A second woman has come forward with allegations that Steven Tyler sexually assaulted her when she was a teenager, according to a lawsuit filed in New York on Thursday. Jeanne Bellino, a former child model who claimed to have met Tyler in New York in the summer of 1975 when …
Read More »TikTok Warned You About Panera Charged Lemonade. Then Someone Died
The Food and Drug Administration is “gathering information” on the national fast-casual chain Panera after a 21-year-old died shortly after drinking the restaurant’s Charged Lemonade. Increased public scrutiny has led Panera to update the drink’s warnings, prominently displaying that the beverage is not for people with caffeine sensitivities. But while …
Read More »'Fake Bullshit Shows': Guess Who Co-Founders Sue Ex-Bandmates
Guess Who founding members Burton Cummings and Randy Bachman have sued fellow original members Jim Kale and Garry Peterson as well as the band itself, accusing them of misleading fans to believe that the current iteration of the group — which Bachman and Cummings have labeled as “little more than …
Read More »Lizzo Asks Court to Dismiss Ex-Dancers' Sexual Harassment Lawsuit as 18 Staffers Back Her
Lizzo is slamming her ex-dancers’ lawsuit — and asking the court to toss it. In a new motion filed Friday, the singer’s team described the allegations of fat-shaming and harassment from her former dancers as a “fabricated sob story” filed to get a “quick payday.” In the motion, Lizzo’s team …
Read More »Megan Thee Stallion Settles Lawsuit With Former Record Label
Megan Thee Stallion and her former record label 1501 Certified Entertainment have settled their yearslong legal dispute, attorneys for the label announced on Thursday. The settlement comes a week after Megan announced on Instagram that her next album would be a self-released project. “Megan Thee Stallion and 1501 Certified Entertainment …
Read More »Danny Elfman: Second Woman Accuses Composer of Sexual Misconduct
A second woman has come forward with allegations of sexual misconduct against composer and musician Danny Elfman, according to a lawsuit obtained by Rolling Stone. The woman, who filed the lawsuit anonymously as a Jane Doe accuser in Los Angeles on Thursday, claimed in the suit that Elfman frequently exposed …
Read More »Music Publishers Sue Amazon-backed AI Platform for Copyright Infringement
Universal Music Publishing Group, Concord, and Abkco have sued an Amazon-backed artificial intelligence company over alleged copyright infringement of the three publishers’ songs, according to a lawsuit reviewed by Rolling Stone. The companies have filed a suit against Anthropic, an AI startup company founded by four former OpenAI employees in …
Read More »A Texas Student Refuses to Cut His Locs. His Lawyer Says His School Is Retaliating
As a high school junior in Texas, Darryl George should be preparing for his final years of high school and what opportunities lay beyond. Instead, his mother Darresha George tells Rolling Stone, the Texas student is stressed, falling behind in classes, and now stuck in a disciplinary program meant for …
Read More »Kiss Guitar Tech's Widow Sues Band for Wrongful Death
The family of a Kiss guitar tech — who died while quarantining in 2021 after contracting Covid during the band’s End of the Road World Tour — is suing for wrongful death, according to a lawsuit reviewed by Rolling Stone. Catherine Stueber, whose husband Fran had served as guitar tech …
Read More »Julia Ormond Explains Why She's Taking on Weinstein, CAA, and Disney
J ulia Ormond has been “living in fear.” The British actress known for her roles in films like Legends of the Fall, First Knight and Sabrina, as well as an Emmy-nominated turn on television’s Mad Men, alleges that in December of 1995, at the height of her stardom, she was …
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