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p2pnet news | Movies:- Dana Elaine Owens, aka Queen Latifah, is suing a small movie company which helped finance The Perfect Holiday.
Owens, who started out beat-boxing for the rap group Ladies Fresh, says she wasn’t paid after appearing in a cameo.
Her lawyers filed a lawsuit in Manhattan, New York, “claiming bosses at Perfect Christmas Productions breached her contract and owe her $275,000,” says ShowBizSpy.
Perfect Christmas Productions agreed to pay Latifah $275,000 for her role in the family comedy, “in which she starred as a mousy office worker who finds out that she only has weeks to live,” says E! Online
She co-produced the 2007 flick which, grossed $5.8 million last year it adds.
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ShowBizSpy - Queen Latifah Sues Over Perfect Holiday, June 19, 2008
E! Online - Queen Latifah Demands Royalty , June 18, 2008
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June 19th, 2008 at 6:00 am
I think its a sad state of affairs when a so-called singer has to resort to calling herself “Queen” as a sales ploy. I’m sure it fooled a number of neophytes into buying her computer generated fluff. “I wish I had a song out so I could sue everybody too” should make a good title.
June 19th, 2008 at 7:01 am
I wouldn’t have paid her either. That movie sucked!
June 19th, 2008 at 9:10 am
” I wouldn’t have paid her either. That movie sucked! ”
As much as I dislike her ‘ music ‘ ,
One of the things we really push for here is for the artists that perform .. regardless of what we may think of
their material .. get paid for their performances.
You may think the movie sucked ( as did I ) but it DID gorss 5.8 mill, at least.
They made money off of it .. think of them as the RIAA .. they made money out their ass.
They agreed to pay her, and according to her, they didn’t, much like the way the collective agencies inability
to find and pay the ARTISTS they are supposed to pay.
Whatever you think of her art, there was an agreement, they didn’t stand by it.
Artists that want to get paid, and have an agreement to get paid SHOULD get their pay.
That’s what we’re about here .. isn’t it .. the artist .. right ?