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Manager Sandy Joseph told Deadline that Walsh died of cardiac arrest at Kerbs Memorial Hospital in St. Albans, VT.

His most recent roles included Knives Out, The Righteous Gemstones and Sneaky Pete.

Knives Out writer-director Rian Johnson remembered the actor on social media today, writing: “Emmet came to set with 2 things: a copy of his credits, which was a small-type single-spaced double column list of modern classics that filled a whole page, & two-dollar bills which he passed out to the entire crew. ‘Don’t spend it and you’ll never be broke.’ Absolute legend.”

Walsh himself is quoted as saying: “I approach each job thinking it might be my last, so it better be the best work possible. I want to be remembered as a working actor. I’m being paid for what I’d do for nothing.”

Born on March 22, 1935, in Ogdensburg, NY, Walsh was raised in rural Vermont. He began his screen career guesting on late-1960s TV series before landing bit parts in films including Alice’s Restaurant, Little Big Man and Escape from the Planet of the Apes. He continued to guest-star in episodes of popular 1960s and ’70s series including Bonanza, All in the Family, Ironside, The Bob Newhart Show, McMillan & Wife, The Rockford Files, The Waltons, Starsky and Hutch, James at 16, Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman and many more.

He also appeared on the big screen in such ’70s hits as Serpico, The Jerk, They Might Be Giants, Straight Time, What’s Up, Doc? and Slap Shot, in which he played sportswriter Dickie Dunn, who was “Just trying to capture the spirit of the thing.”

He continued to work regularly into the 1980s up to the 2020s, appearing in popular pics including the Coen brothers’ 1984 debut Blood Simple, for which won the inaugural Independent Spirit Award, and their sophomore feature Raising Arizona (1987). He also appeared in the Robert Redford prison drama Brubaker (1980), Academy Award winner Ordinary People (1980), Best Picture Oscar nominee Reds (1981), Ridley Scott’s sci-fi classic Blade Runner (1982), Chevy Chase comedy Fletch (1985), horror pic Critters (1986) and more.

His 1990s films included A Time to Kill (1996), My Best Friend’s Wedding (1996), Romeo + Juliet (1996) and Wild West West (1999).

All the while, Walsh continued to land guest spots on top-rated TV shows including Little House on the Prairie, Frasier, Home Improvement, The X-Files, NYPD Blue, Tracey Takes On…, Gideon’s Crossing, Army Wives, The Mind of the Married Man and Damages.

He also had voice roles on such films and series The Iron Robot, Adventure Time, Big Guy and Rusty the Robot, Pound Puppies and The Wild Thornberrys, along with narrating multiple characters in Ken Burns’ epic 1990 miniseries The Civil War and the documentarian’s 1994 PBS series Baseball.

Walsh also appeared in a pair of Broadway shows — Does a Tiger Wear a Necktie (1969), opposite Al Pacino and Hal Holbrook, and That Championship Season (1973) — and a slew of region theater productions.

In 1979, he established the Blarney Fund Education Trust, which provides scholarships to Vermont students.

He is survived by his niece Meagan Walsh; nephew Kevin Walsh (Renee); and grandnephews Emmet and Elliot.n

Alec Baldwin Was Offered Lenient Plea Deal, Before Prosecutors Withdrew It

But before he could decide whether to accept the terms, prosecutors withdrew the offer and told his lawyers they would seek to indict him, the filing states.

Baldwin was indicted in January on a felony charge of involuntary manslaughter in the death of cinematographer Halyna Hutchins, and now faces up to 18 months in prison if convicted at trial in July.

The latest revelation about the retracted plea offer was included among hundreds of pages of material made public Friday as part of Baldwin’s effort to throw out the case.

According to the documents, special prosecutor Kari Morrissey offered “a plea deal identical to the petty misdemeanor deal accepted by Dave Halls.”

Halls, the first assistant director on “Rust,” did not serve prison time after pleading last year to a count of negligent handling of a deadly weapon. Instead, he was given six months of unsupervised probation, a $500 fine, 24 hours of community service, and an order to take a firearm safety class.

The filing states that the offer was made on Oct. 5, and Baldwin was given until Oct. 27 to decide whether to accept it. However, on Oct. 17, prosecutors informed Baldwin’s lawyer that the deal was off and they were proceeding to the grand jury, according to the filing.

Baldwin’s lawyers have accused the New Mexico prosecutors of a litany of abuses, and are seeking to have the case dismissed.

