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(Updated with CAA statement) Julia Ormond's lawsuit against Disney, CAA and Miramax over an alleged 1995 sexual assault by the now-incarcerated Harvey Weinstein will be going forward. "Upon the foregoing documents, and oral argument having been held before the court on May 20, 2024, it is ordered…

As a widower takes Disney to court over his wife’s death at Walt Disney World and Resorts, the company is using its Disney+ streaming terms to attempt blocking the lawsuit. In a recent filing, Disney’s attorneys requested Jeffrey Piccolo’s $50,000 case be dismissed and settled out of court after…

After a judge halted the foreclosure sale of Elvis Presley‘s Memphis home, Graceland, a Missouri woman has been charged in the alleged scheme to steal the property from the Presley family. Lisa Jeanine Findley (aka Lisa Holden, Lisa Howell, Gregory Naussany, Kurt Naussany, Lisa Jeanine Sullins and…

A federal judge in New York has granted Fubo’s request for Venu Sports, a planned sports bundle of Disney, Fox Corp. and Warner Bros. Discovery channels, be blocked on antitrust grounds. Fubo filed a lawsuit in February, blasting Venu as a product of a monopolistic “cartel” intent on crushing any…

Jack Russell, lead vocalist for 1980s hair metal group Great White, died Thursday from multiple system atrophy and Lewy body dementia, Rolling Stone reported. He was 63. Russell announced his retirement from touring last month after his diagnosis. "I am unable to perform at the level I desire…

UPDATED with arraignment details: Five defendants have been charged in connection with the ketamine-related death of actor Matthew Perry, U.S. Attorney Martin Estrada announced Thursday during a news conference in Los Angeles. The five include a live-in assistant, two doctors and a woman known as the…

A U.S. District Court judge has rejected an attempt by CBS Studio to dismiss a lawsuit filed by a former member of the SEAL Team writing staff who alleged he was denied employment and job opportunities in favor of less qualified applicants in “favored” groups, i.e., nonwhite, LGBTQ and female. In a ru…

Former President Donald Trump is asking the judge in his hush money trial to postpone sentencing until after the 2024 election. Trump’s lawyers argued in a letter to Judge Juan Merchan that postponing Trump’s sentencing “prospectively mitigate the asserted conflicts and appearances of impropriety…

A New York State Supreme Court judge set a November 8 auction date for properties owned by Charles Cohen's Cohen Realty Enterprises, including the U.S. Landmark and UK Curzon arthouse cinema chains he acquired in 2018 and 2019. Fortress Credit Corp. sued Cohen earlier this year for defaulting on a…

More than 100 noise complaints from last weekend’s HARD Summer festival outside SoFi Stadium in Inglewood has resulted in a ban on future music events at the venue’s elevated American Airlines Plaza. Inglewood Mayor James Butts said in a statement that the elevated stage in the plaza was determined…

A lawsuit over the rights to the intellectual property of the 1985 horror-comedy The Return of the Living Dead has been filed today in Los Angeles Superior Court. Living Dead Media LLC is the plaintiff, and claims it owns the copyright in the original screenplay and the underlying script for the…

The embattled MrBeast’s company is investigating the internal culture in his YouTube empire, as well as "allegations of inappropriate behavior by people in the company,” according to a memo obtained by The Associated Press. The memo reveals MrBeast (real name Jimmy Donaldson) has hired law firm Quinn…