Jon Landau, an Oscar-winning producer who labored intently with director James Cameron on three of the largest blockbusters of all time, “Titanic” and two “Avatar” movies, has died. He was 63.

Landau’s household introduced his dying Saturday. No reason behind dying was given.

Landau’s partnership with Cameron led to a few Oscar nominations and a greatest image win for 1997’s “Titanic.” Collectively the pair account for a few of the greatest blockbusters in film historical past, together with “Avatar” and its sequel, “Avatar: The Manner of Water.”

“Jon Landau believed within the dream of cinema. He believed that movie is the final word human artwork type, and to make movies it’s a must to first be human your self,” Cameron mentioned in a prolonged assertion posted by The Hollywood Reporter. “He might be remembered as a lot for his huge generosity of spirit as for the flicks themselves.

“I labored with Jon Landau for 31 years and I by no means noticed him downcast as soon as,” Cameron mentioned. “He led with a steadiness of humor and fierce will, and true pleasure within the work.”

Landau’s profession started within the Eighties as a manufacturing supervisor, and he regularly rose by means of the ranks, serving as a co-producer on “Honey I Shrunk the Youngsters” and “Dick Tracy.”

He took on the producer function on “Titanic,” Cameron’s costly epic concerning the notorious 1912 maritime catastrophe. The wager paid off: “Titanic” turned the primary film to cross $1 billion in international box-office earnings and went on to win 11 Oscars, together with greatest image.

“I can not act and I can not compose and I can not do visible results, so I assume that is why I am producing.” Landau mentioned whereas accepting the award with Cameron.

Their partnership continued, with Landau changing into a high government at Cameron’s Lightstorm Leisure. In 2009 the pair watched as “Avatar,” a sci-fi epic filmed and proven in theaters with groundbreaking 3D expertise, surpassed the box-office success of “Titanic.” It stays the top-grossing movie of all time.

Its sequel, “Avatar: The Manner of Water,” is third on the checklist.

“Your knowledge and assist formed so many people in methods we’ll all the time be glad about,” Zoe Saldaña, one of many stars of the “Avatar” franchise, mentioned in an emotional tribute on Instagram. “Your legacy will proceed to encourage us and information us in our journey.”

Landau has been a key participant within the “Avatar” franchise, which noticed frequent delays of the discharge of “The Manner of Water.” Landau defended the sequel’s progress and Cameron’s bold plans to movie a number of sequels directly to maintain the franchise going.

“So much has modified however loads hasn’t,” Landau advised The Related Press in 2022, just a few months forward of the sequel’s launch. “One of many issues that has not modified is: Why do individuals flip to leisure in the present day? Identical to they did when the primary ‘Avatar’ was launched, they do it to flee, to flee the world through which we stay.”

“Jon was a visionary whose extraordinary expertise and fervour introduced a few of the most unforgettable tales to life on the massive display. His exceptional contributions to the movie business have left an indelible mark, and he might be profoundly missed. He was an iconic and profitable producer but a fair higher particular person and a real drive of nature who impressed throughout him,” Alan Bergman, Disney Leisure co-chairman, mentioned in a press release.

Landau was named an government vice chairman of function films at twentieth Century Fox when he was 29, which led him to supervise main hits together with “House Alone” and its sequel, in addition to “Mrs. Doubtfire” and “True Lies,” the place he first began working intently with Cameron.

Landau was additionally influential in bringing the manga adaptation “Alita: Battle Angel” to the massive display in 2019. Cameron supported the undertaking, however his “Avatar” commitments stored him from directing it. As an alternative, Landau labored with director Robert Rodriguez to get the movie accomplished.

Born in New York on July 23, 1960, Landau was the son of movie producers Ely and Edie Landau. The household moved to Los Angeles within the Seventies, and Landau went on to graduate from the College of Southern California’s movie faculty.

Ely Landau died in 1993. Edie Landau, the Oscar-nominated producer of movies like “Lengthy Day’s Journey Into Night time,” “Hopscotch” and “The Lethal Recreation,” died in 2022.

Jon Landau is survived by his spouse of practically 40 years, Julie; their sons, Jamie and Jodie; and two sisters and a brother.