Among the allegations is a claim that Morrissey, the lead prosecutor on the case, repeatedly leaked confidential information about the grand jury proceedings to an NBC News reporter.

In November, Baldwin’s attorney Luke Nikas filed a motion for sanctions over that issue, seeking to have Morrissey and her co-counsel Jason Lewis removed from the case, and asking the court to impose monetary penalties against Morrissey.

In the motion, made public on Friday, Nikas alleged that Morrissey prejudiced the grand jury process by telling the New York Times in October that she would bring Baldwin’s case to the grand jury on Nov. 16. That led at least one sitting grand juror to ask if he could participate in the Baldwin case, according to the filing.

At a confidential hearing on Nov. 15, the judge overseeing the case admonished the parties not to disclose anything about the grand jury proceedings to the media, citing the risk that it could taint the case, according to the filing.

The judge also postponed the grand jury proceeding from November to Jan. 18, to give more time to review the material the defense wished to be presented to the grand jury.

Nikas alleges that within an hour of the hearing, Morrissey called the NBC News reporter to relay the scheduling update. The same day, NBC News reported that the grand jury proceeding had been postponed. The outlet also cited an “unnamed source” as saying that prosecutors hoped a trial would “humble” Baldwin and serve as a “teachable moment.”

In response, Nikas filed the confidential sanctions motion on Nov. 20, alleging that Morrissey had clearly violated the judge’s secrecy order. Hours after submitting it, he received a call from the NBC reporter, who was seeking comment about it.

According to Nikas, the reporter stated that Morrissey had called her and read her substantial portions of the motion, and “yelled at her for publishing Morrissey’s statements disclosing the grand jury information and motivations for prosecuting this case, and threatened to serve her with subpoenas.”

Nikas thanked the reporter for the information and declined to comment, according to his affidavit.

Morrissey filed an opposition to Baldwin’s sanctions motion, which was not made public as part of the motion to dismiss. Baldwin’s filing also does not reveal the outcome of the motion, though Morrissey and Lewis remain on the case.

The filing does include Baldwin’s reply to Morrissey’s opposition, which quotes Morrissey as accusing Baldwin of having “an impressive level of arrogance.” According to the filing, Morrissey also referenced an infamous 2007 voicemail, in which Baldwin called his daughter a “rude, thoughtless little pig.”

Nikas wrote that those remarks underscore “the illicit motivations behind this prosecution.”

The reply also indicates that Morrissey asserted she told grand jury witnesses about the outcome of the Nov. 15 hearing, but not the media.

Morrissey declined to comment about the motion to dismiss the case in an email on Thursday evening.

“We will only respond in court pleadings and have 14 days from tomorrow to file our response,” she wrote.

“Enough Is Enough!” Alec Baldwin Wants ‘Rust’ Involuntary Manslaughter Indictment Tossed As Trial Looms

“The State prosecutors have engaged in this misconduct—and publicly dragged Baldwin through the cesspool created by their improprieties—without any regard for the fact that serious criminal charges have been hanging over his head for two and a half years,” proclaims a motion to dismiss filed today in New Mexico court.

Recharged in January and facing up to 18 months behind bars if found guilty, the multiple Emmy winner’s criminal trial is scheduled to start in Santa Fe on July 9.

Having plead not guilty, Baldwin earlier this week saw some restrictions placed on when he could be deposed in various civil cases connected to the killing of Hutchins over two and half years ago.

Today, with the clock running down fast, his NYC-based Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan lawyers and Albuquerque firm LeBlanc Law slammed Special Prosecutors Kerry Morrissey and Jason Lewis, and basically everyone ever connected to the investigation of what really happened that tragic day on the Bonanza Creek Ranch set.

“This is an abuse of the system, and an abuse of an innocent person whose rights have been trampled to the extreme,” says the deep dive 52-page motion signed by attorney Luke Nikas. “If the State had conducted the grand jury process consistent with New Mexico law, the outcome should and almost certainly would have been different. In short, the State concealed substantial exculpatory and favorable evidence from the grand jury. The Court should therefore dismiss the indictment.”

Special Prosecutors Lewis and Morrissey did not respond to request for a comment on the latest Baldwin filing. If and when they do, this post will be updated.

