Authorities discovered human remains in a desert area roughly 15 miles from Nancy Guthrie's home on Monday, but investigators say there is currently no evidence connecting the discovery to her kidnapping case. The Pima County Sheriff's Department said the remains appeared to have been at the location for an extended... Read More »
Hollywood and TikTok parent company ByteDance have reached an agreement aimed at strengthening copyright protections across the company’s generative AI products, following months of tension over the use of film and television intellectual property. The Motion Picture Association and ByteDance announced Monday that they have signed a memorandum of understanding... Read More »
The murder trial of Duane “Keffe D” Davis began Monday in Las Vegas, nearly 30 years after Tupac Shakur was killed in a drive-by shooting that became one of the most notorious unsolved cases in music history. In opening statements, prosecutors told jurors that Davis helped orchestrate the September 1996... Read More »
A California proposal aimed at limiting how much concert tickets can be marked up on the secondary market has failed to advance, delivering a setback to efforts to curb ticket scalping in one of the country’s largest live entertainment markets.Assembly Bill 1720, known as the California Fans First Act, was... Read More »
A North Carolina man has been arrested on charges connected to an incident at a Morgan Wallen concert in Maryland last month, where he is accused of urinating on multiple fans seated near him, including a young child.Jayson Reed now faces four counts of second-degree assault, along with public urination... Read More »
Selena Gomez is pushing back against allegations that she defrauded investors in Wondermind, with her attorney saying the singer plans to ask a federal court to dismiss the claims against her.Attorney Mathew S. Rosengart said Saturday that allegations Gomez participated in fraud or other wrongdoing are “completely meritless, both factually... Read More »
A federal judge in Los Angeles is taking another look at a major copyright ruling that could have broad implications for reggaeton, after attorneys for Bad Bunny, Drake and other prominent artists challenged a decision that could send claims involving roughly 1,800 songs to a jury.During a hearing Friday, U.S.... Read More »
A federal judge has ruled that prosecutors can use rapper Lil Durk's music video and lyrics for his single "Pissed Me Off" as evidence in his upcoming murder-for-hire trial, handing the government a key pretrial victory just days before jury selection begins in Los Angeles.U.S. District Judge Michael Fitzgerald issued... Read More »
A federal court battle over the rights to the Isley Brothers name has ended in a settlement, closing a dispute that began before Rudolph Isley's death and continued for nearly three and a half years.Attorneys for Ronald Isley and the estate of his late brother Rudolph filed a joint stipulation... Read More »
Latin music star Romeo Santos has filed a lawsuit against his former accounting and business management firm, accusing the company of financial errors and mismanagement that he says cost him more than $2 million.The Grammy-nominated bachata singer filed the complaint in federal court in Miami against Morrison Brown Argiz &... Read More »
Live Nation has settled a lawsuit brought by a concertgoer who claimed he suffered a traumatic brain injury during a fight at a Luke Bryan show, ending a case that had been headed for trial after a judge refused to dismiss the negligence claim.Gary Stanhope sued Live Nation in 2024... Read More »
Australian pop star Guy Sebastian has brought an end to his long-running Federal Court dispute with former manager Titus Day, closing a legal saga that stretched across nearly a decade and encompassed a criminal conviction, an appeal, a retrial and years of financial acrimony.In a statement released Wednesday, Day conceded... Read More »
Selena Gomez, her mother Mandy Teefey and businesswoman Daniella Pierson have been sued by investors who allege they were misled into putting nearly $1.2 million into Wondermind, the mental health company the three women co-founded, while financial and leadership problems were developing behind the scenes.The federal complaint, filed Wednesday in... Read More »
Four adult siblings who accuse Michael Jackson of sexually abusing them when they were children have lost their bid to pursue the allegations in a public trial and must instead take their claims to private arbitration.U.S. District Judge Hernán D. Vera sided with companies associated with Jackson's estate in a... Read More »
Sean Combs has filed counterclaims against Rodney "Lil Rod" Jones, the former producer who has accused him of sexual abuse and harassment, alleging that Jones stole personal documentary footage and later provided or sold it for use in a Netflix docuseries produced by Curtis "50 Cent" Jackson. The filing also... Read More »
