#he sued warner brothers

[listen-to-the-inner-walrus]

sometimes youre like "hey, remember that lawsuit from years ago where warner brothers would have had to prove ghosts were real, i wonder how that whole thing ended. i should look that up."

and turns out you shouldnt look it up. or at least not when youre gonna be going to sleep within the next hour.

because turns out the legally proving ghosts are real thing is one of the easier things to digest in that clusterfuck of copyright claims.

the warrens are/were bad people who seem to have given away exclusive rights for their lifestory at least twice, maybe thrice, and its all downhill from there

#kai rambles #this is literally me just needing to put these words somewhere #because ive read many articles in the past hour #and wow #just wow #i forgot about the allegations against ed so that was just as horrible to discover as the first time #and i already believe judith because believe victims but just to add to it lorraine included very weird clauses in the second/third contract #where its like this film does not touch on any of these topics why is this in the contract? #also like #off of that topic #where does henry brittle land on the nature of his own book now? he claimed it a biography for like 30 years but then it was fictional when #he sued warner brothers #also theres like 30 amityville horror films and do they not infringe on his rights? the warrens were involved with that whole bullshit #also the producer who sued them and accused them of racketeering and originally got the rights from ed warren in the 90s even though ed had #already signed them away. the one who was also bankrupt and maybe making a poker show. that guy. he produced the 2001 josie and the #pussycats film because why the hell not #the whole thing is a mess and the case was dismissed with prejudice (that means he cant sue them again for the same thing) by brittle who #claimed he was an unknowing puppet for the producer guy and its just #theres a lot happening here #almost none of which would have happened if the warrens didnt sign away exclusive rights multiple times

[eph-em-era]

well all i can say about HBO's anti-union message in that bts video is that AS A KIWI ACTOR/STAGE/SCREEN INDUSTRY WORKER who isn't being strongarmed by a corporation into saying shit that they agree with

the hobbit laws suck. peter jackson is universally despised. what that man did with warner brothers and the national government to make our laws worse for workers so he could film his bad films here in the late 00s is akin to several crimes.

we WANT union protection! we WANT to be able to strike! i'm a member on the Equity NZ (union akin to SAG-AFTRA) committee for Wellington and the amount of work that's going on behind the scenes at the moment to claw back worker protections from our fucked up local laws is immense.

most of us aren't allowed to strike. most people working at wētā (the big screen production house), as well as on most screen/stage jobs are employed as contractors, so they're taxed exorbitantly, have no sick leave, have no holidays, have minimal protection from harassment or being taken advantage of.

long hours? being burned out? that's the kiwi way of living in the screen/stage industry and it SHOULD NOT be celebrated.

The Screen Industry Workers Act of 2022 has fixed some of that but there's still so much to go. yknow how SAG-AFTRA is fighting over residuals? here, we don't even know her.

i know all this personally and intimately.

i was taxed 39% on my contractor income last year.

only now that i'm a salaried worker can i afford to get my teeth fixed.

i had to get a legal action from a lawyer from ANOTHER UNION to get paid for one of my contracts in 2021 because the production team didn't like how i spoke up about their lax health and safety rules (this was a contract I was nominated for one of the most prestigious awards in the country for my work on, fyi)

sexual harassment is rife. what support is there? basically none. we hope it comes out in the media, or it doesn't change and there's nothing we can do cause we'll get sued into oblivion.

ive worked multiple 12+ hour days with only a tiny break in the middle or none at all. friends of mine have done 10-16 hour night shoots.

i've burned myself out multiple times in five years of professional practise cause that's the expected thing. that's what you do. if you're not working at 150% the entire time then you're a bad arts industry employee.

in conclusion, fuck off with your anti-union message, fuck you for utilising our weak-ass laws and HBO i'm in your walls

if you're in the US, support the Entertainment Community Fund! if you're a screen/stage worker in NZ, join Equity!

#ofmd #our flag means death #ofmd s2 #unions #workers rights #peter jackson

[twiststreet]

If I'm reading this right, Chris Wozniak wrote a Batman spec story in 1990 about China bombing Gotham City, pitched it to four editors who rejected it (and to Jim Valentino as a Shadowhawk story), and then sued Warner Brothers after he saw the Robert Pattinson Batman movie. Warner Bros won yesterday-- among other things, the Court cites to Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me as an example of how generic Wozniak's idea for a "villain who acts with goal of destroying humankind" is to fiction / pop culture generally.

#bad idea! #worst hobby or worstest hobby #showed up in my law digest emails this morning

[animaniacs-groove]

Who is this Silly person Dot mentioned?

He's my boyfriend!

I wouldn't go THAT far. Dot, you two are both eleven years old, it's not really dating at that age.

Whatever. Here's what he looks like:

Silly was actually created as one of two ripoffs of me and my brothers a long time ago. His species is Cartoonus dietus, not Cartoonus characterus.

That's because the media used to call him and his sister Tilly "diet Warners."

