Director Polanski Seeks Defamation Suit
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A lawyer for filmmaker Roman Polanski said Wednesday that he was being denied justice because he is not allowed to sue a magazine for defamation in a British court while remaining in France.
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Lawyers for television talk-show host Maury Povich have asked a court to dismiss a &#36;100 million sex harassment lawsuit against him and members of his staff and to compel the producer who filed it to arbitrate the dispute.
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Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA), formed by major Hollywood movie studios, said Thursday it seeks to sue computer users suspected of illegally distributing movies over the Internet.
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The director of a documentary about John Kerry's Vietnam service sued Sinclair Broadcast Group on Thursday, accusing it of illegally copying his photographs in a controversial anti-Kerry movie it plans to air portions of this week.
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A court case is filed in the US in a bid to stop the public sale of two Academy Awards given to the late film star Mary Pickford.
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ROME  - Oscar-winning director Roman  Polanski, a fugitive from American justice, will be honored at  the Turin Film Festival in November.
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WEST PALM BEACH - Actor Burt Reynolds on Monday filed suit against his longtime girlfriend, claiming she is trying to blackmail him.
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Film director Roman Polanski on Thursday  won his bid to sue for libel in an English court via videolink  in order to avoid the risk of extradition to the United States  for child sex offences.
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Marlon Brando's former business manager has filed a &#36;3.5-million claim against the late actor's estate, accusing the Oscar-winning "Godfather" star of sexual harassment and breach of contract.
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Zimbabwe's controversial information minister sues two colleagues for defamation.
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A group of Greek lawyers are threatening  to sue Warner Bros. film studios and Oliver Stone, director of  the widely anticipated film "Alexander," for suggesting  Alexander the Great was bisexual.
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The film studio behind American Gangster is sued for defamation by three former drug enforcement agents.
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Jewish campaigners and Poland's president call for the Catholic Church to act against a controversial priest.
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Actor James Belushi sues actress Julie Newmar over a "campaign of harassment", US court papers say.
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A Canadian journalist is suing the  director and the studio of the new hit comedy &quot;Knocked Up,&quot;  arguing that she&#39;s the rightful parent of the tale behind the  movie.
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"American Gangster" just got served. A group of ex federal agents filed a class-action lawsuit against NBC Universal on Wednesday, accusing the studio of smearing their reputations by playing with the facts in its hit crime thriller starring Oscar winn...
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The Academy Award-winning producer  behind the "Lord of the Rings" franchise has sued the films'  distributor, New Line Cinema, to force it to disclose its  accounting for the multibillion-dollar epic.