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Keenen, Shawn and Marlon Wayans are headed to court. On Thursday (Dec. 17) their former assistant Jared Edwards filed suit in Manhattan federal court alleging the brothers stole his book idea. [...]
Author Todd Gallagher is demanding justice after he says the William Morris Endeavor Entertainment agency ripped off him television show idea. [...]
Music magazine Vibe, which closed it’s doors back in June after funding and advertising money dried up, maybe getting a second chance at life.
InterMedia Partners, the company behind Uptown magazine, has stepped in with plans to relaunch the publication later this year.
According to The Wall Street Journal, InterMedia plans to put more focus on Vibe.com, with the magazine moving from a monthly run to quarterly.
Quincy Jones, who founded the publication in 1993, had stated that he wanted to re-purchase the rights to the magazine from its previous owners, Wicks Group, after they were forced to abruptly fold the publication on June 30 because of the company huge debt. Jones sold Vibe to Wicks Group in 2006.
“…And another one down, another one down. Another one bites the dust.”
*Queen, circa 1980*
Print media suffers another lose as news emerges that the urban men’s magazine “King” will close shop at the end of April.
The Harris Publications-produced “King,” which routinely featured bikini-clad music stars on it’s cover, enjoyed a 6-year run but ultimately could not withstand the current economic upheaval and the ever-growing influence of the internet.
The last issue of “King” will be on newsstands April 21.
-via Hiphopdx.com
The Rev. Al Sharpton, along with 500 protesters, took over the streets of New York yesterday (Feb 19) one day after the newspaper ran a controversial cartoon that showed a bullet-ridden dead body of a chimpanzee with one copy saying to another cop, “They’ll have to find someone else to write the next stimulus bill” (scroll down to see the cartoon), that offended many who believed the cartoon was a racist depiction of President Barack Obama.
The protesters picketed the headquarters of the paper on 6th avenue between 46th and 47th Street in Midtown Manhattan chanting “Yes we can, shut it down!” as they called for a boycott of the Rupert Murdoch owned publication.
| Lil Kim |
Lil Kim is considering an offer by Hugh Hefner to pose nude in Playboy magazine.
With her career stalled the former rap queen, who’s has had some financial problems recently, is said to be leaning towards baring it all for a few bucks.
“I am willing to shell out any amount for Kim, I’ve been trying to get her to do it for years!” Mr. Hefner told the New York Post.
Lil Kim had previously declined a similar offer from Mr. Hefner because of “religious beliefs,” but money talks louder than God to some people and Mr. Hefner is said to be offering a good deal for the shots.
Book publisher Simon & Schuster filed suit last week against Lil Kim and Foxy Brown seeking to recoup a combined $115,000 in book advances it paid to the troubled rappers.
The lawsuit contends that Simon & Schuster, in two separate deals, doled out $40,000 to Kimberly Denise Jones, a.k.a. Lil Kim, in 2003 for a novel that was due June 2004. And in 2005 advanced $75,000 to Inga Marchand, a.k.a. Foxy Brown, for an autobiography called “Broken Silence” which was due for delivery by February 2006. Simon & Schuster never received a book or rough draft from either woman.