He and his sister Tilly starred in cartoons until Warner Bros. sued, and then they lived with their creator until she died in 1992. We only met them for the first time pretty recently, after the show ended, and while Yakko and Wakko didn't trust them at first since you know, ripoffs, they were actually really nice! Maybe a bit too nice sometimes, but whatever. Recently, Silly's gotten into painting. His overalls are always COVERED in paint splatters these days. He likes going for walks to find things to paint. He paints me a lot, because he says I'm the most beautiful girl in the entire world...

Yick! This is getting mushy!

Alright, alright, I'll stop. Thank you for the question! 💖

#animaniacs #animaniacs au #groove au #animaniacs oc #animaniacs fanart #fanart #art #dot #dot warner #yakko #yakko warner #wakko #wakko warner #yakko wakko and dot #ask blog

[vavandeveresfan]

Re: Beetlejuice 2

I agree. I think it's going to be very much not good. Not everything needs a sequel, and this is one of those things. I feel Warner Brothers is banking on nostalgia to put butts in seats at the expense of something good. The fact that Seth Grahame-Smith's who wrote one script in 2011 that was rejected, saying this about it in 2021: "It’s funny, when I had met with Tim about it last, and we’re talking about five years ago at this point, the reason that it’s so hard to get going is because so many people love it and because there are 10 million ways to get that sequel wrong and four ways to get it right. It’s such a very fine needle to thread that I certainly like, didn’t get it there, on the script side. I didn’t thread the needle. There are things that were cool and some interesting ideas. I’ve certainly emotionally moved on from it and just said, 'If it happens someday, it happens.' Yeah. Michael Keaton is just as relevant as ever and, and Tim Burton is just as relevant as ever, but you have to have both of those people excited about something to do it. I couldn’t get it there personally, as a writer, but maybe somebody else can."

But he's credited as the screenwriter for the sequel? To me that does not bode well. Keaton's old. Maybe they'll de-age him with CGI. Burton hasn't done anything original (with the exception of two things: Corpse Bride and the remake of Frankenweenie) since 1994's Ed Wood; everything since then as been based on books or other source material. All in all, I won't be seeing this in the theater unless it really blows people out of the water. I think it will do okay opening weekend, but after that it'll fade away +/- be another example of "Hollywood is out of ideas".

Grahame-Smith's publisher, Hachette, sued him for half the advance for a manuscript he gave them because, in essence, it was so bad it didn't live up to the quality they expected.

Imagine your writing being so shitty that your own publisher sues your ass?

So I do not have any confidence in his ability to produce anything near the quality of the original, even working with other screenwriters.

That quote is great. Thanks for posting it, I've never seen it before.

I agree with you completely on both Keaton and Burton. And I also won't see it in theaters unless the reviewers are glowing.

But then, I've seen a movies with enthusiastic reviews and hated them.

Hollywood could walk into any decent-sized library and find material to adapt, if Hollywood knew what a library was. As for screenwriters with original ideas, my impression is young writers -- and I can speak for those I've met who have MFAs -- are taught how to write in very specific, pre-programmed formulas that are "popular." Screenwriters never seem to study classic movies made before 2000; never heard of "Sunset Boulevard" or "The Third Man." I tried to get a young screenwriter to watch "A Man for All Seasons," and he said it was too long and boring.

Anyway, I'm ranting now.

Thank you for the Ask and your reply, anon.

#Beetlejuice #Beetlejuice sequel #Michael Keaton #Tim Burton #things that should never be made

[talkingharrystyles]

What career?

But for real isn’t it embarrassing all the shit that has happened to her. She had a role that she wasn’t even credited for and Ghostbusters, it’s been a year and a half since they finished don’t worry darling, she has a small role in Babylon that her fans keep hyping up even though she was only on set for like a week or two so how big cut her roll really be also she lost perfect. And she supposedly got that spider woman deal two years ago and no information has been put out sense. Like Sony and marvel never even confirmed that they were working on that project and that she got it. Like she has done basically nothing cents don’t worry darling has wrapped. She lost a directing job because of all The shit she has told not to mention her career is on the line because Warner Bros. gonna fuck her shit up don’t worry darling doesn’t do well in theaters. She has surrounded her entire life around this stunt purely because her career is on the line. And she already lost perfect so she doesn’t really have much left. She hast to make back that 40 million that she spent on the movie plus more and I don’t see this movie making more than $50 million so she’s kind of fucked. Not only does she have to get Warner Bros. their money here he is still getting paid for the stunt plus a huge portion of that back and deal. She put all her eggs in one basket and really thought that this is going to help her career and it didn’t. Don’t worry darling it’s going to flop, I am pretty sure she’s not gonna make any headway with that Spiderwomen deal seeing as they’re moving away from the Spiderman universe in Sony and she was never confirmed for the job and she lost perfect. Once the stuff is over she’s going to realize if that’s the only thing she had to go in for her and when Harry’s fans eventually turn on her she’s going to be left with nothing. Not to mention that she’s being sued for custody in and I don’t think she’s going to win with how much she has proved that she doesn’t give a fuck about her kids and has put her stunt over her children. She’s going to have no Harry or the validation that she gets from being his fake girlfriend, no career seeing as warner brothers is gonna fucking blacklist her and no family seeing if she left her man of nine years and he’s moved on with a younger prettier version of her

Honestly, she deserves it. The way she’s acted in this stunt and her past?! She’s deserves whats coming to her

[itsthemysterykids]

Later at the court.