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DORTMUND, Germany (AP) — Penalty shootouts used to strike worry into the hearts of England’s soccer gamers and their followers.

Possibly not anymore.

England coach Gareth Southgate, who has his personal particular chapter within the nation’s spot-kick heartache, has labored laborious behind the scenes to alter the psyche across the shootout in his eight years in control of the nationwide crew.

Now it’s one thing they embrace, not dread.

“I believe we’ve obtained course of,” Southgate mentioned after England’s 5-3 shootout win over Switzerland within the European Championship quarterfinals.

That course of includes a little bit of frequent sense (choosing specialist penalty-takers), some science (respiratory methods and never being rushed), loads of knowledge (on goalkeeper Jordan Pickford’s water bottle had been directions for every of Switzerland’s penalty-takers ) and, in fact, some luck.

It’s clearly working.

England has received three of its 4 shootouts in Southgate’s tenure. Earlier than that, the crew had misplaced 5 in a row — stretching again to 1996 when Southgate himself had a penalty saved in a loss to Germany within the Euro semifinals. He ended up in a pizza advert, the place he obtained mocked for his miss.

England’s penalty transformation might be cut up into two phases.

The primary got here between January 2017, a couple of months after Southgate was employed, till the World Cup the next yr in Russia.

In that 17 months, a crew of analysts led by a sport psychologist labored on getting England higher at penalty shootouts. Geir Jordet, a professor on the Norwegian Faculty of Sport Sciences, particulars in his lately printed guide “Strain: Classes from the Psychology of the Penalty Shootout” how the analysts discovered that England coaches usually mentioned the penalty shootout was a “lottery” and that gamers couldn’t simulate the stress of a shootout on the coaching area.

England’s gamers had been taught methods to take management of the scenario, not be petrified of it.

The second stage got here after the Euro 2020 last, which England misplaced on penalties to Italy — the crew’s solely shootout failure underneath Southgate. Southgate realized he’d veered off script primarily by choosing the mistaken gamers – like giving Bukayo Saka, at 19 the youngest participant within the squad, the decisive fifth penalty that he had saved.

“After these Euros, it was my duty,” Southgate mentioned after the Switzerland recreation. “On an evening like tonight, it’s the gamers who ship. What I need to do is take the stress off them. If it doesn’t work, it’s all the way down to me.

“However for it to work, it requires them to ship as they did and so they had been so composed. I believed the entire course of was actually calm.”

It was noticeable how a lot time England gamers took, significantly Saka, after the referee signaled for the kick to be taken, and the way they took loads of deep breaths earlier than their kicks.

“Some are instructed to do very deliberate acutely aware respiratory, the place they’re specializing in deep diaphragmatic breaths that we all know will deliver on a cascade of constructive hormones and neurobiological processes in your mind and physique,” Jordet instructed The Related Press.

Away from the science, Southgate has additionally stuffed his squad with specialist penalty-takers. Regardless that No. 1 taker Harry Kane had been subbed off in additional time, England nonetheless had within the crew Cole Palmer (Chelsea), Ivan Toney (Brentford), Saka (Arsenal) and Eberechi Eze (Crystal Palace) who take penalties for his or her golf equipment. Throw in Jude Bellingham and Trent Alexander-Arnold, a set-piece specialist who was launched as a late sub and transformed the clinching penalty, and England has a formidable lineup.

Toney even took a no-look penalty for his profitable try. It wound up being the discuss of social media.

“I imagine now we have a number of the greatest penalty-takers within the Premier League and the world,” Saka mentioned. “We’ve talked about it earlier than — if we do come to penalties, we’d be fairly assured. I’m completely happy we confirmed that right now. We scored 5 out of 5.”

Then there’s Pickford, who has now saved 4 of 14 penalties he has confronted in shootouts at main tournaments. The checklist of directions on his water bottle, displaying the place to dive relying on which opponent is taking the penalty, once more exhibits the lengths England goes to with the intention to assist win shootouts.

“Should you’re going to the knockout stage of a Euros, there’s a sure likelihood — I believe on the Euros it’s a 25% likelihood — that these video games go to penalties,” Jordet mentioned. “Now that might imply they need to commit an equal share of time to that within the preparation.”

England seems to have executed that and are reaping the rewards.

