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Relativity Media receives approval to sell to investor group
Relativity Media has received Bankruptcy Court approval to sell itself to an investor group seeking to re-boot the twice-bankrupt studio. Judge Michael Wiles signed off on the sale to UltraV...
Relativity moves closer to sale with Netflix settlement
Relativity Media has settled a dispute with Netflix dating from the studio’s bankruptcy in 2015, paving the way for the Ryan Kavanaugh-created company to emerge from a more recent Chapter...
Ryan Kavanaugh likely made up sex harassment allegations against producer: judge
Hollywood producer Adam Fields on Tuesday was celebrating after nearly seeing his reputation ruined by #MeToo allegations. Fields was ousted from Ryan Kavanaugh’s Relativity Media in 2016 and a year...
Relativity Media founder skirts $110M fraud suit
The founder of Relativity Media has emerged unscathed from a $110 million fraud claim that accused his bankrupt studio of misusing loans designated for specific films. Ryan Kavanaugh had been...
Investor insists Relativity Media be liquidated
The last big investor Ryan Kavanaugh seduced into believing troubled Relativity Media could survive has asked a Bankruptcy Court judge to take it off life support. Chicago investor Joseph Nicholas,...
Ex-prez claims Relativity was padding income with porn site
Ryan Kanavaugh’s Relativity Media had a “hostile environment” that included porn photo shoots at its Beverly Hills headquarters, a lawsuit filed against the Hollywood studio claims. Adam Fields, who served...
Ryan Kavanaugh is out as Relativity CEO after 12-year run
Ryan Kavanaugh’s tumultuous 12-year reign atop Relativity Media has come to an end, according to a report. The helicopter-flying founder of the Beverly Hills ministudio, who had recently guided it...
Controversial deal looms over Trump's treasury secretary pick
Wall Street investor and Hollywood producer Steven Mnuchin, President-elect Donald Trump’s choice for treasury secretary, is likely to find his Senate confirmation process a bit stickier than he had hoped....
Relativity racked up $40M in fees while bankrupt
Sometimes what goes into bankruptcy should stay in bankruptcy. Or so it seems with Ryan Kavanaugh’s embattled Relativity Media, which racked up more than $40 million in professional fees during...
Kavanaugh’s tenure as Relativity CEO reportedly nearing end
It looks like Ryan Kavanaugh’s tenure as chief executive of the Hollywood mini-studio Relativity is coming to an end. The embattled executive is putting the studio up for sale, according...
Relativity needs 'Masterminds' to be 'Titanic'
The first major movie release by Relativity Media since it emerged from bankruptcy needs to pull a rabbit out of the hat this weekend for the studio to show it...
Relativity Media still flying high despite bankruptcy
Relativity Media may have been laid low by bankruptcy, but the studio’s executives are still flying high — or so they were until a “mechanical” problem last week forced an...
Relativity's Ryan Kavanaugh says hello to Twitter
Relativity Media’s Ryan Kavanaugh called director Brett Ratner “the biggest sleeze” in Hollywood, in the latest in a string of venomous tweets. In a Twitter rant in the wee hours...
Netflix tries denying Ryan Kavanaugh from attorneys' fee award
Netflix took the gloves off in its legal battle with Relativity Media by attempting to deny the studio and its founder, Ryan Kavanaugh, a $1.3 million award for attorneys’ fees....
Relativity Media settles PR exec's $600K lawsuit
Relativity Media settled a claim Wednesday that it owed its chief communications officer of four years nearly $600,000. Ex-Relativity spokesman David Shane — for months the most visible PR spokesperson...
Relativity's Ryan Kavanaugh plans to sue Netflix for $1B
Ryan Kavanaugh has come up with a $1 billion idea to grow his financially shaky studio — sue Netflix for acting in "bad faith." Kavanaugh's Relativity Media claimed in a...
Judge rules Netflix can't release Relativity's Kristen Wiig comedy
Netflix’s bid to stream two Relativity Media films before their theatrical release suffered a major setback on Friday. Manhattan bankruptcy Judge Michael Wiles issued an order banning Netflix from releasing...
Netflix renews fight for Galifianakis film
Reed Hastings’ Netflix will try again on Thursday to convince a judge it should get first crack at showing a much-delayed Zach Galifianakis and Kristen Wiig film.
Jennifer Garner switches gears in movie roles
Jennifer Garner’s latest movie, “Tribes of Palos Verdes,” will see the actress explore a new persona. The movie is about two daughters who escape their mom (Garner), who’s having a...
Streaming dispute between Netflix, Relativity dismissed
The attempt by Netflix to void its deal to stream Relativity Media’s films has ended. The motion to end the deal, which is lucrative for Ryan Kavanaugh’s Relativity, was “voluntarily...