday, we are now able to proceed with our civil case," Allred said. "Clearly, the rights of Alec Baldwin were protected, but the due process rights of the victims — Halyna Hutchins and her parents and her sister — were violated."

    Allred said she's ready to prove that Hutchins had a close relationship... Read More

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