Alec Baldwin ‘Rust’ case dismissed by judge over ‘suppressed’ evidence
Alec Baldwin’s involuntary manslaughter charge was abruptly dismissed with prejudice. He cannot be retried for involuntary manslaughter.
The troubled Alec Baldwin movie “Rust” is set for release more than three years after its cinematographer Halyna Hutchins was killed on set, and the first footage has arrived.
A trailer for the Western was released Wednesday, teasing a look at Baldwin in the lead role of outlaw Harland Rust.
“Rust” takes place in the 1880s and follows an orphaned boy, played by Patrick Scott McDermott, who is sentenced to hang after he accidentally kills a rancher.
“In a twist of fate, his estranged grandfather,” Baldwin’s Harland Rust, “breaks him out of jail and takes him on the run toward Mexico,” according to the official plot synopsis. “As they flee across the unforgiving wilderness, the fugitive pair must outrun the determined U.S. Marshal Wood Helm (Josh Hopkins) and a ruthless bounty hunter named ‘Preacher’ (Travis Fimmel).”
The trailer was first revealed by People magazine, which reported that the film will be released on May 2 in select theaters and on digital platforms. The movie completed production in 2023 after a prop gun Baldwin was holding accidentally went off and fatally struck Hutchins in 2021.
Baldwin has said he was told the gun he was holding during rehearsal on “Rust” did not contain any live rounds and that he did not pull the trigger prior to the accident, which also injured director Joel Souza.
The “30 Rock” star was charged with involuntary manslaughter, but the case was dismissed in July over allegations that prosecutors suppressed evidence. In January, Baldwin filed a lawsuit alleging prosecutors violated his civil rights and defamed him.
The armorer on “Rust,” Hannah Gutierrez-Reed, was sentenced to 18 months in prison in April for involuntary manslaughter.
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“Rust” finished production in 2023, with Bianca Cline being brought on as cinematographer, after Baldwin settled a wrongful death lawsuit with Hutchins’ family in 2022. Part of the settlement was that Hutchins’ widow, Matthew Hutchins, would serve as an executive producer.
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“I am grateful that the producers and the entertainment community have come together to pay tribute to Halyna’s final work,” Hutchins said at the time.
“Rust” premiered in November at a Polish film festival without Baldwin in attendance. Hutchins’ mother, Olga Solovey, criticized the premiere, saying in a statement, “Alec Baldwin continues to increase my pain with his refusal to apologize to me and his refusal to take responsibility for her death.” A representative for Rust Movie Productions told USA TODAY at the time that the “decision to complete ‘Rust’ was made with the full support of Halyna’s family.”
According to Deadline, the movie ends with a tribute to Hutchins that reads, “For Halyna.”
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Robert Downey Jr. unveiled as Doctor Doom at Comic-Con
Robert Downey Jr. is set to return to Marvel in the 2026 film “Avengers: Doomsday,” playing the iconic villain Doctor Doom.
Avengers, reassemble!
Marvel unveiled the star-studded cast of “Avengers: Doomsday” during a livestream event on Wednesday, with each actor being revealed one at a time with a glimpse at the back of their director’s chair.
The announcement lasted more than five hours and concluded with Robert Downey Jr., who will play the villainous Doctor Doom in the highly anticipated film, walking out to sit in his chair and make a shushing motion while looking at the camera.
The cast list indicates “Doomsday,” which is now in production and arrives next year, will be an ambitious crossover between Marvel’s “Avengers” franchise and the “X-Men” series, with numerous original “X-Men” stars returning to reprise their roles for the first time in years. But the stacked cast includes actors from virtually every corner of the Marvel world, from the Fantastic Four to the Thunderbolts and everyone in between.
Marvel films typically keep some surprise cameos under wraps, meaning the epic list of stars may not even be complete. Reports previously indicated Captain America actor Chris Evans would be returning for “Doomsday,” but he was absent from the announcement stream. Other Marvel stars notably missing from the list included Ryan Reynolds and Hugh Jackman.
Channing Tatum’s Gambit to return in ‘Avengers: Doomsday’
He’s about to make a name for himself once again. Channing Tatum was included on Wednesday’s cast list, implying he’ll be back as his X-Men character Gambit.
Tatum’s Gambit was a scene-stealer in last summer’s “Deadpool & Wolverine,” which poked fun at the fact that the actor spent years working on a Gambit spinoff movie that never materialized. A deleted scene confirmed Gambit survived the events of the film, and Tatum had been open about wanting to continue in the role.
