Ashley Tisdale has reunited with Austin Butler!
11.01.2022 - 00:19 / deadline.com
As the digital clock ticks away, Quentin Tarantino and Miramax’s legal dust-up over the Oscar winner’s plan to auction off NFTs of his Pulp Fiction screenplay just opened a whole new front.
A week before the first of seven offerings is set to start of the 1994 film’s script, lawyers for the Bill Block-run studio just drew a distinct line in the infringement sand with the platform bringing the goods to market. “Your apparent reliance on Mr. Tarantino’s position about his rights to Pulp Fiction is misguided,” says Miramax outside counsel Bart H. Williams in a letter sent this afternoon to SCRT Labs CEO Guy Zyskind (read it here).
“Whatever limited rights Mr. Tarantino has to screenplay publication, they do not permit the minting of unique NFTs associated with Miramax’s intellectual property, and his contrary position is the subject of a pending lawsuit,” the emailed correspondence from the Proskauer Rose LLP partner adds. “What your press release calls Mr. Tarantino’s ‘never-before-seen handwritten screenplay’ cannot yet be ‘iconic; or a ‘fan favorite,’ so it is transparent that you and Mr. Tarantino are trying to capitalize on Miramax’s content, intellectual property rights, and brand.”
Then, after some further verbiage, things get a bit medieval.
“Assuming that you (like Mr. Tarantino) plan on going forward with the auction, please be on notice that you are doing so at your own risk, including the risk that you will later owe the proceeds of any sales to Miramax along with other potential damages,” Williams’ letter states. “We would hope that you also inform prospective purchasers of the risks of purchasing these unauthorized NFTs, including that purchasers may have to return the NFTs to Miramax and forfeit the price they
Ashley Tisdale has reunited with Austin Butler!
Ethan Shanfeld Los Angeles-based singer, songwriter and producer Astn, who went viral on TikTok for his R&B remix of Billie Eilish’s “Happier Than Ever,” has signed with Warner Records.The R&B breakout star, whose real name is Austin Sanders, dropped his debut EP as Astn, “Tell Your Friends,” in 2017. Today marks the release of his first song with Warner, titled “Gradually.”“The song poses the question: Is it more agonizing to see someone you love vanish from your life all of the sudden, or slowly detach from you over time?” Astn said in a statement.
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the very first cold open by playing Donald Trump. Johnson had previously become a viral hit for his Trump impression, and he while on “Late Night with Seth Meyers” on Tuesday night he revealed the key to unlocking his uncanny vocal likeness.Johnson revealed that when he first started doing his Trump impression, it was born out of his anger at the president.
Mónica Marie Zorrilla Adult Swim has elevated Gill Austin as VP and creative director of creative production, the WarnerMedia network announced today. Austin has been with the company since 1996, working on one of its early precursors— Space Ghost Coast to Coast. In his promoted position, Austin will report to Tricia Melton, CMO of Warner Bros.
Jem Aswad Senior Music EditorJohn Lennon’s coat from the “Magical Mystery Tour” film, his cape from “Help!,” three guitars, and Paul McCartney’s handwritten arrangement notes for “Hey Jude” — all from John’s son Julian’s private collection — are going up for NFT auction on Feb. 7, the first in a series to be rolled out over the coming months.
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In case you missed it, Quentin Tarantino is starting his own podcast, according to The Verge, reported during the holiday break. Considering all the two, three-hour podcast appearances on places like The New Beverly, and Empire podcasts, this isn’t much of a surprise (and QT’s hinted at this before).