A nervous nation will nonetheless watch via the gaps of their fingers if England is concerned in a shootout in opposition to the Netherlands within the semifinals on Wednesday and once more in Sunday’s last, ought to the crew get there.

However they’ll accomplish that realizing it’s now not merely all all the way down to likelihood.

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Jude Bellingham has revealed how recommendation from Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink guided him via England’s penalty shootout win in opposition to Switzerland and banished “terrible reminiscences” of the nation’s previous failures.

The Three Lions have exited seven tournaments on penalties — together with dropping the final Euros closing to Italy — in addition to defeats in 1990, 1996, 1998, 2004, 2006 and 2012.

Nonetheless, England have gained three of their 4 shootouts underneath Gareth Southgate, the most recent of which got here in Saturday’s Euro 2024 quarterfinal in opposition to Switzerland in Düsseldorf following a 1-1 draw.

All 5 of England’s takers — Cole Palmer, Bellingham, Bukayo Saka, Ivan Toney and Trent Alexander-Arnold — scored to safe a 5-3 victory, and afterwards Bellingham defined the position England coach and former Chelsea striker Hasselbaink had in serving to him execute his spot-kick.

“It is a first for me to be concerned in a single, to take one,” Bellingham, 21, advised BBC Radio 5Live.

“I’ve terrible reminiscences type of rising up and I feel the primary Euro that I used to be actually focused on was the one in opposition to Italy [Euro 2012] with the dink from [Andrea] Pirlo.

“It type of stains your reminiscence somewhat bit, you at all times suppose: ‘England in penalty shoot-outs, I am undecided,’ however it’s very nice to have that have so as to add to the locker now.

“I used to be actually assured in my preparation, assured within the issues I talked via with Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink, he is stepped up for us massively.

“It is the work that he does behind closed doorways, with the lads being prepared to tackle that data, that put us in these conditions so as to have the ability to win.

“So it is a huge workforce effort. One other factor is [goalkeepers] Dean Henderson, Aaron Ramsdale, Tom Heaton, who’ve been with us this camp, they have been big in serving to us practise the penalties.

“Once more, they will not get the credit score they deserve however basically, if they do not put in the fitting effort, you do not have the fitting apply to exit and execute. So many individuals are concerned on this win. It is a huge workforce win.”

Bellingham began the match with an excellent show in opposition to Serbia — scoring England’s successful purpose that night time — however he admitted he has battle to match that stage since.

The Actual Madrid midfielder scored a surprising Ninety fifth-minute overhead kick to avoid wasting England from going out within the round-of-16, as an alternative forcing additional time in opposition to Slovakia. He was fined €30,000 and handed a one-game suspended ban for a lewd gesture made in celebrating that purpose and when requested to mirror on his personal match up to now, Bellingham mentioned: “Eventful, yeah, quite a bit happening!

“I feel within the first sport I began very well. I felt nice. That was one among my finest video games for England however I am at all times sincere with myself and I really feel like the 2 video games that adopted [were] not on the stage I might be, easy as that.

“For me, it is about acknowledging that, reviewing it, getting myself again to the fitting health ranges to attempt once more. I will by no means cease working and cease attempting to play ahead, cease attempting to create, rating targets.

“If generally it would not come off then so be it however I will by no means cease attempting for my workforce and my teammates.

“It seems to be like we’re hitting the fitting velocity on the proper time so we’ll see the way it goes, we’re nonetheless right here, we reside to battle one other day.”

BERLIN (AP) — The Netherlands dug deep to return from behind and beat Turkey 2-1 on Saturday and e-book its place within the European Championship semifinals.

An personal objective from Mert Muldur within the 76th minute, solely six after Stefan De Vrij canceled Samet Akaydin’s first-half header for Turkey, was sufficient for the Dutch within the final of the quarterfinals.

“It was actually a battle at present,” De Vrij stated. “The Turkish group they’ve a giant coronary heart, lots of high quality. Ultimately we did properly and we deserved the win.”

The Netherlands turned the sport round after after 1.97-meter-tall (6-foot-5) striker Wout Weghorst made his entrance for the second half.

“He’s all the time preventing up entrance, serving to the group. And we began to maintain the ball, create probabilities,” De Vrij stated. “Then we scored two targets and the entire group fought till the top.”

