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Anthony Albanese, leader of the Australian House of Representatives, has been caught lifting a passage from a speech given by Michael Douglas in the 1995 film The American President. Michael Douglas to Receive Eugene O’Neill’s Monte Cristo Award‘Hangover 3′ Stars Scoring Big Payday The movie speech was written by Aaron Sorkin, who made intellectual property [...]
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Last month, before federal authorities shut down Megaupload, the popular file-storage website got into a legal brawl with Universal Music Group over a video that was removed from YouTube. Megaupload Founder Kim Dotcom Denied BailMegaupload Co-Founder Kim Dotcom Remanded in Custody After Dramatic New Zealand ArrestMegaupload: 4 Questions Answered About the File-Sharing WebsiteYouTube Crosses 4 [...]
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William Morris Endeavor has settled litigation over a Beverly Hills building that the talent agency had agreed to occupy. Terms of the settlement will not be made public but one source pegged the deal at being in the $30 million range. WME Appeals Arbitration Loss in Building Dispute (Exclusive)WME, UTA Eyeing Same Office Building as [...]
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Since the death of Marilyn Monroe in 1962, the blonde bombshell continues to spark fascination, as evidenced by the recent release of My Week With Marilyn. But do Monroe’s heirs benefit from such persistent popularity? Her estate is now making a $3 million bet that the answer will be yes, and that the public will continue to have [...]
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Just days after NBC Universal settled a lawsuit that claimed the studio had stolen the font on Harry Potter merchandise sold at Universal theme parks, another entertainment company is facing a font-face problem. ‘The Killing’s’ Brandon Jay McLaren Lands Recurring Role on ‘Falling Skies’ (Exclusive) Turner Broadcasting is now being sued over the TNT series Falling [...]
Continue Reading Lawsuit Claims TNT’s ‘Falling Skies’ Has a Font Problem (Exclusive)
A man who runs a Punjabi religious organization has filed a lawsuit against Jay Leno and NBC over a joke cracked last week on The Tonight Show about Mitt Romney‘s wealth. The plaintiff says that by portraying the holy shrine of the Golden Temple as Romney’s vacation home, Leno exposed all Sikh people to “hatred, [...]
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Producers of BBC’s hit series Sherlock have issued a warning to CBS Television over plans for a new modern-day adaptation of the Sherlock Holmes detective stories, Elementary. The British producers say they are prepared to protect against any TV show that too closely resembles their own. ‘Doctor Who’ Writer Russell T. Davies to Pen ‘Aliens [...]
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A New Zealand judge has denied bail to Megaupload founder Kim Dotcom, who will remain in custody until a hearing next month to determine whether he’s extradited to the United States to answer charges of committing massive copyright infringement, racketeering and money laundering. Megaupload Co-Founder Kim Dotcom Remanded in Custody After Dramatic New Zealand ArrestMegaupload: [...]
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The ranks of those suing James Cameron for stealing the idea for Avatar is swelling to Comic-Con proportions as yet another individual has brought forth claims for being the true genius behind the mega-blockbuster film. James Cameron’s 3D Cirque du Soleil Feature Acquired By ParamountJames Cameron and Martin Scorsese on Hugo’s 3D Special Effects Last month, we covered [...]
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A trial in U.S. District Court to decide who will determine the Golden Globes’ broadcast future got under way in downtown Los Angeles Tuesday with both sides honing in on the meaning of a disputed clause in a decades old contract. Golden Globes Trial: Opening Arguments Set to Begin in Federal CourtGolden Globes Trial: Inside [...]
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