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Alec Baldwin is holding on to a telling script about his famous brothers Daniel, William, and Stephen.

The foursome have become infamous in Hollywood for their antics both on and off the big screen.

And according to Baldwin’s younger brother, William, the 30 Rock star has already appointed his band of brothers as his supporting cast, while he “saves the day” as the plot’s hero.

William tells New Yorker magazine: “Basically it (the script) was: Daniel’s the outlaw; I’m the riverboat gambler who gets all the s***, the shallow good-looking sap; Stephen’s the village idiot; and he’s the f***ing hero! He’s the one who saves the day at the end, he’s the Clint Eastwood… That’s the movie he wanted to make about his brothers.”

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Alec Baldwin has launched a scathing attack on ex-wife Kim Basinger and accused her of alienating him from their daughter.

The former couple is in the middle of a bitter long-running custody battle over their 12-year-old daughter Ireland – and Baldwin is livid at Basinger for allegedly trying to turn the child against him.

He says, “Think I’m walking stiffly? Yeah, there’s a 120lb actress on my back. Parental alienation is about people who narcissistically project their whole reality on to a child – ‘I don’t need you, so the child doesn’t need you’. The goal of the alienating parent is to kill contiguous time. People need reliability. They need regularity. And I’ve been the victim of a campaign to kill all of that.”

The Hollywood couple divorced after nine years of marriage in 2002.

He adds, “You end up being more an uncle than a father.”

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Alec Baldwin is hauling his ex-wife Kim Basinger back to court in their long-running custody battle over 12-year-old daughter Ireland.

The actor’s lawyers were in court on Tuesday to request a new custody hearing from Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Marjorie S. Steinberg.

Details of the issues Baldwin wants to address are unknown, but a date has been set for August 11th, reports E! online.

The Hollywood couple divorced after nine years of marriage in 2002.

Their custody proceedings were last brought into the spotlight in 2007, when an angry Baldwin left a raging voicemail message for a then 11-year-old Ireland on Basinger’s answering machine. The message, in which he chastises his daughter and calls the 9 & 12 Weeks star “a thoughtless pain in the *ss”, was subsequently leaked online.

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Alec Baldwin has persuaded New York City officials to reconsider placing a ban on New York’s famous horse-drawn carriage trade.

The native New Yorker appeared at a PETA event just last month to campaign against the industry.

He believes the frantic streets of New York are no place for nervous animals to haul around heavy carriages.

City officials have confirmed seven accidents and two traffic-related horse deaths have resulted from the carriage trade in the last three years.

Brooklyn Councilman Tony Avella tells the New York Post: “My first inclination was to try to find a way to do a better job. But I (now see) that… to make a profit, there’s no way for them to treat the horses properly.”

Baldwin joins Pretenders singer Chrissie Hynde and pop star Pink, who have both campaigned for PETA against horse-drawn carriages.

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Alec Baldwin was joking when he encouraged New York tourists to take drugs instead of riding horse carriages.

The actor appeared at a People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) event on Wednesday to highlight cruelty to the animals involved in New York’s famous horse-drawn carriage trade.

Dismissing the notion that the tourist attraction is a tradition, Baldwin described other Manhattan traditions from his youth, including drug dealing in the city’s Union Square.

But PETA boss Michael McGraw insists the actor wasn’t urging visitors to break the law – he merely wanted to show how other New York traditions had died for the good.

McGraw says, “He was obviously joking.”

Baldwin told guests at the bash how he would help fund reforms to the horse-drawn carriage industry, if it meant the animals were better cared for.

He said, “I don’t have a problem with the carriage trade. If they remove all the cars in Manhattan, and build a farm with an acre of land for each horse to graze, I will invest my own money.”

“Passions run high in this issue… It’s loud and vulgar because they know they are wrong.”

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Alec Baldwin has offered to invest his own money to improve the conditions for horses which are used to carry tourists through New York’s Central Park.

The 30 Rock star hosted an event in Manhattan for animal rights group People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) on Wednesday, at which a documentary exposing the horse-drawn carriage trade was screened.

The industry is under fire from local business leaders, politicians and animal rights advocates, who say that the frantic streets of New York are no place for nervous animals to haul around heavy carriages.

Baldwin insists he’s not seeking to ban the trade, and reveals he’s willing to write a cheque if city officials can ensure the money will improve conditions for the creatures.

He tells WENN, “I don’t have a problem with the carriage trade. If they remove all the cars in Manhattan, and build a farm with an acre of land for each horse to graze, I will invest my own money.”

“Passions run high in this issue… It’s loud and vulgar because they know they are wrong.”

Baldwin joins Chrissie Hynde and Pink who have both campaigned for PETA against horse-drawn carriages.

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