When it comes to comedy, virtually anything to do with the storied Comedy Store in Los Angeles can easily become a big deal, including or perhaps especially when the place is being hit with lawsuits. Not least when the person in the crosshairs is none other than Pauly Shore, the son of the legendary Mitzi…
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The Comedy Store in Los Angeles is a legendary comedy club with a lot of proud history to it. And it is no stranger to rocky moments either, like its latest in-house brawl. In one word, the top management is at war with each other. Here’s what went down: In December 2009, comedian/actor Pauly Shore,…
For The Huffington Post (HuffPo) these days, it’s not easy being rich. This past April 12, barely two months after the influential news website was acquired by AOL in a celebrated $315 million deal, one of its former bloggers and union organizer Jonathan Tasini sued both HuffPo and AOL in federal court in Manhattan, seeking…