What a year it has been in politics – how might some of 2024 dynamics play out in early 2025? SCOTT SIMON, HOST: Thank you for being with us on this last Saturday of 2024. And, of course, our companion through much of this tumultuous and momentous year in politics is here, too, NPR’s senior […]
In a bombshell legal filing, It Ends With Us star Blake Lively is claiming that its co-star/director Justin Baldoni and a producer of the film hired a public relations team to turn the tide of public opinion against her. According to Lively, the alleged smear campaign was a retaliatory measure after Baldoni and producer Jamey […]
Wright skipped contempt hearing Wright skipped a contempt hearing scheduled for Wednesday despite Mellor ordering him to attend in person. COPA offered to fund his travel costs, but Wright claimed in emails cited in Mellor’s ruling “that this offer does not cover even a fraction of the true costs associated with my attendance,” which apparently […]
In a first for the reality television industry, the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) argued on Wednesday that contestants on Netflix’s dating show Love Is Blind should be classified as employees — a designation that would give them significantly more on-set protections, including the ability to unionize. The filing by the NLRB’s regional office in […]
U.S. Rep. Katie Porter (D-Irvine) secured a temporary restraining order Tuesday against a former boyfriend, saying in dozens of pages of court filings that he had bombarded her, as well as her family and colleagues, with hundreds of messages that she described as “persistent abuse and harassment.” Porter, 50, alleged in a filing with Orange […]
In a new motion filed late Friday in his lawsuit against OpenAI, Elon Musk’s attorneys have asked for a preliminary injunction to stop OpenAI from transitioning to a for-profit enterprise, reports TechCrunch. They also asked the judge to forbid the company from continuing alleged practices that they say violate US antitrust laws. Musk’s lawyers claim […]
