Judge rules Kevin Spacey must pay $31 million to House of Cards producers over alleged misconduct

Thania Garcia On the heels of the release of her sophomore album, “Traumazine,” Megan Thee Stallion’s ongoing legal battle with Carl Crawford’s indie label 1501 Certified Entertainment continues. An amended complaint obtained by Variety and filed on behalf of Megan (real name Megan Pete) reveals that in addition to asking Harris County district court to determine that her 2021 release “Something for Thee Hotties” is an “album” as defined in her recording agreement, Megan is also requesting $1 million in damages from the label. In the complaint, Megan alleges that 1501 owes the amount due to their “underpayment of royalties” and for “wrongfully [allowing] for excessive marketing and promotion charges to be deducted from amounts owed to Pete under the recording agreement.”

A$AP Rocky (real name Rakim Mayers) has been charged with assault in Los Angeles, less than a week after former A$AP Mob member A$AP Relli (real name Terell Ephron) claimed he was shot by the rapper last November.The news was confirmed by a statement from Los Angeles County District Attorney George Gascón, who on August 15 said that his office had filed charges against Mayers for two counts of assault with a semi-automatic firearm with allegations of personally using a firearm.“Discharging a gun in a public place is a serious offense that could have ended with tragic consequences,” Gascón said, “not only for the person targeted but also for innocent bystanders visiting Hollywood. My office conducted a thorough review of the evidence in this case and determined that the addition of a special firearm allegation was warranted.”The alleged shooting itself went unreported, however back in April, Mayers was arrested for the incident after being detained at Los Angeles International Airport.

Jason Sudeikis' custody petition against Olivia Wilde was dismissed this week after a judge ruled that their children's home state is California. confirmed the ruling on Wednesday. Sudeikis first brought a case against Wilde in New York City family court over their two shared children -- Otis, 8, and Daisy, 5 — in October 2021.

Todd Spangler NY Digital EditorVince McMahon’s off-the-books payments while he was chairman and CEO of WWE were higher than previously reported, the company said.Last month, WWE announced that it would revise its financial statements going back to 2019 because $14.6 million of “certain payments” that McMahon made while chairman and CEO should have been recorded as expenses. That was three days after McMahon said he was retiring from WWE, an announcement that came amid an ongoing investigation into allegations that he paid millions of dollars in hush money to multiple women to keep quiet about alleged affairs and misconduct.In an SEC filing Tuesday, WWE disclosed that since the July 25 announcement, it determined that McMahon made two additional payments totaling $5 million — unrelated to the allegations that led to the special committee investigation — in 2007 and 2009 should also have been recorded in the company’s consolidated financial statements.

producers of House of Cards over losses relating to allegations of sexual misconduct by the actor, after losing an appeal over the sum.  Spacey had sought to overturn an arbitration order requiring him to pay media company MRC damages following "explosive" allegations involving young crew members that led to his firing from the popular Netflix show in 2017. But Los Angeles Judge Mel Red Recana found that Spacey and his lawyers “fail to demonstrate that this is even a close case”, according to documents seen by the Press Association.

The amount that Alex Jones has to pay has increased significantly.

The Tonight Show… host Jimmy Fallon have covered Tears For Fears‘ hit ‘Head Over Heels’ – and turned it into a song about the weather.The pair performed their rendition as part of The Tonight Show‘s ‘First Drafts Of Rock’ segment, which typically sees Bacon join Fallon to play a classic song under the guise of it being an early draft of the song’s actual lyrics.On Wednesday night’s (August 3) episode, Bacon and Fallon performed their own version of Tears For Fears’ 1985 song, ‘Head Of Heels’, which is the second single from the British band’s second album ‘Songs From The Big Chair’.In the clip, which you can watch below, Bacon and Fallon appear in a hazy video accompanied by a backing band and wearing their hair in curls.Footloose actor and musician in his own right Bacon sings: “I wanted to be with you alone/ And talk about the weather/ There’s rain up in Seattle so if you’re going out/ You might need an umbrella.”Fallon sings on the second verse: “Got a degree in meteorology/ To talk about the weather/ According to the dew point the humidity’s up/ As the temperatures climb/ That’s just, just, just summertime.”The original song lyrics feature the opening lines: “I wanted to be with you alone/ And talk about the weather.”The two later sing in unison on the chorus: “For the weather you can call Tears for Fears/ We’ll check the radar if the skies will be clear/ Warm front’s coming, so the clouds disappear/ With a gentle breeze, 80 degrees let’s, let’s, look at the four-day forecast/ four days forecast for days,” [lyrics via Billboard].‘Head Over Heels’ spent a total of 20 weeks on the Billboard Hot 100, where it peaked at Number Three in 1985.

