A man accused of killing four people at a Montana bar is still on the run. Here’s what we know

A man accused of killing four people at a Montana bar is still on the run. Here's what we know

Parts of a national forest near Anaconda, Montana, were closed late Saturday as authorities expanded their search for the gunman accused of killing four people at a bar on Friday morning. The suspect, identified as Army veteran Michael Paul Brown, was seen on security footage fleeing The Owl Bar, where the fatal shooting occurred, investigators said. He was last seen in the Stump Town area, west of Anaconda, according to TheAssociated Press. Authorities have locked downBarker Lake and the surrounding areainside the Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest as local, state and federal agencies continue their search by land and air, a Montana Department of Justice spokesperson said. On Friday, local law enforcement warned that Brown is "armed and extremely dangerous." "It's okay to go about your business in town but please use caution," Anaconda Deer-Lodge County Chief Bill Sather said in a Saturday update on Facebook, urging residents to call 911 if they see the gunman. Here's what else we know: Details about what led up to the shooting in the usually peaceful backcountry remain unclear. The Montana Division of Criminal Investigation said the shooting took place at the Owl Bar at 10:30 a.m. and the scene is now secure. As of early Sunday, the bar is listed as "temporarily closed" online. Cassandra Dutra, a bartender at the establishment, told CNN she felt extremely overwhelmed and sad by the incident. Brown lived next door to the bar and would come in frequently, she said, but noted "he wasn't a part of the camaraderie" among other customers. Dutra was not working on Friday, but said she lived nearby and heard noises during the shooting. At first, she didn't think anything of it because there was construction outside the bar. When she heard there was a shooting, she did not immediately realize people had been hurt. "I didn't immediately panic because I just know the atmosphere in the Owl … it never occurred to me that anybody was hurt," she said. David Gwerder, the owner of The Owl Bar, toldthe APhe was unaware of any conflicts between Brown and anyone who was in the bar Friday morning. "He knew everybody that was in that bar. I guarantee you that," Gwerder told the AP. "He didn't have any running dispute with any of them. I just think he snapped." Details about what led up to the shooting in the usually peaceful backcountry remain unclear. CNN has reached out to Gwerder for comment. Brown was part of an armored vehicle crew in the US Army from January 2001 to May 2005, and was deployed to Iraq from February 2004 to March 2005, Lt. Col. Ruth Castro, a spokesperson with the US Army, told CNN in an email Saturday. He later joined the Montana National Guard from April 2006 to March 2009 and left military service as a sergeant, Castro said. Brown's niece, Clare Boyle, told CNN her uncle was a veteran who struggled with mental health in the Army, and he wasn't the same after his service. His condition worsened after the passing of his parents, Boyle told CNN. She described him as "very sick" but also recalled some happy moments, such as learning to ride a bike and fishing with him. Boyle expressed remorse and heartbreak for the victims' families, noting that five families were "destroyed" on Friday. The Army declined to release information about Brown's mental health history citing policy and privacy constraints. In addition to Barker Lake in the Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest, where Brown is suspected of having escaped to, authorities are also searching the area around Stumptown Road, north of the lake. Anaconda resident Dan Haffey, who previously served as a fire foreman for the Montana Division of Forestry, told CNN his team would cut trails into the mountain for hikers. "There's a thousand places to hide on that mountain," he said. "I've been on forest fires and in that drainage up there, and they're 5,000 acres … That mountain is gigantic." Resident Randy Clark, who lives near Highway 1 and Stumptown Road told CNN helicopter searches near his home continued until about 11 p.m. on Friday and resumed at 6 a.m. Saturday. He said he heard authorities shouting on Friday, but he couldn't tell if they were yelling at the suspect or communicating with each other. "I heard a bunch of sirens and stuff and saw the state troopers and local police flying down Highway 1, west toward Philipsburg," he said. "(They) stopped directly across from where I live. You could see the blue lights and stuff, everything." A white Ford F-150 truck that Brown drove was found after the shooting on Friday, but he "was not located in or around the vehicle," Montana Division of Criminal Investigation Administrator Lee Johnson said at a news conference. Anaconda Deer-Lodge County Police Chief Bill Sather said Saturday the FBI, the Denver office of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, and the Granite County Sheriff's Office were assisting with the investigation. Johnson said Friday that investigators have identified the four victims of the shooting, though authorities will not release their names until all families are notified. Dutra, the bartender at the Owl Bar, believes every person at the establishment during the shooting was killed, which included a bartender who was the only staff member working, and three customers. CNN's Taylor Romine, Josh Campbell, Taylor Galgano, Danya Gainor contributed to this report. For more CNN news and newsletters create an account atCNN.com

