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‘Top Gun’ Heirs Sue Paramount Over ‘Top Gun: Maverick’

The family of the author whose article inspired the 1986 Tom Cruise movie “Top Gun” on Monday sued Paramount Pictures for copyright infringement over this year’s blockbuster sequel “Top Gun: Maverick.” According to a complaint filed in Los Angeles federal court, the Paramount Global unit failed to reacquire the rights to Ehud Yonay’s 1983 article…


Kevin Spacey Must Face Sexual Abuse Accuser’s Lawsuit in New York

NEW YORK—A federal judge on Monday rejected Kevin Spacey’s bid to dismiss a civil lawsuit in which fellow actor Anthony Rapp accused the Oscar winner of making an unwanted sexual advance during a party at Spacey’s Manhattan home in 1986, when Rapp was 14. U.S. District Judge Lewis Kaplan in Manhattan said there was a…


GoFundMe Shuts Down $1 Million Amber Heard Fundraiser Claiming to Support Trial Damages

GoFundMe has shut down a fake Amber Heard fundraiser with a $1 million goal that claimed it was raising money to pay Johnny Depp after the actress lost a high-publicized defamation trial against her ex-husband last week. Shortly after a 7-person jury in Virginia reached a verdict on June 1, someone named Kimberly Moore created…


Former Bon Jovi Bassist, Founding Member Alec John Such Dies

NEW YORK—Alec John Such, the bassist and a founding member of rock band Bon Jovi, has died. He was 70. The group on Sunday announced the death of Such, the New Jersey band’s bassist from 1983 to 1994. No details on when or how Such died were immediately available. A publicist for singer-songwriter Jon Bon…


Harvey Weinstein’s Rape Conviction Upheld by New York Appeals Court

A New York appeals court on Thursday upheld Harvey Weinstein’s rape and sexual assault conviction, rejecting the disgraced movie producer’s arguments that the trial judge made several errors that tainted the trial. Weinstein was appealing his February 2020 conviction and 23-year prison sentence for assaulting former production assistant Mimi Haleyi and raping former aspiring actress…


LeBron James Becomes First Active NBA Player to Score Billionaire Status: Report

LeBron James has become a billionaire, marking the first time a player still active in the NBA has achieved such a status, according to a recently published list by Forbes. The 18-time NBA all-star and two-time Olympic gold medalist has an estimated fortune of $1.2 billion in pretax earnings, Forbes reports, making him the first active NBA player to make the…


Amber Heard Unable to Pay Johnny Depp $10.4 Million, Will Appeal Case, Lawyer Says

Amber Heard’s lawyer revealed on Thursday that her client can’t afford to pay the millions of dollars in damages after losing a defamation case against her ex-husband and Golden Globe-winning actor, Johnny Depp, saying she will “absolutely” appeal the case. A 7-person jury in Virginia reached a verdict on Wednesday regarding Depp’s defamation lawsuit against…


Johnny Depp Wins Defamation Lawsuit Against Ex-Wife Amber Heard

A 7-person jury in Virginia reached a verdict Wednesday regarding Johnny Depp’s defamation lawsuit against ex-wife Amber Heard, who had countersued Depp. Jurors read the verdict aloud in the Fairfax County courtroom, finding that Heard defamed Johnny Depp when she wrote a 2018 opinion article for the Washington Post on almost every count. The jury awarded…


Jury Reaches Verdict in Johnny Depp-Amber Heard Defamation Trial

A 7-person jury in Virginia reached a verdict Wednesday regarding Johnny Depp’s defamation lawsuit against ex-wife Amber Heard. The “Pirates of the Caribbean” actor sued Heard for $50 million in damages over a 2018 Washington Post opinion article in which Heard claimed she had become a “public figure representing domestic abuse,” although she did not mention Depp…


LIVE: Jury Announces Verdict in Depp–Heard Defamation Trial

A 7-person jury in Virginia reached a verdict Wednesday regarding Johnny Depp’s defamation lawsuit against ex-wife Amber Heard. Depp claims Heard wrongly accused him of domestic abuse in a Washington Post op-ed. The verdict will be read at around 3 p.m. ET. * Click the “Save” button below the video to access it later on “My…