The Mystery Kids are suing Teen Titans Go for everything they have after the superhero team pitched a show that is just a downgraded version of the Mystery Kids. The people aren't real, and neither is this case. This is... Cartoon Court!

Bailiff: All rise for the honorable judge Mickey Mouse!

Dipper: I can't tell if we're screwed or not.

Mickey: Please be seated. Court is now in session. We will begin with opening arguments.

*The Mystery Kids and Teen Titans Go start arguing with each other*

Mickey: *Bangs his gavel* Okay! That's enough! Dipper Pines, as you are representing your friends, you have the floor.

Dipper: Thank you, your honor. Ladies and gentlemen of the courtroom, Teen Titans Go has pitched a show idea to their writers which defames us and does to us what Go has done to their original incarnations. Furthermore- *A water balloon gets thrown at him* Hey!

Cyborg: *Whistles innocently*

Dipper: ... Anyway, The Mystery Kids Files- *Gets kicked by the bailiff* Hey!

Bailiff: The sign said to kick you.

Raz: *Removes a Kick Me sign from Dipper's back* Who's the wise guy?!

Robin: *High fives Raven*

Coraline: Is no one going to say anything?

Mickey: What do you want? This is Cartoon Court. Watch this. *Morphs into the Warner Siblings* Now we're the Warner Brothers!

Dot: And the Warner Sister!

Mystery Kids: ...

Lili: Okay...

Dipper: As I was saying- *He ducks just before a pie could hit him in the face* WE DEMAND CASH FOR DEFAMATION! *Throws his sneaker at Beast Boy*

Beast Boy: Oh, it's on Pine boy! *Turns into a gorilla*

Dot: *Bangs the gavel* Order in this courtroom!

Wakko: Yes, I'll have a triple-decker sandwich, do not hold the cheese, lettuce, tomato, pop rocks, or sour patch kids.

Yakko: *On the phone with a restaurant* You want salami on that?

Wakko: Nah, I'm on a diet.

Yakko: Gotcha. Teen Titans Go, the floor is yours. Robin, go ahead.

Robin: Thank you, Yakko. My teammates and I stand before you today to prove that the Mystery Kids Files CANNOT be defamation because... They are the Mystery Kids exact likeness!

Coraline: Bullshit! You're just pissed because we destroyed your tower!

Dot: Order!

Coraline: B-but they-

Dot: That's it! No recess for you! Everyone else gets a ten-minute recess! *The courtroom cheers*

Coraline: ... What the hell?

Robin: I call upon the Mystery Kids Files kids to do a comparison!

Wybie: Why kind of fucking courtroom is this?!

#coraline #psychonauts #gravity falls #paranorman #teen titans go #cartoon court #the mystery kids

[limmastyles]

They should have hired an intimacy coordinator for this sorry excuse of a stunt!! I was looking through all those intimacy coordinators and her colleagues videos and I honestly had to suppress cackling out loud!! It’s so clear that she’s so arrogant that she thinks she doesn’t need one not for the movie and especially not for the stunt but as the intimacy coordinators said, actors need practice beforehand and depending on how much time they have to pretend the longer they need to practice those things. It’s so obvious how Harry and redacted have no chemistry at all and no director/ producer would have ever hired them as a couple for a movie! She on the other hand thinks she’s irresistible and the most sexy person out there and because of this, all this shit only gives you second hand embarrassment!!

I don’t know if Olivia is stupid or has no idea what it is to be a Director and when I said but this is something that she could get sued for. If Florence was uncomfortable and Olivia did it higher the correct people to make her feel comfortable she could get sued. And intimacy coordinator is imperative for a film when there are succeeds involved. Or any signs of sexual nature involved. Even a kissing you need an intimacy coordinator. If Florence was uncomfortable which we all know that she was she could have gone to Warner Brothers and told them and that could have gotten Olivia fired or she could have sued Warner Bros. and Olivia and the production company and Olivia would have been fired. I don’t know why she thought that this was a good idea but it wasn’t. Especially with Shia and the already known difficulties it was to work with him. Before the allegations about him came out he was known for being difficult to work with on set and if Florence was uncomfortable Olivia should have done whatever she could to protect her. Like she said she fired Shia to protect Florence. But there wasn’t an intimacy coordinator when your main actors asked for one. I don’t know what is wrong with this girl but it seems like she’s trying to sabotage herself in a lot of ways. Like especially now with the issues of the people of colour being cut for most of the movie it’s not helping her. All it takes is for Kiki, Ariel and Gemma to do an interview with red table talk or even Oprah and talk about how it was being a person of colour working on that film. Olivia’s reputation is already showered but being a racist does not help you in anyway.

She's not trying to sabotage herself. She's just the way she is, problematic, toxic, uneducated and completely unprofessional. During all this time that she has been in Hollywood, she has not even tried to correct herself and her terrible behavior. She's just like that

[virtualsonic]

K - 9 E. su P. R. G. Ante los H. de una C.

