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Alec Baldwin.Photo: Jim Spellman/Getty Images Alec Baldwinwas unknowingly handed a gun loaded with live ammunition during rehearsals on the New Mexico set of his western filmRuston Thursday, according to multiple reports. For more on the shooting on theRustset, listen below toour daily podcast PEOPLE Every Day. As the assistant director retrieved the weapon, they yelled “Cold Gun!” (a phrase that is meant to indicate that the gun is not loaded and is safe to handle), the documents read, per theNYTandSF Reporter....

Ezra Blount’s father is speaking out for the first time since the 9-year-old was gravely injured at theAstroworld Festivallast week. On Friday, Ezra’s dad Treston Blount spoke toABC 13 Houstonand recounted the events leading up to his son’s life-threatening injuries, which left him on life support and in a medically induced coma, the outlet reports. “He was stoked. He was ready to go,” Blount told the Texas ABC affiliat. “When I found out that he was a big fan [ofTravis Scott], I was like, “Oh yeah, we gotta go, we gotta go see Travis live....

Aubrey O’Dayis opening up about her alleged relationship withDonald Trump Jr. A source previously told PEOPLE the alleged affair between O’Day and Trump Jr. came to an abrupt end in 2012 when his wife Vanessa, 41,discovered “sexy” text messagesbetween the pair. A spokeswoman for Don Jr. did not respond to PEOPLE’s request for comment. Trump Jr. and Vanessa announced their split in March 2018, when shefiled for divorce after 12 years of marriage....

Stellan Skarsgård and Austin Butler in “Dune: Part Two”.Photo:Warner Bros. PicturesAustin Butleris explaining how that unsettling kiss with onscreen uncleStellan Skarsgårdcame about inDune: Part Two.At one point in the new sci-fi sequel, Butler’s villainous and sadistic character Feyd-Rautha receives a promotion of sorts from his uncle, Baron Vladimir Harkonnen (Skarsgård). During the sequence, Feyd-Rautha kisses Baron Harkonnen on the lips in front of a cheering crowd.Access Hollywoodasked Butler, 32, about improvising the smooch: “Oh, yeah....

Austin Butlergives it all for a role.In a press conference at theCannes Film Festivalthis Thursday, the 30-year-old actor spoke about what it took to become theKing of Rock and RollinElvis.“I basically put the rest of my life on pause for two years,” he said, “and I just absorbed everything that I possibly could.“Butler also talked about being obsessed with his character and learning more about the iconic “Love Me Tender” singer: “I just went down the rabbit hole of obsession....

Critics are weighing in aboutElvis. “Rather than carving a meaningful path to guide Elvis through history, Luhrmann simply floats him through the years on a raft of nonstop music that bumps into an endless series of biopic clichés at light speed into the next until it finally capsizes a few decades later,” wroteIndieWire’s David Ehrlich, adding that both Luhrmann and Presley “deserve better.” Variety’s Owen Gleiberman, however, calledElvisa “fizzy, delirious, impishly energized, compulsively watchable 2-hour-and-39-minute fever dream — a spangly pinwheel of a movie that converts the Elvis saga we all carry around in our heads into a lavishly staged biopic-as-pop-opera....

Awkwafinais feeling the award season glow with a major accolade to her name — and dedicating the prize to her dad in the process.At theGolden Globeson Sunday night, the actress, 31, won best actress in a musical or comedy for her lead performance inThe Farewell.Also nominated in this lead actress category wereBeanie Feldstein(Booksmart),Cate Blanchett(Where’d You Go, Bernadette?),Ana De Armas(Knives Out) andEmma Thompson(Late Night).“This is great. Thank you. If anything, I fall upon hard times, I can sell this so that’s good,” the actress joked in the opening of her speech....

Photo: Sonny Tumbelaka/AFP via Getty The youngorangutanfound drugged in a smuggler’s luggage at a Bali airport earlier this year is set to return to the wild. In March, authorities searched a Russian man’s luggage at an international airport on the Indonesian island, where they found a 2-year-old orangutan stashed inside a rattan basket. Two geckos and five lizards were also found in the luggage. The animal trafficker, who was sentenced in July to one year in prison, was attempting to take the endangered species to Russia, according toAFP....

Believe it or not, the drama is just getting started onClayton Echard’s season of inThe Bachelor. The new trailer starts off on a lighter note as Clayton, 28, appears to be in good spirits over his remaining group of women. After telling one woman they “have everything” he’s “ever wanted” and that the pair have something “special” together, the former NFL player declares: “I am falling in love and it feels so good!...

Joey Graziadei.Photo:Gizelle Hernandez/Disney Gizelle Hernandez/Disney Looking for Mrs. Right came with some wrong moves for BachelorJoey Graziadei. Edwina, Kelsey A., Lexi, Allison, Madina, Chrissa, Lea, Sydney and Maria modeled their chilliest Sunday loungewear and then answered questions from theGolden Bachelorwomen. Sydney, 28, admitted to faking it in bed, and when Kathy asked Kelsey A. what would happen if she and Joey, 28, got stuck in an elevator together, the junior project manager, 25, cheekily replied, “We could make some new memories....

Clayton Echardis opening up about the tougher parts of beingThe Bachelor. Echard’s season began airing on ABC earlier this month, and since then, he said the criticism he sees on social media has started getting to him. “I think at first it was kind of quiet so I was able to respond as much as I could and I’m very just appreciative for the whole opportunity so I wanted to be able to let people know, ‘Hey thank you for reaching out, it means a lot,’ " he said on Tuesday’s episode ofBachelor Happy Hour....

Universal/courtesy Everett Collection He then detailed a specific encounter with a bully of his own, who punched him in the face when he refused to get off a bike. “I watchedColumboandStarsky & Hutch, [I thought] when you get punched in the face, you get knocked unconscious. Turns out, you just cry and have an asthsma attack and give the kid your bike,” he joked. “I hate bullies,” Wilson added. “Jesus wants me to love everyone....

After a difficult few months,Bam Margerareached out to the one person he hopes can help him — Dr. Phil McGraw. The 38-year-old pro skateboarder and former star ofJackassposted a series of emotional and expletive-filled videos to his Instagram on Sunday morning, all directed at the talk show host. In the videos,Margera begged Dr. Phil for his helpas he explained his struggles with his family and friends, and the frustration he feels with his prior rehab experiences....