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A man accused of killing four people at a Montana bar is still on the run. Here’s what we know

A man accused of killing four people at a Montana bar is still on the run. Here's what we know Parts of a national forest near Anaconda,...

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Fresh clashes break out in Syria as the interim government struggles to ease tensions

Fresh clashes break out in Syria as the interim government struggles to ease tensions

BEIRUT (AP) — New outbreaks of violence overnight into Sunday rocked Syria at two distinct flashpoints, straining a fragile ceasefire and calling into question the ability of the transitional government to exert its authority across the whole country. In the north, government-affiliated fighters confronted Kurdish-led forces who control much of the region, while in the southern province of Sweida, they clashed with Druze armed groups. The outbreaks come at a time when Syria's interim authorities are trying to maintain a tense ceasefire in Sweida province afterclashes with Druze factionslast month, and to implement an agreement with the U.S.-backed, Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces that would reintegrate large swaths of northeastern Syria with the rest of the country. The Syrian government under interim President Ahmad al-Sharaa has been struggling to consolidate control since he led asurprise insurgency that oustedformer President Bashar Assad in December, ending the Assad family's decades-long autocratic rule. Political opponents and ethnic and religious minorities have been suspicious of Sharaa's de facto Islamist rule and cooperation with affiliated fighters that come from militant groups. State state television said clashes between government forces and militias belonging to the Druze religious minority rocked the southern province of Sweida on Saturday after Druze factions attacked Syrian security forces, killing at least one member. The state-run Alikhbaria channel cited an anonymous security official who said the ceasefire has been broken. The Defense Ministry has not issued any formal statement. Meanwhile, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, a Britain-based war monitor, said in addition to the member of the security forces killed, one Druze was killed and at least nine others were wounded in the clashes that took place in the in the western part of Sweida province. The Observatory said the clashes took place at the strategic Tal al-Hadeed heights that overlook Daraa province next door. Difficult conditions in Sweida State media says that aid convoys continue to enter Sweida city as a part of a tense truce after over a week of violent clashes in July between Druze militias and armed Bedouin clans backed by government forces. However, humanitarian conditions remain dire, and residents of Sweida have called for the road into the city to be fully opened, saying the aid that has come in is not enough. The clashes that displaced tens of thousands of people came after months of tensions between Damascus and Sweida. The fighting led to a series of targeted sectarian attacks against the Druze minority, who are now skeptical of peaceful coexistence. Druze militias retaliated against Bedouin communities who largely lived in western areas of Sweida province, displacing many to neighboring Daraa. Elsewhere, in the northern Aleppo province, government-affiliated fighters clashed with the SDF. The Defense Ministry said three civilians and four soldiers were wounded after the SDF launched a barrage of rockets near the city of Manbij "in an irresponsible way and for unknown reasons." SDF spokesperson Farhad Shami on the other hand said the group was responding to shelling by "undisciplined factions" within government forces on Deir Haffar, an eastern city in the same province. The eastern part of Aleppo province straddles areas controlled by the government and by the SDF. Though the two are slowly trying to implement a ceasefire and agreement that would integrate the areas under Damascus, tensions remain. "The Ministry of Defense's attempts to distort facts and mislead public opinion do not contribute to security or stability," Shami said in a post on X, formerly Twitter. Israeli forces carry out raids bordering annexed Golan Heights In Quneitra province, in the south, the Israeli military announced it conducted another ground operation in the area that borders the Israeli-annexed Golan Heights. It said its troops questioned several suspects they accuse of involvement in weapons trafficking in the village of Hader, and raided four areas where they found weapons being trafficked. Since Assad's ouster, Israel has conducted numerous strikes and military operations in southern Syria, saying its forces are taking out militant groups that they suspect could harm Israelis and residents in the Golan Heights. Damascus has been critical of Israel's military activity, and the two sides have been trying to reach a security arrangement through U.S.-mediated talks. Syria has repeatedly said it does not intend to take military action against Israel. Those talks intensified after Israel backed the Druze in Sweida during the earlier clashes. Israel struck military personnel near the southern city and most notably launched an airstrike targeting the Defense Ministry headquarters in the heart of Damascus.

