The Hollywood Foreign Press Association filed a federal antitrust lawsuit against Penske Media on Tuesday, accusing the media conglomerate of orchestrating a fraudulent scheme to seize control of the Golden Globe Awards as part of a broader effort to dominate Hollywood's awards and advertising ecosystem. The suit, filed in California... Read More »
Olga Solovey, the mother of cinematographer Halyna Hutchins, has died at the age of 67. Hutchins was fatally shot on the set of the Western film "Rust" in October 2021, a death that set off years of criminal and civil litigation still working its way through the courts.Solovey's death was... Read More »
A Houston nightclub security guard has filed a civil lawsuit against rapper Boosie Badazz, accusing him of smashing a glass hookah over his head during a violent, unprovoked attack that left him bleeding and requiring emergency medical treatment. The suit, filed last Thursday in Harris County against both the rapper,... Read More »
A sports memorabilia seller has filed a federal antitrust lawsuit accusing TikTok, Fanatics and NFL entities of combining their control over online marketplace access and licensed football products to restrict independent sellers and steer more business toward Fanatics.David Allan Skalsky and QCBRIPNSHIP LLC, which operated the memorabilia business Quad City... Read More »
Ariana Grande has filed suit against a group of unidentified hackers she accuses of repeatedly breaking into her inner circle's devices and accounts to steal and leak unreleased music, private photographs, and video footage over more than a decade. The complaint, filed Monday in Los Angeles County Superior Court, describes... Read More »
A Los Angeles judge has ruled that the case against musician D4vd will proceed to trial, finding sufficient evidence to support charges that the singer killed and dismembered 14-year-old Celeste Rivas Hernandez. Judge Charlaine F. Olmedo issued the decision Monday after determining prosecutors had cleared the "probable cause" threshold required... Read More »
Rivian is asking the U.S. Court of International Trade to order the federal government to refund tariffs the electric vehicle maker paid under President Donald Trump’s emergency trade program, months after the Supreme Court ruled that the law used to impose those duties did not give the president tariff authority.Rivian... Read More »
A Georgia-based ticket brokerage has agreed to settle with the Federal Trade Commission over allegations it used overseas workers and disguised digital identities to scoop up more than 100,000 concert tickets for artists including Tate McRae, Megan Moroney, Benson Boone and Metallica, then resold them at inflated prices.The FTC announced... Read More »
Rapper French Montana has put an end to a lawsuit accusing him of pocketing a Richard Mille watch worth more than $1 million and never giving it back, according to a court filing submitted Monday.The case, filed last October by Swiss businessmen Justo Obiang and Samir Gato, centered on a... Read More »
A New York judge has ordered Justin Baldoni's production company, Wayfarer Studios, to pay The New York Times more than $171,000 in damages, closing out a legal fight that began after the newspaper published a bombshell investigation into sexual harassment allegations tied to the film "It Ends With Us." The... Read More »
The former housekeeper who won a $13 million jury verdict against Chris Brown over a brutal dog attack says the singer has yet to pay her a dime, and she's now asking a court to let her collect from the earnings of his ongoing stadium tour with Usher.A Los Angeles-area... Read More »
Bryan Kohberger has asked an Idaho court to undo the guilty plea that sent him to prison for the 2022 murders of four University of Idaho students, claiming nearly a year after admitting to the killings that his plea was based on false promises and incorrect information.Kohberger filed a petition... Read More »
Paramount Skydance chief executive David Ellison sent staff a memo Monday morning aiming to reassure employees that the company's $111 billion acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery remains on track, even as the deal faces a fresh legal roadblock that could push its closing into 2027.The message, sent around 10 a.m.... Read More »
Netflix is facing the threat of a defamation lawsuit from prediction market platform Kalshi, which claims a trailer for an upcoming documentary about betting markets falsely implies the company violated a court order barring it from offering sports wagering contracts in Nevada.Kalshi's attorneys sent Netflix a cease-and-desist letter demanding the... Read More »
A federal judge in Chicago has dismissed a shareholder lawsuit accusing Abbott Laboratories of misleading investors about problems at the company's infant formula plant before and after a major 2022 recall, finding that the allegations did not adequately show the fraudulent intent required under federal securities law.U.S. District Judge Steven... Read More »
