Esq. | Breaking Legal News | Entertainment Law News | The Hollywood Reportertag:typepad.com,2003:weblog-14639342010-10-08T08:57:10-07:00Blog focusing on breaking legal news in entertainment and media. THR Esq. offers analysis on how industries in Hollywood are impacted and influenced by the law. Published by The Hollywood Reporter.TypePadHollywood Docket: MGM bankruptcy; Bergstein's gambling debt; appeals court reinstates MSNBC suittag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d83451d69069e20134880da8f2970c2010-10-08T08:57:10-07:002010-10-08T08:57:10-07:00MGM is preparing to move ahead on a plan in bankruptcy court that would hand over most of the equity in the studio to its secured lenders and control of the studio to Spyglass Entertainment. The process is expected to...hollywoodreporterWeinstein Co. loses key ruling in battle with soul singertag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d83451d69069e2013480d57ab2970c2010-05-14T17:10:30-07:002010-05-14T17:15:10-07:00By Eriq Gardner EXCLUSIVE: A federal judge in Tennessee has rejected a bid by the Weinstein Company to dismiss a lawsuit from Grammy-winning singer Sam Moore that contends the 2008 film "Soul Men" violated Moore's trademarks and rights of publicity....hollywoodreporterWeinsteins, Lionsgate settling 'Precious' litigationtag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d83451d69069e20133ec8318af970b2010-04-06T21:05:19-07:002010-04-06T21:10:42-07:00By Matthew Belloni EXCLUSIVE: The long-running legal battle over "Precious" is about to come to an end. Sources tell us the Weinstein Co. and Lionsgate have agreed to a complete settlement that will end the bicoastal litigation over ownership of...hollywoodreporterCourt denies Cussler 'Sahara' appeal but reverses damagestag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d83451d69069e201310f5d2858970c2010-03-03T19:12:40-08:002010-03-04T09:29:58-08:00By Matthew Belloni A California Court of Appeal has torpedoed novelist Clive Cussler's latest attempt to recover money from the 2005 boxoffice bomb "Sahara." But the court also has taken away a $5 million award to Cussler's archnemesis, Philip Anschutz's...hollywoodreporterJudge revives Warren Beatty's 'Dick Tracy' lawsuittag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d83451d69069e20128756fab8a970c2009-11-10T09:50:29-08:002009-11-10T09:50:29-08:00By Eriq Gardner The legal fight over rights to comic legend Dick Tracy is back on. A federal bankruptcy judge in Delaware lifted a stay yesterday that prevented actor Warren Beatty from suing Tribune Media Services over movie and television...hollywoodreporterTom Cruise enrolls at Harvard Law (for an hour)tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d83451d69069e20120a5c6fbcd970b2009-10-06T15:12:25-07:002009-10-06T17:05:38-07:00By Matthew Belloni Tom Cruise has played idealistic lawyers in "A Few Good Men," "The Firm" and "Jerry Maguire." On Monday Cruise joined a classroom of bright-eyed and budding Esquires at Harvard Law School for a lecture from his actual...hollywoodreporterHarvey Weinstein reveals naked truth of 'Project Runway' settlementtag:typepad.com,2003:post-651414892009-04-06T12:37:00-07:002009-04-06T16:31:14-07:00By Eriq Gardner So this is how high-profile legal spats get resolved. "Project Runway" producer Harvey Weinstein went on Ryan Seacrest's radio show and said the "Runway" settlement was put together with the help of, um, naked arm wrestling?... Ryan...hollywoodreporterClive Cussler's shocking legal billtag:typepad.com,2003:post-639003672009-03-10T15:00:40-07:002009-03-10T15:00:40-07:00By Eriq Gardner Here's a shot across the bow of anyone who licenses the rights to a film and may wish to sue when things don't go as planned: A Los Angeles Superior Court has ordered best-selling novelist Clive Cussler...hollywoodreporterParamount Didn't Make Mario Puzo's Family an Offer They Couldn't Refusetag:typepad.com,2003:post-515720822008-06-19T11:11:44-07:002008-06-19T11:11:44-07:00Posted by Eriq Gardner The estate of "Godfather" author Puzo and the studio behind the three movies are going to war again — this time over royalties owed from a "Godfather" video game. The Puzo estate, repped by THR, Esq.'s...hollywoodreporter'Funny Face' Case Claims Ownership Of Dance Scene Is No Laughing Mattertag:typepad.com,2003:post-503118882008-05-23T14:29:57-07:002008-05-23T14:29:57-07:00Posted by Eriq Gardner Who owns the copyright to the famous dance scene in the 1957 film "Funny Face"? (Here's a pretty good facsimile of it.) According to the film's director, Stanley Donen, he does. Represented by Bert Fields, Donen...hollywoodreporter