Bryan Fuller Accused of Sexual Harassment on Set of AMC Networks’ ‘Queer for Fear’
Producer and showrunner Bryan Fuller, known for creating Hannibal and American Gods, has been sued for alleged sexual assault and harassment in a lawsuit that accuses AMC Networks, Shudder and Steakhaus Productions of ignoring and facilitating a hostile work environment on the set of Queer for Fear. Series producer Samuel Wineman filed on Wednesday a […]
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SAG-AFTRA Leader: Actors Should Get Same AI Protections As Studios
Consent, credit and compensation. Those were the terms that SAG-AFTRA national executive director Duncan Crabtree-Ireland and Writers Guild of America West negotiating committee member John August called for in order for guild members’ work, likenesses and brands to be used to train artificial intelligence systems. At a hearing before the Federal Trade Commission on Wednesday, […]
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CAA, Disney Sued For Allegedly Enabling Sex Crimes By Harvey Weinstein
CAA has been named in a lawsuit filed by Julia Ormond against Harvey Weinstein accusing her former agency and the former movie mogul’s employers at Miramax and Disney of turning a blind eye to his history of sexual assault. Ormond, who rose to prominence in the 90s after starring in Legends of the Fall, First […]
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Chris Tucker to Pay $3.6M In Settlement Over Back Taxes Case
Chris Tucker will pay $3.6 million to settle claims he shorted the government on taxes when he was at the peak of his fame. The deal reached on Monday will cover unpaid federal income tax liabilities for 2002, 2006, 2008 and 2010. The government sought roughly $9.68 million. Tucker has been wrapped up in various […]
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Does Disney’s Management of Hulu and ESPN Violate Antitrust Laws? A Judge Weighs In
As a brighter spotlight is being put on Disney’s role as a content supplier and distributor amid labor disputes, a federal judge has ruled that the entertainment monolith must face an antitrust lawsuit accusing it of illegally taking advantage of its dual position in business dealings. The proposed class action took aim at Disney’s ownership […]
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Elon Musk’s Twitter Rebrand to X Corp. Draws Trademark Lawsuit From Social Media Ad Agency
X Corp. has been sued for copyright infringement, wrongful termination and employment discrimination since Elon Musk acquired the company known as Twitter less than a year ago. Trademark infringement can now be added to its list of legal troubles, with the filing of a lawsuit from an advertising agency. That ad agency, X Social Media, […]
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‘Blind Side’ Subject’s Conservatorship Terminated Amid Legal Fight Over Movie Profits
A Tennessee judge has terminated the conservatorship of Michael Oher, a retired NFL player whose life story was chronicled in The Blind Side, under the Memphis couple at the center of the movie who allegedly took financial advantage of him. Shelby County Probate Court Judge Kathleen Gomes on Friday ended the agreement reached in 2004 […]
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Supreme Court to Clarify Copyright Infringement Limits in Case Against Warner Music
The Supreme Court will clear up how far back copyright holders can recover damages for infringement in a case involving a Florida producer who sued Warner Chappell Music after Flo Rida sampled a song he owns. The justices agreed on Friday to review an appeal from Warner Music and Artist Publishing Group of a lower […]
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Netflix Sued Over ‘Rebel Moon’ by Game Maker That Claims Its World-Building Was Used in Movie
A game maker is suing Netflix for allegedly claiming a confidentiality breach in a contract to develop a game based on Zack Snyder’s upcoming Rebel Moon as a pretext to steal ideas and concepts created for the game and incorporate them into the space opera franchise. In a lawsuit filed in California federal court on […]
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AI Tech Is Now Mainstream. What Could Go Wrong?
Charlie Puth had a problem: He’d written a lyric, “a little ditty,” but didn’t know what to do with those lines. The “Left and Right” singer-songwriter had joined a Google AI incubator program, so he fed the new lyrics into the artificial intelligence-assisted tool “like I would do if I were collaborating with anybody else,” […]
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Hollywood’s AI Compromise: Writers Get Protection, Studios Aim for Copyright
A clearer picture of how studios intend to incorporate artificial intelligence into the screenplay production apparatus is coming into view. More than 11,500 members of the Writers Guild of America were given the greenlight on Wednesday to return to work after a vote to accept a tentative deal from the Alliance of Motion Picture and […]
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NBCUniversal Settles ‘Columbo’ Profits Fight
NBCUniversal has reached a deal to resolve a long-running case over back profits it allegedly owes to the creators of Columbo. The heirs of William Link and Richard Levinson have settled their lawsuit against the studio, according to a court notice filed Monday, averting a trial that was scheduled to start next month. Terms of […]
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