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, apparently hasn't gotten a salary raise in 18 (you heard me) years. After announced his retirement from the show on June 12, reported that Sajak's on-screen partner White is negotiating for her first raise since 2005. While White currently brings in about $3 million per year, according to Puck, Sajak was making nearly five times that amount. Let's not forget that Sajak and White started hosting Wheel of Fortune together at the same time nearly 41 years ago. I would argue that in that time White has become way more iconic for her role on the show than Sajak has.

announced as Pat Sajak’s replacement on “Wheel of Fortune” Tuesday following the veteran host’s announcement that he’ll exit the game show next year.However, it remains to be seen whether Sajak’s longtime letter-turning companion, Vanna White, 66, will be joining Seacrest on the revamped program. White, who has appeared on “Wheel” since 1982, has reportedly lawyered up in the wake of Sajak’s retirement amid claims she hasn’t had a pay rise in 18 years.

Vanna White is reportedly making a power play at “Wheel of Fortune” following news of longtime host Pat Sajak’s impending retirement.

Vanna White is reportedly making a power play at “Wheel of Fortune” following news of longtime host Pat Sajak’s impending retirement.

Puck News reported Thursday.She allegedly wants a Pat Sajak-sized paycheck, too, as the longtime host is set to retire at the end of the upcoming Season 41. Puck claims that White, 66, makes $3 million per season — and has for 18 years, receiving bonuses not raises during that time.She appears to have hired Bryan Freedman, who represented embattled short-lived “Jeopardy!” host Mike Richards, with Puck reporting Freedman is “hitting the pay discrepancy issue hard with Sony, as well as possible gender discrimination with respect to White’s salary.”In 2016, Forbes reported that Sajak, 76, earned $15 million a year from the show.

Tucker Carlson is reportedly in trouble with Fox News.

Fox News has sent a cease and desist letter to Tucker Carlson over his Twitter show that launched last week.

Fox News informed Tucker Carlson’s attorney that they believe his new Twitter show violated his contract.

Axios reported.Fox did not comment on the Wednesday report, and Carlson’s lawyer Bryan Freedman did not immediately respond to a request for comment. A source familiar with the situation told Axios that Fox believes it has been working in good faith to reach an amicable agreement.Carlson was reportedly still under contract until 2025, to the tune of $10 million per year, when he was abruptly fired in late April.

Axios.Carlson, who is currently under contract with Fox News until early 2025, has reportedly been contacted for gigs across conservative media outlets, including Newsmax and video platform Rumble, since being axed from Fox News nearly two weeks ago, though it is unknown if the network will continue to pay Carlson up to $20 million a year to avoid moving over to a competitor.After an unnamed source told Axios that Carlson “knows where a lot of bodies are buried, and is ready to start drawing a map” as the contract dispute deepens, Bryan Freedman, the attorney Carlson hired for his contract dispute, said it is “beyond preposterous” that the former host would be silenced.“The idea that anyone is going to silence Tucker and prevent him from speaking to his audience is beyond preposterous,” Freedman told Axios.According to Axios, the anchor is planning to ramp up his retaliation against the network, marking a switch up in his approach, which previously called for a “quiet and clean” strategy.“They’re coming to him and saying: ‘Do you want me to hit Fox?'” a close friend of Carlson’s told Axios. “He’s been saying: ‘No.

Tucker Carlson broke his silence and shared what the future holds for him. The immediate future, anyway.A reporter with the  is said to have spotted the provocative firebrand riding in a golf cart Tuesday night on his way out to dinner with his wife of 32 years, Susan.

The dogfight between Judith Sheindlin and CBS with Rebel Entertainment Partners over the $95 million sale of the Judy Judy library is over, but not finished.

Diplo has been awarded more than $1. 2 million (£1. 1 million) after a woman he accused of harassment allegedly violated her restraining order.

Quentin Tarantino and Miramax have reached a settlement in their legal battle over his plan to sell non-fungible tokens (NFTs) related to Pulp Fiction. Studio executives sued the Pulp Fiction director in November 2021 over his desire to sell unique digital tokens based on his 1994 film.

