Hollywood Docket Top 5: No Oscars for New York?; Lady Gaga nipple; 'Price is Right' pregnancy suit
Tue Mar 02, 2010 @ 09:59AM PST- A dispute over cable retrans fees threatens to remove ABC from Cablevision subscribers in the New York tri-state region just in time for the Oscars telecast. Cablevision says it's not fair for Disney/ABC to hold its viewers hostage. [THR, PaidContent]
- The Supreme Court today overturned a lower court ruling that threw out an $18 million settlement between publishers and freelance writers in a case about digital rights to works. [Reuters]
- Retailers are refusing to carry an issue of Q magazine showing Lady Gaga in a racy pose on the cover, citing concerns about "crotch grabbing" and a New York State law that prohibits retailers from carrying magazines "showing anything below the nipple." [Folio]
- A former member of the chart-topping band the Sugababes is suing her ex-bandmates over use of the band's name. [Mirror] Obviously, the band name has a lot of cache, but the plaintiff has another reason to be litigious: From ABBA to ZZ Top, all the good band names are taken. [WSJ]
- A former model on CBS' "The Price Is Right" is suing the network over unfair treatment when she became pregnant. Brandi Cochran claims the stress was so severe, her pregnancy ended in miscarriage. Here's the complaint.
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