Early Friday, Apple Music sent a carefully worded letter to artists, music labels and publishers that briefly explained “how creators earn royalties” from the service, which is the…
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New Predator Lawsuit Could Halt Disney’s Planned Reboot
A legal wrangling over the rights to the Predator franchise could put an end to Disney’s proposed reboot, with brothers Jim and John Thomas, who wrote the 1987…
Doc Project Spotlighting the Disappearance of Black Women Unveiled by Berlin Fipresci Winner Rama Thiaw
“The Vanishing” is, as its name would suggest, a documentary film about a disappearance. Not just anyone’s disappearance, this project pitched at Visions du Réel (VdR)’s Industry platform…
How Playing Blues Legend Ma Rainey Liberated Viola Davis
It rained and rained the night before shooting the establishing tent show scene of “Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom.” Humidity in the rural outskirts of Pittsburgh — standing in…
Corinne Foxx gets real about her ‘embarrassing’ dad — Jamie Foxx
Growing up, the new Netflix star was mortified by her Oscar-winning pops.
Bowser’s penis gets censored on Patreon after complaint
What a bunch of c-blocks. A fan mock-up of “Super Mario” character Bowser’s penis has been pulled off Patreon after its artist claimed that Nintendo complained the lewd depiction violated copyright laws. “This peepee got claimed by Nin tendo,” tweeted AkkoArcade, who had initially created the “Super Mario” villain’s member for use in erotic fan fiction…
Marshmello Defeats Arty’s Copyright Suit Over ‘Happier’
A judge has rejected a copyright lawsuit that claimed that Marshmello’s 2018 hit “Happier” infringed on an earlier song. Arty, a Russian DJ whose legal name is Artem…