EXCLUSIVE: It has taken a bit longer than the parties anticipated, but today the proposed settlement in the potential class action filed by a former intern on The Wendy Williams Show took one big step toward final resolution. Lawyers for plaintiff Anthony Tart on Friday filed a motion in federal court (read it here)…

In a decision that Hollywood has been waiting for months to hear, the 2nd Circuit Court of Appeals today threw the Black Swan intern case on its head by vacating an earlier judgment in favor of two interns who worked on the Darren Aronofsky-directed film. The hearing on the appeal of District Judge William Paley III’s…

EXCLUSIVE: Six months ago, Lionsgate wanted the potential class action filed by a former intern on The Wendy Williams Show tossed out of court. Now it wants to go large and pay to make the whole thing go away. To that end, the studio’s attorneys are filing paperwork today in New York federal court stating that they…

There is no resolution yet in The Wendy Williams Show case and the game changing Black Swan case against Fox Searchlight that started it all still hasn't heard from the Second Circuit but at least one interns lawsuit is now over. Despite a flurry of last minute objections from some potential class members, the $6.4…

Here we go again. Another former intern for the entertainment industry is suing over the concept of internship vs. free labor. This time the defendant is MGM, which is on the receiving end of a class-action lawsuit filed today. Kimi Gupta interned at the Beverly Hills offices of MGM HD, the studio's cable network, in…

Nearly six months after the media giant thought it had a multimillion-dollar deal in the almost 2-year-old lawsuit, more former NBCUniversal interns have raised objections that could derail the whole thing. "Working for NBCUniversal was once an amazing dream," says former casting department intern Ursula Howzell in…

EXCLUSIVE: Some of the names have changed, but the aims have not — and for CBS that means go hard. In a blunt, brisk and not really giving-an-inch response to the class-action-seeking complaint former CBS Radio intern Camille Demere first filed on January 26, the company said today it wants the whole thing tossed…

If the media behemoth thought this was all behind it, Dina Agusta just hit a possible pause button on the end to the nearly two-year legal action. The former NBCUniversal intern believes the $6.4 million settlement deal that the Comcast-owned company made with class counsel Outten & Golden in October not only is too…

On the same day that they were pink-slipping people at Paramount and Nickelodeon, the Sumner Redstone-controlled Viacom was putting a price tag on how much it will shell out to make their interns lawsuit go away. That will be $7,212,500 to be exact in a gross settlement amount revealed yesterday to end the class…

EXCLUSIVE: Just 11 days after wanting to get in to the potential class action against the Lionsgate-distributed and Debmar-Mercury-produced daytime talker, Danielle Minch now wants out – to some extent. "Please take notice that the individual named below hereby withdraws her consent to join form to participate in the…

EXCLUSIVE: Lionsgate might want the 4-month-old lawsuit thrown out, but it looks like the potential class action complaint actually could grow. Last week, another former intern on The Wendy Williams Show sought to join the legal action first filed by Anthony Tart in early October last year. On February 4, Lloyd…

Less than six months after it was slapped with a very very short-lived class action by a former The Late Show With David Letterman intern, CBS is feeling the legal sting again. Earlier this week, ex-intern Camille Demere and her lawyers filed a jury trial-demanding complaint against CBS Corporation and CBS…