More from Tanvi Valsangikar
Guest Column: Is Trump’s Trial Too Hot for TV?
It was the Shot Heard ‘Round the World 3.0, only blocks from the original Polo Grounds where the New York Giants won the 1951 National League pennant with a walk-off home run (and 215 miles from the 1775 Battle of Lexington and Concord). Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg indicted Donald Trump for colluding with Russia shaking down Ukraine attempting […]
- By
Guest Column: Can Pete Sue Kanye? Probably Not
Kanye West’s latest music video, “Eazy,” is certainly turning/removing heads. Mr. West is unhappy that SNL star Pete Davidson is dating his ex-wife, Kim Kardashian. Channeling his torment into stop-motion animation, “Eazy” depicts a claymation Yeezy kidnapping and decapitating Davidson to the tune of “God saved me from that crash / Just so I can […]
- By
Who Is the Bad Copyright Friend? (Guest Column)
Are you #TeamDawn or #TeamSonya? The internet was divided into warring camps in light of the viral New York Times Magazine article “Who Is the Bad Art Friend?” by Robert Kolker. It’s a tale as old as time: two writers locked in a bitter legal dispute over a short story inspired by Facebook posts about […]
- By
Flag on the Play: How an Ambush Interview Put Fox Sports Host in a Legal Red Zone (Guest Column)
On May 24, NFL Hall of Fame tight end Shannon Sharpe nabbed an interception on his Fox Sports show, Undisputed, when he called star wide receiver Julio Jones, then a member of the Atlanta Falcons, to discuss the player’s future. Jones, apparently unaware Sharpe was calling while being filmed live on television, confided that he […]
- By
WAP SLAPP: How Cardi B Could Defend a Libel Suit From Candace Owens (Guest Column)
New York's new defamation law could help the rapper if the feud sparked by a racy Grammys performance and a photoshopped tweet actually winds up in court.
- By