Hollywood Docket: ‘The Osbournes’ Reboot Battle; Gawker Sues FBI Over Sex Tape
A roundup of the week's entertainment law news, including Led Zeppelin's "Stairway to Heaven" plagiarism dispute.
View ArticleWarner Music Signs Deal to Develop Biopics/Docs Based on Artists Like Led...
The deal, between Warner Music and U.K. production house Catalyst, opens the door for films about the label's entire roster of artists, including Neil Young and Prince.
View ArticleLed Zeppelin’s Robert Plant, Jimmy Page to Face ‘Stairway to Heaven’...
The case will determine if the 1971 hit copies music from a song by the rock band Spirit, written in either 1966 or 1967.
View Article‘Stairway to Heaven’ Trial: Judge Strikes Led Zeppelin Music Expert Request
Plus: Can an attorney play electric guitar to prove his client's point?
View ArticleMusic Publisher Denied Legal Fees Award for “Stairway to Heaven” Trial
Warner/Chappell will have to foot the $800,000 bill for its legal fees and costs.
View Article‘Mr. Jimmy’: Film Review | SXSW 2019
Peter Michael Dowd's beguiling documentary 'Mr. Jimmy' chronicles the good times and bad times of Japanese Jimmy Page impersonator Akio Sakurai.
View ArticleLed Zeppelin Documentary Heading to Cannes Market
A new documentary on legendary rock band Led Zeppelin is heading to the Cannes market.
View ArticleVenice Festival Adds Music Doc ‘Becoming Led Zeppelin’ to Lineup
Venice is ready to rock. In a late addition, the Venice International Film Festival has added Bernard MacMahon’s music documentary Becoming Led Zeppelin to its official 2021 lineup. The film, which...
View Article‘Becoming Led Zeppelin’: Film Review | Venice 2021
Bernard MacMahon’s doc dives into the prehistory of one of classic rock’s defining bands.
View ArticleMadonna’s ‘Like a Virgin,’ Mariah Carey’s Christmas Classic and Super Mario...
Mariah Carey’s holiday staple “All I Want for Christmas Is You,” Madonna’s best-selling seminal sophomore album Like a Virgin, Daddy Yankee’s thumping reggaeton anthem “Gasolina” and the Super Mario...
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