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…
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JON FAVREAU’s ‘CHEF’: Rough Times Hit As Comedy Financiers Brawl In Court
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,…
JON LOVITZ: Taking the ‘Business’ of Comedy to the Courthouse
With comedy as big as it is these days there is no better time than now for anyone on the business side of the industry to make a ton of money, especially those who know the industry pretty well or should. Folks like comedian Jon Lovitz. Needless to say, when rough times hit, the gravy…
Michael Moore versus The Weinstein Brothers: Washing Hollywood’s Dirty Laundry in Public
Hollywood is a very rich town and arguments about millions of dollars are nothing new. This past February, the controversial filmmaker Michael Moore filed a lawsuit in Los Angeles against Hollywood movie producers the Weinstein Brothers (Bob and Harvey) for alleged breach of contract, breach of fiduciary duty and fraud arising from their deal on the…
Mismanaging big money: Nicholas Cage fights his manager
This month of February, the action continues in court in Los Angeles where Nicholas Cage, the star of the romantic comedy Moonstruck and former owner of a million-dollar comic book collection, filed a lawsuit last October against his former business manager Samuel J. Levin. Cage has had a lot of money troubles lately, including one…