Judge: “Steel Magnolias” can air as planned
By Pankaj Ladhar of Manos • Alwine P.L. In our last post, we talked about how a producer of the 1989 film version of “Steel Magnolias” had tried to stop Lifetime from airing its TV […]
Producer sues over Lifetime’s “Steel Magnolias” update
By Pankaj Ladhar of Manos • Alwine P.L. A version of “Steel Magnolias” is about to debut on Lifetime. But this isn’t a rerun of the 1989 weepy classic starring Dolly Patron, Julia Roberts and […]
Don Johnson’s $50 million award cut back to $15 million
By Pankaj Ladhar of Manos • Alwine P.L. In an earlier post, we told Miami readers about a lawsuit that TV actor Don Johnson had filed over compensation from his successful CBS series “Nash Bridges.” […]
Actress loses bid to have controversial film yanked from YouTube
By Pankaj Ladhar of Manos • Alwine P.L. An actress recently lost a lawsuit she filed seeking to pull the immensely controversial film “The Innocence of Muslims” from YouTube. As Miami readers might have heard, […]
That’s bananas: Velvet Underground, Warhol Foundation fight over copyright
By Pankaj Ladhar of Manos • Alwine P.L. For many people, Andy Warhol is synonymous with Pop Art. His brightly colored and deliberately blurred images of Marilyn Monroe, Elvis Presley and Campbell’s soup cans are […]