Earlier this week, Deadline reported that the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) is in “settlement talks” with the major Hollywood studios. These talks are in response to allegations that the studios systematically discriminated against women directors. A “knowledgeable” but anonymous source told Deadline, “Every one of the major studios has received a charge contending that they …
For 17 years, Victoria Rowell played Drucilla Winters on “The Young and the Restless,” until her character tumbled off a cliff in a scuffle and was presumed dead. But, as with many things soap-opera related, the story of Rowell’s real-life departure from “Y&R” is anything but cut-and-dried. Rowell, who is African-American, left the show in 2007.
Sometimes it really is just all about saying you’re sorry. Sean Penn is calling off his $10 million defamation lawsuit against director Lee Daniels after reaching a settlement that included Daniels issuing an apology and making a donation to one of Penn’s favorite charities, according to the Hollywood Reporter. Penn sued Daniels in September over remarks the “Empire” creator made in an …
The major film studios, their trade association and theater owners don’t want to be held hostage to any misguided morality play — not one that seeks to force them not to have any movies with tobacco imagery rated G, PG or PG-13. On Friday, they filed court papers asking a judge to reject a putative class action that blames them for children becoming addicted to nicotine. The lawsuit was filed …
Follow CBSMIAMI.COM: Facebook | Twitter TALLAHASSEE (CBSMiami/NSF) – The Florida Supreme Court this week declined to hear an appeal in a potentially far-reaching case about the way local governments administer red-light camera programs. The City of Hollywood asked justices to hear the case after the 4th District Court of Appeal ruled in October that the city violated state law by relying on a …