A federal judge has sentenced a North Carolina musician to 18 months in prison for using AI-generated songs and thousands of automated accounts to produce billions of fake streams and collect more than $8 million in royalties, bringing the first U.S. criminal case over AI-assisted music streaming fraud to sentencing.U.S.... Read More »
Netflix’s attempt to overturn a ruling allowing Fiona Harvey’s $170 million Baby Reindeer defamation lawsuit to move forward has hit a new obstacle after a federal appeals court said it may lack jurisdiction to hear the company’s appeal.The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit issued an order on... Read More »
Angelina Jolie has won a court fight to keep private communications from Brad Pitt in their years-long legal battle over Château Miraval, the French winery they once owned together.Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Ciny Pánuco denied Pitt’s attempt to force Jolie to turn over 22 communications related to the dispute,... Read More »
Sean “Diddy” Combs has been ordered to pay NBCUniversal and other defendants $477,700.50 in legal fees after losing his $100 million defamation lawsuit over the Peacock documentary Diddy: The Making of a Bad Boy.New York Supreme Court Justice Phaedra F. Perry-Bond issued the fee award on October 6, 2026, nearly... Read More »
Dolly Parton’s estate says her nephew Bryan Seaver put up barbed wire, yellow caution tape, and a no-trespassing sign outside his home while process servers were trying to deliver a lawsuit accusing him of using threats and intimidation to extract money from the late singer’s business interests.The allegation appeared in... Read More »
A judge sentenced former “American Idol” contestant and church worship leader Caleb Flynn to life in prison without the possibility of parole on October 5, 2026, days after a jury convicted him of murdering his wife, Ashley Flynn, as she slept in their Tipp City, Ohio, home.Flynn, 40, was convicted... Read More »
FKA Twigs has dismissed her lawsuit against Shia LaBeouf after the actor agreed to void nondisclosure provisions she claimed unlawfully prevented her from speaking about alleged abuse during their former relationship.The singer, whose legal name is Tahliah Barnett, dismissed the case with prejudice on October 6, 2026, in Los Angeles... Read More »
Erica Campbell’s record label has settled its $1 million-plus royalty lawsuit against former distributor SRG/ILS Group just 15 days after accusing the company of failing to provide a single royalty statement across three releases that generated more than 113 million streams.My Block Records Inc. voluntarily dismissed the case October 2,... Read More »
Howard Stern’s former executive assistant is trying to revive her lawsuit against the radio host and his wife after a New York judge dismissed her challenge to disputed confidentiality agreements earlier this year.Leslie Kuhn has appealed the July 29, 2026, ruling that threw out her case against Howard Stern, Beth... Read More »
Paramount has completed its acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery, closing an $81 billion takeover valued at about $111 billion including debt and combining two of Hollywood’s oldest studios with HBO, CNN, CBS, and some of the entertainment industry’s largest franchises.The transaction closed October 6, 2026, after Paramount cleared federal antitrust... Read More »
Disney asked a federal judge Tuesday to block the Federal Communications Commission from conducting an early review of eight ABC television licenses, arguing that the Trump administration is using the agency’s regulatory power to punish the network over programming and editorial decisions it dislikes.The FCC urged U.S. District Judge Loren... Read More »
Interscope Records is facing a lawsuit seeking more than $25 million over the recording rights to Gigi Perez, with an early label partner claiming Universal Music Group improperly redirected the singer’s rights to another UMG label after her career took off.Mogul Vision LLC sued UMG Recordings Inc. on September 30,... Read More »
Olivia Dean’s song “I’ve Seen It” is at the center of a new copyright lawsuit claiming the track copied the distinctive melody of Bill Withers’ Grammy-winning “Just the Two of Us.”Mattie Music Group filed the complaint on October 1, 2026, in federal court in Los Angeles against Capitol Records, Universal... Read More »
Ye is asking a Los Angeles judge to throw out a wrongful termination, discrimination, and harassment lawsuit brought by former Donda Academy worker Murphy Aficionado, arguing he was never a Yeezy employee and cannot produce enough evidence to take his claims to trial.The rapper, formerly known as Kanye West, filed... Read More »
Michele Reiner’s sister Martine Singer has spoken publicly about the killings of Reiner and her husband, director Rob Reiner, as the Los Angeles nonprofit she leads prepares to honor the couple with a new award bearing their names.Children’s Institute will present the inaugural Michele and Rob Reiner Champion for Change... Read More »
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