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Broadcaster Audacy filed for bankruptcy today, a move blamed on plummeting advertising for radio. The firm owns KROQ and KCBS in Los Angeles and WFAN and WINS in New York, but the move is not expected to have any immediate impact on day-to-day operations. Audacy has already negotiated a prepackaged…

“By 2022, many people in management were aware of Gonzales's egregious conduct and what he did to Plaintiff,” alleges a sexual assault suit filed yesterday by a current Disney employee against the Mouse House, its ex-VP Distribution Nolan Gonzales and various former Fox assets. “Plaintiff overheard a…

Jackson Mahomes, whose sideline antics have annoyed, outraged, and delighted football fans in the Kansas City area, has had three felony charges against him dropped. The younger brother of Kansas City Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes, Jackson had the three charges dismissed by a judge at the…

In what is expected to be a series of releases over the next several weeks, the names of a couple of former presidents and dozens more were revealed Wednesday as associates of sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein. Among the more than 180 individuals named in 943 pages of unsealed court documents, which saw…

Two months before Season 18 of So You Think You Can Dance is slated to premiere on Fox, the series’ co-creator, lead judge and executive producer Nigel Lythgoe has become the subject of two sexual misconduct lawsuits, including one filed by Paula Abdul who accused him of assaulting her twice over the past…

Justice may be blind, but it's hard to look away from the legal mess Love is Blind has become. Back in October, reality series contestant Tran Dang went after Love is Blind production companies Kinetic Content and Delirium TV with a sexual assault, false imprisonment and negligence lawsuit. Now…

Less than a week after Paula Abdul accused Nigel Lythgoe of sexually assaulting her twice over the past 20 years, the So You Think You Can Dance co-creator has been hit with another suit from two other women. However, unlike the action by the former American Idol judge, this latest blow against Lythgoe…

(Editor’s Note – this story has been updated to reflect more information that has been presented about Leah Remini’s name on anti-Scientology websites) The Church of Scientology should be labelled a "criminal enterprise" due to its "pattern of racketeering activity," say the plaintiffs in the civil…

At 12:01 am this morning, the earliest iteration of one of the world’s most beloved children’s characters entered the public domain. Shortly thereafter, the trailer for a slasher film called Mickey’s Mouse Trap was posted online. In it, clips from Walt Disney’s 1928 animated classic Steamboat Willie…

As of today, the traditionally protective Walt Disney Co will have to deal with an onslaught of Mickey Mouse parodies, mockeries and likely rather explicit variations as the iconic character slips into the public domain. Sorta. Related Stories …

UPDATE, 5:40 PM: Over 24 hours after Paul Abdul filed her sexual assault and gender violence lawsuit against Nigel Lythgoe and American Idol producers, the co-creator of So You Think You Can Dance has finally responded. Lythgoe has gone on the offensive against what he says are false accusations and…

A consumer privacy lawsuit seeking at least $5 billion in damages over allegations Google tracked users who thought they were browsing the internet privately has been settled. No terms have been disclosed. The”incognito” mode on Google’s Chrome browser still followed users, as emails revealed during…