LOS ANGELES (AP) — A California appeals court has upheld a jury’s decision that the promoter of Michael Jackson‘s ill-fated comeback concerts is not financially responsible for his death. The 2nd District Court of Appeal issued its ruling on Friday, a week after attorneys for Katherine Jackson argued for a new trial. The court found […]
A judge in New York City has reversed a ruling banning Marvin Gaye’s heirs from playing the late star’s music in court as part of a copyright battle over Robin Thicke’s hit “Blurred Lines.” Thicke and his collaborator Pharrell Williams are currently locked in a legal battle with Gaye’s children over claims their 2013 hit […]
Friends no more? Lil Wayne is not playing with Cash Money Records. He’s planning his great escape from the record label where he spent his entire career. Weezy plans to take Nicki Minaj, Drake and Young Money with him when he finally bounces from the record label. Birdman will be hung out there to dry. […]
Divorcing couple Mariah Carey and Nick Cannon find themselves together again…as the target of a lawsuit. Their former nanny, Simonette DaCosta, claims the former couple fired her because she showed too much affection toward “dem babies.” According to TMZ, she was the full-time nanny when twins Moroccan and Monroe were just infants. DaCosta claims the singer […]
Richard Pryor may have had swag, but the comic legend’s wife is not having any association between the term and her late husband on a t-shirt. TMZ reports that Pryor’s widow Jennifer Lee Pryor is suing Fret Shirt for using the funnyman’s image without her permission. According to AV Club, Fret Shirt is known for […]
Ever since James Brown‘s death in 2006, the status of his potentially $100 million dollar estate has been in limbo as family tried to claim rights over it. The victor, some 9 years later, appears to be Tommie Rae Hynie, a ontime backup singer for Brown who had a child, James III, with Brown. She […]
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Lawyers for Michael Jackson’s mother argued Thursday for a new trial in her case against concert promoter AEG Live LLC, but faced a skeptical panel of appellate justices who focused on the superstar’s relationship with the doctor convicted of killing him. Attorneys for Katherine Jackson appealed a jury’s verdict finding that […]
LONDON (AP) — Pop singer Rihanna has won a court battle against fashion retailer Topshop over a T-shirt featuring a photo of her. Britain’s Court of Appeal on Thursday upheld an earlier ruling that Topshop can’t sell the shirt bearing the singer’s image without her approval. The star’s lawyers said the image was from an […]
Keyshawn Johnson is being sued over an in-home bowling alley that he hired a company to design, but never had installed. According to TMZ, the NFL star-turned-commentator owned a swath of land in Calabasas near the mansion he sold to Kourtney Kardashian. He planned to build a new mansion on the property — complete with […]
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Rapper Dr. Dre and record producer Jimmy Iovine are being vilified as scam artists in a lawsuit that alleges the duo duped one of their former partners in Beat Electronics before selling the trendy headphone maker to Apple for $3 billion last year. The complaint filed Tuesday in San Mateo Superior […]
Marlon Wayans has come out on top with a court victory over the man who sued him for comparing him to “Family Guy” and “The Cleveland Show” character Cleveland Brown. According to TMZ.com, Pierre Daniel took Wayans to court over claims the funnyman racially harassed him on the set of “Haunted House 2″ by posting […]
Octavia Spencer is ending the year on a good note as she won her case regarding a weight- loss endorsement deal gone wrong. City News Service reports there was no lawyer from Sensa Products present in court last week when a judge granted the actress a default judgment. As a result, the judge ordered the […]
