More Idol Dramz
Filed under: Legal Matters > American Idol
A musicians union has filed a federal lawsuit against the producers of American Idol claiming musicians were underpaid because the show's live music was re-recorded for reruns, according to new reports.
Idol makes soooooo much money!
Why are they trying to be cheapy Mimi?????
The lawsuit alleges that the contract for the musicians working for the show says that they should be paid royalties for rebroadcasts of the show.
The producers are required to pay 75 percent of scale to musicians who appear in the original show and rehearsals, plus 10 percent of that pay to a union pension fund, with decreasing percentages for each rebroadcast, according to court papers.
In 2007, the producers started cutting out the show's soundtrack and using different musicians to re-record new music for the past-season highlights show American Idol Rewind, the lawsuit said.
The court papers say the musicians' union was not informed of the recording.
Phone messages left Thursday night with Idols reps weren't returned.
Their lawyers probably told them to keep their mouths shut!
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meh. dont care much about idol. such a tragedy that americans vote more on this show than they do for their presidents. just a humble opinion so chill!
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Idol Sucks!
I WOULD NORMALLY WRITE SOMETHING ABOUT WHAT A DOUCHEBAG PEREZ IS AND HOW HE IS A DISGUSTING LOSER BUT I PROMISED "I" THAT I WOULDN'T DO THAT ANY MORE.
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SO I WON'T WRITE ANYTHING!
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9th!!!!
aaahm….third!
1st!
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Who cares!!!!
i look like an alien in this pic
I've never seen this show. Is it worth all of the fuss?
Oh Well!!!
American Idol is evil. Are we surprised?!?
I like Paula's outfit in this picture! Especially the jacket.
BRODY JENNER HAS A small DICK!!!4REAL
Wow. The number crunchers are pretty much in charge of everything these days. There's more to living a life of integrity than the bottom effing line. The long vision is that these cut out musicians will be hard pressed to work for them again, and where is the continuity, satisfaction and long term friendship in that? In a smaller market, you could run out of willing musicians. They, too, have families to support. Doesn't Idol make ENOUGH money? Another log on the crap heap. Great.
Oh, and how to support the arts, Idol. How very counterproductive, except at the bank.
I want to hear about Britney again… I want her to be successful again… she can totally "come back"…. who cares if she lipsynchs? So do 99% of the pop singers out there-let's embrace her for what she is!! !come back britney!
Why are you putting devil horns on Paula? She is not the devil, she's just a little out of it by choice because she has to deal with douchbags hating on her–Strait up girl, you need to be a hell of a lot nicer to the ladys…fear not Perez, you have tits too. Paula is Forever our Girl!!!!
Ah.
I don't see why idol needs to do that despite their dramatic low ratings this year. They should be back up there in no time because of David Cook (Wonderbread) and David Archu-Gayy. =]
They'll be allright.
Ben Silverman NBC email drrand@vzw.blackberry.net for NEW SITCOMS from Harvard Film students. If you want to target the youth market look at teenagers ideas not a bunch of older out of touch lazy stupid washed up oh I has a hit in the eighties executives. Your networks in 4th place.Kids rule. Tell your producers to go home. They can't get the job done. Fill NBC with students and you will see results My students and teenagers across the US are so much snarter than we were at their age. American Gladiators that's it that's what a major force like NBC puts on the air. I wouldn't let Hulk Hohan wipe my students asses. Did you give the go ahead on that crap.
“Hello- I work at the HOT TOPIC where this piece of shit appearted on friday ( I was not working that day but showed up for shit n giggles ) ONLY 7 people showed up.SEVEN.That’s it.Mario was BEYOND upset texting and DEMENDING the right water,food,ETC he was a rude royal pain in the ass and BEYOND crass.Talking about scat porn,fisting some kid and otherbest left unsaid topics.My manager was trying to get people to come in to meet Perez by handing out $5 gift cards NO ONE WANTED TO MEET HIM! His mother and sister were there and he seemed to take it out on them (they are both fat BTW and smelled nasty!) anyways he left around 8:45PM without saying goodbye to anyone & looked like he had been crying like the little bitch he is. We sold a grand total of $6.45 of Perez Hilton items between 6PM - 9PM. My manager has already talked about discounting his ‘line’ !”
Why Lie, Perez? Why Lie?
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Is the fox is running the Idol henhouse, and does American Idol eat their young? (just an expression, kids…) Why does a top rated show stoop to doing this? Conditional ethics. Anything goes. Lack of quality leadership. I obviously support the musicians, lol. Railing is futile. The Borg have taken over.
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AND I LOVE AMERICAN IDOL!!!
simon's man tits are making me drool
Re: PAULA – you kinda look like a little pete burns
I worked for this show and they are cheap nickel and dime bastards… The execs are a bunch of monkeys that don't have a clue how to producer a show, it is truly astonishing. Fucking idiots run this show….
Ah, the WalMart of the television industry!