Versión en Español

Hola amigos ¿cómo están?, espero que bien amigos, bueno amigos, aquí va un nuevo dibujo y que presento a un personaje del universo de Looney Tunes que tuvo un rol transcendental dentro de uno de mis fanfics hecho este año y que ha sido uno de los personajes que más dibujos ha tenido durante el año y que se espera que pueda llevar a cabo un ataque que podría ser clave para sus pretensiones de superar a su propio amo y mostrar que el puede ser tan ambicioso como es su querido maestro, bueno amigos, sin dar más vueltas presento a K - 9 Mostrar su Propio Robot Gigante Ante los Habitantes de una Ciudad

Aquí vemos al perro alienígena llegar a una pequeña ciudad para comenzar con su plan de conquista global, pero en vez de usual la típica táctica de hacer un ataque masivo en base a un ejército de perros marcianos hechos con sus conocimientos de ingeniería genética, decide pensar en grande y lo hace invocando un robot gigante hecho a imagen y semejanza de él, el cual lo maneja desde un cuarto oscuro que siente sus movimientos y que ello le da mayor libertad de controlar su propio robot gigante, mientras vemos que este comienza a adoptar una posición de conquistador para poder comenzar con su plan de ataque y con eso, lograr que la ciudad que está planeando atacar tenga éxito y esperar que no surjan héroes que les frustre sus planes y si lo hacen, él podría librar una batalla intensa y que se espera que vaya a poder ser capaz de aguantar lo suficiente hasta poder llevarse la victoria, aunque si bien el porta sólo su espada y su escudo como sus principales armas, él puede hacer mucho daño ante quiénes reten a él y con eso, poder lograr que su plan de dominio global comience y que quizás se lleve un éxito que no pensaba en sus manos hacer, pero que dada las diversas ocasiones que él y su amo se han topado con cierto conejo de la suerte que siempre frustra sus planes, él se ha dado el tiempo de armarse miles de planes para lograr sus objetivos y quizás deshacerse de sus enemigos antes que tengan alguna opción de llevarse la victoria cuando menos lo esperen

Bueno amigos, espero que les guste, al ver que es una idea que estaba en mi mente desde que la utilicé en uno de mis recientes fanfics, mientras vemos que se puede ver que la pose usada para resaltar el robot gigante y la pose usada para resaltar el piloto del robot gigante son poses diferentes y que eso deja ver que estaba comenzando a activar su nueva creación y en que es posible que su plan de ataque lo comience a llevarlo a cabo lo más pronto posible y en que debemos esperar que vaya a tener un buen rato disfrutando de arrasar la ciudad, mientras se espera que no hayan rivales que puedan meter sus narices y con eso, arruinar sus planes de dominio global cuando él está comenzando a llevarlo a cabo, bueno amigos, disfruten el dibujo y nos vemos

K - 9 (C) Warner Brothers Incorporated

Keynainger (C) Virtualsonic1731 y Virtualsonic18

English Version

Hello friends, how are you? I hope you are well friends, well friends, here is a new drawing and I present a character from the Looney Tunes universe that had a transcendental role in one of my fanfics made this year and that has been one one of the characters who has had the most drawings during the year and who is expected to be able to carry out an attack that could be key to his intentions of surpassing his own master and showing that he can be as ambitious as his beloved teacher is, well Friends, without further ado, I present K - 9 Showing His Own Giant Robot to the Inhabitants of a City

Here we see the alien dog arrive at a small city to begin his plan of global conquest, but instead of the usual tactic of making a massive attack based on an army of Martian dogs made with his knowledge of genetic engineering, he decides to think on a large scale and he does so by invoking a giant robot made in his image and likeness, which he controls from a dark room that feels his movements and this gives him greater freedom to control his own giant robot, while we see that it begins to adopt a conqueror position to be able to begin with his plan of attack and with that, make the city he is planning to attack successful and hope that heroes do not arise to frustrate his plans and if they do, he could fight an intense battle and that It is expected that he will be able to hold out long enough to be able to win, although although he only carries his sword and his shield as his main weapons, he can do a lot of damage against those who challenge him and with that, be able to achieve that his plan of global domination begins and that perhaps he will achieve a success that he did not think in his hands to achieve, but that given the various occasions that he and his master have come across a certain lucky rabbit that always frustrates his plans, he He has had the time to put together thousands of plans to achieve his objectives and perhaps get rid of his enemies before they have any chance of winning when they least expect it

Well friends, I hope you like it, seeing that it is an idea that was on my mind since I used it in one of my recent fanfics, while we see that you can see that the pose used to highlight the giant robot and the pose used to highlighting the pilot of the giant robot are different poses and that shows that he was beginning to activate his new creation and that it is possible that his attack plan will begin to be carried out as soon as possible and that we should expect him to have a good time enjoying razing the city, while hoping that there are no rivals who can stick their noses in and with that, ruin his plans for global domination when he is beginning to carry it out, well friends, enjoy the drawing and see you soon

