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Yesterday — 20 November 2024Main stream

Alec Baldwin’s ‘Rust’ Earns Polite Response at World Premiere as Halyna Hutchins Honored: The ‘People Who Made It’ Are ‘Heroic’

20 November 2024 at 14:49
Over three years after the accidental on-set death of cinematographer Halyna Hutchins, Alec Baldwin’s Western film “Rust” received a polite response during its controversial premiere Wednesday at the EnergaCamerimage festival in Toruń, Poland. The audience clapped through the film’s closing credits, strengthening their applause when a dedication to Hutchins appeared. However, a fair amount of […]

‘Rust’ Director and New Cinematographer Explain How and Why the Film Was Completed After Halyna Hutchins’ Death

20 November 2024 at 14:05
Three years after an on-set gun accident claimed the life of “Rust” cinematographer Halyna Hutchins, the film premiered Wednesday at the EnergaCamerimage Festival in Poland. But many questions remain, including, why was the movie finished? “It was not an easy decision,” admitted director Joel Souza in an interview with Variety at Camerimage, where he introduced “Rust” […]

‘Rust’ Pays Tribute to Late Cinematographer Halyna Hutchins in Closing Credits

20 November 2024 at 14:00
The closing credits of Alec Baldwin’s Western film “Rust” begin with the words “for Halyna,” a tribute to cinematographer Halyna Hutchins, who died following a gun accident while filming the movie on location in New Mexico in October 2021. This is followed by a quote — “What can we do to make this better?” — […]

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Halyna Hutchins’ Mother Refuses to Attend ‘Rust’ Premiere in Poland: ‘There Is Still No Justice for My Daughter’

By: Gmaddaus
19 November 2024 at 22:00
“Rust” is set to debut on Wednesday at the Camerimage Festival in Poland, three years after cinematographer Halyna Hutchins was accidentally shot and killed during production in New Mexico. Hutchins’ mother, Olga Solovey, who is suing the production and actor Alec Baldwin, will not be there. In a statement issued by her lawyer, Gloria Allred, […]

Trust in scientists hasn’t recovered from COVID. Some humility could help.

By: Beth Mole
18 November 2024 at 21:52

Scientists could win back trust lost during the COVID-19 pandemic if they just showed a little intellectual humility, according to a study published Monday in Nature Human Behavior.

It's no secret that scientists—and the science generally—took a hit during the health crisis. Public confidence in scientists fell from 87 percent in April 2000 to a low of 73 percent in October 2023, according to survey data from the Pew Research Center. And the latest Pew data released last week suggests it will be an uphill battle to regain what was lost, with confidence in scientists only rebounding three percentage points, to 76 percent in a poll from October.

Building trust

The new study in Nature Human Behavior may guide the way forward, though. The study encompasses five smaller studies probing the perceptions of scientists' trustworthiness, which previous research has linked to willingness to follow research-based recommendations.

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Camerimage Plagued by Controversy After Festival Director Says Greater Representation of Female Cinematographers Could Lead to Mediocrity

By: Elskes
12 November 2024 at 16:16
As Camerimage, a leading cinematography festival, gets ready to open on Friday, Women in Cinematography, a body that presses for better representation for women DPs, has called for significant changes to the festival, which will this year host the world premiere of “Rust.” The demands are a response to a heated dispute over a column […]

‘Rust’ Good Samaritan on How Alec Baldwin Trial Unraveled: ‘It Blew Up. It Was Hilarious to Watch’

By: Gmaddaus
6 November 2024 at 23:15
Troy Teske didn’t expect much when he walked into the Santa Fe County Sheriff’s Office in March to turn over some bullets. But a few months later, he would become a critical supporting player in the Alec Baldwin trial — the “Good Samaritan” whose evidence would unravel the case. “It blew up. It was hilarious […]

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