A journalist's widow pursues an odd copyright case that's four decades in the making.read more
SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 11:34AMThe Tony-nominated play "Hand of God" features a scene where the main character performs the sketch before later admitting that it is a "famous routine from the fifties."read more
SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 10:32AMThe owner of the John Ritter sitcom tells a judge that "3C" is a "poor adaptation" of "one of the first television shows to say that there was nothing wrong with being gay"read more
SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 10:59AMOne producer owns rights to the sound recordings while another producer enjoys rights to the compositionsread more
SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 04:45PMJohn Payne claims his creative contributions were copyrighted and that his rights assignment was executed under duress. read more
SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 04:04PMA blockbuster success couldn't stop an arbitration over global rights to the romance story.read more
SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 11:22AMAppearing at a court hearing, Mark Hotton makes a plea agreement with prosecutors.read more
SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 07:06PMMark Forstater, the self-proclaimed "seventh Python," wins his lawsuit that under a deal to produce "Monty Python and the Holy Grail," he deserved a larger share of the musical spin-off.read…
SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 07:44AMSometimes, a "settlement" doesn't mean a settlement.read more
SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 04:48PMMarc Thibodeau is being accused of using pseudonyms to warn an investor about the production, but his lawyer claims he was an "innocent whistle-blower."read more
SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 03:59PMFamiliar faces from film and TV guarantee sold-out shows, but producers might be sacrificing big profits.
SOURCE: Backstage at 11:55AMEriq Gardner Familiar faces from film and TV guarantee sold-out shows, but producers might be sacrificing big profits.read more
SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 10:00AMThe parties in the dispute over the expensive Broadway musical argue why the cases are bogus.
SOURCE: Backstage at 11:10AMIn a filing Tuesday, Taymor is blamed for the show's troubles as producers say they made "superhuman efforts" to save the production. "The show is a success despite Taymor, not because of …
SOURCE: Backstage at 11:26AMWalt Disney Co. and Sony Pictures are being sued by a woman who claims her autobiography was the inspiration for the film and the subsequent stage musical.
SOURCE: Backstage at 11:36AMThe most expensive production in Broadway history gets hit with a big lawsuit from the famed director, who left the production in March.
SOURCE: Backstage at 04:29AMTo get off the ground, the Broadway spectacle had to pull money from many sources, including from Patricia Lambrecht, who put up $2.5 million in collateral so that producers could license th…
SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 11:10AMA lyricist and composer on the forthcoming Broadway musical adaptation of "Tootsie"claim in a lawsuit filed in NY Supreme Court that the producer is trying to cut them out of the project.
SOURCE: Backstage at 02:49AMA dispute has erupted over the forthcoming Broadway musical adaptation of the classic comedy Tootsie. A lyricist and composer on the project claim in a lawsuit filed Tuesday in New York Supr…
SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 09:19PM