The Netherlands will face England within the second semifinal in Dortmund on Wednesday. Spain faces France within the first on Tuesday.

“The gamers confirmed tonight a giant coronary heart,” Dutch coach Ronald Koeman stated. “We needed to endure however lastly it’s an amazing success.”

Turkey was with out defender Merih Demiral, who was suspended for 2 matches by UEFA for making a nationalistic hand gesture after scoring in Tuesday’s 2-1 win over Austria. The gesture is utilized by Turkish nationalists and related to an ultra-nationalist group.

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan was on the sport after he modified his plans due to the diplomatic row with Germany over Demiral’s gesture.

German inside minister Nancy Faeser had stated Demiral used his celebration “as a platform for racism” and federal minister Cem Özdemir, a German politician of Turkish descent, stated the gesture “stands for terror, fascism.”

Many Turkish followers made the gesture on their technique to Berlin’s Olympiastadion, and once more throughout Turkey’s nationwide anthem earlier than the sport.

The Dutch made a greater begin, however Turkey’s defenders dug in to restrict the affect of Cody Gapko, Xavi Simons and Memphis Depay. Turkey lined up with 5 on the again with out the ball, because it had within the win in opposition to Austria, and progressively improved.

Akaydin rewarded a interval of Turkish stress by scoring within the thirty fifth. Arda Guler delivered a butter-soft cross for the defender to move in off the underside of the crossbar.

It set off wild celebrations amongst Turkey’s teaching workers and followers. Guler was swamped within the teaching space with hugs, whereas followers within the west finish of the stadium set off flares. Most stayed standing after the objective.

Turkish supporters tremendously outnumbered their orange-clad counterparts in a metropolis that’s dwelling to a big neighborhood of individuals with Turkish roots. Most are descendants of Turkish “visitor employees” who arrived in what was West Germany to assist rebuild the post-war economic system. Germany is dwelling to some 3 million Turks or individuals with Turkish roots, making them the nation’s largest ethnic minority, and the group has loved fevered help at Euro 2024.

Koeman, who received Euro ’88 as a participant with the Netherlands, reacted to his group’s half time deficit by sending on massive ahead Weghorst, whose presence gave the Dutch wingers a goal.

Guler hit the put up with a free kick, but it surely was an remoted effort throughout a interval of intense Dutch stress that lastly paid off within the seventieth when De Vrij was left free to move in Depay’s cross.

All of a sudden the Dutch supporters could possibly be heard once more, and so they had been cheering once more shortly afterward when Gapko compelled the personal objective from Muldur by getting in entrance of the defender to Denzel Dumfries’ low cross.

“We didn’t begin the second half very properly and fell behind,” Turkey captain Hakan Calhanoglu stated. “After their second objective, we turned to lengthy balls. Such issues occur. It’s an honor to have come this far.”

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This story and its headline have been corrected to point out that the Netherlands’ second objective was dominated as an personal objective by Turkey’s Mert Muldur, not a objective from Cody Gakpo.

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BERLIN — The Netherlands got here from behind to beat Turkey 2-1 on Saturday and e-book its place within the European Championship semifinals.

An personal objective from Mert Muldur within the 76th minute, solely six after Stefan De Vrij canceled Samet Akaydin’s first-half header for Turkey, was sufficient for the Dutch within the final of the quarterfinals.

The Netherlands will face England within the second semifinal in Dortmund on Wednesday. Spain faces France within the first on Tuesday.

Turkey was with out defender Merih Demiral, who was suspended for 2 matches by UEFA for making a nationalistic hand gesture after scoring in Tuesday’s 2-1 win over Austria. The gesture is utilized by Turkish nationalists and related to an ultra-nationalist group.

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan was on the recreation after he modified his plans due to the diplomatic row with Germany over Demiral’s gesture.

German inside minister Nancy Faeser had stated Demiral used his celebration “as a platform for racism” and federal minister Cem Özdemir, a German politician of Turkish descent, stated the gesture “stands for terror, fascism.”

Many Turkish followers made the gesture on their method to Berlin’s Olympiastadion, and once more throughout Turkey’s nationwide anthem earlier than the sport.

