When it comes to money matters, mixing things up with Donald Trump can be a costly proposition. This means that even making a bet with the real estate mogul and Celebrity Apprentice host can earn someone a court date and maybe even set the person back a couple million dollars. Not even if the bet was meant…
Lately, comedian/actor Jim Belushi seems to be spending quite a bit of time in court trying to protect a prized asset: his name and its brand. In show business, there can be plenty to a name, especially if money is riding on it. Obviously, this knowledge isn’t lost on Belushi as he makes his adventures…
Sometimes in show business, especially when you’re dealing with a successful TV comedy, such as CBS’ Happy Days, just because the party is over (and as some folks like to say, ‘Elvis has left the building’) doesn’t mean that the gravy from the show’s success may not continue to flow. Yet, the lucky folks who…
Judging by the numbers, the Tim Allen’s 1990s sitcom Home Improvement is a highly successful show which has brought in well over a billion dollars and tons of laughter to boot. But from the look of things, the laughter stopped a rather long time ago for the creators of the show, who claim they have been…
Thanks to a nasty backroom fight among its financiers and now a court order, Jon Favreau’s upcoming comedy Chef has hit a rough patch and no one is in a laughing mood anymore. The star-studded comedy which includes such Hollywood heavies as Dustin Hoffman and Iron Man star Robert Downey, Jr. is about a chef,…
Funnyman Adam Carolla has quite a situation on his hands these days. And he does have some court dates coming up where he’ll be sorting out a few money matters with some old friends. It all comes back to the whole idea that doing business with other folks is never an easy thing and there…
Comics Unleashed Productions is living up to its name these days in the courtroom thanks to some comedians who have trouble with the way it does business. The production company is one of the entities under the umbrella of comedian Byron Allen’s company Entertainment Studios (ES), which produces shows for syndication and digital distribution. And…
When money and comedy mix, sometimes things can get way too funny. Like at ABC, where even though the station’s comedy Family Tools is still months away from its debut, one of its stars Leah Remini is already locked in a messy squabble with her handlers over her fat pay check from the show. And…
Katt Williams is a comedian who is no stranger to run-ins with the law and with other folks. And lately, his run of legal troubles have been adding up: he attacked an aspiring rapper on his tour bus at an Oakland hotel and then (two days later) led cops on a high speed chase for…
Nathan Burton is a pretty successful comedy magician. He is a star headliner at the famous Flamingo hotel casino in Las Vegas and also has appeared on NBC’s The World’s Wildest Magic” as well on America Got Talent. But lately, life has anything but magic for him and his business associates in the world of…