In a strongly-worded letter to Santa Fe County Sheriff Adan Mendoza, lawyers representing Halyna Hutchins‘ widower, Matthew, and young son Andros slammed Mendoza’s office for its release Monday of information related to the Rust investigation.
As reported Monday, the office released a trove of materials related to the fatal shooting of the cinematographer on the film’s set in October, including interviews with Alec Baldwin, who fired the fatal shot, as well as graphic footage of the attempts to save Hutchins’ life.
“Your office trampled on the constitutional rights over the Hutchins [family],” the attorneys’ letter reads, in part. “Your office promised to allow Mr. Hutchins to review the materials being publicly released in advance of their dissemination to the press…It failed to give the Hutchins [family] the dignity and privacy the New Mexico constitution affords them.”
Further, the letter asserts “The first time Mr. Hutchins saw the disturbing and unsettling video footage of his dying wife laying on the church floor was on Radar Online, an Internet website. A greater respect for the Hutchins’ constitutional rights would not have allowed this video footage to be released.”
“The potential consequences are disturbing given how information is misused on social media,” the attorneys argue. “We fear for example that this shocking footage of Andros’ mother dying may be material used by bullies to emotionally abuse him in the future.”
The attorneys also claim what’s “most troubling” is that the release of the material wasn’t legally required, they say.
The letter concludes with a demand that the sheriff’s office respects the Hutchins family’s “constitutional rights of dignity, privacy, respect, and fairness going forward,” as well as remove the video footage of Halyna.
“While the damage of publishing that video is irreparable, taking down the video will end your office’s complicity in causing further harm,” reads the letter.
The country music community has always demonstrated its support for military service members and their families, and now, Nashville will be home to a new festival benefiting local veterans.
Mickey Guyton, Lee Ann Womack, Tyler Rich and more are performing at the event, billed as the Bob Woodruff Foundation’s Got Your 6 Vet Fest. In addition to the music, fans can enjoy carnival games and prizes, raffles, drinks and snacks throughout the day.
The family-friendly festival is specifically geared towards the local military and veteran community: Admission is free for active National Guard and reserve members, as well as veterans and military families.
Taking place on July 9 from 3 p.m. to 7 p.m., the event will be held in the Loveless Barn outside of Nashville’s beloved Loveless Cafe. Advance reservations are required, and will be available starting May 2.
Mickey has long been a supporter of the military communities. Most recently, she performed as part of PBS’ National Memorial Day Concert.
The Beach Boys are launching a yearlong worldwide celebration to mark their 60th anniversary that will include special audio releases, an official documentary, a tribute special, new music videos, exhibitions, other commemorative events, and more.
Kicking things off will be an expanded and remastered reissue of the band’s 2003 hits compilation Sounds of Summer: The Very Best of The Beach Boys that will be released on June 17.
The updated collection, features 80 tracks, 50 more than the original version, including classic hits and deeper cuts spanning from the group’s 1962 debut album, Surfin’ Safari, through 1989’s Still Cruisin’.
The track list boasts nearly every top-40 single that the band released, including “California Girls,” “I Get Around,” “Surfer Girl,” “Surfin’ U.S.A.,” “Fun, Fun, Fun,” “Help Me, Rhonda,” “God Only Knows,” “Good Vibrations” and “Kokomo.” Newly added songs include such gems as “Feel Flows,” “Sail On Sailor” and “Surf’s Up.”
The Sounds of Summer reissue includes 24 new mixes, with two tracks getting stereo mixes for the first time. The collection, which can be pre-ordered now, will be available as a three-CD set, digitally and as a six-LP vinyl package. A limited-edition, numbered version of the vinyl collection will feature a rainbow foil slipcase and four lithographs.
A remastered version of the original 30-track compilation also will be released, on CD and as a two-LP set.
In advance of the reissue’s arrival, a new stereo mix of “Good Vibrations” has been made available as a digital single.
The Beach Boys also are planning to release an archival multi-disc set this fall that delves into two of the band’s early-’70s albums — 1972’s Carl and the Passions — “So Tough” and 1973’s Holland.
