Esq. | Breaking Legal News | Entertainment Law News | The Hollywood Reportertag:typepad.com,2003:weblog-14639342010-08-25T19:45:28-07:00Blog 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.TypePadMichael Bay fires back at pistol-whipping lawsuit tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d83451d69069e20133f353e7ff970b2010-08-25T19:45:28-07:002010-08-25T19:38:27-07:00By Matthew Belloni EXCLUSIVE: Director Michael Bay is ready to deploy legal firepower against the two men who sued him Tuesday claiming they were pistol-whipped by his security guard outside a trendy nightclub. "It's 100% frivolous," Bay tells us from...hollywoodreporterWidow claims forged license put Gene Kelly on 'highly offensive' trading cardstag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d83451d69069e20133ec990eb0970b2010-04-10T16:17:59-07:002010-04-10T16:17:59-07:00By Matthew Belloni EXCLUSIVE: The widow of "Singin' in the Rain" star Gene Kelly has filed a strange lawsuit claiming a company once run by the son of Humphrey Bogart and Lauren Bacall used a forged license to put her...hollywoodreporterRobin Williams loses $6 million pay-or-play lawsuit over 'Cop Out'tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d83451d69069e20120a8633228970b2010-02-04T17:08:12-08:002010-02-04T17:24:16-08:00By Matthew Belloni Robin Williams has fired blanks in his lawsuit against Gold Circle Films over an alleged $6 million pay-or-play deal to star in "Cop Out" (formerly titled "A Couple of Dicks"). Williams' loan-out company Fiat Risus sued Gold...hollywoodreporterKareem Abdul-Jabbar sues producer for botching documentarytag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d83451d69069e20120a823957e970b2010-01-29T05:25:00-08:002010-01-29T09:06:14-08:00By Matthew Belloni Kareem Abdul-Jabbar has sued a New York sports film production company for $1 million for failing to deliver a documentary based on the basketball legend's 2007 book about post-WWI black culture in time to be considered for...hollywoodreporterCourt of Appeal bites 'Dog' in TAA casetag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d83451d69069e20120a82351fe970b2010-01-29T05:09:00-08:002010-01-29T09:05:40-08:00By Matthew Belloni Here's an appellate decision that should be of interest to showbiz lawyers who navigate the murky waters of California's Talent Agencies Act. In our experience, courts tend shy away from interfering with TAA disputes pending before the...hollywoodreporterMarty Singer demands blogger stop being mean to Demi Mooretag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d83451d69069e201287672ba35970c2009-12-21T16:29:31-08:002009-12-21T16:29:31-08:00By Eriq Gardner We're not surprised to hear that Demi Moore tasked attorney Marty Singer to tame a blogger who had the nerve to suggest that a little Photoshopping on December's W cover made her look like "she had some...hollywoodreporterTiger Woods hires Marty Singer's firmtag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d83451d69069e20120a7540a36970b2009-12-15T11:06:28-08:002009-12-15T11:06:28-08:00By Eriq Gardner American media pundits snickered when Tiger Woods got a London court to ban UK outlets from publishing allegedly nude photos and video of the troubled golfer, but we might begin to soon witness some legal action here...hollywoodreporterIs Gawker off the financial hook for Eric Dane naked threesome tape?tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d83451d69069e20120a69fe70e970c2009-11-02T06:31:09-08:002009-11-02T10:32:27-08:00By Eriq Gardner Gawker Media has responded to a $1 million lawsuit filed by "Grey's Anatomy" star Eric Dane and his actress wife Rebecca Gayheart for the gossip website's posting of a four-minute video of the pair carousing naked with...hollywoodreporter'Jon & Kate' plus lawyers and a courtroom appearancetag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d83451d69069e20120a6153370970c2009-10-05T09:42:29-07:002009-10-05T09:42:30-07:00By Eriq Gardner The bickering between Jon and Kate Gosselin, stars of the hit TLC show "Jon & Kate Plus 8," appears to be headed to court. Last week, after Jon decided on "Larry King" that having his kids appear...hollywoodreporterMarty Singer gets hot and McSteamy with Gawker tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d83451d69069e20120a5ea5a8a970c2009-09-23T18:38:31-07:002009-09-24T13:42:29-07:00By Matthew Belloni Last month Marty Singer offered us a preview of how he might try to squelch a naked video of clients Rebecca Gayheart and Eric Dane that had been posted on the Gawker gossip website. Today he followed...hollywoodreporter