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A week before a hearing that could be pivotal to the Menendez brothers getting out of prison, the Los Angeles District Attorney today slammed the siblings’ lawyers for their "drastic and desperate step of attempting to recuse the entire Office of the Los Angeles County District Attorney." "The…

The hacker who snagged a bevy of the Walt Disney Company's confidential information last year and tried to blackmail a House of Mouse staffer has made a deal with the Department of Justice. In an agreement released today by the U.S. Attorney's office for the Central District of California, Ryan…

In the ongoing battle of the Tims, Apple CEO Tim Cook said the company plans to appeal a judge's ruling yesterday that it has violated a court order in a legal fight with Fortnite maker Epic Games. "We strongly disagree," he said on a conference call with analysts after quarterly earnings. "We…

Days before jury selection is set to start in Sean "Diddy" Combs' sex trafficking trial, a federal judge today sought confirmation from the Bad Boys Records founder that prosecutors put forth a plea deal and that he rebuffed it. "Yes, I did," a bespectacled Combs said in a Manhattan courtroom…

EXCLUSIVE: RadicalMedia has been sued by a production coordinator who alleges that she experienced racial discrimination on the company’s upcoming Earth, Wind & Fire documentary. Jhanelle Elissa was employed for 11 days on the Questlove-directed film in April 2024 and, in a complaint filed at…

Disney and Marvel say there just may be more Deadpool down the line, and they don't want Justin Baldoni to know anything about the "ongoing movie franchise.” Actually, in the midst of resetting the MCU with upcoming Thunderbolts* and Fantastic Four, the Bob Iger-run media giant doesn’t want to…

As regulatory approval of Paramount’s sale to Skydance looms, the still Shari Redstone-owned studio now finds itself in a family dogfight over who wrote what on blockbuster Top Gun: Maverick. Filed last night in federal court in New York, a copyright infringement suit from the cousin of the…

British actors union Equity has ramped up its public battle with casting directories like Spotlight by backing an amendment in parliament that it says would stop them charging upfront fees to those looking for work. On Tuesday April 29, the House of Lords will start debating amendments to the…

Shannon Sharpe is "absolutely" innocent of the rape allegations and $50 million lawsuit  against him, Stephen A. Smith says he believes of his First Take colleague and friend. However, the relentless pragmatic sport and cultural commentator also acknowledged Friday it was inevitable that…

Superman will soar into cinemas all over the world this summer after a tactical legal win by Warner Bros Discovery and DC Comics over the estate of one of the Man of Steel's creators. Citing jurisdictional reach, or lack there of, a federal judge this week TKO'd an ambitious effort launched in Ja…

Three weeks before Sean “Diddy” Combs’ sex trafficking trial is set to start, a hearing in New York today ruled that the shocking 2016 LA hotel security footage of the half naked Bad Boy Records founder seemingly beating then girlfriend Cassie Ventura will be shown to the jury. Moving quickly…

UPDATED with sentencing: George Santos, the former New York GOP congressman who pleaded guilty last summer to a multitude of federal charges after being expelled from the House of Representatives, was sentenced Friday to 87 months in federal prison. The sentence was handed down today inside a…