The Dutch made a greater begin, however Turkey’s defenders dug in to restrict the impression of Cody Gapko, Xavi Simons and Memphis Depay. Turkey lined up with 5 on the again with out the ball, because it had within the win towards Austria, and progressively improved.

Akaydin rewarded a interval of Turkish strain by scoring within the thirty fifth. Arda Guler delivered a butter-soft cross for the defender to move in off the underside of the crossbar.

It set off wild celebrations amongst Turkey’s teaching workers and followers. Guler was swamped within the teaching space with hugs, whereas followers within the west finish of the stadium set off flares. Most stayed standing after the objective.

Turkish supporters significantly outnumbered their orange-clad counterparts in a metropolis that’s dwelling to a big group of individuals with Turkish roots. Most are descendants of Turkish “visitor staff” who arrived in what was West Germany to assist rebuild the post-war financial system. Germany is dwelling to some 3 million Turks or individuals with Turkish roots, making them the nation’s largest ethnic minority, and the staff has loved fevered help at Euro 2024.

The Dutch pushed for an equalizer earlier than the break to a refrain of whistles.

Dutch coach Ronald Koeman, who gained Euro ’88 as a participant with the Netherlands, reacted on the break by sending on huge ahead Wout Weghorst for Steven Bergwijn.

Weghorst’s presence gave the Dutch wingers a goal, resulting in a interval of intense strain.

Guler hit the submit with a free kick, however it was an remoted effort as Dutch strain continued.

It lastly paid off within the seventieth when De Vrij was left free to move in Depay’s cross.

Immediately the Dutch supporters could possibly be heard once more, they usually had been cheering once more six minutes later when Gapko compelled the personal objective from Muldur by getting in entrance of the defender to Denzel Dumfries’ low cross.

(Grey Information) – John Cena is retiring from WWE.

On Saturday at WWE’s Cash within the Financial institution in Toronto, Cena made a shock look to share his retirement from in-ring competitors.

“Why am I right here? Tonight, I formally announce my retirement from the WWE,” he stated.

Cena will nonetheless take part in a number of competitions subsequent 12 months together with Monday Night time Uncooked on Netflix, 2025 Royal Rumble and 2025 Elimination Chamber.

Cena stated his final WrestleMania might be in 2025 in Las Vegas.

“Thanks a lot for letting me play in the home that you simply constructed for therefore a few years,” he stated.

WWE shared a video of Cena’s retirement announcement on X, previously often called Twitter.

In a press convention, Cena stated a farewell tour will begin subsequent January and run by means of December.

Cena signed with WWE in 2001.

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John Cena supplied a heartfelt speech of gratitude to his wrestling followers Saturday evening as he introduced his retirement from the ring, declaring subsequent 12 months’s WWE WrestleMania his ultimate one.

Cena spoke in Toronto to a crowd that clearly didn’t need him to go. Followers booed because the wrestler-turned-actor instructed them of his “official retirement,” which can embrace a farewell tour subsequent 12 months.

“The 2025 Royal Rumble can be my final,” Cena mentioned. “The 2025 Elimination Chamber can be my final. And I’m right here tonight to announce that in Las Vegas, WrestleMania 2025 would be the final I compete in.”

Towards the tip of a greater than six-minute speech, the viewers started a chant of “Thanks, Cena.” He known as it an “unbelievable gesture of kindness.”

“Thanks a lot for letting me play in the home that you simply constructed for thus a few years,” Cena mentioned. “Thanks a lot all the time on your voice as a result of it’s actually loud, and your honesty as a result of it’s superbly brutal.”

Cena is a 16-time WWE champion over the course of practically 20 years with the wrestling franchise. In that point, he has additionally transitioned into Hollywood, starring in movies resembling “Barbie” and “Argylle” and making a number of appearances within the “Quick & Livid” franchise.

However even together with his performing success, Cena has all the time saved up together with his wrestling profession and persona. The star tried to deal with why he was selecting now to step apart, referencing the WWE “Cash within the Financial institution” occasion the place he was talking.

“Why now? As a result of it’s cash within the financial institution, the final word image of alternative,” Cena mentioned. “And this farewell doesn’t finish tonight — it’s crammed with alternatives.”

