Esq. | Breaking Legal News | Entertainment Law News | The Hollywood Reportertag:typepad.com,2003:weblog-14639342010-10-14T09:32:33-07:00Blog 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.TypePadMother of teen 'sex addict' sues 'Tyra' showtag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d83451d69069e20134882fdcd6970c2010-10-14T09:32:33-07:002010-10-14T09:32:33-07:00By Eriq Gardner EXCLUSIVE: Next on "The Tyra Banks Show": TV producers who kidnap teenaged sex addicts? The mother of a 15-year-old self-proclaimed "sex addict" is suing Warner Bros. Entertainment, Tyra Banks and executive producers of her talk show for...hollywoodreporterReal-life judge investigated for trying to be fake TV judgetag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d83451d69069e20133f5057dee970b2010-10-12T19:34:25-07:002010-10-12T19:34:25-07:00By Eriq Gardner Judge Judy makes $45 million a year. Who can blame other jurists for wanting the same? The Commission on Judicial Performance, for one. The agency is now investigating whether San Diego Superior Court Judge DeAnn Salcido acted...hollywoodreporter'Dora the Explorer' hits puberty, gets fired, sues Nickelodeontag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d83451d69069e20133f4eab583970b2010-10-07T16:17:40-07:002010-10-07T18:37:20-07:00By Eriq Gardner "Dora the Explorer" actress Caitlin Sanchez is only 14. But she just filed a very grown-up multimillion-dollar lawsuit against Nickelodeon, MTV Networks and Viacom. Two years ago, Sanchez was hired to take over playing the lead character's...hollywoodreporterJudge: Food Network's 'Private Chefs' can air as plannedtag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d83451d69069e2013487fd67e6970c2010-10-05T12:50:50-07:002010-10-05T12:50:50-07:00By Matthew Belloni EXCLUSIVE: A federal judge has denied a preliminary injunction against Food Network's "Private Chefs of Beverly Hills" that could have stopped the show's second season before its Oct. 12 premiere. As we've reported, a company called Private...hollywoodreporterMeet the billionaire the entire TV industry is suingtag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d83451d69069e20133f4dc6aef970b2010-10-05T12:50:01-07:002010-10-05T12:50:01-07:00By Eriq Gardner Get ready for a spectacular legal brawl -- the big TV networks have just picked a fight with an eccentric billionaire. On Friday, CBS, NBC, ABC and Fox filed a copyright infringement lawsuit against FilmOn.com, which offers...hollywoodreporterNBCU, BBC win 'stolen' TV idea casetag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d83451d69069e20133f4d5ee78970b2010-10-04T08:59:42-07:002010-10-04T08:59:57-07:00By Eriq Gardner A federal judge in New York has let NBC Universal, the BBC and the Travel Channel off the hook on allegations the studios were engaged in criminal racketeering by running a website that allowed people to submit...hollywoodreporterWill a popular Food Network show be put on ice? tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d83451d69069e20133f49fb0db970b2010-09-27T11:48:38-07:002010-09-27T11:48:38-07:00By Eriq Gardner EXCLUSIVE: A Beverly Hills-based private chef placement company is asking a federal judge to stop the Food Network from airing the second season premiere of "Private Chefs of Beverly Hills." Private Chefs Inc. sued Food Network in...hollywoodreporterHard Rock sues over 'offensive' Vegas reality show tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d83451d69069e20133f47d1856970b2010-09-23T13:05:52-07:002010-09-23T13:54:39-07:00By Eriq Gardner Can a raunchy reality TV show tarnish the brand of a rock-n-roll themed restaurant chain? The Hard Rock Cafe owner is claiming in a new lawsuit that a TruTV series set at the Hard Rock Hotel &...hollywoodreporterWould David Letterman sue Joaquin Phoenix? (video)tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d83451d69069e20134879ce5df970c2010-09-23T09:38:44-07:002010-09-23T08:47:00-07:00By Eriq Gardner Joaquin Phoenix played it straight on "Late Night with David Letterman" last night, talking about his stunt performance as a bearded retired actor who was going into music. What's interesting is that toward the end of the...hollywoodreporterWatch out, Hulu. Meet the new Napster of televisiontag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d83451d69069e20133f46ce183970b2010-09-21T09:58:09-07:002010-09-21T08:49:05-07:00By Eriq Gardner Every once in a while, an upstart company will come along and tout some obscure provision of copyright law that would seemingly upend everything we think we know about the legalities of distributing entertainment content. Allow us...hollywoodreporter