Scott Eastwood recently revealed that tensions flared between him and fellow actor Shia LaBeouf while they were filming the wartime drama Fury in 2014, almost leading to a physical altercation.

The 40-year-old shared this story during a Monday episode of Armchair Expert with Dax Shepard. He credited Brad Pitt, the film’s headliner, for stepping in at the crucial moment to prevent the situation from spiraling.

Reflecting on the incident, the Monterey, California native mentioned on the podcast that, ‘Shia seemed troubled and possibly dealing with his own issues, making things difficult.

‘There was this particular moment – I’ve mentioned it before – where Brad Pitt had to step in and defuse a very tense scenario.’

Scott, the son of legendary filmmaker Clint Eastwood, disclosed that the friction was linked to a scene in which his character, Sergeant Miles, spit on a tank, which brought him and LaBeouf, also 40, into conflict.

The Daily Mail has reached out to representatives for LaBeouf for further comment on the story, but not heard back yet. 

‘One day, he was having an episode and thought I shouldn’t be spitting tobacco on the tank – which was in the script … and then I finally said enough is enough,’ Eastwood said.

Eastwood said after LaBeouf snapped on him, he ‘said, “F*** you, stop pulling your s***” – I said, “I’m gonna whoop your a**.”‘

He continued, ‘And then he got froggy and everybody broke it up.’

Eastwood said that LaBeouf, who portrayed the role of Boyd ‘Bible’ Swan in the motion picture, had a ‘very method’ approach to playing the tank gunner in the film.

He recalled that LaBeouf ‘pulled out his tooth’ and ‘cut himself’ to get in the mindset for the part.

Eastwood said he remembered thinking, ‘OK, this guy’s crazy. I’m just going to keep clear from this guy.’

He added, ‘I don’t play this game – you go and do that, but there’s plenty of ways to do a performance in a movie and be professional also, right?’

The cast of the David Ayer-directed film also featured Michael Peña, Jon Bernthal and Logan Lerman.

Eastwood said in the interview that ‘everyone had moments with Shia that were at one point, gonna come to blows or not.

‘It’s funny, the film industry, it attracts psychopaths because it’s art and business and they kind of intersect,’ he said. 

Pitt gave his account of the incident in a November 2014 interview with British GQ.

‘We were driving down the road, I’m in the turret, Shia is at the other turret, and Scott is on the back, spitting juice,’ said the actor, who played Don ‘Wardaddy’ Collier in the film.

He continued: ‘And I’m starting to get pissed off, I’m starting to get hot, because this is our home, he’s disrespecting our home, you know?’

Pitt said that after he told Eastwood he was going ‘to clean that s*** up,’ LaBeouf ‘saw it and felt the same.

‘So Shia had the same reaction I did, and started having some words. But it soon got out of hand, then I had to get in after the cameras were rolling, and explain it to Scotty.’

Pitt clarified that Eastwood ‘was just doing as instructed in the script,’ which called for his character to be ‘chewing tobacco and spitting it on the back of the tank.’

WASHINGTON ISLAND, Wis. (WLS) — Authorities have located the bodies of two kayakers from the Chicago area, who were missing on Lake Michigan near Washington Island in Wisconsin. The recovery took place on Monday, according to local police reports.

Officials from the Washington Island Police Department and the Door County Sheriff’s Office were dispatched to Wickman Drive after receiving a call around 6:45 p.m. on Saturday. The report concerned two individuals who had gone kayaking without wearing life jackets and had not returned.

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Initial rescue efforts included a water and drone search, but had to be suspended by local crews at approximately 10 p.m. Saturday due to nighttime constraints.

Despite the challenging conditions, ground and drone searches carried on until 2:30 a.m., resuming at 7 a.m. the following Sunday morning.

The U.S. Coast Guard continued its diligent search operations until concluding at 10:45 a.m. on Sunday. At this point, local law enforcement and fire service teams transitioned their efforts from a search to a recovery mission.

Crews found the bodies of 20-year-old Dundee man David Thalman and 20-year-old South Elgin woman Franceska Warick in the water around 11 a.m. Monday.

What led up to the kayakers’ disappearance was not immediately clear.

