Birthday shoutouts go to Henry Rollins (above), who is 52, Peter Gabriel is 63, Robbie Williams is 39, and Stockard Channing is 69. Hugh Jackman talks about the gay rumors, and how they're affecting his wife.Gay Activists Blamed for Wrestling’s Olympic Axe: “If they expel wrestling now, that means that gays will soon run the whole world,” coach Vladimir Uruimagov said, calling the decision “a blow to masculine origins.” Is the end near for 90210? Eliza Coupe talks about Happy Endings and the ratings struggles: "It's a running joke on set when we film something we all think is incredible that someone goes, 'Oh man, that was so good -- it's too bad no one will ever see it.' It's the same as every year, we just never know. The network and the studio love the show, and they have been very good to us. They have given us a chance and...
- 2/13/2013
- by snicks
- The Backlot
Charlie Sheen has won his latest legal battle with the producers of the show he was fired from earlier this year - a Los Angeles judge has denied show creator Chuck Lorre's request for a gag order, according to a U.S. report.
Sheen filed a $100 million (GBP62.5 million) lawsuit against Lorre in March, demanding the pay he would have earned from the eight episodes producers cancelled at the end of February, citing the actor's erratic behaviour.
Lorre and his Warner Bros. team later submitted a motion to keep the details of the case under wraps with a broad gag order, in order to ensure a smooth arbitration. However, according to The Hollywood Reporter, Justice Richard Neal has rejected Lorre's plea.
Per the judge's ruling, Sheen will now be allowed to publicly discuss the trial with reporters, as well as touch upon the topic during his upcoming Comedy Central Roast in September, as long as he doesn't disclose details considered "sensitive and proprietary".
Sheen filed a $100 million (GBP62.5 million) lawsuit against Lorre in March, demanding the pay he would have earned from the eight episodes producers cancelled at the end of February, citing the actor's erratic behaviour.
Lorre and his Warner Bros. team later submitted a motion to keep the details of the case under wraps with a broad gag order, in order to ensure a smooth arbitration. However, according to The Hollywood Reporter, Justice Richard Neal has rejected Lorre's plea.
Per the judge's ruling, Sheen will now be allowed to publicly discuss the trial with reporters, as well as touch upon the topic during his upcoming Comedy Central Roast in September, as long as he doesn't disclose details considered "sensitive and proprietary".
- 8/31/2011
- WENN
Robert Rankin is often regarded as one of the kookiest authors in the land, and with good reason. Many of his books’ plots take nonsensical twists and turns that, ultimately, feel absolutely right in the wacky universe that he’s created. Made famous for the Brentford Trilogy, a series currently spanning nine books, classed as ‘Far Fetched Fiction’ by the man himself, he’s written and published over thirty novels, to critical acclaim.
I bumped into him recently at the London Film & Comic Con and conveniently had a Dictaphone on me (though, do you really believe I just happened to have one on me?). I just had to fire some questions at him, and Rankin gave some remarkable advice that people hoping to break into the publishing industry, and the future of the industry that is slowly becoming electronic, as well as some talking about himself, his work, and what...
I bumped into him recently at the London Film & Comic Con and conveniently had a Dictaphone on me (though, do you really believe I just happened to have one on me?). I just had to fire some questions at him, and Rankin gave some remarkable advice that people hoping to break into the publishing industry, and the future of the industry that is slowly becoming electronic, as well as some talking about himself, his work, and what...
- 8/23/2011
- by Josh Harris
- Obsessed with Film
Robert Rankin is often regarded as one of the kookiest authors in the land, and with good reason. Many of his books’ plots take nonsensical twists and turns that, ultimately, feel… absolutely right in the wacky universe that he’s created. Made famous for the Brentford Trilogy, a series currently spanning nine books, classed as ‘Far Fetched Fiction’ by the man himself, he’s written and published over thirty novels, to critical acclaim.
I bumped into him recently at the London Film & Comic Con and conveniently had a Dictaphone on me (though, do you really believe I just happened to have one on me?). I just had to fire some questions at him, and Rankin gave some remarkable advice that people hoping to break into the publishing industry, and the future of the industry that is slowly becoming electronic, as well as some talking about himself, his work, and what...
I bumped into him recently at the London Film & Comic Con and conveniently had a Dictaphone on me (though, do you really believe I just happened to have one on me?). I just had to fire some questions at him, and Rankin gave some remarkable advice that people hoping to break into the publishing industry, and the future of the industry that is slowly becoming electronic, as well as some talking about himself, his work, and what...
