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…
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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,…
Comedians, Bloggers and Arianna Huffington: Who Gets to Be Paid?
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…