Russian chess champion Nona Gaprindashvili and Netflix head to court over the portrayal of Beth Harmon in “The Queen’s Gambit.” Harmon’s character is a fictional representation of Nona’s professional chess career, and she has filed a defamation lawsuit because the show’s script stated that she had “never faced men.” Gaprindashvili’s argument says that the “line...Read More
A jury has sided with Cardi B in her libel case against Youtube vlogger Tasha Kebe and has ordered Taska to pay $1.25 million. Cardi claimed that Tasha’s videos on her from 2018 and 2019 were intentionally trying to inflict pain and that she asked Tasha to remove them. Tasha did not, and Cardi sued...Read More
Screenwriter Nicole Gilbert-Daniels is suing Lionsgate Entertainment and Starz over their highly-recognized series “P-Valley,” which premiered in 2020 and resembled her play, “Soul Kitten Cabaret,” from 2011. Gilbert-Daniels reported that in 1994, Leroy Bobbit, an entertainment attorney, pitched the script as a musical TV drama to Lionsgate CEO Jon Feltheimer. She left two copies of...Read More
Pete Rock is a legendary hip hop producer and has writing credit on the Nas track “The World Is Yours” from his 1994 LP, “Illmatic.” Pete has publically stated that he has not received proper royalties on the track since 1994, and he is ready to sue Nas, Nasir Jones. The song has been sampled...Read More
The Candian movie theater company, Cineplex has come into $965 million after winning their breach of contract lawsuit against Cineworld. In 2019, the two companies signed a contract where Cineworld agreed to purchase Cineplex for $2.81B, creating the largest movie theater chain globally. But in 2020, Cineworld claimed they could break the contract because Cineplex...Read More