Chris Hemsworth and Tom Hiddleston are back together again in ‘Avengers: Doomsday’
It’s an Asgardian reunion! Chris Hemsworth and Tom Hiddleston will both appear in “Avengers: Doomsday” as Thor and Loki, respectively, marking the first time the longtime “Thor” co-stars will be in a Marvel movie together since “Avengers: Endgame.”
After the original version of Loki was killed off in 2018’s “Avengers: Infinity War,” Hiddleston returned as an alternate version of the character in the Disney+ show “Loki,” which debuted in 2021. But Loki has yet to reunite with Hemsworth’s Thor, who was last seen in 2022’s “Thor: Love and Thunder.”
‘Avengers: Doomsday’ will be an ‘X-Men’ reunion: Patrick Stewart, Ian McKellen, more returning
That won’t be the only Marvel reunion in “Avengers: Doomsday,” as the film is also getting the “X-Men” gang back together.
“X-Men” stars Patrick Stewart and Ian McKellen have both been added to the cast, presumably playing Charles Xavier and Magneto, respectively.
Stewart last played the role of Professor X in 2022’s “Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness,” in which a version of the character was murdered by Scarlet Witch. But this would be McKellen’s first time back as Magneto since 2014’s “X-Men: Days of Future Past.”
“Avengers: Doomsday” will also reunite original “X-Men” stars Alan Cumming, who played Nightcrawler; Rebecca Romijn, who played Mystique; James Marsden, who played Cyclops; and Kelsey Grammer, who played Beast and had a surprise cameo in the credits of “The Marvels” in 2023.
Simu Liu, Florence Pugh, more Marvel stars join ‘Doomsday’
Outside of the “X-Men” roles, all four members of the Fantastic Four have been confirmed for the film: Vanessa Kirby, Ebon Moss-Bachrach, Joseph Quinn and Pedro Pascal. They will debut as Sue Storm, Ben Grimm, Johnny Storm and Reed Richards, respectively, in this summer’s “The Fantastic Four: First Steps.”
“Avengers: Doomsday” will also star Simu Liu as Shang-Chi, Anthony Mackie as Sam Wilson, Sebastian Stan as Bucky Barnes, Letitia Wright as Shuri, Tenoch Huerta Mejía as Namor, Winston Duke as M’Baku, Paul Rudd as Scott Lang, Danny Ramirez as Joaquin Torres, Wyatt Russell as John Walker, Florence Pugh as Yelena Belova, David Harbour as Alexei Shostakov, Hannah John-Kamen as Ghost and Lewis Pullman as Bob from “Thunderbolts.”
It’s unclear which of these characters will be official members of the Avengers, as the team had not yet been reformed by the end of Marvel’s latest film “Captain America: Brave New World.”
‘Avengers: Doomsday’ will be a ‘new beginning’ for Marvel
Despite consisting of nothing but a row of chairs for many hours, Marvel’s stream maintained a consistent audience of millions of viewers throughout and an active YouTube chat where fans attempted to guess which name would be revealed next.
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Downey was previously announced to return for “Avengers: Doomsday,” though in a surprise twist, he’s playing the villain Doctor Doom. It’s unclear whether Downey’s Doom will have any connection to his previous Marvel character of Tony Stark, who died in 2019’s “Avengers: Endgame.”
“Avengers: Infinity War” and “Avengers: Endgame” filmmakers Anthony and Joe Russo are returning to direct “Doomsday,” which will be followed one year later by “Avengers: Secret Wars,” also directed by the Russos. In an interview with Omelete, the duo teased that while “Endgame” represented an ending for the Marvel Cinematic Universe, the next two “Avengers” films will accomplish the opposite.
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“What’s compelling about these two new ‘Avengers’ movies is they’re a beginning,” Joe Russo said. “It’s a new beginning. So we told an ending story, now we’re going to tell a beginning story.”
