“Friday the 13th” screenwriter Victor Miller has partial attorney fees in his case against Manny and Horror Inc. over proceeds from the film. Miller was paid $9,282 to write the script as an independent contractor. Therefore, Manny and Horror Inc. claimed that Miller’s status as a writer-for-hire was not eligible for authorship rights. Because Miller...Read More
Stehr and his company seek $10M from Sony over alleged “secretly” withholding royalties and breaching an ‘at source’ clause in his record contract. Stehr also was involved in a lawsuit against Sony Music in the Netherlands in 2019. Stehr’s lawsuit claims indicated that “SME applied distribution fees to his royalties via its affiliates, which he...Read More
Twelve new Regal Theaters have been closed as Regal’s parent company files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy. These locations include Anaheim Hills 14, Calabasas Stadium 6, Westpark 8 in the Los Angeles market; Crow Canyon Stadium 6 in the San Francisco area, the Broadway Faire in Fresno, CA; Richland Crossing Stadium in the Philly area, Parkway...Read More
Verzuz’s creators, Timbaland and Swizz Beatz, now own a larger percentage of the Triller Network, the parent company, through a lawsuit settlement. The two sides announced. The decision and settlement came after the artists sued Triller for breach of contract after they claimed the platform failed to make a $28 million payment for the acquisition...Read More
A jury this year decided in favor of the Kardashian family, including Kris Jenner, Kim, Kourtney, Khloe, and Kendall and Kylie, in a $100 million lawsuit brought by Chyna. Chyna sued the family over “defamation, intentional interference with contract, and intentional interference,” according to the lawsuit. Blac Chyna is Robert Kardashian Junior’s ex-partner. The two got together in 2016; however, they parted ways...Read More
