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Its been clear for months that Rebel Wilson was going to formally hit back against the litigating producers of her film The Deb with a lawsuit of her own, and now she has. Just more than a week after the musical drama had its world premiere on the closing night of the Toronto Film Festival, Deb…

UPDATE, 6:22 PM: Hours after a Jane Roe took Garth Brooks to court on claims of rape and more, the singer is calling the accusations a shakedown for “millions of dollars.” “For the last two months, I have been hassled to no end with threats, lies, and tragic tales of what my future would be if I did…

Kim Kardashian is advocating for Erik and Lyle Menendez’s life sentences for killing their parents to be reconsidered. After spending time with the brothers, the reality TV personality and criminal justice advocate penned an essay for NBC News where she made the case for them. “We are all…

Back in the news with Ryan Murphy's Netflix hit Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story, the siblings' sordid decades-old murder case today found itself in the spotlight again thanks to the Los Angeles County District Attorney. Offering no insight or judgment on evidence from the Menendez brothers…

3rd UPDATE, 12:58 PM: Mark Chavez, one of the doctors charged in the overdose death of Friends star Matthew Perry, pleaded guilty today to one federal count of conspiracy to distribute ketamine. Chavez, 54, of San Diego, entered the plea before U.S. District Judge Sherilyn Peace Garnett in Los Angeles…

A former sound engineer who coauthored a 2012 memoir about his days working on the Fleetwood Mac album Rumours has filed a lawsuit, along with his coauthor of the book Making Rumours, against the makers of Broadway’s smash hit play Stereophonic, alleging that playwright David Adjmi relied on portions of Ma…

EXCLUSIVE: CAA and Range Media Partners already are in arbitration over equity the agency canceled for the agents who made up the 2020-formed management company. Now the Bryan Lourd-led CAA is after Range in open court for alleged theft and some big bucks. "Range is an unlicensed talent agency built…

Just days after a hearing on whether Rust armorer Hannah Gutierrez-Reed should get a new trial or dismissal and be released from a New Mexico state prison over the fatal 2021 shooting of cinematographer Halyna Hutchins, a judge has said no on all counts. “Defendant has not established that there is a…

Jon-Adrian “JJ” Velazquez, the wrongfully convicted former prisoner who now appears with Colman Domingo in the A24 prison drama Sing Sing, has been officially exonerated in a 1998 murder case. Velazquez reportedly thumped his chest and pumped his fist as he was officially cleared by Judge Abraham…

Coming off an armful of big Emmy wins earlier this month, Baby Reindeer and Netflix took a big hit today as a federal judge ruled the big bucks defamation case against the dark comedy and the streamer will go forward. First filed by self-declared real life Martha in June, the $170 million action is…

Sitting in Brooklyn's notorious Metropolitan Detention Center after being arrested last week for sex trafficking and more, Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs is now facing yet another sexual assault lawsuit, with dozens more potentially looming. In an action filed today in New York City, a Florida-based former model…

(Updated 3:33 pm PT with WBD statement on lawsuit) No magic wand is going to make the latest legal fight Warner Bros Discovery and David Zaslav find themselves in go away, even if Harry Potter is a part of the corporate skirmish. Up against the NBA and Amazon over basketball rights, and losing…