K - 9 (C) Warner Brothers Incorporated

Keynainger (C) Virtualsonic1731 and Virtualsonic18

#Calm_Day_in_the_City #Giant_Robot_Debut #K-9 #Looney_Tunes_Universe #Martian_Dog #Mecha_Cartoon #Ready _for_a_Mech_Attack #Warner_Brothers

[groovytravelertyphoon]

THEY BEEN PREPARING ME FOR THIS ALLLL MY LIFE IM GOING TO TELL ABOUT A CONVERSATION I HAD WITH THIS WRITER WHO WAS SUING WARNER BROTHER AND HE TOLD ME THEY KNEW WHO I WAS.... I'LL TELL YOU THAT CONVERSATION I'M GOING TO WORK....

[heavenboy09]

20 Years Ago Today From Warner Brothers Pictures Presents

Master thief Anthony Fait (DMX) pulls off a major jewel heist and somehow manages to escape from the SWAT team that's pursuing him. A Taiwanese agent named Su (Jet Li) is on Fait's tail and wants to take him down so that he can retrieve the stolen black diamonds. But when Fait's daughter (Paige Hurd) is kidnapped by a rival criminal and Su's ex-partner (Mark Dacascos), Su must work with Fait to save the thief's daughter and get his revenge in the process.

Happy 20th Anniversary To Warner Bros Pictures

DMX & JET LI

IN

CRADLE 2 THE GRAVE

#Cradle 2 The Grave #DMX #Jet Li #Black Stories #black history month #Spotify

[nahasclick]

Why arent all of jay z albums on apple music

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Around the same time, the scandalous rivalry between the rapper and his colleague Nas began - for the whole year both of them devoted angry and witty rap odes to each other, which greatly contributed to the popularity of both Jay-Z and Nas. The sixth masterpiece titled The Blueprint affirmed Jay-Z's top position in rap in 2001. The highly lyrical and passionate composition I Just Wanna Love U (Give It 2 Me) became the loudest success from the work. In 2000, the rapper had one more ace in the pocket - the full-length Dynasty Roc La Familia, which was much contributed by his protégés.

WHY ARENT ALL OF JAY Z ALBUMS ON APPLE MUSIC FULL

Dre and Timbaland produced this epic thing, full of sincere stories from Jay-Z's hard times, while singles Big Pimpin and Do It Again (Put Ya Hands Up) became big hits. Being faithful to the one-year-one-record tradition, Jay-Z issued Vol. 2: Hard Knock Life saw light and brought the first Grammy award to the rapper. Besides the hardcore tracks, the work featured pop rap - such things, as Sunshine and The City Is Mine showed that Jay-Z is not serious and brutal all the time and exposed him to a wider auditory. 1, fortified the success of the Reasonable Doubt. In 1997, the autobiographic disc In My Lifetime, Vol. along with the theme of gangster life made the whole New York talk about Jay-Z. Having found a reputable distributor Priority Records (which later would become Def Jam, headed by Jay-Z himself), the artist recorded his debut album Reasonable Doubt in 1996. Jay-Z was the member of the hip-hop command Original Flavor for a short time, but then instead of signing to a major recording company, he decided to start his own label Roc-a-Fella Records. The colleague told to the fresher some of his experience about show business and advised what to do in order to become prominent in rap circles. Once, when Jay-Z was wondering around the streets, he accidentally ran across a rapper with small fame called Big Jaz, or Jay-O. He started rapping being a teenager, and in the neighborhood, people called him Jazzy, or Jay-Z.

WHY ARENT ALL OF JAY Z ALBUMS ON APPLE MUSIC HOW TO

So the boy soon became independent and learned how to take care of himself. His father left the family when Sean was just a kid, and they were constantly short of money. A month later, Prince's entire catalog was made available to Apple Music, Spotify, Amazon, Google, and more.Sean Corey Carter, professionally famous as Jay-Z, was born and brought up in Brooklyn, New York. In January 2017, Roc Nation fired back by alleging that the estate has been negotiating with Apple and Spotify to bring the award-winning singer-songwriter to other streaming services. They also filed a copyright lawsuit for putting 15 albums from the Grammy winner on Tidal. However, in 2016, after Prince's death, the same estate sued Roc Nation, claiming that Tidal did not have exclusive streaming rights to the music icon's music. In 2015, all of the "Purple Rain" singer's entire catalog was pulled out from every streaming service except Tidal. The newly announced agreement brings to mind the legal battle between Tidal and Prince's estate. The singer's estate has also signed distribution deals with Warner Bros. In addition, they clarified that the compilation album will feature tracks that will not be included in a previous deal with Warner Brothers Records. Troy Carter, the entertainment advisor for the estate, said that he and Prince's family are looking forward to the partnership with Tidal. "After thoughtful and honest conversation with him, he chose TIDAL as his partner for HITnRUN Phase One and HITnRUN Phase Two, and we will continue to respect and honor Prince's enduring legacy and wishes with this new collection." "Our only goal is to share Prince's music with his fans as he wanted," the rapper, whose real name is Shawn Carter, stated in a press conference. Some of the songs from Prince's treasure trove have already been reissued including a 1999-era "Moonbeam Levels" and the original version of "Nothing Compares 2 U." Jay-Z, who also dabbles as a record producer, wants to be involved. Sound engineer Susan Rodgers said that the vault predates the release of "Purple Rain." In his home in Paisley Park, the Rock and Roll Hall of Famer kept a vault in which he archived his works over the course of his entire life.Īccording to Consequence of Sound, the estate could release a new album every year for the next century featuring the amount of new music kept inside the vault. New Prince AlbumĪfter his death, Prince's estate has discovered a ton of unreleased and previously unheard of music from the Purple One. Tidal will host the full-length album exclusively for two weeks after its release. Rapper and the Roc Nation founder announced that he is partnering with the singer-songwriter's estate for the planned new album set to for release next year. Two years after the death of Prince, hip-hop mogul Jay-Z is releasing a compilation album of unreleased songs from the music icon.

