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The survivng members of Nirvana have formally asked the court to dismiss a sexual exploitation suit over Nevermind, their 1991 sophomore album that featured a naked baby on its cover art. The filing came about four months after Spencer Elden sued the grunge band and Kurt Cobain’s estate for knowingly producing and advertising child pornography,” as well as failure “to […]
An excerpt from Tinderbox: HBO’s Ruthless Pursuit of New Frontiers reveals James Gandolfini gave checks for $33,000 to 16 castmates from The Sopranos after he and HBO resolved a contractual dispute that nearly derailed the series, per the New York Post. According to a 2003 Variety article, Gandolfini filed a lawsuit against HBO, accusing the network of a breach of contract […]
In a new interview, James Franco—who’s been largely out of the spotlight for the last couple years after being accused by multiple women of sexual misconduct—addressed comments made earlier this year by his former collaborator Seth Rogen. Responding to Rogen’s remarks from May of this year in which he explained he had no plans to work with […]
Darrylene Corniel, mother of the late Drakeo the Ruler, told Rolling Stone that she plans on filing a lawsuit in wake of his death backstage at the Once Upon a Time festival in Los Angeles over the weekend. “We plan to sue,” Corniel said. “This happened backstage at an event. Someone has to be held accountable.” She believes the […]
Drake has beat a $4 billion lawsuit filed against him by a woman who allegedly broke into his home in 2017. The lawsuit claimed that the rapper publicly defamed her on Instagram. According to Billboard, the woman in question, Mesha Collins, filed the case this past summer, claiming that the artist later defamed her by sharing […]
Trevor Noah has filed a lawsuit against a New York City hospital and doctor over a surgery he underwent in November 2020 that he says was botched. According to court documents obtained by TMZ, the Daily Show host is suing the New York-based Hospital for Special Surgery as well as Dr. Riley J. Williams, claiming that both the […]
Trevor Noah has filed a lawsuit against a New York City hospital and doctor for a surgery he underwent in November 2020 that he says was botched. According to court documents obtained by TMZ, the Daily Show host is suing the New York-based Hospital for Special Surgery as well as Dr. Riley J. Williams, claiming that both the […]
McDonald’s is settling a lawsuit with Herb Washington, a former MLB player and franchisee who accused the company of racial discrimination, by buying the remainder of his shops for $33.5 million. The owner of over a dozen resturuants in Ohio and Pennsylvania claims that the company had him operate restaurants in “urban neighborhoods,” Cleveland.com reports, and that the company graded his […]
Muhammad Aziz has filed a lawsuit against the state of New York for the “serious miscarriages of justice” that resulted in his wrongful conviction in connection to the killing of Malcolm X, CNN reports. The wording in the suit appears to have been lifted from last month’s ruling from New York County Supreme Court Administrative […]
A German man can claim workers’ compensation after slipping on his way from his bedroom to his home office. The Guardian reports that a court in Germany ruled the man’s walk to his home office—consisting of “a few meters”—counts as him commuting. The man’s home office is located on the floor beneath his bedroom, and […]
