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Get our free weekly email for all the latest cinematic news from our film critic Clarisse LoughreyGet our The Life Cinematic email for freeTop Gun actor Barry Tubb is suing Paramount Pictures for unauthorised use of his image in the film’s 2022 sequel Top Gun: Maverick.Tubb, 61, played lieutenant junior grade Henry “Wolfman” Ruth in the original 1986 blockbuster.He didn’t act in Top Gun: Maverick, but his likeness did appear in a sequence in which the camera zooms in on a photo of the fictional Top Gun class of 1986. Tubb…

An annual cryptocurrency and blockchain convention that will kick off its 2024 event Feb. 23, is suing the Denver trade show company that managed its 2023 convention. ETHDenver, which featured Gov. Jared Polis in 2022, was a success in 2023, bringing 48,000 people from 115 countries to the National Western Complex, its organizers say. But behind the scenes, a dispute arose that is still playing out in court one year later. Coast to Coast Trade Show Services, a Denver company, sued ETHDenver in December, accusing it of not…

Winning millions out of pure luck sounds like bliss until you get hit by the purported misfortunes that befall jackpot winners that is the lottery curse, exemplified by the bitter dispute ignited by a scratchcard jackpot that was purchased by a couple.39-year-old Michael Cartlidge claimed he and his former girlfriend, 37-year-old Charlotte Cox, purchased a winning £1million ($1.3million) lottery scratchcard at a shop in Spalding, Lincolnshire, UK. The former couple is now reportedly at war over the ownership of the…

Sports streaming platform FuboTV is suing Disney, Fox and Warner Bros. Discovery over their recently announced joint venture, citing what the company calls "extreme suppression of competition in the U.S. sports-focused streaming market," according to a copy of the lawsuit obtained by CNBC.The joint venture, announced earlier this month, aims to offer viewers a new way to access marquee live sports. It's slated to roll out this fall, but several questions remain around its pricing and structure."These horizontal…

The lawsuit says the companies behind the planned platform have forced Fubo ‘to broadcast unwanted, expensive content.’ The lawsuit says the companies behind the planned platform have forced Fubo ‘to broadcast unwanted, expensive content.’ FOLLOW US ON GOOGLE NEWS Read original article here Denial of responsibility! Techno Blender is an automatic aggregator of the all world’s media. In each content, the hyperlink to the primary source is specified. All trademarks belong to their rightful owners, all materials…

Former Congressman George Santos has sued late-night host Jimmy Kimmel, accusing him of “fraud” over the use and obtainment of Santos’ Cameo videos. The suit, filed on Saturday in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York, alleges fraud, breach of contract, unjust enrichment and copyright infringement. ABC and Disney are also named as defendants. According to the complaint, Kimmel used “phony names and narratives” to submit video requests of Santos’ Cameos, which were sent from “fake User…

Former Congressman George Santos has sued late-night host Jimmy Kimmel, accusing him of “fraud” over the use and obtainment of Santos’ Cameo videos. The suit, filed on Saturday in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York, alleges fraud, breach of contract, unjust enrichment and copyright infringement. ABC and Disney are also named as defendants. According to the complaint, Kimmel used “phony names and narratives” to submit video requests of Santos’ Cameos, which were sent from “fake User…

Sony Music Entertainment sued the producers of the 2022 Whitney Houston biopic Whitney Houston: I Wanna Dance With Somebody this week, claiming the producers have yet to pay for the use of Houston’s music catalog in the film, over a year after the movie first came out. In the suit, filed on Thursday, Sony Music claimed that the biopic’s producers, Anthem Films, Nybo Productions, and Black Label Media, entered a licensing agreement with the record company on December 5, 2022 and that payments for the use of the…

Russell Simmons has been sued for sexual harassment and battery by a former Def Jam Recordings executive, who accuses the music mogul of raping her at his apartment more than 25 years ago. The plaintiff, who sued as a Jane Doe, is described in the complaint filed in New York federal court on Tuesday as a former senior music executive and video producer at at the label who currently works as a writer and producer. She says her career was stalled by Simmons’ systematic harassment of her in the 1990s.…

These days, Snoop Dogg has his mind on his cereal money.The hip-hop star, whose real name is Calvin Broadus, and fellow rapper and label head Master P, whose real name is Percy Miller, are suing the cereal conglomerate Post Consumer Brands, alleging it ruined their chances of diversifying the cereal scene and denied their company profits. In 2022, the artists established Broadus Foods with a vision of creating a family-owned company that would help diversify the food industry and set “an example to minority…