Mes: septiembre 2019

(CBS) “American Idol” creator Simon Fuller is suing Fox, claiming he should be paid a hefty fee over the network’s newest talent competition series, “The X-Factor.” According to a lawsuit filed in Los Angeles Superior Court, obtained by The Hollywood Reporter, Fuller claims he negotiated an executive producer fee and credit on “The X-Factor” as part of a settlement of a 2004 copyright infringement lawsuit against former “Idol” (and upcoming “X-Factor”) judge Simon Cowell when “X-Factor” launched in the U.K. Fox, which airs “Idol” and will also air “The X-Factor” when it premieres in September, and Fremantle North America, which produces both shows, are now refusing to honor that deal, the suit alleges. “Fox and Fremantle made hundreds of millions of dollars thanks to the creative efforts of Fuller,” the suit states, according to THR. “Now, when it is time to finally perform on these unequivocal promises, Fox and Fremantle refuse to provide Fuller his executive producer credit for Defendants’ new television show, ‘The X Factor,’ and refuse to pay Fuller and executive producer fee ‘commesurate with his duties and stature in the entertainment industry.’ Defendants refusal to honor their promises made to Fuller is particularly malicious given that but for Fuller’s agreement, the ‘X Factor’ show would not be able to broadcast in the United States at all.” When Cowell launched “X-Factor,” Fuller sued, claiming the show was...

Updated 2:09 PM ET (AP) ACCRA, Ghana – John Atta Mills, who was elected president in the closest vote in Ghana’s history and then led the West African country amid newfound oil wealth, died Tuesday just months before the end of his first term. He was 68. Ghanaian state-run television stations GTV and TV3 broke into regular programming to announce the president’s death. Chief of Staff John Henry Martey Newman told the nation that Atta Mills had died Tuesday afternoon at the 37th Military Hospital in Accra but gave no details about the cause of his death. Information Minister Fritz Baffour later confirmed that Atta Mills had died but also declined to comment further. According to state-run media, Ghana’s parliament was to hold an emergency meeting immediately. The president celebrated his 68th birthday Saturday. Atta Mills served as president as Ghana began grappling with how to deal with its newfound oil wealth from offshore fields discovered in the last five years. The country, 온라인카지노 whose economy has been fueled by gold, cocoa and timber exports in the past, hopes to put the oil money to good use, mindful of how nearby Nigeria suffered through military dictatorships and widespread corruption over its oil wealth. Atta Mills traveled to the United States in March and met for a meeting with U.S. President Barack Obama at the White House. He also traveled...

(CBS News) BEIRUT – Fierce fighting is being reported in Syria’s two biggest cities. The street battles have left parts of Damascus and Aleppo in ruins, and forced thousands more civilians to flee the violence. Until a few days ago, Syria’s two main cities had been bubbles of relative stability, but heavy fighting is now driving a flood of refugees over Syria’s borders, with thousands fleeing to Turkey or Lebanon. They’re seeking safety from a civil war that has finally come to their doorsteps. “In my home (in the Damascus suburbs), I could see the helicopters bombing and tanks firing,” one refugee told CBS News. In the capital, Syrian soldiers have regained control of neighborhoods that had fallen at least in part to opposition fighters. State television told viewers government troops were mopping up remnants of people dubbed “terrorists” by the regime. Syrian rebels: We will “liberate” AleppoSyrian troops, rebels clash in city of AleppoSyrian troops seize Damascus neighborhood; Activists say 300 killed But as the fighting dies down in one area, it flares up in another. Aleppo has seen fierce clashes over the past 48 hours. The city – Syria’s second largest and most important economically – had been a center of support for the president, but that is now clearly fraying. As for President Bashar Assad, he appeared for the second time on television since a bombing...