‘Rust’ movie crew member sues Alec Baldwin and others involved with production after fatal film set shooting

The lawsuit comes after Baldwin fired a weapon during rehearsal last month that contained a live round, killing cinematographer Halyna Hutchins and injuring director Joel Souza. Hutchins, 42, was airlifted to a hospital, where she was pronounced dead. Svetnoy, who served as the chief lighting technician on set, was struck by “discharge materials” from the […]

How ‘Passing’ and similar stories force us to reckon with identity

Irene, who is also fair-skinned but lives a firmly Black middle class life in Harlem, is irritated that Clare wants it both ways — having acquired the privileges of Whiteness, she now longs for the community of Blackness. The term “passing” has historically referred to mixed-race Americans without visible African ancestry who posed as White […]

‘Belfast’ and ‘Passing’ join the Oscar race by looking back in black and white

Written, produced and directed by Kenneth Branagh, “Belfast” isn’t exactly autobiographical but chronicles a story and time that the actor and filmmaker knows well, as unrest involving hostility by Protestants toward Catholics roiled the boy’s close-knit community. In the press notes Branagh compares the film to director Pedro Almodóvar’s “Pain and Glory” as a fictionalized […]

‘It’s a whole nightmare that just continues’: Astroworld survivors recall scenes of chaos at the concert

Bryan Espinoza, 16, spoke at a press conference Tuesday with others caught in the crowd crush, saying “everyone’s life was on the line” as the pressure built up during the show. Garcia said he and his girlfriend were knocked over and others fell on top of them. At least 18 lawsuits had been filed in […]

Fed warns China’s property problems could hurt global markets and the US economy – CNN

The company has sparked fears of contagion since September, upon warning that it could default on its debts of more than $300 billion. Those worries have receded in recent weeks as Evergrande managed to find enough money to meet international debt repayments, including raising about $144 million over the last few days from selling a […]

Astroworld was a ‘death trap,’ attendee says, as more lawsuits are filed and Travis Scott’s Las Vegas show canceled

While a countdown clock to Travis Scott’s performance ticked away, it got harder to breathe Friday as people packed into the Astroworld Festival in Houston, some in the crowd told CNN. And no one would pick them up,” concertgoer Billy Nasser told CNN on Monday. At least 18 lawsuits have been filed through Tuesday after […]