EXCLUSIVE: Legendary Entertainment has hired Paramount and Bron Studios veteran Rona Cosgrove as EVP and Head of Film Business and Legal Affairs. Cosgrove was previously head of Paramount's business affairs and most recently was Chief Business Affairs Officer for Bron Studios. Reporting to Legendary…

Alan Jones, the veteran Australian radio broadcaster, has been charged with two dozen offenses of sexual and indecent assault. The 83-year-old was taken into custody at his Sydney apartment early on Monday morning, according to the BBC. Jones is a well-known Australian radio personality who has…

After her visit with them behind bars, Kim Kardashian is grateful to see that Erik and Lyle Menéndez could be able to walk free. After Los Angeles County District Attorney George Gascón recommended Thursday that the brothers be resentenced for the 1989 murders of their parents José and Mary Louise…

EXCLUSIVE: A+E Networks has appointed Stephanie Plasse as Chief Legal & Business Affairs Officer. She will take on the new role in February 2025, replacing Henry Hoberman, who is retiring. Plasse has spent nearly a decade at the Disney-Hearst joint venture, most recently as EVP and Deputy…

EXCLUSIVE: Directors UK has hired an ex-Disney General Counsel ahead of what it hopes will be fruitful negotiations with big U.S. players over royalties. Peter Wiley joins today and has plenty experience working for U.S. majors, having been Disney's European General Counsel from 2005 to 2015 and…

As Journey continues its stadium tour with Def Leppard and Steve Miller, two of its members have finally settled a legal dispute. Jonathan Cain announced Wednesday that the Delaware Chancery Court has appointed a third independent director, former Vice Chancellor Joseph Slights, for his and…

A former leading zoologist and crocodile expert, who worked on BBC and Nat Geo shows, has been jailed for 10 years in Australia for sexually abusing dogs. Adam Britton, who previously advised David Attenborough on crocodiles for a docuseries, pled guilty to 56 charges relating to bestiality and…

A federal judge tossed out a jury’s $4.7 billion judgment against the NFL over the price of its NFL Sunday Ticket subscriptions, concluding that the experts put forth by the class action plaintiffs were using faulty economic models. U.S. District Court Judge Philip S. Gutierrez granted the league’s…

Reality stars from some of the UK’s biggest TV shows have pleaded not guilty to charges related to online investment schemes on social media. According to the BBC, which was reporting from the court yesterday, well-known figures including The Only Way is Essex‘s Lauren Goodger, Love Island‘s Biggs…

Paramount Global General Counsel Christa D’Alimonte has told colleagues she will be exiting the company at the end of the month. In an internal memo (read it below), D’Alimonte recalled her 25-year association with Viacom, first as a legal representative of the company and later as a…

UPDATED, 2:10 PM: Donald Trump has been found guilty on all 34 felony counts in his criminal hush money trial. UPDATED, 1:39 PM: Jurors deliberating in Donald Trump’s criminal hush money trial have reached a verdict. Judge Juan Merchan announced that the jurors had sent a note informing them of…

The BBC has taken the rare step of issuing a statement on an ongoing misconduct probe pertaining to one of its shows, Strictly Come Dancing and the Giovanni Pernice fallout. The BBC has been gathering evidence in recent weeks as it examines serious complaints against a dancer widely understood to be…