A petition was launched over the weekend on change.org for real guns to be banned from production sets.
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Crew member who gave Baldwin gun subject of prior complaint
Maggie Goll, a prop maker and licensed pyrotechnician, says she filed a complaint about assistant director Dave Halls’ behavior on set in 2019.
Ed Sheeran has COVID, will do performances from home
Ed Sheeran breaks the news on social media days before his new studio album is due out.
Peter Scolari of ‘Newhart,’ ‘Bosom Buddies,’ dies at 66
Scolari died Friday morning in New York after fighting cancer for two years.
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.
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.
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.
Lorli von Trapp Campbell, of ‘Sound of Music’ family, dies
Eleonore “Lorli” von Trapp Campbell died Sunday in Northfield, Vermont.
Chappelle critics and supporters square off at Netflix as employees walk out
The protests concern Dave Chappelle’s ‘The Closer,’ which features the comedian’s transphobic remarks and other insensitive commentary.
Celine Dion delays opening of Vegas show because of spasms
Shows in November, January and February have been canceled.