The Door County Sheriff’s Office is investigating. Authorities did not immediately provide further information.

In a deeply tragic incident that unfolded more than two years ago in California, a mother’s life was cut short while her 4-year-old son was a witness. The father, who prosecutors identified as the murderer, is now facing a lengthy prison sentence.

Jeffery Kendall, aged 39, received a sentence on Monday of 50 years to life for the murder of Brittany Elizabeth Ligdis, who was 30 years old at the time. This crime took place just 10 days after she ended their relationship, as stated by the Contra Costa County District Attorney’s Office.

Kendall was found guilty of first-degree murder and child endangerment by a jury in May. The charges stemmed from endangering their young son, placing him in a dangerous and traumatic situation.

According to prosecutors, on the morning of February 16, 2024, Ligdis made a frantic 911 call. In the call, she reported that Kendall had forcibly entered her home in Pinole while she and her young son were hiding in the laundry room.

About 90 seconds into the call, Kendall entered the room.

“Let go of me,” Ligdis pleaded, according to the district attorney’s office. “You’re scaring him.”

Moments later, she screamed, “Stop it,” before Kendall shot her in the head, prosecutors said.

The couple’s son cried out, “Momma,” and fled the room while Kendall ran from the home. Responding officers found Ligdis dead from a gunshot wound to the head.

Deputy District Attorney Tylyn Wells described the killing as “an execution in front of a 4-year-old child” and argued it was not the result of “a mental break,” according to the district attorney’s office.

Instead, Wells said the murder reflected a pattern often seen in domestic violence cases, where the danger escalates after a victim decides to leave.

Wells asked the court to impose a sentencing enhancement that increased Kendall’s punishment to 50 years to life.

Contra Costa County Superior Court Judge Glenn Kim called the case “one of the most difficult” he had experienced before imposing two consecutive terms of 25 years to life.

Kim also barred Kendall from contacting his son, with limited exceptions subject to court approval, until November 2035, when the boy turns 16.

Separately, Judge Kim convicted Kendall of illegally possessing a 3D-printed semi-automatic pistol and determined that multiple factors supported a harsher sentence.

One year after Brittany Ligdis’ death, her mother shared an emotional video urging family and friends to remember her daughter’s life rather than the violence that ended it.

“I want this to be a day to remember Brittany, to memorialize her, the amazing person she was,” she said. “Think of her — all the things we miss about her, her kiss, her hug. I’ll miss everything myself. I will love her forever.”

Kendall remains in county jail awaiting transfer to the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation.

The Pinole Police Department told News Media it had no comment on Kendall’s sentencing.

The Contra Costa County District Attorney’s Office did not immediately respond to News Media’s request for additional comment.

The New York Islanders made significant moves within their front office Monday, elevating their leadership team and cementing their affiliate’s future. Evan Gold has been appointed as the new assistant general manager and will assume responsibilities as the general manager of their AHL affiliate in Hamilton, according to the team’s announcement.

Gold, who brings a wealth of experience from a 12-year tenure with the Boston Bruins, described his new role with the Islanders as “an honor.” He steps into the shoes of Chris Lamoriello, the former GM of the AHL Hamilton. While Lamoriello’s legacy lives on, he remains in a key role as one of the assistant general managers under Mathieu Darche, alongside Ryan Bowness, Steve Pellegrini, and now, Gold.

One of Gold’s immediate challenges is to spearhead the transition of the AHL team, which is relocating from Bridgeport to Hamilton. Under the guidance of newly appointed head coach Jay McKee, Gold’s aim will be to build upon the team’s recent success, as they secured their spot in the playoffs for the first time since the 2021-22 season.

In a release, Mathieu Darche praised Gold’s impressive credentials: “Evan brings a rare combination of experience, intelligence, and results to our Hockey Operations department. Over the past several years, he has excelled in nearly every facet of building a successful franchise at the NHL and AHL levels—from contract negotiations and cap management to leading the Providence Bruins to the best record in the AHL this past season.”

Gold’s robust background included significant roles in hockey operations with the Washington Capitals before assuming the assistant GM position with the Bruins during the 2019-20 season. Most recently, he served as the GM of the AHL Providence, a role he held for three seasons, further rounding out his extensive experience in building winning teams.