He went on to notice that WWE’s “RAW” Monday-night fights are transferring to Netflix, making historical past for the franchise. And Cena will rejoice his many “lasts” together with these “firsts.”

Cena additionally appeared to tease eye-catching fights, calling out to WWE superstars. He instructed them, “In order for you some, hurry up and are available get some.”

“As a result of the final time is now,” Cena mentioned.

In a post-show press convention, Cena mentioned he’ll stick round WWE, and WrestleMania is not going to be his ultimate struggle. He mentioned his farewell tour will hopefully embrace dozens of dates between January and December 2025, together with his ultimate in-ring struggle on the finish.

Cena instructed reporters that he proposed a plan that will hold him across the franchise in numerous capacities, regardless that he gained’t be competing.

“I’ve all the time mentioned to the viewers that WWE is my house and I find it irresistible,” Cena mentioned. “Simply because I bodily really feel I’m at my finish, doesn’t imply I have to distance myself from one thing I like.”

A dozen individuals had been inside a film set church the day Alec Baldwin shot and killed cinematographer Halyna Hutchins and wounded director Joel Souza throughout a rehearsal for the Western movie “Rust.”

Now, nearly three years later and after numerous hearings and far authorized wrangling, Baldwin is standing trial on a cost of involuntary manslaughter. A few of those that had been contained in the church that fateful day in 2021 are anticipated to testify.

The witness checklist additionally contains quite a few investigators, firearms specialists and sure the movie’s armorer — who’s interesting a conviction for her function within the taking pictures.

Baldwin, the lead actor and co-producer of the movie, has claimed the gun fired unintentionally after he adopted directions to level it towards Hutchins, who was behind the digital camera. Unaware that it was loaded with a dwell spherical, he stated he pulled again the hammer — not the set off — and it fired.

Prosecutors plan to current proof that the gun’s set off needed to be pulled. They’ve stated Baldwin shares duty for what occurred that day.

Right here’s a have a look at the important thing gamers within the legal trial of an actor who has been a TV and film mainstay for many years:

THE DEFENDANT

ALEC BALDWIN — Identified for his roles within the early blockbuster “The Hunt for Purple October,” Martin Scorsese’s “The Departed” and the sitcom “30 Rock,” Baldwin’s profession has spanned greater than 4 many years and has included different gun-toting roles. Baldwin has twice been charged in Hutchins’ loss of life. Prosecutors dismissed an earlier cost, then revived it by way of a grand jury after receiving a brand new evaluation of the revolver he pointed at Hutchins. An indictment alleges Baldwin brought on Hutchins’ loss of life — both by negligence or “complete disregard or indifference” for security. He has pleaded not responsible.

WITNESSES

HANNAH GUTIERREZ-REED — The stepdaughter of famend sharpshooter and weapons advisor Thell Reed, Gutierrez-Reed was 24 on the time of the lethal rehearsal. “Rust” was her second project as an armorer in a characteristic movie. Her attorneys argued that she was scapegoated, pointing to security considerations that went past their shopper. She was sentenced to 18 months in jail on an involuntary manslaughter conviction, which she’s interesting. At sentencing, Gutierrez-Reed stated she had tried to do her finest on the set regardless of not having “correct time, assets and staffing.”

DAVID HALLS — With credit together with “The Matrix Reloaded,” Halls had labored on dozens of movies over a 30-year profession. The assistant director and security coordinator pleaded no contest to a misdemeanor cost of negligent use of a lethal weapon and obtained a suspended sentence of six months of probation. It was realized after “Rust” producers halted work on the movie in 2021 that Halls had been fired from a earlier job after a gun went off on a set and wounded a member of the movie crew.

JOEL SOUZA — A director and author, Souza wrote the screenplay for “Rust.” Though he had labored on smaller tasks through the years, he made his characteristic debut in 2019 with “Crown Vic.” Baldwin was among the many producers on that mission, too, and had stated he was trying ahead to working with Souza on the western. Souza was wounded by the identical bullet that killed Hutchins. Souza testified beforehand he moved in behind Hutchins for a more in-depth have a look at the digital camera angle and by no means noticed the gun that shot him.

ROSS ADDIEGO — He was employed by Rust Productions as a front-line crew member who constructed and operated methods for guiding the movie’s digital camera. He was amongst these within the church the day Hutchins was killed. He and different crew members are suing the producers, claiming their failure to observe trade security guidelines induced emotional misery.

