Facebook just took a major step to boost its nascent video effort. On Thursday, the social networking and Universal Music Group announced what is thought to be a multi-million dollar deal. The agreement will allow Facebook users to upload music licensed by Universal Music to the social networking site as well as to Facebook-owned Instagram and...Read More
There’s a new twist to the thriller “Gone Girl” — the creative team behind the hit novel and film are being sued by an author who says the story was her idea. Leslie Weller, of Nevada, slapped a federal lawsuit on Chicago author Gillian Flynn on Wednesday, claiming copyright infringement. Weller says the “Gone Girl”...Read More
This week we are shining the spotlight on one of The Hollywood Lawyer’s clients, 88Rising – a digital media, music production and talent management company. 88Rising has worked with a wide range of talented artists, including Higher Brothers, Joji, Keith Ape, Rich Chigga (while collaborating with Kris Wu, Travis Scott, Eric Nam) and more! Check...Read More
Today we lost a talented artist and creative, Kim Jong-Hyun, who was concerned about the equal treatment and rights for all groups of people. The 27-year-old lead singer of K-Pop group SHINee, who died in a suspected suicide today, came under attack in 2013 after publicly supporting a transgender student who had been posting handwritten...Read More
Warner Bros.’ Conjuring films are all supposedly based on true stories, despite the fact that they include lots of ghosts, which to be clear, are not real. But the very claims that the films are based on the real-life accounts of Ed and Lorraine Warren, a married pair of Catholic investigators played by Patrick Wilson and Vera Farmiga,...Read More