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Fresh clashes break out in Syria as the interim government struggles to ease tensions

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New details highlight harrowing minutes inside Manhattan office building as mass shooting unfolded

New details highlight harrowing minutes inside Manhattan office building as mass shooting unfolded

EDITOR'S NOTE:This story contains graphic descriptions of violence. During evening rush hour in New York City on Monday, a man calmly walked into a Park Avenue office building lobby and killed a police officer, then opened fire on other innocent strangers. Within a minute, the gunman had disappeared into a labyrinth of elevator banks and hallways, armed and loose somewhere in the 44-story building. The day's violence would become the deadliest mass shooting in New York City since 2000. The gunman shot and killed four people and wounded another, before killing himself, police said. From the moment the first panicked 911 calls were received, the New York Police Department unleashed a torrent of cops, specially trained units, heavy weapons, sophisticated technology and a swift information exchange among its 32,000 police officers and law enforcement partners across the country. As calls flooded in, the NYPD's electronic log system captured the horror happening in real time inside the Park Avenue skyscraper. The shorthand notes, obtained by CNN, show the desperation of frightened callers as operators attempted to piece together what was happening. "INVESTIGATE/POSSIBLE CRIME: SHOTS FIRED/INSIDE\ACTIVE_SHOOTER," read one note. "ACTIVE SHOOTER IN THE BUILDING AND LOCKED SELF IN ROOM," the log notes a female caller reported. Additional calls are logged: "7-8 SHOTS HEARD," "LOCATION IS NFL HEADQUARTERS," "SHOOTER IN BUILDING." Another female caller reported her husband telling her he's in a locked room, according to the log. From precinct officers to specialized commands, swarms of law enforcement teams raced to the scene. The NYPD's Emergency Service Unit, which operates as a SWAT team, entered the building and began a systematic search for the gunman, who was somewhere inside. At the same time, officers from the Strategic Response Command, providing an additional long-weapons team, set up a perimeter and established a safe corridor known as a "warm zone" to get medical personnel in and wounded victims out while the search for the gunman continued, law enforcement officials said. While those teams secured the area outside, detectives made their way into the skyscraper and examined surveillance video in the building's control center. They took a screengrab of the gunman, and using technology developed by NYPD Commissioner Jessica Tisch, blasted the image to NYPD officers' department-issued phones. Within minutes, every officer searching the building or holding the outside perimeter had a picture of a man taking large strides and carrying an assault rifle, the officials said. The gunman was identified after responding teams found his body on the building's 33rdfloor: 27-year-old Shane Devon Tamura of Las Vegas, Nevada. New details from law enforcement sources shed light on Tamura's travel to New York City, the gunman's movements inside the building and the police investigation. Here's what we've learned about the shooting at 345 Park Avenue: Officers found Tamura's black Series 3 BMW double-parked in front of the Park Avenue building, and then used his name, vehicle registration and a disjointed suicide note found in his back pocket to pull together a timeline of Tamura's path to the carnage. On Saturday, July 26, two days before the shooting, a license plate reader in Loma, Colorado, recorded Tamura's car with Nevada license plates passing through at 1:06 p.m., according to a law enforcement official. On Sunday, Tamura did not show up for his surveillance job as part of the security team at the Horseshoe Casino in Las Vegas. He was miles away. Tamura's black BMW was spotted driving eastbound on Interstate 80 by a license plate reader (LPR) owned by the Nebraska State Patrol. Later, an LPR operated by the Scott County Sheriff's Office recorded the car on I-80 near Wolcott, Indiana. At 4:24 p.m. Monday, a camera attached to the New Jersey State Police's real-time crime center took a picture of his BMW, this time along I-80 in Columbia, New Jersey, nearly two hours before the rampage would begin. Two senior law enforcement officials who reviewed video from the Midtown Manhattan office building provided the following account of the gunman's movements on Monday: At 6:26 p.m., Tamura double-parked outside 345 Park Avenue. He got out of the car carrying the M4 semi-automatic rifle, crossed the sidewalk and then the broad plaza leading to the office building's entrance. One minute later, Tamura entered the building. Inside, Tamura turned to his right to face uniformed NYPD officerDidarul Islamand shot him, killing the 36-year-old father of two who was expecting his third child. As Islam fell, Craig Clementi, who works in the NFL's finance department, was also shot. Clementi called his coworkers to warn them that a gunman was in the lobby firing shots, and then called 911, according to one of the senior officials. Wesley LePatner, a 43-year-old