‘Avengers: Doomsday’ full cast list
The following stars were revealed as part of the “Avengers: Doomsday” cast on Wednesday:
Chris Hemsworth
Vanessa Kirby
Anthony Mackie
Sebastian Stan
Letitia Wright
Paul Rudd
Wyatt Russell
Tenoch Huerta Mejía
Ebon Moss-Bachrach
Simu Liu
Florence Pugh
Kelsey Grammer
Lewis Pullman
Danny Ramirez
Joseph Quinn
David Harbour
Winston Duke
Hannah John-Kamen
Tom Hiddleston
Patrick Stewart
Ian McKellen
Alan Cumming
Rebecca Romijn
James Marsden
Channing Tatum
Pedro Pascal
Robert Downey Jr.
Watch the ‘Avengers: Doomsday’ cast announcement stream
‘Avengers: Doomsday’ release date
“Avengers: Doomsday” will be released on May 1, 2026. It will be followed by “Avengers: Secret Wars” on May 7, 2027.
When author Jonathan Stanley set up shop at Barnes & Noble to promote his book, “Purposeful Performance: The Secret Mix of Connecting, Leading, and Succeeding,” only 10 or 15 people stopped to chat with him. But when a mom posted the scene to TikTok, readers across the world showed up – over 70 million of them.
“This sweet man is sitting at B&N with a stack of his books he wrote and my heart is breaking everytime someone passes him,” Pennsylvania-based mom and content creator Taylor Dinelli wrote in her video.
Now, “Purposeful Performance,” which Stanley self-published in August 2024, has skyrocketed to the No. 1 bestseller on Amazon’s Strategic Management section and No. 4 in business overall.
After small act of kindness, millions show up for author
The catalyst behind the viral video? A four-year-old.
It was Dinelli’s daughter Ella who inspired her to post the video and go up to Stanley’s table to talk. Ella dreams of becoming an author, which she told Stanley when they bought his book and he signed it for her.
“He had told her that the biggest gift you could ever give somebody is being yourself, which I thought was so sweet,” Dinelli tells USA TODAY. “I had just posted that TikTok thinking maybe it would encourage a couple people to go up to authors at book signings if they saw that happening. I never in a million years could have imagined that it would have become what it became.”
When Stanley first got to Barnes & Noble that day, he said a fellow author was one of the first people to stop by his table. “I’ve sat in this chair for four hours and I sold one book,” they told him, tempering his expectations. But even with only a handful of conversations that day, Stanley wasn’t deterred. He even posted to LinkedIn to share about the four-year-old who came up to him with “courage” – at the time, he didn’t realize the same child’s mom had also posted a video that was quickly blowing up.
“I said to her, ‘Thank you for your courage, and when you publish your first book, I’m going to be the first person standing in line to buy it,” Stanley tells USA TODAY.
From around the world, social media users reacted to Dinelli’s video.
“He had no idea that the day he felt the most unseen would be the day that millions paid attention and supported him. I like humans a lot sometimes,” one commented.
Stanley started his own account in response to the outpouring of kindness. In just two days, he’s amassed over 670,000 followers.
“I’ve received thousands of messages – so many I can’t keep up. Words of encouragement. Stories of hope. Notes from people who said the book changed their perspective … helped them become better leaders … and reminded them of the importance of bringing humanity back into the workplace,” Stanley wrote on TikTok.
Stanley wrote book ‘to make a difference in someone’s life’
Stanley, a business strategy consultant and coach, began writing “Purposeful Performance” after he lost his job in 2023. But he was proud of the “purpose-driven” company he’d helped build. He wants managers to lead with empathy, turning direct reports into “direct support.” The book offers a strategic plan for businesses to motivate team members.
“The American workforce is broken in so many ways,” he says. “I’ve talked to so many people who are disengaged at work. They feel unheard, unseen and undervalued. So it was really important for me to write a book about bringing humanity back into the workplace.”
Helping readers create a purpose-driven ethos for their company, Stanley’s book helps managers to lead with empathy and “do goodness in the world.”
“The best kept secret is that if you lead with empathy at the heart of everything you do, you can and will be successful,” Stanley says.
Fitting, then, that four-year-old Ella asked Dinelli if there was a way they could continue helping people like Stanley. Dinelli has been pulling out a globe to show her daughter how widespread the support on the video is, pointing at different places around the world where commenters are from.
Now, she’s starting a “Sunday Spotlight” series where she’ll promote an author, small creator or small business to her nearly 40,000 followers to rally behind.
“Even if we can do a fraction, a tenth of what we did for Mr. Stanley, I think it could change someone’s life. And I really think TikTok is the place (where) that can happen,” Dinelli says. She adds, “That’s what we were put on this Earth to do, is to be there for one another.”