#Why arent all of jay z albums on apple music

[likeatlas]

Ezra Miller reportedly demanded that actress Susan Sarandon "pay tribute" after the star of Flash They will invite her to a dinner at Sarandon's house. The bizarre claim comes amid a series of controversies that Miller, who uses neutral pronouns, has meddled in. Such controversies range from accusations of disorderly conduct and assault to robbery. According to new and in-depth research from Vanity FairTwo people who visited Miller's Vermont home said the actor has an altar on the property, which is decorated with marijuana, sage, bullets and Flash figurines. "Many times [Miller] makes women put their cell phones on the altar when they enter and other offerings, ”said a person who claims to be a friend of Miller. Related What does the internet really want from Ezra Miller? Ezra Miller undergoes mental health treatment What other personalities have spoken about their mental health problems? "Ezra got angry recently... he demanded that Susan Sarandon come to pay tribute to [su] altar because he didn't invite Ezra to dinner." In response to the claim, Miller's rep told the publication that Sarandon and Miller are "dear friends" and that Miller would "perhaps call this [anécdota] a hoax if asked." The Independent has reached out to representatives for Miller and Sarandon for comment. In August, the star of Flash He said he was "going through an intense period of crisis" after a series of controversial incidents. Miller and Sarandon are good friends, according to a rep. (Getty Images) Miller apologized in a statement, stating, "I now understand that I suffer from complex mental health issues and have begun ongoing treatment." Related Fanaticism led Lori and her brother to kill two minors because they were "zombies." Bad Bunny helps buy a house for a survivor of the shooting in Uvalde, Texas Julia Roberts and George Clooney's 'Ticket to Paradise' Is Pure Joy “I am committed to doing the work necessary to return to a healthy, safe and productive stage in my life.” Warner Bros confirmed earlier this month that it still intends to release Miller's next film, Flash, on June 23, 2023.

[happilyleftglitter]

AMERICA AND ((((EVERYONE)))) IS OBSSED WITH ME IN A TOXIC WAY ALLLL THESE DAMN MOVIES ARE ABOUT ME ALLL THESE MUSIC IS ABOUT ME.... EVEN!!!!! BOOKS. I TALK TO THIS MAN WHO SUING WARNER BROTHERS AND HE SAID THAT THEY LIKE ME BUT I FEEL DIFFERENTLY THERE EXPLIOTING ME AND I'M NOT GETTING A DIME!!!!! I'M GOING TO PUT A LIGETIMATE CURSE ON AMERICA AND AMERICANS THIS WRITER WHO SUING WARNER BROTHERS KNEW WHO I WAS AND ASKED ME TO TALK ON HIS SHOW I DIDN'T WANT TO BECAUSE I DON'T LIKE THE 2FACE HATER ATTENTION. THERE JEALOUS AND HATERS THERE JEALOUS OF MY POWER THAT THEY WANT AND IM NOT GIVING IT TO AMERICA AND THER MAD

[aion-rsa]

Neal Adams Also Changed The Course of Superman History

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There’s no immediately obvious answer when you ask someone what the first Neal Adams work is that jumps to mind. Is it “The Joker’s Five Way Revenge?” Green Lantern/Green Arrow: Hard Traveling Heroes? The batshit, hairy-chested insanity of Batman: Odyssey? Late Silver Age X-Men? We could spend a thousand words listing the comics he drew for 50 years and still only barely scrape the surface of the man’s contributions to comic art. 

And none of that comes close to his impact behind the scenes. Adams, who died last week at the age of 80, was a titan on the page, but he was also one of the first big name creators to pick a fight with Marvel and Warner Brothers and win. And when he beat Warner, it was one of the biggest fights ever. And the prize was no less than Superman.

Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster were two regular guys from modest Cleveland backgrounds who met in high school and went on to create the most important superhero in comics history: Superman. And when they did in the 1930s, even with radio shows and movie serials being a going concern, nobody had the slightest inkling what Superman or superheroes would become. So when they sold the rights to DC Comics, the company publishing his stories at the time, for $130 (about $2500 in today’s dollars), it was a reasonable business deal. 

