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Range Media Partners is hitting back at CAA in the firms’ contentious legal battle, arguing in a pair of motions Wednesday night that CAA is engaged in a form of double-dipping. The agency is currently in arbitration with four of its former agents, Jack Whigham, David Bugliari, Michael Sullivan…

UPDATED with Leiweke statement: The Justice Department indicted Oak View Group CEO Tim Leiweke, a longtime executive in live sports and entertainment who once ran AEG, in an alleged scheme to rig the bidding process at a public arena in Texas. Leiweke was charged with a violation of Section 1 of…

Erin Patterson has been found guilty of murdering three relatives with poisonous mushrooms following a trial that has gripped the world. The Australian woman, aged 50, was found guilty of these three counts plus one of attempted murder a few hours ago following a week of jury deliberations…

Someone’s playing fast and loose with the real numbers, and, for once, it may not be Donald Trump — at least when it comes to POTUS’ recent multi-million dollar lawsuit settlement with CBS. Never one to let anyone else have the last word or reluctant to craft reality to his own connivence, Trump…

A drive-by shooting outside a Chicago nightclub where an album release party for rapper Mello Buckzz was held has left four people dead and 14 wounded, police say. The crowd was leaving the Artis Lounge nightclub in Chicago’s River North neighborhood Wednesday night when the shooting occurred, ac…

UPDATED with Combs’ attorney statement: Awaiting his sentencing fate after being found guilty on two counts of transportation to engage in prostitution, Sean “Diddy” Combs will remain behind bars. In a shocking move by Judge Arun Subramanian mere hours after a New York jury handed federal…

UPDATED: Paramount Global says its settlement with Donald Trump in his lawsuit against CBS News does not include an extra amount for public service announcements airing across Paramount networks. "Contrary to some news reports or media speculation, Paramount's settlement with President Trump…

Dr. Phil's Fort Worth-based JV Merit Street Media filed for Chapter 11 on Wednesday, simultaneously suing business partner Trinity Broadcasting for breach of contract that it claims destroyed its new television network and pushed it into bankruptcy. The TV personality's high-rated daytime Dr. Phi…

After several possible delays, the trial of Sean "Diddy" Combs began mid-May, but certain recent delays might cause it to run longer than expected. Mid-April, the defense asked Judge Arun Subramanian to push back the May 12 start date by two weeks. That request did not hold up, evidently. Two…

UPDATED with more details: Sean "Diddy" Combs has been found guilty on two counts in his sex-trafficking trial, the jury said today. After a total of just 13 hours in the jury room, the panel of eight men and four women found the Bad Boy Records founder guilty of transportation to engage in…

3rd UPDATE, 7:15 AM: After less than an hour of deliberation today, the jury in Sean “Diddy” Combs’ sex-trafficking trial have a verdict. They are returning to the lower Manhattan courtroom, where the Bad Boy Records founder, his lawyers and family, are already assembled. 2nd UPDATE, July…

Police are now investigating Bob Vylan and Kneecap's Glastonbury sets. In what has been a fast-moving story over the past 48 hours, the local Avon and Somerset police force have just announced that they have opened investigations into both and have recorded the activity as a “public order…