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Lizzo‘s dancers received a settlement for another dispute months before three of her other dancers sued her for sexual harassment and creating a hostile work environment.The dispute, which the Los Angeles Times reports was raised in January, related to footage that was used in the artist’s 2022 documentary Love, Lizzo. The film features a scene where the dancers intimately discuss how misogyny, racism and weight-shaming have affected them, which their manager, Slay Smiles, had claimed was unauthorised.Smiles said that the documentary had “truly exploited these women and violated the emotional safety they had in those moments”.The LA Times reported that a group including the co-production company Boardwalk Pictures and a “Lizzo entity” settled the dispute in February after one of the dancers involved hired a lawyer.The footage concerned was shot in 2019 when Lizzo and the dancers were rehearsing for a performance at that year’s MTV VMAs.
Smiles has said no contract was offered to the dancers for the footage, which was also not covered by their union contract for the VMAs.However, Alan Brunswick, a lawyer for Boardwalk Pictures, disputed Smiles’ claim, arguing that the footage in the documentary “was captured openly” and with consent. “They all knew the cameras were there.
I don’t think the documentary was even contemplated at that point,” he told The LA Times. Sources close to the dancers told the publication that they didn’t know that the behind-the-scenes footage would be used in the documentary until a clearance producer emailed to offer each dancer $350 (£275) plus a 10 percent agency fee to appear.Smiles claimed he advocated for the dancers and helped secure a total payout of $109,551 (£86,193) between $7,092 and
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Phoenix were joined on stage by special guest Clairo in New York last night (September 9) – watch them play ‘After Midnight’ below.The artists teamed up on a remixed version of the song earlier this year, with the original appearing on Phoenix’s 2022 album ‘Alpha Zulu’.During Phoenix’s show with Beck at Madison Square Garden, they gave the track its live debut with help from Clairo herself.Watch footage of the performance below.A post shared by Michelle Willie (@mwillie70)A post shared by Claire Cottrill (@clairo)Beck and Phoenix are currently finishing up their co-headline 2023 ‘Summer Odyssey’ tour across North America.The bands kicked off a 19-city run on August 1 in Seattle, Washington, with stops in Los Angeles, Las Vegas, Houston, Boston, New York and more. It wraps up tonight (September 10) in Columbia, Maryland.
Disney is already gearing up for its 2024 D23 Fan Expo. The company has revealed that its 2024 edition will return to the Anaheim Convention Center from August 9-11. Exhibits, panels and shows will take place over the three days at the Convention Center during the day, with additional activities in the evening at the Honda Center.
Ezra Knight has been reelected president of SAG-AFTRA’s New York Local in a landslide victory that also gave his running mates a clean sweep of the election. Knight received nearly 73% of the votes cast in a four-person race for president. His four vice presidential running mates – Linda Powell, Anthony Rapp, Jim Kerr and Liz Zazzi – were also elected.
Quentin Tarantino is going to make his self-declared “final” film in his hometown of Los Angeles, and the Golden State is welcoming the Oscar winner with open and lucrative arms.
The 1975 have added new dates to their 2024 UK and European ‘Still At Their Very Best’ tour.Due to popular demand during this week’s presale, extra dates have been added at Glasgow’s OVO Hydro on August 8 when the tour will now kick off, London’s O2 on the 14 and Manchester AO Arena on the 17.Tickets go on general sale for all UK dates from tomorrow (September 8) at 10am BST from here. You can view the full list of new dates below.A European run will then follow in Lisbon, Madrid, Paris, Oslo, Copenhagen, Berlin, Milan and many more, before they wrap up at the Palladium in Cologne, Germany on March 22.The newly announced dates will follow the band’s 32-date North American tour, which starts in Sacramento, California on September 26.
Al Pacino’s girlfriend, Noor Alfallah, has filed for custody of their infant son, Roman.
Hollywood legend Al Pacino is understood to have parted ways from his significantly younger girlfriend Noor Alfallah, just three months after the duo welcomed a baby together. According to The Blast, Noor, 29, has also filed documents in Los Angeles for full physical custody of their little boy, Roman Alfallah Pacino, but insisted that his 83 year old actor father will have "reasonable visitation".