Blackstone executive, was shot as she moved toward a pillar in the lobby, police said. LePatner died from her wounds. Tamura then shot Aland Etienne, a 46-year-old security guard. Wounded, Etienne crawled toward the console behind the security desk and collapsed. Tamura went to an elevator bank on the opposite side of the lobby to the elevators that go up to the NFL offices. Officials have said investigators believe Tamura was headed for the NFL offices at the time of the shooting, buttook the wrong elevator. He ignored a woman exiting an elevator car, entered it and then pressed 33, the lowest available on its panel, according to one of the senior law enforcement officials. Once on the 33rd floor, Tamura faced glass walls with locked doors on either end of the hallway. These were the offices of Rudin Management, the company that runs the building. Tamura tried opening the doors, then opened fire on the glass and kicked through it to enter the floor, officials said. By then, it was likely he realized he wasn't at the NFL offices, according to the officials. Tamura saw an office cleaner,Sebije Nelovic,and opened fire but missed her, she said in a statement released by her union. Nelovic said she ran down the hallway and locked herself in a closet. She heard screams and more gunfire, she said, describing the gunman at one point shooting the door she was hiding behind. As shots rang out, frantic employees called 911 and barricaded themselves in offices and conference rooms. Their desperate calls reported how many shots they had heard, where they were hiding and where they believed the gunman was moving, according to a radio call log reviewed by CNN. Over the years, Rudin Management conducted active shooter drills and training for its employees. Their offices on the 33rd floor have bathrooms designed as safe rooms, in the event of an incident just like the one that unfolded Monday, the officials said. The rooms are outfitted with bullet-proof doors that lock with bolts from the inside, and their walls are lined with Kevlar. Each bathroom is equipped with a video feed showing the hallway outside and a dedicated telephone line. Julia Hyman, a 27-year-old Rudin Management employee who was working late, was in one of those very bathrooms designed as a safe room. It is not clear whether she had heard the shots or understood what was unfolding outside. She stepped outside the bathroom, and walked three or four steps, apparently unaware that the gunman was behind her. He fired, striking her in the back. Wounded, Hyman stumbled to her desk and died from her wounds, according to one of the officials who reviewed the video. By this time, it appeared Tamura realized there were no more accessible targets in the office, and, with police swarming the building, it was not likely he was going to find his way to the NFL, the official said. A few seconds after shooting Hyman, video is said to show Tamura stood next to a desk, held out his arms to aim the rifle at his own chest and used his thumb to pull the trigger, firing a single round, the official said. His body dropped to the floor, his rifle falling next to him. Tamura had fired most of two 30-round magazines of .223 ammunition in a matter of minutes, the official said. Throughout the night and into the morning, police collected evidence from where the victims lay and from the areas where shots were fired. In the building lobby, 23 shell casings and more than a dozen ricocheted bullet fragments were recovered, according to an NYPD official. In the 33rd floor offices of Rudin Management, investigators from the NYPD's Crime Scene Unit found another 24 shell casings from Tamura's M4 rifle, as well as 15 bullet fragments, the NYPD official said. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives agents on the scene received the rifle's serial number, and within minutes detectives learned the rifle had been purchased on August 29, 2024, by a Las Vegas man identified as "Rick," a coworker of Tamura's at the Horseshoe Casino, according to documents reviewed by CNN. "Rick" has not responded to CNN's requests for comment. The NYPD Intelligence Bureau's SENTRY unit, which maintains a national network of law-enforcement contacts, then reached out to Las Vegas Sheriff Kevin McMahill, who sent detectives to interview "Rick." "Rick" had also sold Tamura the black BMW he drove across the country, according to Nevada DMV records. Other Las Vegas sheriff's deputies were dispatched to Tamura's apartment to seal it while awaiting a search warrant. Another team went to interview Tamura's parents, who lived nearby. The Las Vegas Metro Police Crime Stoppers hotline received a call at 8:25 p.m. the night of the shooting. A licensed gun dealer had seen the picture of Tamura and remembered his face. In June, he had sold him a modified trigger for an M4 rifle. Tamura had also told the dealer that he planned to buy 500 rounds of .223 ammunition for the assault rifle, a law enforcement official told CNN. Back in New York, Tamura's BMW was cleared by the bomb squad. Detectives recovered 827 rounds for a stainless steel .357 magnum Colt Python revolver. According to the same official, the gun was fully loaded with another six rounds in the cylinder. For more CNN news and newsletters create an account atCNN.com