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And then the next 40 years happened. Siegel and Shuster earned money writing Superman comics, but DC allegedly used an old Superboy pitch as the basis for a published story and got sketchy about royalties from the radio show, so the pair sued DC for their copyright back and lost.

The duo never again had the same success they did in Metropolis, despite chasing it for as long as they could make comics. They sued again in the late ‘60s and Siegel was effectively blacklisted because of it, losing all DC work ahead of the lawsuit and never regaining it (Shuster was more or less blind at this point, and completely out of the comics game). The two suffered from financial problems for most of the later period of their lives.

Adams was an established, capital letters Big Deal by the mid 1970s, having already revolutionized Green Lantern and brought Batman into the future. Ahead of production on the first Superman movie, Adams got a letter from Siegel outlining their plight, and he was outraged. Together with Joker creator Jerry Robinson, they brought Siegel and Shuster to New York, put them up in a hotel, and brought the Superman creators around for a bit of a press tour designed to shame Warner into supporting the nearly destitute Superman creators. 

It worked. Warner agreed to pay Siegel and Shuster a $20,000 a year pension. Adams and Robinson successfully shamed Warner Brothers into paying Superman’s creators something. It wasn’t commensurate with the company’s profits from Superman, but it was a win in an industry where those don’t come often for creators, especially at the time.

Case in point: original artwork. Standard practice in the comics industry now is to return original artwork to the artists, with pages being split between pencilers and inkers, giving those artists some extra money on the secondary collector’s market (if there’s originals to return and the artist isn’t working all digital, but that’s a creator’s rights article for another time). But it wasn’t always that way. The practice of returning original art to the people who made it wasn’t industry standard until the mid-1970s. This meant DECADES of original art was filed away in DC and Marvel offices (or on a stool near an elevator in Marvel offices, or destroyed entirely in many cases) and had to be returned to creators. DC was apparently pretty diligent about it, but Marvel took their time, and following a change in copyright law in the late ‘70s, they started including a release form that granted Marvel the rights to their creations. 

But the form they offered to Jack Kirby was flat out ridiculous. It assigned all the rights to everything Kirby created at Marvel to the company, but it also forbade him from selling or even displaying any of his original art. Marvel apparently wanted to still own his original pages, but was graciously willing to let him store it in his Long Island home until they wanted to use it for something. 

Adams, already not a fan of the release forms, was incensed by Marvel’s treatment of Kirby. He joined with a chorus of big name comics creators like Frank Miller and Gary Trudeau to again try and shame a big comic company into treating an artist with some shred of dignity. It wasn’t as effective as the campaign for Siegel and Shuster had been, but it did still end with success: after years of scrambling denials and failed attempts at face saving, Marvel gave Kirby an amended release to sign that gave Jack much of what he was looking for, and returned 1900 pages of original art. It only worked out to about a quarter of his total Marvel output, but it was still a significant sum at the time.

Adams was enormously important to the look of the comics we read today. But he is even more important to the creators making them, and he should be honored forever for his work to make the industry better for his peers. 

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Joel Silver, The Ruthless Producer (But He Wouldn’t Allow Logan To Be Killed)

This blog talks a lot about Joel Silver and his influence on pop culture (especially his role in Veronica Mars). He is well known as one of the “Bosses From Hell” in Hollywood and yet he is the lesser evil from other producers like Harvey Weinstein and Scott Rudin. Which is not a compliment whatsoever. But he is known as very protective with his assets such as his TV shows.

It is surprising that we hardly heard about sexual misconduct allegations against women/men (yet) especially during this decade alone. According to many, he is not interested that much in sexual hedonism as he is more concerned with being on top of the food chain. He is a married flamboyant producer who is deeply serious about his investments. He is always at the movie/tv set, watching everything like a hawk, making sure that everything is working accordingly. He dislikes unprofessional behavior from actors or showrunners, and most of the time, he just loathes writers. “Writers sometimes don’t know what works and what’s not. I don’t care if you are a brilliant writer, but I know better than anyone else in this business.”

That is the young Joel Silver, playing a frustrated director named Raoul in the movie 'Who Framed Roger Rabbit'. According to interviews, Raoul was based on himself but more tamer.

Joel Silver was a type of producer who likes to change a lot of the source materials, to the chagrin of the creators. Many just saw him as this tough guy producer who is very meticulous and wants the job done properly. Sources said that he liked to yell a lot, but hardly physical towards his employees (unlike Scott Rudin).

This is why it was so shocking that he and Rob Thomas had a fistfight argument at the Veronica Mars set. Rob must’ve pissed him off so bad that he resolved to a fistfight. According to a TVGuide interview, Rob said that Joel wanted to have Tara Reid as Trina Echolls and Paris Hilton to be put in the show as a guest star while promoting the House of Wax movie. Rob hated the idea and Joel didn’t take it lightly. Their brawl was reported to many blogs and forums back then.

