Strictly Come Dancing fans have been left furious after Fleur East and Richie Anderson were in the dance-off this week - sparking accusations of racism among the public voting system.
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Chris Willman Senior Music Writer and Chief Music Critic Swizz Beatz and Timbaland have settled their lawsuit with Triller, after suing the service last month for $28 million, an amount they contended was owed after their sale of Verzuz to the service in March 2021. Specific terms of the settlement were not revealed in the late Thursday announcement, beyond a promise that “the settlement will increase the ownership stake given to the artists that Timbaland and Swizz Beatz brought to Triller as part of the original deal.” “Verzuz has always been a platform that is by the artists, for the artists and with the people,” Swizz Beatz and Timbaland said in a statement. “We’re glad to come to an amicable agreement with Triller and continue giving fans the music and community that they’ve come to know and love from the brand.”
“Verzuz and Triller will always be a safe place and outlet for creators and their art. Nothing will change that,” said Bobby Sarnevesht, Triller’s executive chairman and co-founder. “Nothing will change that. Creators started this and will continue building it. This is a victorious moment in the Triller and Verzuz relationship as we march together toward the public markets. Stay tuned.” The lawsuit was filed in August by the two producers, who founded the popular Verzuz virtual battle series in March 2020 on Instagram Live, then sold it to Triller for undisclosed terms about a year later. Swizz Beatz and Timbaland (legal names: Kasseem Daoud Dean and Timothy Mosley) both received equity in the sale, along with 43 artists who had participated in the program. Their lawsuit alleged that Triller had failed to make a significant payment to the duo in January of this year, and that the service had agreed in
Strictly Come Dancing fans have been left furious after Fleur East and Richie Anderson were in the dance-off this week - sparking accusations of racism among the public voting system.
BBC 2, Rock Hudson stars in Ice Station Zebra. The macho spy thriller showed off the incredible Hollywood star as the hero of the story, but this went against the picture he had painted of himself behind the scenes. Rock was an out and proud gay man who eventually died because of his sexual escapades, but he had previously dabbled in relationships with women.
US President Joe Biden warned that the risk of a nuclear threat has reached its highest point since the 1962 Cuban Missile Crisis, following harrowing threats from Vladimir Putin.
Commuters heading to Manchester are being warned to expect disruption this morning after a signalling fault on a busy railway line. National Rail says some Northern, TransPennine Express and Transport for Wales services could be delayed or cancelled until 9am today (October 7).
EXCLUSIVE: Vertical Entertainment has secured North American, United Kingdom, and Ireland distribution rights to Broadway Rising, Amy Rice’s documentary chronicling the reopening of Broadway after the 2020 Covid pandemic shutdown.
as recently as 2020 over an opinion piece titled “Soliciting dirt on your opponents from a foreign government is a crime.” The disposition of multiple such cases, including filed against the New York Times and New York Post in recent years, could not be immediately determined.First Amendment scholars who have spoken to TheWrap said that defamation suits like these are not likely to succeed.The lawsuit takes special issue with alleged comparisons to Hitler, saying it demonstrates “actual malice,” a key component of any defamation action:“Most notably, and, the subject of this complaint, is CNN’s persistent association of the Plaintiff to Adolf Hitler and Nazism. When labels like ‘racist,’ ‘Russian lackey,’ and ‘insurrectionist’ did not have the desired effect to undermine the Plaintiff’s candidacy when running for President or the Plaintiff’s accomplishments as President, CNN upped the stakes to conjure associations between the Plaintiff and arguably the most heinous figure in modern history.”More to come …Loree Seitz contributed to this report.
The risk of suffering from Alzheimer's disease is raised in those over 65 who have had Covid, according to new research.
night before, Carlson took the position that the attack had been orchestrated by the Biden administration. In a Pentagon briefing on Wednesday, an unnamed Senior Military Official told Fox News’s Chief National Security Correspondent Jennifer Griffin that the U.S.
THR that revealed accusations by several of Rudin’s former assistants and staffers of the producer’s alleged abusive behavior toward employees. Rudin released a statement apologizing for the “pain my behavior caused to individuals, directly and indirectly,” and shortly afterward, stepped away from his Broadway shows and his film and streaming projects.However, Rudin was back in the news in July after the New York Times reported that a dispute between Rudin and the creators of Aaron Sorkin’s “To Kill a Mockingbird” would prevent it from reopening on Broadway after multiple hiatuses.
UPDATED, 3:29 PM: Scott Rudin and Broadway ad agency Spotco have turned off the stage lights in their legal battle over $6.3 million in allegedly unpaid fees by the controversial producer.
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Gene Maddaus Senior Media Writer Netflix dismissed a copyright lawsuit on Friday that it had filed against the creators of “The Unofficial Bridgerton Musical.” The court filing did not indicate whether the streaming service had reached a settlement with Emily Bear and Abigail Barlow, the creators of the musical. However, the pair had earlier canceled a performance of the musical at Royal Albert Hall in London, which was to take place this week. Netflix sued in July, alleging that Barlow and Bear had infringed on its copyrights by putting on a for-profit stage show at the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C. The service argued that their conduct “stretches ‘fan fiction’ well past its breaking point.”
Manchester City's Kalvin Phillips has been warned that Jude Bellingham is now in pole position to start alongside Declan Rice for England at the World Cup finals in Qatar.
after selling their popular “Verzuz” series.The hit streaming rap-battle show, which was created by the two hip-hop producers in 2020, pits music artists against each other in the form of freestyle rap.Swizz Beatz, whose real name is Kasseem Dean, and Timbaland, real name Timothy Mosley, agreed to sell the series’ rights to Triller, a TikTok competitor, in January 2021.But after the sale deal, the pair alleged that the company, created in 2015 by financier Ryan Kavanaugh, defaulted on the deal after just two payments.Specific terms of the settlement did not immediately become clear.“Verzuz has always been a platform that is by the artists, for the artists and with the people,” Swizz Beatz and Timbaland said in a statement, according to Variety. “We’re glad to come to an amicable agreement with Triller and continue giving fans the music and community that they’ve come to know and love from the brand.”After news of the lawsuit broke in August, Triller told The Post that the suit was “truly unfortunate” and had hoped to “resolve this amicably and quickly.”“We hope it is nothing more than a misunderstanding driven by lawyers,” the company said.
Soaring energy prices and workforce pay increases stand to leave a £26million hole in the finances of Trafford council with town hall bosses now facing a raft of 'difficult decisions'. The warning came from the authority's executive member for finance and systems Coun Tom Ross at a scrutiny committee meeting last night (September 21).
The woman who accused comedians Tiffany Haddish and Aries Spears of coercing her and her younger brother to film disturbing comedy skits years ago has filed to dismiss her lawsuit against the stars.
All eyes are usually on the eccentric characters but the latest episode of The Masked Dancer saw Jonathan Ross in the spotlight. The ITV chat show host was back on the expert panel for more guessing alongside presenter Davina McCall, ex-Strictly dancer Oti Mabuse and former footballer Peter Crouch.
Regé-Jean Page suited up for a mega-budgeted spy actioner with The Russo Brothers this year with Netflix‘s “The Gray Man.” Now, he and the Russos saddle up for another genre entirely: the TV western. READ MORE: ‘The Gray Man’ Review: Chris Evans Steals The Russos Actioner As Delicious Jackass; Too Bad About The Rest The Hollywood Reporter reports that Page and “Top Gun: Maverick” star Glen Powell will star in “Butch And Sundance” for Amazon.