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Drew Scott Recalls the Hilarious Word Daughter Piper Learned to Say Before ‘Dada’ (Exclusive)

Drew Scott Recalls the Hilarious Word Daughter Piper Learned to Say Before 'Dada' (Exclusive)

Jesse Grant/Getty Drew Scott says his 14-month-old daughter, Piper, learned to say "hippo" before she said "Dada" He explains to PEOPLE that Piper's favorite stuffed animal is a hippo, and that it was her second word after "Mama" The HGTV star shares the hilarious story while exclusively chatting with PEOPLE alongside his twin brother, Jonathan, about their new showChasing the West Drew Scottrevealed the hilarious word his daughter said before "Dada." PEOPLE recently caught up with Drew and his twin brother,Jonathan, 47, about their new HGTV seriesChasing the West.During the conversation, Drew shares that his 14-month-old daughter, Piper — whom he shares with wife,Linda Phan— learned the word "hippo" well before she was calling him Dad. "'Mama' was her first word, and she would say it all the time," Drew recalls. "And then months are going by. I'm like, 'Come on. 'Dada, dada, dada, dada.' Her second word — 'Hippo.' Her stuffy is a hippo. Her second word was 'hippo.' I'm like, 'You can't even say Dada before Hippo?' " "Now she's saying 'Dada,' so I'm happy," he adds. https://people-app.onelink.me/HNIa/kz7l4cuf Drew and Phan, 40, are also parents to Parker, 3. Theyannounced Piper's birthin a June 2024Instagrampost. "Our family of 3 has become 4! Piper Rae, I love you with all my heart," Drew captioned the post. View this post on Instagram A post shared by Drew Scott (@mrdrewscott) In a November 2024 appearance onThe Jennifer Hudson Show,Drew and Jonathan joked that the then 5-month-old Piper initially couldn't tell them apart. "Piper is now starting to recognize it's not me," Drew said about the time she spends with his brother. The PEOPLE Puzzler crossword is here! How quickly can you solve it? Play now! Jonathan agreed, adding, "Now Piper has officially started to recognize me because, for the first several months, she was confused as to why Daddy shaved." Gilbert Flores/Variety via Getty "And got older looking and more wrinkled and more gray," Drew chimed in jokingly. In their latest interview with PEOPLE, theProperty Brothersstars also share that they recently got some family time in Scotland. "We took our dad back to his hometown, and then westayed in a castle, and then we went to Munich and Italy and Zurich. So it was fun to travel and get the kids used at a young age to traveling abroad," Drew says. "Our dad's 91, so if we go, it's nice to take him, too, because he can go back and see his brother and family. So we did a big family reunion there. We had 60 people together and it was a lot of fun," he adds. Dia Dipasupil/Getty The brothers — who grew up on a 160-acre ranch at the foothills of the Rocky Mountains in Alberta, Canada — also open up about their new series, which follows the expert builders and real estate pros as they help families looking to trade their busy lives in the city for a slower lifestyle out in the country. "It was sort of bittersweet because we could share what we loved aboutgrowing up on a ranchwith all of these families," Jonathan says. "On the flip side, I miss it. It was so fun to be in the mountains." "It was like a blast to the past for us. It was nostalgic," Drew says of filming the series. "We were riding horses every other day, and I haven't ridden in years, so I was sore." Never miss a story — sign up forPEOPLE's free daily newsletterto stay up-to-date on the best of what PEOPLE has to offer​​, from celebrity news to compelling human interest stories. Chasing the Westpremiered on HGTV on July 30. Read the original article onPeople