Kevin Spacey owes more than $30 million to the producers of House of Cards after being fired from the Netflix series in 2017.

Kevin Spacey has lost his bid to overturn a $31million (£25.5million) arbitration award he was ordered to pay to the producers of House Of Cards.The actor, who was fired from the Netflix series in 2017, was ordered in November to pay the sum to production company MRC following allegations of sexual misconduct involving young crew members working on the show.Spacey filed to have the order overturned, but his request was denied by a judge in Los Angeles on Thursday (August 4).As reported by PA, Judge Mel Red Racana found that Spacey and his attorneys “fail to demonstrate that this is even a close case” and “do not demonstrate that the damages award was so utterly irrational that it amounts to an arbitrary remaking of the parties’ contracts”.The actor was dropped from the Netflix series following allegations of sexually preying on young men.

Kevin Spacey has been ordered to pay the “House of Cards” production company, MRC, $31 million after it was determined he breached his contract and was fired for alleged sexual misconduct.

Kevin Spacey has been ordered to pay 'House of Cards' producers $31 million. The 63-year-old actor was dropped from the Netflix series in 2017 after being accused of sexual misconduct by multiple young men and he was later sued by programme makers MRC for breach of contract after they said he had violated the company's sexual harassment policy, and on Thursday (04. 08.

Todd Spangler NY Digital EditorA Texas jury ordered Alex Jones, founder of fringe media outlet Infowars, to pay $4.1 million to the parents of a 6-year-old who was murdered in the 2012 mass shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School after he had denied that the shooting was real and accused the child’s parents of participating in a government hoax. He is facing potentially millions more in defamation damages.Jones had claimed the Sandy Hook shooting — in which 20 children and six adults were killed — was a “giant hoax” perpetrated by “crisis actors,” and that “no one died” in the massacre.

Kevin Spacey was ordered by a judge Thursday to pay $31 million to the producers of "House of Cards" after he was fired in 2018 following alleged sexual misconduct behind the scenes of the political drama. The 63-year-old disgraced actor, who starred on the Netflix show from 2013-17, was accused of preying on multiple young men, including a production assistant, which prompted an investigation by the MRC production company and ultimate termination of Spacey from his role in addition to any producing contracts.

Kevin Spacey has been ordered to pay the  production company, MRC, $31 million after it was determined he breached his contract and was fired for alleged sexual misconduct.According to court documents obtained by ET on Thursday, Judge Mel Red Recana confirmed the arbitration award, which was determined last November following an arbitration hearing between MRC and Spacey's attorneys.An arbitrator ruled that the 63-year-old actor breached his contract with theproduction company when he was fired from in 2017 amid allegations of sexual harassment and misconduct.The ruling, first reported by , awarded $29.5 million in damages and $1.4 million in attorneys fees and costs to MRC.In 2017, multiple people came forward against Spacey to allege a pattern of sexually predatory conduct, and he's denied the allegations.

Alex Jones will have to pay at least $4.1 million in damages to the parents of one of the 6-year-old victims in the 2012 Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting, a jury decided on Thursday.

Ethan Shanfeld A judge has ordered Kevin Spacey to pay “House of Cards” production company MRC nearly $31 million for alleged sexual misconduct behind the scenes of the Netflix White House drama.Spacey, who played Frank Underwood, was kicked off the series during its sixth season after facing allegations that he had sexually assaulted and preyed upon young men, including a “House of Cards” production assistant who said Spacey groped him, prompting MRC’s investigation.Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Mel Red Recana confirmed an award previously handed down by an arbitrator in October 2020, which consisted of around $29.5 million in damages and $1.5 million in costs and fees.MRC had argued that Spacey owed them millions in lost profits because his misconduct forced them to remove him from the sixth season of the show, and it had to trim the season from 13 episodes to eight. Ruling in the producer’s favor, the arbitrator found that Spacey’s behavior constituted a material breach of his agreements as an actor and executive producing agreements.

“Netflix argued the WGA should accept a substandard formula the company negotiated with DGA and SAG-AFTRA. After a hearing, however, an arbitrator determined differently: that the license fee should have been greater than the gross budget of the film,” read the WGA West memo from president Meredith Stiehm and other leaders.

Kevin Spacey is facing a huge loss in court.

Kevin Spacey must pay House of Cards producer MRC nearly $31 million for alleged sexual misconduct behind the scenes of the Netflix show, a judge ruled today, saying it was not even a “close case.”