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Clare Mulroy is USA TODAY’s Books Reporter, where she covers buzzy releases, chats with authors and dives into the culture of reading. Find her on Instagram, subscribe to our weekly Books newsletter or tell her what you’re reading at [email protected].
Selena Gomez and Benny Blanco arrive at the Oscars
Selena Gomez and Benny Blanco arrive at the Oscars red carpet in style.
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Selena Gomez is tired of the constant conversation around her appearance.
In an interview alongside fiancé Benny Blanco on the popular podcast “On Purpose” with Jay Shetty, Gomez opened up about how public scrutiny of her weight has made her “a tad bitter.”
“The world has become so hard to please,” Gomez told Shetty. “I’m called fake, I’m called insincere … it just doesn’t feel safe and I don’t like being myself sometimes.”
Gomez has been in the public eye since early adolescence, first appearing on “Barney & Friends” at age 10 before graduating to Disney Channel stardom and eventually full-fledged celebrity status. Her relationship and subsequent breakup with fellow teen sensation Justin Bieber further cemented public interest in her life, an interest that has only grown in the years since.
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“Women have it much harder,” Gomez told both Shetty and Blanco, calling the comfortability fans have commenting on female stars’ appearance and romantic relationships “pretty wild.”
“This isn’t news to anybody that obviously women have a lot more intense feelings from their appearance,” she said. “When I get prepared for an event, 90% of the time I just hope I can take the picture and sit down.
“It’s the character that gets judged,” she continued. “It’s the way I’m not white enough, I’m not Mexican enough … there’s just so many different things that come up in my face that I can’t help but see.”
Gomez, known for taking frequent social media breaks and speaking candidly about her struggles with mental health, revealed she was engaged to Blanco in December. The couple’s joint “One Purpose” appearance is part of a larger media blitz to promote their new album “I Said I Love You First.”
Gomez also shared that even she is not immune to reading the comment section.
“I fall victim to looking at things,” she shared. “It really it doesn’t add to your life but it’s just so difficult, from the choices of the people you date, it’s like nobody cares about those kind of things with men.
“We just carry a lot,” she continued. “My weight’s a big one, too. Everyone just has something to say and it’s really making me sad. Not even sad because you know what no, I’m not a victim everyone. I just think it’s made me a tad bitter and I feel really guilty for saying that but it’s true.”
The singer has been open in the past about how, after being diagnosed with lupus, an autoimmune condition in 2013, her body has fluctuated more frequently.
“I have lupus and deal with kidney issues and high blood pressure, so I deal with a lot of health issues, and for me that’s when I really started noticing more of the body image stuff,” she said during a 2019 appearance on the Giving Back Generation podcast. “So for me, I really started to notice when people started attacking me for that.”
The afternoon after the “Bachelor” finale aired, lead Grant Ellis and fiancée Juliana Pasquarosa were finally allowed to open up about how they navigated the months since filming wrapped.
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BURBANK, Calif. ‒ After a night of “one too many drinks” with “all of our close people,” Juliana Pasquarosa and Grant Ellis are back under the glare of studio lights. And for the first time, they can finally open up about their engagement after Monday night’s finale of ABC’s “The Bachelor.”
As Pasquarosa, 28, has her lipstick touched up by a makeup artist, she and Ellis, 31, show the lighthearted rapport they’d developed while in hiding these past several months to avoid spoiling the outcome of the 29th season. Ellis makes his fiancée laugh with a SpongeBob SquarePants impression, and when the crew is ready to get the cameras rolling on our interview, the two align their body language to present a united front.
Pasquarosa clutches Ellis’ hand on her thigh, her emerald-cut engagement ring glinting in the lights. After a hectic day of interviews, the famished couple is ready for their promised catered lunch but buoyed by their now-public love.
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While secretly engaged since last fall, the two learned a good deal about each other: Being alone off-camera was when “the real relationship building” happened, Pasquarosa says.
She admits it wasn’t easy to sequester again during their “happy couple’s weekends,” where the show’s producers arrange for the lovebirds to privately spend time together while their love story is unfolding on TV.
“It was hard to do the happy couple’s (weekend) in the sense of being locked away and cut off again from your friends and family, but we crushed it,” Pasquarosa says.
Ellis later adds: “We definitely used that as an opportunity to grow. We worked through watching the show, we worked through the kinks and we’re pushing through.”
