(UPDATED WITH STATEMENT FROM MEGHAN MARKLE’S LAWYERS) While a London judge today dismissed a chunk of a lawsuit brought by Meghan Markle, the Duchess of Sussex, against the UK tabloid Mail on Sunday for publishing excepts of a letter to her father, the former Suits star vows to “move forward.”
“The Duchess’ rights…
Hollywood's Big 3 talent agencies estimate that it will cost them more than $10 million to produce all the documents the WGA is seeking in discovery as their yearlong legal battle over packaging fees winds its way slowly towards trial next March. The WGA, however, says the discovery costs to the agencies will be much…
“We look forward to proceeding with discovery and then to trial,” the WGA told its members today of its yearlong legal battle with the Big 3 talent agencies. That’s despite a stinging, but not total, loss in court Monday, when a federal judge dismissed a large chunk of the guild's antitrust lawsuit against WME, CAA…
UPDATED with WGA statement, 8:56: Saying the WGA’s claims were “gutted,” Hollywood’s Big 3 talent agencies declared “a resounding victory” in a statement reacting to a federal judge dismissing huge chunks of the union's antitrust lawsuit against them today.
In its own statement later, however, the WGA said it plans to…
MSNBC cable news anchor Chris Matthews has admitted that his remarks about women and others justified his abrupt retirement last month.
Speaking to Vanity Fair in his first interview since that exit, the former Hardball host admitted that an account by a female journalist in GQ Magazine alleging Matthews made…
California beaches were busy in Orange County on Saturday, but Los Angeles area beaches remained relatively free of people.
Temperatures are expected to drop slightly on Sunday, perhaps incentivizing many who visited Southern California beaches on Saturday in 90-degree weather to stay at home.
On Saturday, despite a…
Cinemex Holdings USA, Inc. and Cinemex USA Real Estate Holdings, Inc. have filed for bankruptcy protection and reorganization under Chapter 11 of the US Bankruptcy Code in Miami, Florida, where it is based.
CMX Cinemas is the brand used in US for parent corp Cinemex, which is Mexico-based and did not file for…
Even as Georgia became the first state to officially reopen some of its businesses, increasingly restive California residents defied lockdown orders to head to the beaches as temperatures hit the 90s.
California Gov. Gavin Newsom pleaded for social distancing in any gathering. The state had 115 fatalities from…
In a move that wlll be closely watched by restaurants and other businesses, the iconic Musso & Frank’s Grill in Hollywood is suing its insurer for not covering pandemic losses.
Like other businesses, the restaurant closed in March because of the economic lockdown to flatten the disease curve. It was the first closure…
Hollywood's Big 3 talent agencies told a federal judge today that the WGA's discovery demands for thousands of documents "has been independently challenged by the difficulties associated with remote discovery caused by the COVID-19 pandemic." WME, CAA and UTA, which have been locked in a yearlong legal battle with the…
Straight Outta Compton and The Chi actor Jason Mitchell was arrested Wednesday in Mississippi and faces four felony drug and weapons charges, the Harrison County Sheriff's department has revealed.
Mitchell was charged with two counts of possession of a controlled substance with intent to distribute and two counts of…
