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A long-awaited showdown will take place this week in a historic Wild West frontier town, with both sides seeking justice for a fatal bullet fired from a six-shooter.

But if Alec Baldwin’s trial for manslaughter sounds like the plot of a Hollywood movie, the victims, the stakes and the tragic consequences are all too real.

In October 2021, on the New Mexico set of his low-budget Western “Rust,” a gun pointed by Baldwin discharged a live round, killing the film’s cinematographer and wounding its director....

LOS ANGELES — Richard Sherman, the writer behind songs in classic Disney movies such as "Mary Poppins" and "The Jungle Book" died Saturday at the age of 95, the film and entertainment company said.

He died in Beverly Hills from age-related illness, Disney said.

Sherman and his brother Robert, who died in 2012, worked as staff composers for Disney between 1960 and 1973, during which time they wrote more than 200 songs for 27 films and two dozen television productions....

Paris (AFP) - Taylor Swift-fever struck Paris on Thursday as the highest-grossing tour in history finally arrived in Europe, with fans treated to the first-ever performance of songs from her latest album.  The Eras Tour began its European leg with four dates at the La Defense Arena in Paris and attendance on the first night alone was 45,387, according to her press team. "I wish I could have toured Europe more. This is a dream crowd," the 34-year-old megastar told the ecstatic audience.  There were deafening shrieks as images of typewriter sheets indicated that songs off the new album, "The Tor......

Indio (United States) (AFP) - Coachella day two was heavy on alt-rock throwbacks including a highly anticipated No Doubt reunion, but it was Taylor Swift -- who wasn't on the lineup and didn't perform -- creating buzz Saturday. Her mere presence at the mammoth festival in the California desert set the internet alight, after she made a much-speculated appearance...as a fan, canoodling and dancing with beau Travis Kelce as Bleachers performed a rollicking set. The rock band Bleachers is fronted by Jack Antonoff, Swift's friend and longtime producer. Kelce's blocking skills came in handy as the 6......

Disney+ is to begin cracking down on password sharing later this year in an effort to boost sign-ups and revenue for the service. Disney chief executive Bob Iger said in an interview with American network CNBC that the streaming platform would start taking action against the behaviour from June in some countries, and then a "full rollout" in September. Many major streaming services are impacted by password sharing – where users share their log-in details with family and friends not in the same household, enabling them to access content without paying for it – despite it being against platform ......

Artificial intelligence is coming to Hollywood — but is Hollywood ready for it? OpenAI, the company behind ChatGPT, is meeting with entertainment industry players, including executives at talent agencies and film studios, to demonstrate and explain its latest technology, Sora, which conjures videos based on what users describe in text. It's a delicate dance for entertainment companies that want to harness powerful tools that could reduce costs and streamline their processes. They don't want to get caught flat-footed at a time when the state of the industry is already tenuous because of pay-TV ......