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Drew Scott Recalls the Hilarious Word Daughter Piper Learned to Say Before ‘Dada’ (Exclusive)

Drew Scott Recalls the Hilarious Word Daughter Piper Learned to Say Before 'Dada' (Exclusive) Jesse Grant/Getty Drew Scott says his ...

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Quentin Tarantino Shares Michael Madsen ‘Reservoir Dogs’ Story During Private Memorial: ‘I’m On Your Side, Buddy’

Quentin Tarantino Shares Michael Madsen 'Reservoir Dogs' Story During Private Memorial: 'I'm On Your Side, Buddy'

Quentin Tarantino is remembering Michael Madsen, whodied on July 3in his Malibu home. He was 67. According toTMZ, Tarantino held a closed memorial for Madsen on Friday at his Vista Theatre, during which he recalled a needed moment of support from his frequent collaborator while filming "Reservoir Dogs." More from Variety Everything We Know About David Fincher's 'The Adventures of Cliff Booth' Michael Madsen Delivers One of His Final Performances in 'Concessions' Clip (EXCLUSIVE) Stormzy, Michael Madsen, Viola Davis, Stephen Fry, Idris Elba Set for HollyShorts Film Festival's 21st Edition (EXCLUSIVE) "It was the last hour of the last day of the first week of shooting. So, I had never directed a movie before," Tarantino said on stage. "And Lawrence Tierney was a fucking nightmare. He was completely insane. He was so crazy, and I'd never directed before, so I'm dealing with a crazy man Monday through Saturday." He continued, "All the other actors and the crew can't stand him. And all of a sudden, he yells at me or something, does something disrespectful. The other times, he was being disrespectful, but he didn't quite mean it. This time, he meant it." Tarantino went on to act out his expletive-laden response, which ended in him firing Tierney in front of the entire cast and crew, who broke into "applause" at his termination. Although his team was excited, Tarantino thought his career was over after firing the actor. "I just spent a week shooting this fucking guy, now I just fired him," Tarantino recalled. "Live Entertainment is gonna fucking fire me. That's it for my career. It was nice while it lasted. But I had to do it, I had to stand up for myself." That night, Tarantino got a voicemail from Madsen, who backed up his decision to get rid of Tierney. Doing his best Madsen impression, Tarantino recalled the message: "'Yeah, Quentin, it's Michael. Just calling to say that I really respected what you did tonight. It was important, and needed to be done. He was busting your balls and you had to do it. And I want you to know that I respect it, as a director, I respect it as a captain, and I respect it as a man. So, I'm on your side, buddy. Thanks.'" With an acting career spanning over 40 years, Madsen was best known for his collaborations with Tarantino. The director cast Madsen as a psychotic thief in "Reservoir Dogs" and a hitman in "Kill Bill: Vols. 1 & 2." He also appeared in Tarantino's "The Hateful Eight" and "Once Upon a Time… in Hollywood." According to Madsen's rep, he was found unresponsive on July 3 and said the cause of death appeared to be a cardiac arrest. "In the last two years Michael Madsen has been doing some incredible work with independent film including upcoming feature films' Resurrection Road', 'Concessions' and 'Cookbook for Southern Housewives,' and was really looking forward to this next chapter in his life," his rep said in a statement. "Michael was also preparing to release a new book called 'Tears For My Father: Outlaw Thoughts and Poems' currently being edited," Madsen's managers, Susan Ferris and Ron Smith, and publicist Liz Rodriguez said in a joint statement. "Michael Madsen was one of Hollywood's most iconic actors, who will be missed by many." Madsen's acting career also spans television, with appearances in "Miami Vice," "Quantum Leap," "The Hitchhiker," "Vengeance Unlimited" and dozens more. In addition to film and TV, Madsen voiced characters in video games such as "Grand Theft Auto III," the "Dishonored" series and "Crime Boss: Rockay City." Over the past two decades, his recent work has featured his appearances in dozens of low-budget films, as well as publishing poetry and photography. Best of Variety New Movies Out Now in Theaters: What to See This Week What's Coming to Disney+ in August 2025 What's Coming to Netflix in August 2025 Sign up forVariety's Newsletter. For the latest news, follow us onFacebook,Twitter, andInstagram.

