Alec Baldwin opens up about his urgent hope to be cleared in the newly released trailer for an upcoming documentary centered on his Rust shooting trial.

The case stems from the fatal incident on the New Mexico set of the Western Rust in October 2021, when a prop revolver Baldwin was holding discharged, killing cinematographer Halyna Hutchins and wounding the film’s director, Joel Souza.

Baldwin, 68, has repeatedly denied pulling the trigger and maintained that he had been told the weapon did not contain any live ammunition.

He was later charged with involuntary manslaughter, but the case was dismissed in 2024 after a New Mexico judge cited prosecutorial misconduct.

The first look at The Trial of Alec Baldwin, which is set to hit theaters on October 1, offers a closer glimpse at the actor’s private ordeal as the legal battle unfolded.

‘I want to be acquitted so I can walk out the door and everybody just leave me alone,’ he is shown saying. ‘I never dreamed of my life that this would come down to this.’

Baldwin, who periodically plays Donald Trump on Saturday Night Live, was followed by cameras from 2023 onward amid the unfolding legal drama. 

The documentary is directed by Rory Kennedy, a sister of Robert F Kennedy Jr, who is currently Trump’s Secretary of Health and Human Services.

Kennedy joined a number of her family members in denouncing her brother for running a third party campaign in the 2024 presidential election. 

In a confessional shown in the new trailer, Baldwin somberly reflected on the Rust shooting, saying: ‘When they told me she died, I was in shock. I was in disbelief.’

Later, he reflected: ‘If you said to me: “Hike up Mt Everest and she’ll come back,” I’d be packed and ready to do. Whatever I could do. But there’s nothing you can do.’ 

The sneak peek ends with Baldwin acknowledging: ‘People who watch this will see so much of me at my worst.’ 

His wife Hilaria, 42, with whom he shares seven children under the age of 13, also appears in the ad, noting that the ‘paparazzi are already coming’ and sternly advising her husband: ‘You need to take the kids out of town.’ 

Hilaria infamously went viral days after the Rust shooting when she interrupted Baldwin as he gave an impromptu roadside press conference.

She scolded a reporter for briefly forgetting Hutchins’ name, said she had driven the family to Vermont to ‘limit the PTSD’ and even filmed part of the back-and-forth.

When Hilaria cut off one of Baldwin’s answers and admonished the media: ‘No details,’ he bristled at her: ‘Do me a favor? I’m going to answer the question.’

A New Mexico judge dismissed the manslaughter case against Baldwin in July 2024, arguing that the prosecution made errors in handling certain bullets regarded as evidence and that the mistakes ‘impacted the fundamental fairness of the case.’ 

The prosecutor had countered that the bullets in question were left out of the Rust case file because they came from a source she mistrusted and did not ‘even match the evidence that was found at the scene’ of the shooting. 

Upon hearing the charge against him had been thrown out, Baldwin dissolved into tears in Hilaria’s arms and shared a kiss with her in the courtroom. 

Rust’s armorer Hannah Gutierrez-Reed was found guilty of involuntary manslaughter and sentenced to the maximum 18 months – the same penalty Baldwin would have faced if convicted – before being released early for good behavior.

In January 2025, Baldwin filed suit accusing several people in the Santa Fe, New Mexico District Attorney’s office of ‘malicious’ prosecution, but the case was thrown out that July after he neglected for months to file additional documents.

Halyna Hutchins’ widower Matthew Hutchins acquired a producer credit on Rust as part of a wrongful death settlement in the aftermath of the shooting.

He expressed dismay at the dismissal of the charge against Baldwin, saying he ‘respects the court’s decision’ but was hoping for further legal proceedings in future.

‘We look forward to presenting all the evidence to a jury and holding Mr Baldwin accountable for his actions in the senseless death of Halyna,’ he said.

Rust ultimately had its world premiere at a film festival in Poland in September 2024 before opening in the United States in May 2025 to a polarized critical response.

Rory Kennedy discussed what she perceived as the complexity of the case ahead of her documentary’s premiere at the 2025 DOC NYC film festival last November.

‘This story is a tricky one because there is Halyna, who is the victim in this story and I, of course have enormous empathy for Halyna and her family given my own background and experience,’ she told Variety. 

‘But I think there should be room to see how there can be more than one victim. There can be a spectrum of victims in different situations, and it’s important to have space for that,’ said the filmmaker, whose father Robert F Kennedy Sr was assassinated while her mother Ethel Kennedy was pregnant with her.

The U.S. Mint is marking the 25th anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks with a newly issued half-dollar coin, The Post has learned.

Unveiled Thursday, one day before the solemn milestone, the coin is officially titled the Semiquincentennial Enduring Liberty Half Dollar.

“As we approach the 25th anniversary of September 11, we honor the memory of those we lost and the courage of those who risked their lives to save their fellow Americans,” Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said in a statement.

“A quarter century later, our promise to the victims and their families remains the same: we will never forget.”

The commemorative 9/11 coin carries a striking depiction of Lady Liberty, paired with the date of the terror attacks encircled by the words that became a national vow in the years that followed: “NEVER FORGET.”

The other side shows Liberty passing her blazing torch to a new generation, with the inscriptions, “E pluribus unum,” “Half Dollar” and “Knowledge is the only guardian of true liberty” in all-caps.

Struck at the Philadelphia Mint, the coins will be available to pre-order on the Mint’s website through Sept. 25, according to the Treasury Department. The currency was expected to begin shipping Dec. 3.

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A 20-coin roll costs $40 and a 100-coin bag, $100, according to the website.

The new currency comes just days after the US Mint rolled out $1 coins featuring President Trump’s face to mark America’s 250th birthday.

