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California police identify gunman in Monterey attack that killed 10 people, injured 10 others in mass shooting

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California authorities have identified the suspect in Saturday's mass shooting that killed 10 people and injured 10 others at a ballroom during Lunar New Year celebrations. This combination image created using photos provided by the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department shows a male suspect allegedly involved in a shooting on Saturday, Jan. 21, 2023, in Monterey Park, Calif.  This combination image created using photos provided by the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department shows a male suspect allegedly involved in a shooting on Saturday, Jan. 21, 2023, in Monterey Park, Calif.  (Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department via AP) The identification came hours after the suspect shot and killed himself in a white van in Torrance, about 30 minutes from the shooting location in Monterey Park. Authorities said it was the same van the suspect had used to flee Saturday night's shooting. Law enforcement officials surrounded the van with tactical vehicles and bomb squad truc...

Alec Baldwin news – live: Hollywood backs actor in wake of Rust shooting involuntary manslaughter charges

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As Alec Baldwin faces charges of involuntary manslaughter over the 2021 death of cinematographer Halyna Hutchins on Rust set, SAG-AFTRA and fellow actor Mickey Rourke have defended him. The actor is one of three cast and crew members facing charges over the accidental shooting, New Mexico prosecutors announced on Thursday. The first assistant director of Rust, David Halls, has agreed to plead guilty to negligent use of a deadly weapon. Meanwhile, the film’s armorer Hannah Gutierrez Reed has also been charged with involuntary manslaughter. Even amid the recent developments, continued production on Rust remains, a person with knowledge of the project told The New York Times. Baldwin will still serve as the film’s lead and Joel Souza, who was wounded in the shooting, will return as director. Thursday’s decision comes more than 15 months after the fatal October 2021 shooting, when a gun held by Baldwin discharged on set. A single bullet struck Souza in the shoulder before fatally striking ...

New 'Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania' 4DX Poster Is All About Family

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  Paul Rudd, Kathryn Newton, and Evangeline Lilly assume battle stations in the new poster. The marketing for Marvel Studios’ Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania is on a roll. With an array of images and trailers, Marvel Studios is finally revealing what to expect for the upcoming feature, of course without giving away anything from the actual plotlines. The movie will see MCU’s tiniest Avenger going up against the big bad of the Multiverse Saga. A new poster revealed by the studio sees Ant-Man, Wasp, and Stature all geared up to take on Kang the Conqueror. The colorful poster gives us a hit of the vibrancy of the upcoming feature with accentuated bright colors reflecting in their suits and the Quantum Realm behind them. The reddish glow mixed with blue signifies the impending clash between Ant-Man and Kang. The feature will see Scott Lang, his daughter Cassie, Janet, Hope, and Hank – all sucked up into the Quantum Realm after Cassie makes a device that can send signals into the real...

Embattled actor Kevin Spacey lauded in Italy for achievement

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Kevin Spacey used a colorful Italian term to thank a film museum for having the courage to invite him after #MeToo-era allegations derailed his career. TURIN, Italy -- Making his first speaking appearance since #MeToo-era allegations derailed his career, actor Kevin Spacey used a colorful Italian term to thank the National Cinema Museum in the northern city of Turin Monday for having the courage to invite him. Spacey received a lifetime achievement award from the museum, discussed key roles during a master class, and then introduced the 1999 film “American Beauty,’’ for which he won his second acting Oscar, to a sold-out crowd. “I am truly blessed and grateful and humbled. And my heart is very full tonight toward the National Museum of Cinema for having had the “le palle” to invite me tonight,’’ Spacey said, using the Italian word for a male body part synonymous with courage, to cheers from the master class audience. “By presenting this award, they are making a strong defense of artist...

The Messy 2023 Golden Globes Failed to Justify Its Existence

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  IF THE GOLDEN Globes airs on a weeknight and no one watches it, does it still matter? That was the question posed when the Oscars’ boozy cousin returned to television on Tuesday evening after a one-year absence. The awards show, a cash cow for the Hollywood Foreign Press Association — a strange band of international journalists from obscure publications with loose ethics who love asking celebrities for autographs and pictures at press junkets to the puzzlement of nearly everyone else — was booted from the airwaves last year, and only announced its awards via Twitter, in rather embarrassing fashion, following a series of high-profile controversies. Among these was an investigation revealing the HFPA had no Black members; its former president Philip Berk called Black Lives Matter “a racist hate movement” and standing accused of groping actor Brendan Fraser, who sat out this year’s ceremony in protest even though he was nominated for The Whale; and comically shameless allegations of...