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Grant and Juliana have leaned on Joey Graziadei and Joan Vassos for advice
While the couple’s friends and family offered valuable advice for navigating an engagement that most people can’t relate to ‒ which involved Pasquarosa watching her fiancé explore romantic relationships with two dozen other women ‒ “Bachelor” franchise alumni also offered their wisdom.
Last year’s “Bachelor” couple, Joey Graziadei and his fiancée, Kelsey Anderson, are “great people,” Ellis says. “They’ve been supporting us and reaching out.”
Inaugural “Golden Bachelorette” Joan Vassos and her final-rose recipient, Chock Chapple, have also reached out to the couple, Ellis reveals.
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Pasquarosa believes she “did come in a little naïve, and I’m still trying to figure it out.” So frequent check-ins from Anderson (engaged to Graziadei for 16 months) and messages of support from a couple of her fellow contestants were very welcome.
“I can’t wait to pick Kelsey’s brain about the next steps in life,” Pasquarosa says. “There’s so few people in this world that go through the (‘Bachelor’) process. It’s important to hear them out and understand what works for them.”
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Despite a shorter season, Grant thinks ‘six weeks was enough’
If Season 29 felt rushed, that’s because at nine episodes, Grant’s journey was two shorter than the last two “Bachelor” seasons. (Bachelor Nation hasn’t seen a season this short since 2008.)
Ellis confesses that as a typically decisive person, he would’ve liked “a little more time to be able to sit and think things through.” The shorter filming schedule “definitely had an impact” on his experience, but despite having less time to process, he’s resolute in knowing he’d made the right choice.
“I’m happy with my decision,” he says. “And if I had to go back. I’ll pick the same thing a million times over. So I guess six weeks was enough.”
Pasquarosa certainly had enough of the jet-setting and worrying about whether the man she loved would choose her, too. “I don’t think I would have lasted if it was any longer. I was ready to go home,” she says.
That might’ve been in part because she’d “burned to a crisp” during the last leg of their journey in the Dominican Republic. “I was spiraling in the sun and then I just sat there… And then I realized what was happening and I had to be on camera, and I wore a red dress,” she laments.
Ellis was nonetheless smitten. “She wears a tan really well,” he says lovingly.
Juliana will return to work, Grant looks forward to traveling
Pasquarosa secured her job as a client service associate at a Newton, Massachusetts, salon three months before she left to film “The Bachelor.” But her workplace has been “so supportive of me” during her foray into reality TV, she says.
As things settle down, “I plan to go back and stick with them and do the best that I can to provide them a quality employee because that’s the top priority,” she says. “And I like the security of having a job.”
Ellis is proud of the work he’s done in his five years as a day trader ‒ a job that now allows him to “do what I want when I want” ‒ and looks forward to exploring the world with Pasquarosa. And this time, without the constraints of the show, they can travel together.
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Lady Gaga is taking her punk-party-pop return on the road.
The singer-songwriter announced Wednesday she’s kicking off a world tour this summer in support of her new album “Mayhem.”
The Mayhem Ball tour, set to begin in Las Vegas on July 16, marks Gaga’s first time taking her act on the road since 2022’s Chromatica Ball Tour.
“This is my first arena tour since 2018,” Gaga said in a release announcing the tour. “There’s something electric about a stadium, and I love every moment of those shows. But with The MAYHEM Ball, I wanted to create a different kind of experience — something more intimate — closer, more connected — that lends itself to the live theatrical art I love to create.”
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“Mayhem” marks a return for Gaga to her signature sound. After honing her acting skills with roles in “A Star is Born” and “Joker: Folie a Deux” and experimenting with a softer jazz sound alongside Tony Bennett for the 2021 joint album “Love for Sale,” “Mayhem” offers longtime fans more of the signature club anthems that first made Gaga famous.
The album debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard 200, Gaga’s seventh consecutive project to do so.
“This record was about celebrating bringing industrial music and grunge together, but also with these super-pop sensibilities and 2000s influences,” Gaga told USA TODAY of her new project in March.
“‘Garden of Eden’ is a song about the temptation of being in the club and all the bad decisions you’re seduced into making. It’s kind of like Level 3 after ‘Disease’ and ‘Abracadabra’ right before we get to ‘Perfect Celebrity’ on the album when the night starts to turn a little bit,” she said, name-dropping some of the tracks on the 14-song album.