- 7/24/2011
- by Josh Harris
- Obsessed with Film
La Superior Court Judge Alan Goodman just issued a ruling in both Charlie Sheen vs. Warner Bros TV and Sheen vs. Two And A Half Men co-creator Chuck Lorre lawsuits: they will have to be settled in arbitration and won't go to trial. The studio had argued that Sheen's $100 million lawsuit over his firing from the hit CBS/Wbtv comedy had to be handled through arbitration per the actor's contract, and that Lorre's own arbitration clause requires that part of the litigation to also go though a mediator. Sheen's attorney Marty Singer had been demanding a public trial. "We're very gratified by the court's ruling enforcing the parties' arbitration agreement," Wbtv said in a statement after the ruling. There's no doubt the lawsuit would have been a circus since there already was a ruling to let a video camera team film in the Santa Monica Superior Courtroom. Team Sheen and the media wanted it,...
- 6/15/2011
- by NELLIE ANDREEVA
- Deadline TV
2Nd Update: The judge took it under advisement. Update 2:15 Pm: Wow, this hearing took all morning, broke for lunch, and resumes any minute this afternoon. So far the only decision made is that the judge is letting a lone video camera film in the courtroom. Team Sheen and the media wanted it, Team WB/Lorre didn't. Charlie won. 8:30 Am: This morning, attorneys for Charlie Sheen, Chuck Lorre, and Warner Bros return to Santa Monica Superior Court where Sheen’s counsel, Marty Singer, will again try to avoid arbitration for his client in the dispute against WB and Lorre, this time in front of the original Judge Allan Goodman. It’s unclear whether Goodman (who is also presiding over Sheen’s $100M state court litigation and had been on vacation) will rule at once or take the matter under advisement. In any event, legal observers consider Singer’s efforts to be a long shot,...
- 4/19/2011
- by NIKKI FINKE
- Deadline Hollywood
The arbitrator for Charlie Sheen's case against Warner Bros. and Two and a Half Men co-creator Chuck Lorre has finally been chosen. According to The Hollywood Reporter, Hon. Richard Neal will oversee the proceedings between Sheen, Warner Bros. and Lorre. Marshall Grossman, a lawyer with La's Bingham firm, said of Neal: "He's first-rate, does not suffer fools lightly and has a brilliant legal mind. He'll get to the right answer, that's for sure." Sheen was (more)...
- 3/29/2011
- by By Tara Fowler
- Digital Spy
The dispute-resolution service Jams has tapped former judge Richard Neal to hear Charlie Sheen's $100 million lawsuit against Warner Bros. TV and "Two and a Half Men" creator Chuck Lorre, should the case be resolved through arbitration. Neal is a former California Court of Appeals judge who has worked with Jams since 2001. According to Jams' profile of him, he largely handled insurance-related cases as a lawyer and a judge. Sheen filed his suit against Lorre and Warner Bros. TV earlier this month, shortly after being fired from "Two and a Half Men."...
- 3/29/2011
- The Wrap
Okay, so as resident doorQ from the Texas area, it is my duty to shine light upon all that is magical and doorQy in this great state! What? You say that Texas is filled with crazy people? Now, just because I’m the only Texan you know doesn’t mean you can judge the rest of the state based off of my actions!
After all, Houston is just about to elect the first openly gay mayor of a major Us city ever ^_^ Plus, all of our major counties voted blue in the presidential election. Yeah, we have uber-conservatives hiding out in the country and scattered about our cities (and an insane governor...), but a lot of us are just friendly ol’ folks who want nothing more than ride a cowboy- errr... horse through the open plains!
Okay, maybe we’re not even that. Bah, I give up! If you ever come to visit,...
After all, Houston is just about to elect the first openly gay mayor of a major Us city ever ^_^ Plus, all of our major counties voted blue in the presidential election. Yeah, we have uber-conservatives hiding out in the country and scattered about our cities (and an insane governor...), but a lot of us are just friendly ol’ folks who want nothing more than ride a cowboy- errr... horse through the open plains!
Okay, maybe we’re not even that. Bah, I give up! If you ever come to visit,...
- 11/4/2009
- doorQ.com
Nothing says geek like comics and nothing says “dream-job” to geeks more than working in a comic book shop. That’s the basis for The Variants, a new situation comedy co-created by Richard Neal from Zeus Comics Media in conjunction with Stepladder Productions. One might imagine that a comic book shop is an insane yet exciting place to work, and the show aims put insanity front-and-center. The series, directed by Joe Cucinotti, captures the craziness of retail life made all the more complicated by characters in tights and those obsessed with said characters. Think Clerks, with every bit the irreverent humor brought on by the Kevin Smith films. Cucinotti said the show is meant to bring to life some of those insane situations. “Our set is the actual store. Other than Ken and myself, our main cast consists of the people who really work behind that counter,” said Cucinotti. “Many...
- 9/14/2009
- by Jacob Nahin
- Tubefilter.com
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