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Quentin Tarantino Shares Michael Madsen ‘Reservoir Dogs’ Story During Private Memorial: ‘I’m On Your Side, Buddy’

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Prince Looked at Spike Lee Like He ‘Had 5 Heads’ After This Request

Prince Looked at Spike Lee Like He 'Had 5 Heads' After This Request

Prince Looked at Spike Lee Like He 'Had 5 Heads' After This Requestoriginally appeared onParade. Spike Leeonce asked Prince for a unique request, and although the late musician looked at the director as if he "had five heads," he honored the big ask. During a Thursday, July 31, appearance onThe Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon,the late-night TV host asked Spike, 68, if certain stories about him were true. Jimmy pulled out a photo of Spike and Prince sitting courtside at Madison Square Garden during the 1998 NBA All-Star Game as they engaged in a deep conversation. "And is it true you asked him for a guitar at this game?" Jimmy, 50,askedthe Oscar-winning director. Spike confirmed that he did ask Prince for a personal instrument, but "not at that game." "But he looked at me like he had five heads," Spike said. "And a year later, a big ass guitar case shows up," theHighest 2 Lowestdirector revealed. "A year later!" Before going on to the next topic, Spike expressed how deeply he misses the legendary artist, with whom he had been friends after collaborating throughout their respective careers. In 1991, the "Lover" singer reached out to Spike in hopes of hiring him to direct the music video for "Money Don't Matter 2 Night." The song was released when Prince was a part of the band New Power Generation. "If he didn't have the belief in my ability, he would've never called me out of the blue, so that wasn't a problem," Spike toldOkayPlayerin 2016. "There was no problems. In fact, he didn't need to give me notes, you know? He said 'love it,' and they just put it out." In 1996, Prince lent his track list to Spike for the filmGirl 6. Prince died on April 21, 2016, after an accidental fentanyl overdose. Since then, Spike has honored his late friend and music icon in his films, includingBlacKkKlansman. 🎬SIGN UP for Parade's Daily newsletter to get the latest pop culture news & celebrity interviews delivered right to your inbox🎬 Prince Looked at Spike Lee Like He 'Had 5 Heads' After This Requestfirst appeared on Parade on Aug 2, 2025 This story was originally reported byParadeon Aug 2, 2025, where it first appeared.

