Steve Hollocker, who splits his time between Chicago and Los Angeles, is covering the Midwest for Santa Monica-based Belefant….
Mark Andrews and his associate Katrina Freese of Los Angeles-based Where’s the Boards? have taken on West Coast and Texas representation for Hyena Editorial and Wimbo Music/Sound Design (a division of Hyena), Los Angeles….
Simone Lazer has joined Zero 2 Sixty, New York, as business development manager….
Chicago-based indie rep Steve Green is now partnered with Helen O’Brien in the Chicago-based repping firm O’Brien Company….
Epix, the Santa Monica-based production house recently launched by director/cameraman Greg Weinschenker and executive producer/director Lou LaMonte, has set its sales force. John Dunnicliff, the company’s head of sales, covers the West Coast; Michael Eha handles the East Coast; and Lauren McNamara reps the shop in the Midwest….
Veteran producer/rep Darcy Feinstein has joined Brightwater Entertainment, Santa Monica, where she will rep director/company principal Jon Manning nationally for commercials….
Giant Studios, Atlanta and Los Angeles, has appointed Chip Mosher West Coast sales manager for motion capture….
DP Steven Finestone is available for commercials via Montana Artists Agency, Santa Monica, after wrapping Creature Features: How to Make a Monster, for HBO Films….
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 — but not the trigger — 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