Two men have settled their lawsuit with Universal Pictures following a two-year legal battle after they claimed they were misled into believing Ana de Armas would be in Yesterday because the actress was initially featured in a trailer for the film. The two men — Peter Michael Rosza and Conor …
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A woman who was working as a development executive for filmmaker John Ridley has filed a lawsuit alleging that her job was terminated in 2022 after she raised issues of pay inequality since she’s Asian American. Asta Jonasson filed the suit, which named Ridley, ABC, and that network’s parent company, …
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Prosecutors in the trial involving handwritten lyrics from the Eagles’ 1976 classic Hotel California dismissed the case on Wednesday in a surprise decision that seemingly puts an end to one of the more unusual music-related criminal trials in recent years. In the criminal case, three men were accused of conspiring …
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Meek Mill is seeing the impact of his advocacy with the Reform Alliance firsthand. On Friday, the rap star joined Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro during a press conference after the governor signed SB838, a new probation reform bill, which limits the length of probation and prevents people from being sent …
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Darryl George, a Texas high school student who sued his school for discriminating against him for having locs, was placed in an in-school suspension Tuesday after returning to school. The reason this time? The length of his hair, George’s spokesperson Dr. Candice Matthews confirmed. The new disciplinary measure from Barbers …
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A judge awarded Aretha Franklin‘s sons the singer’s real estate after reviewing a handwritten 2014 will that was found between couch cushions, Associated Press reports. The new decision comes four months after a jury decided that the document was valid despite being hard to read. The will was signed with …
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The producers of F9, the ninth installment of Universal’s Fast & Furious movie franchise, have been fined $1 million after a stunt performer on the film suffered “life-changing” injuries. FF9 Pictures Limited, a subsidiary of Universal Pictures, pleaded guilty to breaching the U.K.’s Health and Safety at Work Act last …
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