ZAC SNEESBY — A sound engineer and increase operator, Sneesby has labored on quite a few tasks, with “Stranger Issues” being amongst his most up-to-date work. He additionally has combined sound for the artwork collaborative Meow Wolf in Santa Fe. He stated in a current pretrial interview that he was standing very near Baldwin when the actor shot and killed Hutchins. He informed prosecutors he noticed Baldwin pull the set off.

LUCIEN HAAG — A firearms professional with a consulting firm based mostly in Arizona, Haag has been tapped to testify in quite a few legal circumstances on topics that embody firearms identification and the reconstruction of shootings. Prosecutors have recognized Haag and his son, Michael, as two of the nation’s main specialists on firearms forensics. The pair examined the gun that Baldwin was utilizing throughout the rehearsal.

PROSECUTORS

KARI MORRISSEY — A veteran lawyer whose expertise contains a whole bunch of trials, Morrissey took over as a particular prosecutor in March 2023. She has practiced regulation in New Mexico for greater than 20 years, having graduated from the College of New Mexico’s regulation faculty. Accused of being overzealous by Baldwin’s authorized workforce, Morrissey has not been one to again down throughout the many hearings main as much as the trial. All through her profession, her focus has included legal protection and civil rights-related circumstances.

ERLINDA JOHNSON — Becoming a member of the workforce lower than three months in the past, Johnson needed to be a fast examine. Her specialty has been legal protection and private harm. She was tapped in a high-profile public corruption case to defend former New Mexico Secretary of State Dianna Duran, who resigned in 2015 amid revelations she used marketing campaign funds to gas a playing habit. Johnson additionally beforehand labored as a federal prosecutor on drug enforcement and arranged crime investigations after serving as an assistant district lawyer within the Albuquerque space.

BALDWIN’S ATTORNEYS

LUKE NIKAS — With a resume that boasts high billing on quite a few authorized MVP lists, Nikas is a graduate of Harvard Regulation College and a associate within the New York workplace of one of many world’s largest regulation corporations. When the fees had been first introduced towards Baldwin, Nikas referred to as it a miscarriage of justice, vowing his workforce would combat the fees and would win. He’s finest recognized for his work within the artwork world, having represented museums, galleries, public sale homes and collectors. He additionally has recovered artworks by Andy Warhol and Pablo Picasso and led the protection in a forgery case that rocked New York’s artwork world.

ALEX SPIRO — A fellow Harvard grad and associate with Nikas at Quinn, Emanual, Urquhart & Sullivan, Spiro works on white collar and authorities enforcement circumstances in addition to sports activities and leisure litigation. He beforehand served as a Manhattan prosecutor, having a hand within the conviction of two infamous killers. His shopper checklist whereas in personal follow has included Elon Musk, Jay-Z and Robert Kraft, proprietor of the New England Patriots.

THE JUDGE

MARY MARLOWE SOMMER — Her decades-long profession has included work as a regulation clerk, a protection lawyer and a listening to officer who dealt with hundreds of circumstances involving home violence and household issues. In 2010, Marlowe Sommer was appointed to the First Judicial District Court docket by then-New Mexico Gov. Invoice Richardson. When sentencing Gutierrez-Reed in April, the decide informed the defendant that something lower than the utmost sentence wouldn’t be applicable, citing what she referred to as recklessness. If Gutierrez-Reed’s trial is any indication, Marlowe Sommer will maintain the attorneys on monitor and on schedule in what shall be a high-profile continuing.

It took nearly 5 years, however Nate Diaz lastly received his revenge over Jorge Masvidal in knowledgeable boxing ring Saturday.

Diaz defeated Masvidal by majority resolution of their 10-round match, which headlined a pay-per-view occasion at Honda Heart in Anaheim, California. Two of the three judges scoring the bout, which noticed aggressive, back-and-forth motion, scored it for Diaz by way of scores of 98-92 and 97-93. A 3rd scored it an excellent draw at 95-95.