Among the various claims the duo will have to respond to in the court docket is the claim by Baldwin’s defense that reports the Colt .45 could not have fired without someone pulling the trigger may not be some clear cut. Citing the appearance of “Michael Haag, one of the State’s purported firearms experts” before the Grand Jury, today’s motion says his testimony “omitted several essential facts regarding that testing, including that the FBI testing established that the gun did fire without a trigger pull when the firearm was fully loaded with six rounds, as it was on the day of the incident.”

From his primetime interview with ABC George Stephanopoulos mere weeks after the October 21, 2021 shooting that killed Hutchins and wounded Rust director Joel Souza until today , Baldwin has always insisted he did not pull the trigger. Reports from the FBI and others have disagreed with him, but the information in Thursday’s motion may throw all that up in the air.

Still fighting civil suits in California and New Mexico over the Rust shooting, Baldwin’s move today comes just over a week after the Indie Western’s armorer Hannah Gutierrez-Reed was found guilty of involuntary manslaughter by a Santa Fe jury.

Taken into custody immediately on March 6, Gutierrez-Reed will be sentenced on April 15 by Judge Mary Marlowe Sommer. Declared innocent by the jurors of the evidence tampering charge the Special Prosecutors slapped on her late last year, Gutierrez-Reed could get a maximum of 18 months in a state prison and be forced to pay thousands in fines.

As all these suits, trials and sentencing move through various courts, Rust was brought back and completed in mid-2023 after further filming in Montana. Souza returned as director, and Baldwin returned as star and producer. Gutierrez-Reed was not asked to re-join to the production.

Alec Baldwin’s Involuntary Manslaughter Trial To Start In July; ‘Rust’ Actor/Producer Faces 18 Months Behind Bars If Found Guilty

As promised last week, Judge Mary Marlowe Sommer today set a date for the start of the multiple Emmy winner’s trial in the Land of Enchantment. Baldwin faces a prison sentence of 18 months to three years and around $5,000 in fines if found guilty.

“Jury selection is scheduled for July 9, 2024” wrote Judge Sommer in an order made public Monday morning (read the Baldwin trial scheduling order here). With Baldwin present in the Santa Fe courtroom, the trial is expected to run from July 10 to July 19, 2024.

Aways denying he pulled the trigger, Baldwin shot Hutchins on October 21, 2021 on Rust‘s Bonanza Creek Ranch set just outside Santa Fe after a gun he was holding during a rehearsal discharged a live round. The actor/producer wounded Rust director Joel Souza in the shooting too, but the filmmaker recovered soon afterwards.

While Baldwin asserts he never pulled the trigger on the prop gun he was pointing at Hutchins in rehearsal that terrible day, forensic examiners at the FBI and others have issued reports that strongly disagree.

Initially charged in January 2022 along with ex-Rust armorer Hannah Gutierrez-Reed, Baldwin saw the claims against him trimmed back and then dropped altogether in April that year. In what was a widely expected Grand Jury indictment one year to the day of the first charges, Baldwin was charged anew on January 19 of this year.

Last month, Baldwin’s Quinn Emanuel attorneys said they would seek a “speedy trial.” On January 31, Baldwin pushed the process along by entering a not guilty plea at a virtual hearing. Today, reps for Baldwin had no comment on the trial date being set.

On February 20, Baldwin lawyer Alex Spiro and Special Prosecutor Kerri Morrissey bickered over when the trial should begin. Promising to get portions of the case against his client tossed out even before the jury is selected, the defense attorney was looking for June or as soon as possible. Morrissey indicated that her responsibilities on other trials prevented her from being available until later in the year. At the end of the virtual hearing, Judge Sommer announced she would look at everyone’s calendars and come up with a date by today.

Baldwin is also facing a number of Rust civil cases in both California and New Mexico. As all these suits are ongoing in various courts, Rust was brought back and completed last year after further filming in Montana. Souza was back as director, and Baldwin returned as star and producer. Gutierrez-Reed was not asked to return to the production. The finished Rust is currently looking for a buyer.

The scheduling order in Baldwin’s case dropped Monday during a break in the fourth day of Gutierrez-Reed’s criminal trial in front of Judge Sommer.

Charged with involuntary manslaughter and evidence tampering, the ex-Rust armorer could go to state prison for up to three years if found guilty.

Having pleaded not guilty like Baldwin, Gutierrez-Reed also refused a deal offered by the state late last year. The agreement was dependent on the defendant providing more information on how live rounds got on the set of Rust. Gutierrez-Reed and her lawyer Jason Bowles insisted they had no direct knowledge of how the live rounds tragically got on the set. Consequently, the special prosecutors began to further tighten the screws and added the evidence tampering charge as they now say Gutierrez-Reed was abusing drugs and drink while working on Rust. An accusation her lawyers reject.

