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Two weeks after a federal judge ruled Justin Baldoni and his Wayfarer Studios have to pay Blake Lively’s legal fees for the year-long-plus court battle between the It Ends With Us stars, the harassment and retaliation-claiming actress has handed in a bill. A bill for $8,035,040.88 to be…

There is very little Keanu Reeves can’t do, but even the best efforts and intentions of the John Wick superstar couldn’t save his 47 Ronin director from serving time behind bars for scamming Netflix out of millions. Almost two months after Reeves wrote to Judge Jed Rakoff asking that Carl Rinsch…

With an $800 daily fine soon going into effect over her 2024 civil contempt ruling, Fox News alum Catherine Herridge’s legal team has petitioned for a stay after she was ordered to reveal her sources for her 2017 stories about Yanping Chen. After the US court of appeals for the District of…

A day after scoring a mistrial win of sorts in his latest New York rape case, Harvey Weinstein was hit with a big loss in LA as an appeals court refused to overturn the once powerful and much accused producer’s 2022 West Coast sexual assault conviction – with a twist. “The sentence is vacated…

 The jury charged with determining if Jonathan Rinderknecht is guilty of starting the blaze in early 2025 that became the devastating Palisades Fire can’t come up with a verdict, yet. “The jury in the Jonathan Rinderknecht trial sent a subsequent note saying they are deadlocked,” the Justice…

Harvey Weinstein won’t face a fourth New York City trial on rape charges, but the much accused producer isn’t getting out of prison anytime soon, says the Manhattan District Attorney. “Today, following discussions with Jessica Mann, who does not wish to testify again, and in accordance with our…

Over a month before a second potentially seminal social media trial is set to start in California, YouTube has reached a deal to get out of having to show up in court. “YouTube's decision to resolve this case before having to face a jury speaks for itself,” attorneys for 15-year-old R.K.C. said…

Carlos Mencia entered a not guilty plea today to tax evasion charges that could land the comic behind bars for over 11 years if a jury finds the Mind of Mencia frontman guilty of the felonies. Scheduled to be back in Lo Angeles Superior Court on August 14, the incarcerated Mencia also saw his…

Carlos Mencia, who hosted Comedy Central’s Mind of Mencia in the 2000s, was arrested Thursday and charged with a dozen counts of felony state tax evasion. Prosecutors said the comic failed to report $8.7 million in personal and corporate income taxes between tax years 2019-24 and owes the state of…

CBS’ Matlock is going to court for real with a lawsuit from a former writer on the Kathy Bates-led series who claims he was axed after raising concerns about alleged racist and sexual comments made by showrunner Jennie Snyder Urman. In a complaint filed Wednesday in Los Angeles Superior Court…

Sean Combs failed in his frantic efforts to secure a Get Out of Jail Free pardon from Donald Trump, but Diddy now will be exiting his cushy low-security prison in New Jersey a little earlier than expected anyhow. Sentenced to 50 months behind bars after a New York jury acquitted the Bad Boys…

EXCLUSIVE: In a tough and rough election year for incumbents, Paramount's $110 billion acquisition of Warner Bros Discovery has become a political football in California and across the nation. Just a few feet from Donald Trump, a smiling David Ellison was front and center last night for the…