Lil Nas X just announced his world tour and teased that an unexpected quartet might be joining him on the global trek — The Wiggles.
The “Industry Baby” revealed his plans on Twitter to recruit the superstar Australian children’s music group, writing, “trying really hard to get the wiggles to coheadline the tour with me. i will keep you guys updated.”
Looks like all Lil Nas X had to do was ask, because The Wiggles quickly re-tweeted Lil Naz X’s comment, and responded, “We’re ready to wiggle with you!” They even included a yellow, purple, blue and red heart emoji to symbolize each member of the group — Anthony Field, Lachlan Gillespie, Simon Pryce and Tsehay Hawkins.
The Grammy winner shared a screenshot of their exchange and shared a meme picture of a man smiling in a pool with the words “Smiling through it all! Can’t believe this my life” in bold letters.
So, does this mean we will see a Lil Nas X and The Wiggles on the stage together? We’ll have to wait and see.
As previously reported, the Long Live Montero Tour will span North America and Europe, beginning September 6 at Detroit’s The Fillmore. From there, Lil Nas X will visit Chicago, Nashville, Los Angeles and many other cities before wrapping his North American trek in San Francisco’s Bill Graham Civic Auditorium on October 23. His European trek runs November 8 through November 17.
Esmé Bianco has filed an amended complaint in her ongoing lawsuit against Brian Warner, aka Marilyn Manson, alleging that he put a stop to a planned collaboration she had with Deftones.
In the document, which was obtained by Rolling Stone, Bianco’s lawyers write that she took part in a video shoot for Deftones to provide images of herself that would be used in the production for the band’s ongoing international tour. She posted about the collaboration in her Instagram Story on April 12 with the “approval from the creative director.”
However, Bianco alleges that when Warner found out about her working with Deftones, he “proceeded to contact the band and confront them over Deftones’ decision to work with Ms. Bianco.”
“Defendant Warner used his power and influence in the entertainment industry to interfere with Ms. Bianco’s ability to continue working with the Deftones,” the complained reads. “Defendant Warner’s actions were intended to cause the contract with Ms. Bianco to be breached by the Deftones when they refused to utilize her images.”
Bianco says she was then informed that Deftones decided not to use her images for the tour “due to Mr. Warner’s inference,” resulting in “loss of the opportunity to work with a the highly regarded creative director” and “loss of exposure from her images being used during the Deftones’ world tour.”
In a statement to Rolling Stone, Bianco says, “By continuing to threaten my career opportunities, Warner again demonstrates that even amidst criminal investigation and civil litigation he will stop at nothing in an attempt to silence his victims.”
A rep for Deftones declined to comment to Rolling Stone. Warner’s rep also did not respond.
As previously reported, Bianco — an actor know for her work on Game of Thrones — is suing Warner for sexual assault. Warner has denied the allegations.
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Tennis legend Serena Williams says she is “so grateful” to be honored by Nike, after the sports company unveiled an office building in her name at its world headquarters in Oregon on Wednesday.
In an Instagram post, Williams described the honor as childhood dream.
“When I was just a kid I visited the @nike campus and I saw that athletes get buildings! After that visit, I knew I wanted two things; to be a Nike athlete and to have a building,” she said. “it is beyond an honor and giving me chill bumps. I am so grateful to Nike and the Nike team.”
According to Nike, the Serena Williams building is now the largest office space on campus, spreading across one million square feet — the equivalent of 140 full-size tennis courts — and is where the Nike Consumer creation teams have access to many lab spaces.
The infrastructure includes 140,000 square feet of showrooms and work spaces, a footwear library, a color lab and the two-story, 140-seat Olympia Theater, named after Serena’s daughter, Alexis Olympia Ohanian Jr.
“The whole building takes your breath away,” Williams said in the Nike press release. “Every element, everywhere you go, is an opportunity to be inspired. I hope this building encourages people to bring out the best of themselves and to dream bigger than they thought possible.”