One side features a portrait of the commander-in-chief alongside the inscriptions “liberty” and “in God we trust” in all caps, along with “1776 ~ 2026.” The other side features the presidential seal — with an eagle clutching an olive branch and arrows. Its shield bears the number “250” to commemorate the nation’s semiquincentennial. 

Communities across the nation are set to mark the anniversary of the terrorist attacks on Friday.

This week has seen dozens of events across New York City, with the NYPD dedicating a new remembrance wall on Wednesday and the annual remembrance ceremony at Ground Zero set for Friday at 8:45 a.m.

Trump is expected to deliver remarks at the National 9/11 Pentagon Memorial in Arlington, Va.

The Flight 93 National Memorial in in Shanksville, Penn., will also hold its annual ceremony.

A Peruvian woman living in the United States was taken into custody by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement after officials said she falsely represented herself as an American citizen and cast an illegal ballot in Kansas during the 2024 general election, the Department of Homeland Security announced Thursday.

Mariana Alexandra Dewey, a citizen of Peru and lawful permanent resident, was arrested by special agents with Homeland Security Investigations after authorities concluded she unlawfully voted in Sedgwick County in the Nov. 5, 2024, election, according to DHS.

The case comes amid the Trump administration’s broader push to pursue noncitizens accused of voting illegally in U.S. elections.

“This alien violated the sacred right of every American citizen,” DHS Secretary Markwayne Mullin said in a statement released by the department.

“If even one noncitizen votes, that steals the voice of a U.S. citizen,” Mullin continued. “Only American citizens have the right to participate in our political and election processes, and DHS will continue to investigate, seek criminal prosecution and ultimately remove aliens who vote to ensure free, fair and honest elections.”

According to DHS, election records showed Dewey submitted a Kansas voter registration application and cast a provisional ballot after certifying, under penalty of perjury, that she was a U.S. citizen.

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During a subsequent interview with investigators, authorities said Dewey acknowledged she was a lawful permanent resident, not a U.S. citizen, and admitted voting in the 2024 general election. DHS said she later pleaded guilty to disorderly election conduct under Kansas law.

The department said Dewey was taken into ICE custody Sept. 1 after HSI agents located her at a residence in Wichita.

DHS described the arrest as the latest in the administration’s effort to crack down on noncitizens accused of illegally voting in American elections.

The department pointed to several recent cases, including enforcement actions involving noncitizens from Colombia, Slovakia, Australia, Mexico and Mauritania, as well as charges against four noncitizens in New Jersey accused of illegally voting in federal elections or falsely claiming U.S. citizenship.

Denise Richards has been candid about her decision to have a facelift, openly discussing the cosmetic procedure rather than leaving fans to speculate.

That openness made her red carpet appearance alongside her plastic surgeon, Dr. Ben Talei, a fitting moment at the 2026 Daytime Beauty Awards in Los Angeles on Wednesday.

The 55-year-old Wild Things star appeared smooth-faced and radiant as she posed for photographers in a sheer dress detailed with floral embroidery.

Richards first stepped out for solo shots before being joined by Dr. Talei, who complemented the polished red carpet moment in a sharp powder blue suit.

The Beverly Hills-based surgeon performed Richards’ deep-plane facelift, a high-end procedure reported to cost around $200,000.

Richards also got a brow lift, an upper eyelift, a lip lift and fat grafting from her own thighs into her neck and face.

‘Originally I had been thinking about doing just my neck,’ she previously shared on Bunnie Xo’s Dumb Blonde podcast. 

‘And then a friend of mine, she’s very well-known, and she’s not public about hers, and she said to me, “You have to do the whole thing”.’

The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills star had only ever done Botox and fillers before, but she ultimately decided to go all the way with her facial makeover. 

‘The only analogy I could give is like you remodel a house and do one room and the room looks great, but it doesn’t match the rest of the house,’ she explained. 

She then gushed about Dr Talei’s work, calling it ‘impeccable.’

‘He did the neck, the lower face, the upper, the brow lift. The only thing he didn’t do were my lower lids. He did my upper lids.’

She added: ‘It was the best thing I did for myself.’

Richards isn’t the only one in her family going under the knife, with her daughter Sami Sheen getting a nose job in 2024. 

Sheen’s surgery was documented on Bravo’s Denise Richards & Her Wild Things, with Sami seeking out celebrity surgeon Dr Deepak Dugar for one of his famous ‘Scarless Nose’ jobs. 

It’s a closed rhinoplasty that involves making incisions inside of the nose so that none of the cuts are externally visible, and provides more natural results when done correctly.

Open rhinoplasties can sometimes lead to scarring on the underside of the nose, especially on the columella, which is the strip of tissue that separates the nostrils.

A scarless nose job costs roughly between $19,000 and $24,000, and healing can take as little as a week. 

Dr Dugar estimates that the vast majority of celebrities who have had nose jobs have done so with a closed, scarless approach.

‘I’m part of an 80-year legacy practice here in Beverly Hills doing celebrity nose jobs and I can tell you that most celebrity rhinoplasty is closed scarless rhinoplasty because of the discretion,’ he told the Daily Mail back in 2024.

‘They don’t want people to know they had a nose job. There’s still a taboo and a stigma no matter who you are. They want very natural results that look like it could have been what they were born with,’ he continued.

‘The cookie cutter, TikTok, Instagram, Turkish upturned nose job, the “Barbie nose” as they call it, everyone knows you can’t really be born with that.’

Sheen, who now works as an OnlyFans creator, has also had a breast augmentation, fillers and Botox, and has porcelain veneers too. 

Richards is also one of the top creators on OnlyFans, with the actress raking in well over six figures a month on the site. 

Outside of OnlyFans, Richards currently stars on The Bold and the Beautiful.