Latest in Legal

Under fire from within his organization and outside of it, Harvey Mason Jr., the interim CEO and board chairman of the Recording Academy, has issued a memo to the organization’s 25,000 members. In the note, he detailed specific steps that are being taken to increase diversity and inclusiveness. Songwriter/producer…

It's finally time for the 62nd annual Grammy Awards, but what a time it's been over the past few weeks, with the drama ramping up even more just before the show. Music's biggest night has turned into an embarrassment for the organization running it. This week saw more accusations from suspended CEO Deborah Dugan and…

The impeachment trial of President Donald Trump continues Saturday on Capitol Hill after four marathon sessions this week that set the rules for the proceeding and laid out the House Democrats’ case. The president’s defense team led by Jay Sekulow takes over today, and here’s is a guide on how to watch it on TV and…

Rapper YG was arrested this morning at his Chatsworth, Calif. mansion on suspicion of robbery by Los Angleles County sheriffs. He is scheduled to appear Sunday as part of a Grammys tribute to slain rapper Nipsey Hussle, performing with John Legend and Meek Mill, among others. YG, whose real name is Keenon Jackson, was…

Oral arguments were heard today in federal court on the Big 3 talent agencies' motion to dismiss the WGA's antitrust suit against them. If U.S. District Court Judge Andre Birotte Jr. denies the motion, the case would be headed for trial in March 2021 after a lengthy and costly discovery process, in which the sides…

Actress Rosie Perez testified for nearly an hour Friday afternoon in the Harvey Weinstein rape trial in New York, corroborating friend Annabella Sciorra’s previous testimony that Sciorra had told her of the rape back in 1993. Prosecutors and defense attorneys raised repeated objections and continued to clash about the…

Update with Sen. Hawley response He said it with a smile, but he said it: Rep. Adam Schiff opened Day 3 of the Trump Impeachment Trial with a reminder-slash-warning for senators to keep their seats or go to jail. Sounding a bit like a parent who doesn’t really believe his own threat of a summer-long grounding, Schiff…

Music’s biggest night is turning into music’s most litigious night. Joey Kramer, the longtime drummer for Aerosmith, lost Wednesday in his efforts to have a judge rule that he can participate with the band in weekend activities. Kramer, who has played with the band for 50 years and came up with its name, was…

The autopsy results on 21-year-old rapper Juice WRLD, who died last month in a Chicago airport, showed he accidentally overdosed.The Cook County Medical Examiner said traces of Oxycodone and codeine were found in Juice WRLD’s system. The rapper died after his group was subjected to a drug bust upon arriving at Midway…

EXCLUSIVE: As we step foot on the ground at the Sundance Film Festival today, we’ve confirmed that 12 people of the near 30-person staff at Aviron Pictures were pinkslipped on Friday and issued their final paychecks. Domestic theatrical distribution president Greg Forston and his team were eliminated, in addition to…

Tulima Tuanaki has been promoted to chief operating officer of Contract Services, the entertainment industry trust fund that carries out provisions of the collective bargaining agreements between the film and television industry's West Coast studio locals and management's Alliance of Motion Picture and Television…

UPDATE, 12:54 PM PT: Bill Clinton was the focus of the latest dispute between Harvey Weinstein’s defense team and New York prosecutors Wednesday. During her opening arguments, prosecutor Meghan Haft referred to Weinstein’s relationship with Clinton, and on a courtroom screen displayed a picture of Weinstein with the…