Set to be with the jury by March 8, Gutierrez-Reed’s trial is currently on break for lunch.

Alec Baldwin’s ‘Rust’ Fatal Shooting Trial Likely To Start This Summer; Actor/Producer Facing Involuntary Manslaughter Charges, Jail Time

“So, what I’m going to do is I’m going to look at my schedule, and check the jury selection. I’m going to get going to see if we can’t compromise between the July trial dates and the June trial dates,” declared Judge Mary Marlowe Sommer today at a virtual hearing for the involuntary manslaughter case. “I’ll put that order out to you …Monday,” the New Mexico official added of a February 26 date.

Baldwin shot Hutchins on October 21, 2021 on the Indie Western’s Bonanza Creek Ranch set just outside Santa Fe after a gun he was holding during a rehearsal discharged a live round. Rust director Joel Souza was wounded in the shooting, but recovered soon afterwards.

Facing a series of civil suits as well as for a while charges in an earlier and then dismissed version of this case, Baldwin has insisted from almost Day One that he did not pull the trigger on the 1880s gun that killed Hutchins. Baldwin says the gun went off in his hand. Following a botched investigation by the Santa Fe Sheriff’s Office, the FBI and more recently independent weapons examiners brought aboard by the special prosecutors have taken a different point of view.

In separate reports, the bureau and the examiners say the gun could only have shot Hutchins and Souza if the trigger was pulled by Baldwin. Additionally, in violation of standard set safely procedures, Baldwin was pointing the gun right at the unshielded Hutchins when it fired during the rehearsal on the already troubled low budget film.

As of yet, no one, no lawyer, no suspect, has been able to provide a solid answer as to how live rounds got on the set of Rust.

First charged in January 2022 along with ex-Rust armorer Hannah Gutierrez-Reed, Baldwin saw the claims against him trimmed back and then dropped altogether in April that year. In what was a widely expected Grand Jury indictment and no small amount of timing drama Baldwin was charged anew on January 19 of this year.

At that time, Baldwin’s Quinn Emanuel attorney said they would seek a “speedy trial.” On January 31, Baldwin pushed the process along by entering a “not guilty’ plea at a virtual hearing. Baldwin is up against a prison sentence of 18 months to three years and around $5,000 in fines if found guilty.

Today, Baldwin lawyer Alex Spiro rejected the schedule put forth by Special Prosecutor Kerri Morrissey, who said she was not available in June due to other cases.

“There’s no reason why this case, given that its years ago now that this tragic accident happened, should not be prioritized given the complexity, media attention, promises made in determining funding and the other impossible trial schedules of other counsel,” Spiro stated on-camera, as fellow defense lawyer and Albuquerque attorney Heather LeBlanc looked on digitally.

“There are only so many cases we can try,” Morrissey said at the virtual hearing. “While I understand that Mr. Spiro is not available later, we are not available in June. We will accommodate this trial anytime in July, anytime in August, anytime in October.”

Tuesday’s hearing in the renewed Baldwin case comes one day before Hannah Gutierrez-Reed’s trial is set to begin.

Charged with involuntary manslaughter and now tampering with evidence, the relatively inexperienced armorer is looking at up to three years behind bars if found guilty by a New Mexico jury. The trial is expected to last just over two weeks once jury selection is completed.

The short virtual session in Baldwin’s case Tuesday also comes as the Emmy-winning actor and wife Hilaria took to social media over the past day to very publicly celebrate meeting 13 years ago. Married since 2021, the couple have seven young children.

The Rust trials may have taken over two and a half years to begin, if they do. However, Rust the movie is a done deal after being brought back to life last April. Production relocated to the Yellowstone Film Ranch in Montana. Hutchins’ widower Matthew dropped hia wrongful-death suit against Baldwin and the film’s others producers and became a producer himself on Rust 2.0 as well as on a documentary about his wife. As one can imagine, Gutierrez-Reed was not invited to rejoin the resurrected film – which is still looking for a buyer, I hear.na

Interview with Bleeding Love's Kim Zimmer and Jake Weary

Bleeding Love is a drama starring Ewan McGregor and his daughter Clara McGregor. The film was written by Ruby Caster from an original story by Caster, Clara McGregor, and Vera Bulder (Jake’s wife). Vera also stars in the film alongside her husband and mother-in-law.

