A judge on Monday dismissed a second lawsuit over the bedroom scene in the 1968 version of “Romeo and Juliet,” finding that the lead actors consented to their appearance in the film. Actors Olivia Hussey and Leonard Whiting were 16 and 17 at the time of filming. They first sued Paramount in December 2022, alleging […]

Taylor Swift is back on tour this weekend, and Kamala Harris’ allies are capitalizing on the occasion to remind her fans to vote. The Democratic National Committee has bought up Swift-themed Snapchat filters. They allow users in the swing states to declare they are “fearless” for one of several Harris campaign themes (including “reproductive rights,” […]

A Texas county agreed on Tuesday to pay $2.5 million to settle allegations that a SWAT team arrest was staged for the benefit of the A&E reality show “Live PD.” Gary Watsky argued in court that deputies did not have a warrant in May 2019 when they broke down his front and back doors, deployed […]

The family of Lyle and Erik Menendez held a press conference Wednesday to urge D.A. George Gascón to help free the brothers, who have served 34 years in prison for murdering their parents. The brothers’ defense team has argued that new evidence shows they were victims of sexual abuse by their father, Jose Menendez. Anamaria […]

A former “director of intelligence” for Kanye West, who changed his name to Ye, sued the performer on Thursday, alleging that he was tasked with investigating the Kardashian family for “sex trafficking.” The former employee, identified only as John Doe, also alleged that he was tasked with hiring private investigators to tail West’s wife, Bianca […]

The Writers Guild of America ordered members on Wednesday not to work for Millennium Films, the producer of action fare including the “The Hitman’s Bodyguard” and the “Expendables” franchise. The guild told members that the company has a history of not paying up-front compensation and residuals, and of not paying on time. The company and […]

FilmLA, the quasi-public agency that handles film permits in Los Angeles, called on Wednesday for a “vast expansion” of the California production incentive, citing a 20% drop in local filming last year. California provides $330 million per year to subsidize TV and movie production in the state. But New York nearly doubled its tax incentive […]

The challenger in the race for Los Angeles County District Attorney has accused incumbent George Gascón of using the Menendez brothers case to distract from his failures in office. At a debate on Tuesday night, Nathan Hochman faulted Gascón for holding a press conference last week to announce that he was considering whether the brothers […]

A makeup artist sued Garth Brooks on Thursday, alleging that the country star raped her in a hotel room, and subjected to her to unwanted sexual conduct on other occasions, including sending her lewd text messages and groping her breasts. The woman, identified as Jane Roe in the lawsuit, also accused Brooks of exposing himself […]

JD Vance and Tim Walz tackled divisive issues including immigration and Jan. 6 in their vice presidential debate on Tuesday, but often did so in strikingly agreeable terms. Vance was the more fluent of the two, sanding off some of the edges of his public image as he presented a case that Donald Trump deserves […]

CAA has accused a handful of former agents of betraying the agency by stealing confidential client information to form Range Media Partners, a rival management firm. In a lawsuit filed in Los Angeles Superior Court on Monday, the powerhouse agency alleges that the agents spent months in 2020 sending volumes of CAA data — including […]

Gov. Gavin Newsom signed a union-backed bill on Monday that protects loan-out companies, which had been threatened by a state audit earlier this year. Actors, writers and crew members are typically not treated as employees of the major studios. Instead, they are paid through their personal service companies, which “lend” their services to the studios. […]