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Larry Summers says Trump's accusations of manipulated jobs numbers are ‘preposterous’

Larry Summers says Trump's accusations of manipulated jobs numbers are 'preposterous'

Former Treasury Secretary Larry Summers called President Donald Trump's accusation without providing evidence that the top Bureau of Labor Statistics official manipulated jobs report numbers "a preposterous charge" on Sunday. Speaking with "This Week" anchor George Stephanopoulos, Summers said that one official would not be able to change the numbers. "These numbers are put together by teams of literally hundreds of people following detailed procedures that are in manuals. There's no conceivable way that the head of the BLS could have manipulated this number," Summers said. MORE: Trump fires BLS commissioner after weak jobs report and baseless claim of 'faked' stats He added, "The numbers are in line with what we're seeing from all kinds of private sector sources. This is the stuff of democracies giving way to authoritarianism. It — firing statisticians goes with threatening the heads of newspapers. It goes with launching assaults on universities. It goes with launching assaults on law firms that defend clients that the elected boss finds uncongenial. This is really scary stuff." Trump blasted Erika McEntarfer, the now-former commissioner of Labor Statistics, after the release of some disappointing jobs numbers on Friday and the revision downward of previous months' reports andsaid he had fired herfor manipulating the figures for political purposes, but provided no evidence to support his claim. "This is the same Bureau of Labor Statistics that overstated the Jobs Growth in March 2024 by approximately 818,000 and, then again, right before the 2024 Presidential Election, in August and September, by 112,000. These were Records -- No one can be that wrong? We need accurate Jobs Numbers," Trump posted to his social media platform. Stephanopoulos asked Summers, "I guess this firing of the BLS commissioner goes in the category of shocking but not surprising?" "This is way beyond anything Richard Nixon ever did," Summers said of Trump's firing McEntarfer. "I'm surprised that other officials have not responded by resigning themselves, as took place when Richard Nixon fired people lawlessly." MORE: Trump's long history of bashing jobs report numbers dates back to 2016: ANALYSIS Here are more highlights from Summers' interview Stephanopoulos:Adding to that uncertainty is the president's campaign against Jerome Powell, the head of the Federal Reserve, saying he's been a 'moron,' I think was the word the president used for not lowering interest rates so far. What's the impact of that? Summers:Look, I think that this kind of political Fed-bashing is a fool's game. The Fed doesn't listen. So, short-term interest rates aren't going to be different because of it. The market does listen. So, longer-term interest rates are going to be higher, which is going to make it more expensive to buy a house. This is hurting the economy, not helping. I think the president understands that. And what the president is doing is recognizing that for all kinds of reasons, of which his policies are very important ones, the economy's got a lot of risk, and he's looking to set up a scapegoat if the economy performs badly. That's what this attacking Chairman Powell is really about. It's not really about trying to change policy. There's no chance that that's going to happen to any substantial degree. Stephanopoulos:The jobs report on Friday probably does increase the chances that the Fed will cut interest rates in -- in September. What's your take on what that report told us? Summers:I think it told us that the economy is closer to stall speed than we thought that it was. The July number was weak. The big deal is the downwards revision for the two months before that. And that means there's a real possibility that we're in a stall speed kind of economy, which means we could tip over into recession. That wouldn't be my prediction right now, but the risk is greater certainly than it was before. And it's a risk we don't need to be taking, but it's a risk that's made more serious by these tariffs. What your viewers should understand is that these tariffs are not job creators. When you raise tariffs on steel, for example -- yeah, there's some people who work in the steel industry, but there are 50 times as many who work in industries like the automobile industry who are now going to be much less competitive when they try to compete all over the world. So, this is a immense gift that we are giving to our country's adversaries. By alienating our allies like Canada, like Europe, we are making it much easier for China to grow and flourish in the global economy. And I just don't understand why we would want to do that, especially when what we're getting out of it is an increase of more than $2,000 in the bills that typical middle-class families are going to have to pay. Stephanopoulos:You know, the markets have been pretty complacent about the tariffs so far. Are we seeing their impact in this underlying jobs report? Summers:I think that that is an element in it. I think both the direct effects of the tariffs, but probably more importantly, this sense of uncertainty that anything could happen, and who knows what business is going to be attacked next? Who knows what the rules are going to be? In an environment like that, what should a business do? It should sit and it should wait. Wait in terms of hiring people, wait in terms of new factory construction. What's keeping the economy going in significant part is not anything actually that's coming out of the president's policies.

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August 03, 2025

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