Williams joins a few other women who have buildings dedicated in their name, including Olympian Joan Benoit Samuelson andOlympic gold medalist soccer player Mia Hamm.
“Can you believe it? I have a BUILDING Y’ALL!!! This is CRAZY!!!,” Williams said.
Phil Collins and his ex-wife Orianne Cevey faced off — online, at least — Wednesday in front of a judge, in the latest chapter of their ongoing multi-million-dollar legal battle over Phil’s Miami mansion.
The New York Post reports that Phil and Orianne are fighting over the proceeds to the mansion, which he sold in January of 2021 for $40 million. Phil believes Orianne has no right to half the proceeds from the house; she thinks otherwise. In their latest court filing, Phil’s lawyers accuse Orianne of “committing a fraud” when it comes to the various affidavits she’s filed in connection with the case.
Phil and Orianne were married from 1999 to 2008. Orianne then married Charles Mejjati, but divorced him, she claims, after Phil promised to give her half of the proceeds from the Miami mansion if she split up with Mejjati. She also claims that Phil asked her to move in with him and said he’d “take care” of her.
Phil denies ever promising her half the house. However, the two did reconcile in 2016 and were together until 2020, when Orianne secretly married another man named Thomas Bates — who, court papers reveal, she “picked from a male escort site.”
She then moved Bates into the Miami mansion when Phil was in Europe; the Rock and Roll Hall of Famer was forced to legally evict them. Phil then sold the mansion and moved to Switzerland.
Phil’s lawyers say there are “literally dozens of additional irreconcilable conflicts between” Orianne’s position in the case and things she stated in 2016 when she divorced Mejjati.
Orianne was Phil’s third wife. They have two children: 21-year-old Nic — who drummed in Phil’s place during his farewell tour with Genesis — and Matthew, 17.
Sorry, fans: Despite what one of his managers said back in April, Post Malone‘s album won’t be out next month after all.
On Instagram on April 11, Post’s co-manager, Dre London, wrote, “@postmalone album coming next month!” But now, Posty himself has confirmed that the album, Twelve Carat Toothache, will actually arrive June 3.
And London himself wrote, “I have been waiting a long time to tell the world ”Coming Soon” finally has a date June 3rd the long awaited @postmalone 4th Album ‘Twelve Carat Toothache’ pre save Let’s Go!!!”
Posty released the lead single for the album — the Weeknd-featuring “One Right Now” — back in November. He recently revealed that the project, the follow-up to 2019’s Hollywood’s Bleeding, would feature collaborations with Doja Cat, The Kid LAROI, Roddy Ricch, and Robin Pecknold of indie folk band Fleet Foxes.
(NEW YORK) — Russian President Vladimir Putin’s “special military operation” into neighboring Ukraine began on Feb. 24, with Russian forces invading from Belarus, to the north, and Russia, to the east. Ukrainian troops have offered “stiff resistance,” according to U.S. officials.
The Russian military earlier this month launched a full-scale ground offensive in eastern Ukraine’s disputed Donbas region, as it attempts to capture the strategic port city of Mariupol and secure a coastal corridor to the Moscow-annexed Crimean Peninsula.
Here’s how the news is developing. All times Eastern:
Apr 28, 8:00 am
Russia retains ability to strike Ukrainian coastal targets, UK says
The Russian Navy still has the ability to strike coastal targets in Ukraine, even after the “embarrassing losses” of two warships, according to the U.K. Ministry of Defense.
In an intelligence update posted Thursday, the ministry said approximately 20 Russian naval vessels, including submarines, are currently in the “Black Sea operational zone.” But the ministry said Russia isn’t able to replace the missile cruiser Moskva because the Bosphorus strait remains closed to all non-Turkish warships.
The Moskva, the flagship of Russia’s Black Sea fleet, sunk in the Black Sea earlier this month while being towed to port after a fire onboard, according to the Russian Ministry of Defense. Ukrainian officials, however, claimed that ship was struck by Ukrainian missiles, which the Russian defense ministry has denied.
