Pop Culture
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Actress Paz de la Huerta on Tuesday refiled a California state court lawsuit accusing former film producer Harvey Weinstein of raping her multiple times, adding Miramax and The Walt Disney Co., as well as Disney’s current chief executive Robert Iger and his predecessor Michael Eisner, as defendants… Read this piece in its entirety at Law360.
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The Los Angeles Opera said in a statement Tuesday that it hired Gibson Dunn & Crutcher LLP partner Debra Wong Yang to lead an investigation into Placido Domingo, the longtime director of the opera who was recently accused of serial sexual misconduct… Read this piece in its entirety at Law360.
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The Writers Guild of America will wage its legal battle against several major talent agencies in federal court, dropping a state-level suit and filing counterclaims on Monday in federal suits brought by the talent shops over the contested practice of agents collecting payments from pairing TV writers with studios… Read this piece in its entirety…
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The Georgia-based comedians behind “Vape: The Musical” asked a New York federal court on Friday to declare their play eligible for protection from copyright infringement claims by the creators of “Grease,” claiming their story is a parody of the iconic theatrical production… Read this piece in its entirety at Law360.
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Netflix Inc. and the production company behind the streaming service’s “Afflicted” series allegedly tricked the subjects of the documentary into participating and then smeared them as crazy for insisting that they suffer from chronic ailments, according to a suit lodged Wednesday in California state court… Read this piece in its entirety at Law360.
Mike LaSusa 