How to get tickets to Lady Gaga tour
Tickets for the North American tour dates will be available starting March 31.
The various presales available are:
The Artist Presale: Begins April 2 at noon local time. Fans can sign up HERE until March 30 at 8 a.m. ET.
Citi Presale: Citi card members will have access to presale tickets beginning March 31 at noon local time until Wednesday, April 2 at 11 a.m. local time through the Citi Entertainment program.
Verizon Presale: Verizon will offer an exclusive presale for select shows in the U.S. through Verizon Access, just for being a customer. It will begin April 1 at noon local time until April 2 at 11 a.m. local time.
The general on-sale will begin April 3 at noon local time at LiveNation.com.
Lady Gaga full tour date list
July 16, 2025 – Las Vegas – T-Mobile Arena
July 18, 2025 – Las Vegas – T-Mobile Arena
Aug. 6, 2025 – Seattle – Climate Pledge Arena
Aug. 7, 2025 – Seattle – Climate Pledge Arena
Aug. 22, 2025 – New York City – Madison Square Garden
Aug. 23, 2025 – New York City – Madison Square Garden
Aug. 26, 2025 – New York City – Madison Square Garden
Prince Harry’s visa application to be released after probe
The conservative think tank filed a Freedom of Information Act request, alleging the prince did not disclose prior drug use on his visa application.
LONDON — Prince Harry said he was “in shock” after quitting as a patron of Sentebale, a British charity he set up to help young people with HIV and AIDS in Lesotho and Botswana, following a conflict between trustees and the chair of the board.
Harry co-founded Sentebale in 2006 in honor of his mother, Princess Diana, nine years after she was killed in a Paris car crash. Sentebale means “forget-me-not” in the local language of Lesotho in southern Africa.
Co-founder Prince Seeiso of Lesotho, as well as the board of trustees, joined Harry in leaving Sentebale following a leadership dispute with chair Sophie Chandauka, a Zimbabwe-born lawyer who has refused to step down and sued the charity in order to retain her position, according to The Times. Britain’s Charity Commission confirmed to the outlet on Tuesday that an investigation is underway.
“Nearly 20 years ago, we founded Sentebale in honour of our mothers. Sentebale means ‘forget-me-not’ in Sesotho … and it’s what we’ve always promised for the young people we’ve served through this charity,” Harry and Seeiso said in a joint statement obtained by United Kingdom news outlets Sky News and The Times.
The princes have resigned “in support of and solidarity” with the board of trustees, who had acted in the best interests of the charity in asking the chair to step down, the joint statement said.
“It is devastating that the relationship between the charity’s trustees and the chair of the board broke down beyond repair, creating an untenable situation,” the statement continued.
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Harry, who lives in California with his wife, Duchess Meghan, and their two children, stopped working as a member of the royal family in 2020. He has been heavily involved in causes in Africa for many years and visited Nigeria last year.
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“What’s transpired is unthinkable. We are in shock that we have to do this, but we have a continued responsibility to Sentebale’s beneficiaries, so we will be sharing all of our concerns with the Charity Commission as to how this came about,” the statement added. “Although we may no longer be Patrons, we will always be its founders, and we will never forget what this charity is capable of achieving when it is in the right care.”
Reuters has contacted Britain’s Charity Commission and Sentebale for comment.
Contributing: Sarah Young, Reuters; Taijuan Moorman, USA TODAY
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AUSTIN, Texas – When Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg debuted their new Apple TV+ comedy inspired by their own experiences in Hollywood during South by Southwest, they couldn’t help but rib the studio executives involved.
The longtime friends, who met in bar mitzvah class and founded their production company Point Grey Pictures in 2011, are co-creators of “The Studio” (first two episodes stream Wednesday, then weekly). Rogen stars as the recently appointed studio head Matt Remick, who replaces Patty Leigh (Catherine O’Hara) after several of her Continental Studios films bomb. Now in his dream job, cinephile Matt wrestles with wanting to make good, artful movies that are financially successful to please his boss (Bryan Cranston) and the desperate-to-be-relevant marketing executive (Kathryn Hahn).
Before showing an enthusiastic audience at the Paramount Theatre two of the season’s 10 episodes, Rogen and Goldberg expressed their gratitude to executives in a way only comedians can.