Russia also lost the landing ship Saratov, which was destroyed by explosions and fire on March 24.
Apr 28, 6:48 am
Separatist forces arrest over 100 captured Ukrainian troops in Donetsk
Russia-backed separatist forces in eastern Ukraine’s Donetsk Oblast claimed Thursday that they have arrested more than 100 captured Ukrainian troops suspected of being involved in crimes.
“Facts of involvement in crimes have been brought to light following investigators’ works. There are already more than 100 people who have been arrested by investigators,” Yury Sirovatko, justice minister of the self-declared Donetsk People’s Republic, told Russian state-owned television channel Rossiya 24 on Thursday.
Sirovatko on Wednesday told Channel One, a Russian state-controlled TV channel, that there are about 2,600 captured Ukrainian servicemen in the region.
Apr 28, 5:01 am
Russia accuses Ukraine of war crimes
Russia on Thursday accused Ukraine of committing war crimes by indiscriminately attacking civilian areas in Ukrainian cities.
The Russian Ministry of Defense claimed that the Ukrainian Armed Forces “launched a massive attack” using ballistic missiles and multiple rocket launchers on residential areas of Kherson in southern Ukraine late Wednesday.
“The indiscriminate missile attack launched by the nationalists targeted kindergartens, schools and various social facilities in residential areas near Ushakova avenue,” the ministry said in a statement Thursday. “Russian air defense units have repelled the attack of the Ukrainian troops launched at the residential districts of Kherson.”
The ministry also claimed that Ukrainian troops had launched indiscriminate attacks on residential areas of Izyum in eastern Ukraine.
“The Kyiv nationalist regime’s indiscriminate attacks on residential areas of Izyum and Kherson are a war crime and a gross violation of international humanitarian law,” the ministry added.
Ukraine did not immediately respond to the allegations.
Apr 28, 4:55 am
Putin ramps up nuclear threats, as US weapons head to Ukraine
Russian President Vladimir Putin hinted at the possibility of nuclear warfare during his Wednesday address to the council of legislators.
“If someone from outside moves to interfere in the current developments, they should know that they will indeed create strategic threats to Russia, which are unacceptable to us, and they should know that our response to encounter assaults will be instant, it will be quick,” Putin said, according to Russian state media.
Putin claimed Russia’s response to strategic threats from outside Ukraine would be “immediate.”
“We have all the tools to do it, tools that others can’t boast of at the moment, but as for us, we won’t be boasting,” Putin said.
Putin said that Russia is prepared to use those “tools” if “the need arises,” adding that he “would like everyone to be aware of it.” A nuclear attack has been on the table since the onset of the “special military operation” in Ukraine, Putin said. He had ordered his nuclear forces to be put on high alert on Feb 27.
Putin’s remarks came as Pentagon press secretary John Kirby announced that “more than half” of the 90 howitzers the U.S. agreed to send to Ukraine were now in the country, adding that around 50 Ukrainian troops have already been trained to operate the weapons.
“We finished up earlier this week, the first tranche of more than 50 trainers that are going to go in and train their teammates,” Kirby said during a press briefing on Wednesday, a moment later adding, “But there was another tranche of more than 50 that we’re going to go through training in the same location outside Ukraine.”
The U.S. Department of Defense on Wednesday tweeted pictures of more howitzers “bound for Ukraine” that were being loaded onto US Air Force aircraft. Additional training opportunities on Howitzers and other weapons systems were also being explored, Kirby said.
As U.S. weapons head to Ukraine, Russia is increasing the pace of its offensive in almost all directions, the General Staff of the Ukrainian Armed Forces said on Thursday.
The U.S. is considering the legal aspects of officially listing Russia as a state-sponsor of terrorism, Secretary of State Anthony Blinken told lawmakers on Wednesday. Officials said they haven’t yet determined whether Russia’s actions meet the legal standard required for the designation, Blinken said.
The designation, called for by Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba, would further cripple Russia’s trade potential, including bans on defense exports and limits on foreign aid.