The victory avenged Diaz’s third-round TKO loss to Masvidal from November 2019, when the 2 met within the UFC’s first BMF title struggle. Masvidal received when a doctor dominated Diaz could not proceed resulting from a reduce; Diaz did not agree. After Saturday’s win, Diaz known as for 2 extra rematches, Jake Paul, who defeated him in boxing final yr, and UFC champ Leon Edwards.

“I will beat Jake Paul’s f—ing ass and I am all the way down to struggle the highest-ranked boxer I can discover,” Diaz mentioned. “My fundamental goal is to be the most effective fighter on the earth, so I wish to return and get a UFC title. [UFC welterweight champion] Leon Edwards, Jake Paul and anyone the f— else, you are lifeless.”

Masvidal, 39, who retired from MMA in April however has already hinted at a attainable comeback, mentioned he disagreed with the scorecards and known as for a 3rd struggle in opposition to Diaz.

“I assumed I received,” Masvidal mentioned. “I assumed I hit the more durable pictures. We are able to do it once more, we’re 1-1. We’ll discover a place and do it once more.”

It was a basic Diaz efficiency, as he merely overwhelmed Masvidal with quantity over the course of the 175-pound struggle. Masvidal appeared to land the more durable pictures, however Diaz’s infamous chin held up superbly, and his tempo was a weapon for him all night time. At occasions, he laughed and turned his again to Masvidal, and the 2 continued to fireside punches till the ultimate bell.

The occasion aired on DAZN and was co-promoted by Diaz’s Actual Battle Inc. and Masvidal’s Gamebred Boxing. It featured different well-known names from the fight sports activities world, together with former UFC champion Anthony Pettis, who misplaced to Diaz’s longtime teammate Chris Avila.

Congratulations are to ensure that Margot Robbie.

The “Barbie” star is anticipating her first little one along with her husband, Tom Ackerley, sources informed Individuals Sunday.

Robbie debuted her child bump in a white crop high earlier within the day whereas taking a ship journey in Lake Como, Italy, with the film producer, as seen in photographs obtained by the Each day Mail.

The “Suicide Squad” star paired the maternity look with an oversize blazer and low-rise black pants, accessorizing with a cream purse and gold earrings.

Ackerley, who wore a beige button-down shirt and brown slacks, lovingly assisted his pregnant spouse onto the vessel.

Reps for the couple weren’t instantly obtainable to Web page Six for remark.

Robbie and Ackerley, each 34, tied the knot in December 2016 throughout an intimate ceremony in Byron Bay, Australia.

On the time, the duo had been courting for about two years after assembly in 2013 on the set of the battle drama “Suite Française.”

The “Wolf of Wall Avenue” actress informed Vogue in Could 2016 that her relationship with “the best-looking man in London” was surprising.

“I used to be the last word single gal. The thought of relationships made me need to vomit,” she stated. “After which this crept up on me. We have been buddies for therefore lengthy. I used to be all the time in love with him.”

Robbie continued, “However I believed, ‘Oh, he would by no means love me again. Don’t make it bizarre, Margot. Don’t be silly and inform him that you just like him.’ After which it occurred, and I used to be like, ‘In fact we’re collectively. This makes a lot sense, the way in which nothing has ever made sense earlier than.’”

In 2014, the couple co-founded the manufacturing firm LuckyChap Leisure, which has created a number of films, together with “Barbie,” “I, Tonya” and “Birds of Prey,” all of which Robbie has starred in.

Whereas they’re notoriously personal about their relationship, Ackerley gave a glimpse into their lives collectively throughout an interview with the Instances of London final month.

He revealed they spend “24 hours a day” collectively and don’t really feel the necessity to separate enterprise from pleasure.

“It’s seamless,” he informed the outlet. “We don’t have a toggle on, toggle off. It’s all turn out to be one factor.”

Ackerley, who’s from England, additionally revealed his largest argument with the Australian magnificence stems from “whether or not [Australia’s] Tim Tams or Penguins are higher.”

Whereas Ackerley works behind the display screen, he has been Robbie’s largest supporter in public, usually becoming a member of her on crimson carpets, together with Selection’s Energy of Ladies in Los Angeles, the place he learn her acceptance speech after she misplaced her voice final yr.

Ackerley additionally supported the actress on the 2023 Gotham Movie Awards, the place he despatched her into giggles after showing to pinch her butt in entrance of photographers.