There’s been a detour on Thunder Road.
Christopher Nolan cut the Oppenheimer shoot by a month in order to free up money for set design, it has been revealed.Speaking on the Team Deakins podcast, production designer Ruth De Jong discussed Nolan re-allocating the budget from 30 planned filming days to production design.“It felt like a $100 million indie,” De Jong said. “This is not Tenet. Chris wanted to shoot all over the United States…just plane tickets alone and putting crew up all over the place [is expensive].
Dalton Gomez, the estranged husband of pop sensation Ariana Grande, is reportedly navigating the split and learning to accept his new normal. According to exclusive sources from Us Weekly, Dalton's journey towards acceptance has been a rollercoaster of emotions.
ESPN is teaming up with Timbaland and Justin Timberlake!
Emma Seligman’s Bottoms is looking at an estimated weekend gross of $516k on ten screens with a possible leading $51,625 per-theater average for the raunchy, teenage high school girl take on Fight Club.
Aqua have announced a 2023 ‘Barbie World Tour’ across the US – check out the full schedule below and buy tickets here.The Danish-Norwegian Europop group – best known for their 1997 hit ‘Barbie World’ – will kick off the aptly named tour at Seattle’s Paramount Theatre on November 12, with stops planned for San Francisco, Philadelphia, Las Vegas and many more, before they wrap up at The Hollywood Palladium in Los Angeles on December 20.“AMERICA… You wanna go for a ride?” the band asked on their social media post announcing the tour.Pre-sale tickets go on sale August 28 at 10am local time, while general sale goes live August 30 at 10am EST from here.A post shared by AQUA (@aqua.dk)‘The Barbie World Tour’ 2023 dates are:NOVEMBER12 – Seattle, WA, Paramount Theatre14 – San Francisco, CA, The Masonic16 – Riverside, CA, Municipal Auditorium19 – San Diego, CA, House of Blues20 – Phoenix, AZ, The Van Buren22 – Houston, TX, House of Blues24 – Austin, TX, Emo’s26 – New Orleans, LA, Fillmore27 – Atlanta, GA, Buckhead Theatre28 – Lake Buena Vista, FL, House of BluesDECEMBER4 – Silver Spring, MD, Fillmore5 – Philadelphia, PA, Fillmore6 – Boston, MA, House of Blues10 – Detroit, MI, Fillmore12 – Chicago, IL, House of Blues13 – Minneapolis, MN, Fillmore15 – Denver, CO, The Summit17 – Salt Lake City, UT, The Depot19 – Las Vegas, NV, House of Blues20 – Los Angeles, CA, Hollywood Palladium‘Barbie Girl’ by Aqua has seen a resurgence in recent months due to the buzz around the Barbie movie.While the track did not feature directly on the star-studded soundtrack, a reimagined version was recorded by Nicki Minaj and Ice Spice, which sees the pair sample original snippets of the Aqua classic.It was previously reported last year that Aqua’s version
Metallica is currently traveling around the world on their M72 World Tour and the set list keeps changing every night, but we have an idea of what you can expect.
Well now we know who is picking up the tab on Sam Asghari‘s swanky new apartment in west El Lay…
Tallulah Willis is reflecting on the progress she's made with her health, and she likes what she sees.The 29-year-old actress — and daughter of Bruce Willis and Demi Moore — took to Instagram on Tuesday and shared a photo of her prior to her recovery from an eating disorder, followed by a photo of her progress. The first photo shows Tallulah's mirror selfie while wearing a cropped sweater."[Eating Disorder] pre-recovery image," she captioned the post.The second photo shows a screenshot of a group text with friends, in which she shared a recent photo.
Lizzo is all smiles while being at the centre of a lawsuit from backup dancers involving claims of sexual assault.
Joe Biden is extending his support to California as the state experienced the weather conditions brought by Tropical Storm Hilary and an earthquake that hit LA residents on Sunday afternoon.
The Los Angeles judge is the lawsuit filed by Rust gaffer Serge Svetnoy said today that he agrees with the lawyers for armorer Hannah Gutierrez-Reed that she should be dropped as a defendant on jurisdictional grounds.