“We are so appreciative that we got to make this show,” Goldberg said, “and without you, our beloved studio executives, it never would have happened, or it totally would have happened with other execs at another company, but we wouldn’t like them as much.”
“No! Not at all,” Rogen added.
Recognizing the powers that be is essential, Rogen told USA TODAY at the March 7 premiere.
“There’s an episode (at) the Golden Globes where I just want to be thanked,” Rogen teases. “That’s something every studio head we talked to told us their greatest fear was, (that) they wouldn’t be thanked in the speech.”
Rogen and Goldberg, who began writing an early version of 2007 hit “Super Bad” when they were just 13, integrated several of their own head-scratching or wince-inducing experiences into the show.
“We were in a meeting once with an executive who said the thing I say (in the premiere), which is, ‘I got into this because I love movies, and now it’s my job to ruin them,’” Rogen said. “Which became one of the cornerstones of the whole character, in a lot of ways.”
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Ike Barinholtz, who plays party boy executive Sal Saperstein, says there’s a lot that “The Studio” gets right about the entertainment industry.
“Most people who survive in the industry on those levels, they understand that you sometimes are going to have to compromise a couple things that you might want to do to survive,” he said on the red carpet. “And that’s kind of what’s been going on for a long time. There’s a lot of pressure, and when studio executives come to set it can be disruptive sometimes.”
The series adds another layer of realism with cameos: Olivia Wilde “really surprised” Rogen, he said in an interview. Her portrayal of a director of a Continental movie is the first time they’d worked together. “She’s so funny in the episode she’s in and she’s someone I was a fan of for a long time. But I’d only met her a couple of times, and she just destroys in the show.”
Rogen was also stunned when a Hollywood heavyweight director agreed to appear.
“The set of this show was the first time I met Martin Scorsese, and we couldn’t believe he did it!” Rogen candidly shared with the audience gathered for the premiere. “But we worked hard to write roles we hoped were funny and that we hoped people would respond to, and all anyone wants is a good joke. That’s what we really learned. It’s very enticing to people to feel like they get to be funny. Even Charlize (Theron): We’re like, ‘You have one line, but it’ll kill. We promise.’”
Meghan Markle kicks off 2025 with Instagram return and Netflix series
Meghan Markle kicks off 2025 with a new Instagram account and her lifestyle Netflix series “With Love, Meghan.”
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No, Duchess Meghan and Gwyneth Paltrow are not feuding.
After rumors swirled about possible bad blood between the two women, who both own lifestyle brands, the pair took to Instagram to put the narrative to bed.
Responding to a fan question about the women’s supposed “beef,” Paltrow posted a story to the app Tuesday saying: “I genuinely do not understand this at all, whatsoever, do you understand this?” She then panned the camera over to the duchess, who was sitting at Paltrow’s table eating pie, shrugging and smiling.
Paltrow, whose wellness brand Goop has set the standard for celebrities hoping to break into the business, previously addressed the rumors in an interview with Vanity Fair, telling the outlet in March, “I was raised to see other women as friends, not foes.”
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The duchess, who like Paltrow began her career in acting, recently launched the rebrand of her lifestyle company As Ever, alongside her Netflix cooking show “With Love, Meghan” and an upcoming podcast series “Confessions of a Female Founder.” The content package is largely viewed as a second act for Meghan after she and Prince Harry stepped back from their roles as senior royals in 2020.
When fans began to instantly draw parallels between the two, common practice for two powerful women, Paltrow shrugged off the idea that they needed to be in competition.
“I think there’s always more than enough to go around,” she told Vanity Fair. “Everybody deserves an attempt at everything that they want to try.”
“With Love, Meghan,” which has already been renewed for a second season on Netflix, inspired sharp reactions. While some welcomed Meghan’s return to public life, others piled on with online derision ranging from criticism of her personality to a seeming lack of authenticity by shooting the show at a set and not her real home.
Much like the comparisons to Paltrow, psychotherapist Stephanie Sarkis previously told USA TODAY viewers should interrogate why they feel so threatened by Meghan’s success.
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“We can be hypercritical, and we need to look at, ‘What is that doing to us, when we feel such a high level of judgment of other people?’” Sarkis said. “It seems that whatever (Meghan) does, she’s going to be under a microscope.”
“Why is this bothering me, and what can I do about it?” she recommended asking yourself. “Why do I possibly feel threatened by her doing well? What does this trigger in me, and do I need to take a look at possibly healing that?”