Joel was frustrated and furious that Rob was adamant about his vision, citing that he knows more about what works and what’s not in the industry, and that includes casting and storylines. Rob insisted that Veronica should be with the love of her life, which was Duncan Kane. Both Joel and Rob head-butted about this because Joel knew that Logan was more a compatible and popular character than Duncan. Not liking the idea of being blackballed all the time, Rob wrote Logan as insufferable in season 2, hoping that fans would turn against the character.

The plan backfired as the fans at the time rejected Duncan instead. Diane Ruggiero even admitted that they were reading the feedbacks especially from Television Without Pity and she said that they didn’t have a choice but to get rid of Duncan. At the time, they also didn’t know whether the show was going to be renewed or not in season 3, especially during the merger between UPN and WB to form The CW. The fans’ voice was clear: they wanted LoVe (Logan & Veronica) to be together. This didn’t bode well with Rob, but the fans (and Joel) have spoken. He finally got rid of Duncan by sending him off to Australia with his baby. And that was it, the end. Logan and Veronica got back together.

But season three came, and another obstacle came in a form of Dawn Ostroff (the president of CW) who wanted some changes in the show for the network to be more teen-friendly. Gone the whole Noir and mystery style, they focused more on the white teen drama and a love triangle. At this moment, Joel decided to stay behind the scene. He was no longer hovering, he had other projects, other money to pursue. He still co-owned Veronica Mars. But he was no longer involved much.

When Veronica Mars was canceled, Joel immediately snatched Jason Dohring - he approached Jason "out of the blue” and said, “There's a role, and I'm making it younger". Joel offered the main role of the CBS vampire procedural series Twilight to Jason before it was changed into Moonlight. Jason read two pages of the script featuring Josef Kostan and was interested in the character's "dark" and "sharp" personality. Jason had to go through the normal audition process and was not sure he would have gotten the role without Joel Silver, who had "pushed it through to the end". Joel noticed very early that Jason had a main protagonist charisma so he fought for him to be cast as Josef Kostan. Jason’s performance was praised by many critics and fans alike as this sarcastic manipulative vampire. Unfortunately, the writing of the show was atrocious and the rating was abysmal because of the Writers Guild strike and they had to hire ghostwriters to keep going. After one season, Moonlight was canceled and it was another money down the drain for Joel.

When the idea of a movie was pitched, Joel said the movie would NEVER HAPPEN. “There are no fans for this market. Sales of DVDs and merchandise are nonexistent.” Joel was thinking as a producer; no sales for the merchandise = no fans, which is wrong, obviously. But that was the way many producers thinking at the time, and still are. After his company severing ties with the Warner Brothers, Joel was no longer interested in any mention of the Veronica Mars movie. Knowing that Joel would not approve of the Kickstarter, Rob and KBell decided to go straight to Warner Bros head honcho Kevin Tsujihara and asked for a chance to get a Veronica Mars movie funded by the fans. The movie then was made, and Joel was proven wrong for this particular moment.

Sharks however started to circling Veronica Mars movie - a lot of producers started to take an interest in the Kickstarter when they found out that it became successful and a phenomenon — notorious producer Harvey Weinstein wanted to grab the rights of Veronica Mars and he boasted that he could make it more successful under his Miramax banner. But his rival, Joel Silver, wouldn’t have any of it. Joel might not be responsible with the Kickstarter, but he sure the hell would burn a swimming pool first before Miramax steals VMars.

Rob and Joel have a “good work” relationship - they definitely aren't friends in real life, but most of the time they avoid each other except in public events and red carpets. Their relationship is mostly being tolerant of each other. Joel didn't even bother to come to the Veronica Mars movie red carpet even though he was the executive producer of the movie and this franchise was a part of his life. Many thoughts for him not attending the red carpet were to avoid any embarrassment because he said that there were no fans of Veronica Mars. If it was allowed, Rob would say ‘fuck you’ to Joel as he strutted on the red carpet during the premiere of the Veronica Mars movie at the Chinese Theater.

However, when HULU took an interest in a VMars miniseries, Rob asked Joel for a favor, which is to get Kristen Bell to work around NBC The Good Place contract. As HULU is a part of Viacom and also an umbrella company for CBS and CW where VMars reside, technically she couldn't and was not allowed to be working with a rival company. So Joel helped Rob by calling the NBC president Noah Oppenheim to lend Kristen Bell to HULU temporarily. No words or interview about how Joel thinks about season 4 and how they killed off Logan Echolls; a character he protected during his reign back then. It is obvious if he was in charge of Veronica Mars season 4, he would scold Rob Thomas for killing the Golden Goose or maybe already stopping him before it happened. He might have a soft spot for Jason Dohring himself, calling him a “talented actor but too quiet for this industry”.

Joel Silver seems to have moved on from Veronica Mars and its tumultuous relationship within. He has a bigger problem than handling a franchise that has crashed and burned because it flew too close to the sun; namely being sued for the death of an assistant and the fact that he was kicked out from his own company (Silver Pictures) by the company CFO Daryl Katz, and also he is a bit struggling with financial means. But no matter what, Joel Silver was a part of Veronica Mars with its complicated history. And he definitely has no problem keeping going - after all, he is one of the notorious bosses in Hollywood.

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