The Bruins’ affiliate made the playoffs in each of those three campaigns and collected 110 points in 2025-26. He’d also served as the Bruins’ director of legal affairs since 2015.

Bryan Kohberger, who was convicted for the chilling murder of four Idaho college students, has secured a public defender to help revoke his guilty plea.

At 31, Kohberger has made headlines by seeking to change his plea just a year after making a deal with prosecutors that landed him with four life terms plus an additional decade behind bars.

Back in July of last year, Kohberger confessed to the November 2022 slayings of University of Idaho students Madison Mogen, Kaylee Goncalves, both aged 21, along with Xana Kernodle and Ethan Chapin, both 20.

Despite his earlier admission, Kohberger recently told the New York Times that he maintains an ‘absolute claim of innocence.’

Kohberger expressed to the publication, ‘The truth of my innocence shines bright, and the plea I entered was cloaked in misleading assurances and blatant falsehoods. It must be undone.’

The killer was appointed taxpayer-funded attorney Greg Rauch, of Moscow, Idaho, on Monday morning, after claiming in a July 27 handwritten petition to the court that he had been ‘convinced to falsely confess’ by his former defense team.

He claimed that the team, composed of attorneys Anne Taylor, Elisa Massoth and Bicka Barlow, did not tell him about an ‘exculpatory discovery’ of a hair found at the crime scene that was ruled not to be Kohberger’s through physical analysis.

Kohberger’s new lawyer, Rauch, told Fox News Digital on Monday afternoon that he had not yet spoken to his client, read the petition or reviewed the case file. 

Rauch added that he expects to speak to Kohberger over the phone in the near future and that he will then visit the convicted killer in person at the J-Block unit of the Idaho Maximum Security Institution in Kuna.

Idaho Attorney General Raul Labrador called Kohberger’s U-turn ‘deeply painful’ for the victims’ families and said he was standing by them.

In 2022, Kohberger acknowledged he committed the ‘willful, unlawful, deliberate’ murder of the victims ‘with premeditation and with malice aforethought,’ but his plea did not require him to provide a narrative or say why he did it.

In exchange for Kohberger’s initial guilty plea and waiving his right to appeal, prosecutors agreed not to seek his execution. Both sides recommended that he serve four consecutive life sentences without parole.

Although he waived his right to appeal the case, Kohberger was still able to file a petition for post-conviction relief, which if successful would revoke the guilty plea and allow his case to go to trial. 

If that happens, the death penalty would once again be on the table for Kohberger. 

A spokesperson for the Goncalves family called Kohberger ‘the mosquito you just can’t seem to swat,’ and suggested he now wants more attention.

The spokesperson added: ‘(Kohberger) appeared in court for a hearing before a judge, accompanied by his four lawyers. He chose not to leave his fate – or the facts of the case – to a jury.

‘He never cried foul, never claimed he was uninformed or pressured… He admitted his guilt.’

Mogen, Kernodle, Goncalves and Chapin were found stabbed to death on November 13, 2022, in a rented off-campus house in the small, rural town of Moscow.

Prosecutors say that Kohberger, a graduate student in criminology at nearby Washington State University, snuck into the home wearing a mask and brutally murdered the students.

He was arrested in Pennsylvania, where his parents lived, roughly six weeks later.  

A Q-tip from the garbage at his parents’ house and genetic genealogy were used to match Kohberger’s DNA to material recovered from a knife sheath found at the home, investigators said.

They also used surveillance camera footage to help locate a white sedan that was seen repeatedly driving past the home on the night of the killings.

It’s unclear why Kohberger killed the four students and spared two roommates who were home at the time.

Investigators also never found a connection between Kohberger, the four victims or the two surviving roommates.

Judge Steven Hippler suggested in court that he too wanted to know why Kohberger did it, but he cautioned against continuing to wonder.

‘By continuing to focus on why, we continue to give Mr Kohberger relevance, we give him agency and we give him power,’ the judge said at the defendant’s sentencing.

‘The need to know what is inherently not understandable makes us dependent upon the defendant to provide us with a reason, and that gives him the spotlight, the attention and the power he appears to crave.’