The story centers around a father (played by Ewan) who secretly drives his estranged daughter (played by Clara) to rehab after she overdoses, aware that she has inherited his addiction problems, and after he has started a new family elsewhere.

Items from 'Bonanza,' 'All My Children' actor David Canary's Wilton estate up for auction

Canary was best known for his roles as foreman Candy Canaday on NBC's "Bonanza" and as Adam Chandler on "All My Children," a performance which netted him five Daytime Emmy awards. Canary lived in the Wilton house until his death in 2015.

The Wilton house hit the market last October with a pricetag of $1.985 million. The house was sold on Jan. 11 for $1.61 million, town property records show.

An auction of items from Canary's estate, which is being conducted by Danbury's Provenance Auctions, runs through Thursday, Feb. 8 at 7 p.m. The sale includes traditional fare such as books, furniture, jewelry and art, but also includes a number of unique items such as a painting of the actor dressed as a clown, a commemorative deed to Tiger Stadium in Detroit and a poster from a production of "Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street" that featured Canary.

As of Monday, Feb. 5, the item fetching the most in the auction is a Native American Silver Squash Blossom necklace and earrings set, which is bidding at $682 with 33 bids.

Pickup for items won in the auction will take place on Saturday, Feb. 10 at Provenance Auctions' warehouse on the Danbury-Ridgefield border. Smaller items can also be shipped for an additional shipping cost. Curbside delivery is available in Westchester and Fairfield County for a premium.

Winners At the 2024 Saturn Awards

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR IN A TELEVISION SERIES: Jonathan Frakes (Star Trek: Picard)

‘Northern Exposure’ Available On Prime Video, Its First Time Ever On Any Streaming Platform

Northern Exposure starred Rob Morrow as Dr. Joel Fleischman, a recently graduated New York City physician, who is forced to practice in a small town in Alaska in order to repay the state for underwriting his medical education.

Created by Joshua Brand and John Falsey, the series ran on CBS from 1990-1995. Over the course of its run, it received 39 Emmy nominations, winning seven, including the 1992 Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Drama Series and Outstanding Supporting Actress for Valerie Mahaffrey, as well as four Creative Arts Emmy Awards, and two Golden Globes.

The ensemble cast also included Barry Corbin, Janine Turner, John Cullum, Darren E. Burrows, John Corbett, Cynthia Geary, Elaine Miles, Peg Phillips, Paul Provenza and Teri Polo. Morrow exited the series at the conclusion of Season 5 and Paul Provenza was cast as his replacement, Dr. Phil Capra. Polo was cast as Capra’s wife.

Palm Royale Trailer: Kristen Wiig Attempts to Worm Her Way Into High Society in Star-Studded Apple Comedy

As part of the Television Critics Association winter press tour, Apple TV+ on Monday released a trailer for the highly anticipated comedy series Palm Royale, which boasts an ensemble including Kristen Wiig, Laura Dern, Allison Janney and guest stars Carol Burnett and Bruce Dern.

Premiering on Wednesday, March 20, Palm Royale (fka Mrs. American Pie) is “a true underdog story that follows Maxine Simmons (Wiig) as she endeavors to break into Palm Beach high society,” according to the official logline. “As Maxine attempts to cross that impermeable line between the haves and the have-nots, Palm Royale asks the same question that still baffles us today: ‘How much of yourself are you willing to sacrifice to get what someone else has?’ Set during the powder keg year of 1969, Palm Royale is a testament to every outsider fighting for their chance to truly belong.”

Rounding out the cast are Ricky Martin (The Assassination of Gianni Versace: American Crime Story), Josh Lucas (Yellowstone), Leslie Bibb (Popular), Amber Chardae Robinson (Loot), Mindy Cohn (The Facts of Life), Julia Duffy (Newhart) and Kaia Gerber (American Horror Story).

Loosely based on the novel “Mr. and Mrs. American Pie” by Juliet McDaniel, Palm Royale is written and executive-produced by Abe Sylvia (Nurse Jackie, Dead to Me, George and Tammy). Wiig and Laura Dern also serve as EPs.

The first three episodes will drop on premiere day, followed by one new episode every Wednesday through May 8, for a total of 10 episodes.

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M. Emmet Walsh Dies: Prolific Actor In ‘Blade Runner’, ‘Ordinary People’, Coen Brothers Pics & Hundreds More Was 88