A judge on Friday refused to reopen the manslaughter case against Alec Baldwin, standing by her earlier decision to throw out the charge due to withheld evidence. Judge Mary Marlowe Sommer rejected the prosecution’s claim that the evidence was immaterial to the defense. In her ruling, the judge found that the prosecutor was restating arguments […]

UPDATE: Asif Kapadia has apologized after the Grierson Trust rescinded the patronage conferred on the Oscar- and BAFTA-winning British filmmaker over social media posts they have deemed antisemitic. The “Amy” and “Senna” director had just been appointed a patron of the charity, which celebrates the best of documentary and factual filmmaking, on Wednesday alongside Dorothy […]