UPDATE, 1:16 PM: Just under a year after it all started, Miramax and Quentin Tarantino have pulled the plug on their legal face-off over Pulp Fiction NFTs

After a contentious lawsuit erupted between filmmaker Quentin Tarantino and his former studio Miramax over Tarantino’s decision to release a series of “Pulp Fiction” NFTs, with both sides firing off heated arguments in the media, an agreement has been reached.Miramax and Quentin Tarantino have released a joint statement regarding the settlement of the pending NFT lawsuit.“The parties have agreed to put this matter behind them and look forward to collaborating with each other on future projects, including possible NFTs,” the statement said.Late last year, Tarantino and blockchain company Secret Network announced that they’d be selling uncut and unreleased scenes from “Pulp Fiction” as NFTs. Those purchasing the NFTs would also receive exclusive access to extras, including commentary from Tarantino and images of the handwritten first draft of the screenplay.Miramax, who has plans to turn much of its library into NFTs, argued that Tarantino doesn’t have the right to release NFTs of his own screenplay and sent a cease-and-desist to the filmmaker (who, in the years since “Pulp Fiction’s” release, made movies like “Django Unchained,” “Kill Bill” and “Once Upon a Time in Hollywood”).“This group chose to recklessly, greedily, and intentionally disregard the agreement that Quentin signed instead of following the clear legal and ethical approach of simply communicating with Miramax about his proposed ideas,” Miramax’s attorney Bart Williams said in a statement in November.

Todd Spangler NY Digital EditorElon Musk has denied a Wall Street Journal report alleging he had an affair with Nicole Shanahan, wife of Google co-founder Sergey Brin. Shanahan has also called the story false — and now Musk says he hopes Shanahan sues the outlet for defamation.On Sunday, the Journal published a report alleging that Musk, the high-profile tech mega-billionaire who is CEO of Tesla and SpaceX, had a “brief affair” with Shanahan in early December.

UPDATE, 10:25 AM: Get your tickets now! WME is heading to trial next year over a fraud lawsuit from La La Land’s Oscar winning composer.

FKA Twigs’ lawsuit against Shia LaBeouf, alleging sexual battery, assault and infliction of emotional distress, has been given a date to go to trial.In December 2020, the musician – real name Tahliah Barnett – sued the actor, accusing him of “relentless abuse” during their relationship.Now, the case will be heard before a jury in a Los Angeles court next year, with the trial currently set to start on April 17, 2023, Rolling Stone reports.A remote hearing in the case was heard in June 2021. At that time, Barnett’s lawyer told a Los Angeles County Superior Court judge that “the parties have been engaged in productive settlement negotiations and are in the process of arranging for an early mediation”.

Judging by Jamie Lynn Spears’ response to Britney Spears’ cease and desist letter, things are beginning to get even uglier between these feuding sisters. The Netflix star’s lawyer, Bryan Freedman, just sent a letter to Britney’s legal team dismissing their claims about Jamie Lynn’s new book, Things I Should Have Said.

EXCLUSIVE: A stinging lawsuit filed today by the composer of La La Land may leave WME wishing they’d been slipped the wrong envelope.

LOS ANGELES -- Quentin Tarantino's attorney said Wednesday that he has every right to create and sell a series of “Pulp Fiction” NFTs.The statement from lawyer Bryan Freedman comes a day after entertainment company Miramax filed a lawsuit over the director's plans to create and auction off a series of NFTs based on his scripts for “Pulp Fiction."“Miramax is wrong - plain and simple.

Page Six. "Now he's ready to tell the truth about how things really work over there — and he has plenty of evidence to back him up."Bryan Freedman, the attorney that Chris hired, is the same lawyer who represented Gabrielle Union in her dispute with "America's Got Talent." TMZ surmised that the hiring of a lawyer is a sign that Chris is worried he might be permanently off the show.

Nellie Andreeva Co-Editor-in-Chief, TVJared Goetz, an accomplished distribution executive, has resigned as the President of North American Television Distribution at Lionsgate after more than three years.According to sources, Goetz was involved in an incident a couple of weeks ago, involving him carrying a firearm to an out-of-the-office work meeting with a colleague for personal protection.In a statement released through Goetz’s attorney, Bryan Freedman, Goetz revealed that he “had his home

Cassie Randolph has filed a police report in connection to Colton Underwood allegedly placing a tracker on her car.  was the first to report that the former star has followed up on her restraining order claims. ET has reached out to Randolph and Underwood's attorneys for comment.  On Tuesday, released a statement from Randolph's attorney, Bryan Freedman, regarding the former reality star going to the police. «It was her intention to first, try and work through this process privately in a manner

Bachelor star Colton Underwood, for —a claim that was first made when she . According to , Cassie went to the L.A.

Gabrielle Union and NBC have reached an «amicable resolution» after the actress filed a harassment, discrimination and retaliation complaint against the network, Simon Cowell, Fremantle and Syco Entertainment with California's Department of Fair Employment and Housing in Los Angeles in June, following her exit from .In Union's complaint filed by attorney Bryan Freedman and obtained by ET, she claimed NBC Entertainment Chairman Paul Telegdy tried to «silence and intimidate» her.

Gabrielle Union has filed a complaint against the producers and network behind America's Got Talent. According to a statement from Union's attorney Bryan Freedman, which was received by Variety and People, the actress filed a harassment complaint against FremantleMedia, Simon Cowell's Syco and NBCUniversal with California's Department of Fair Employment and Housing (DFEH).