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Rudolph Isley’s brother Sue Ronald due to trademark rights to “The Isley Brothers”

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March 21, 2023

A family battle is brewing between the Isley brothers… Rudolph Isley blaming younger brother Ronald Isley go behind his back and possibly deprive him of tons of money.

According to a new lawsuit received by TMZ, Rudolph is suing Ronald over the trademark rights to “The Isley Brothers”…he says Ronald applied for and received trademark approval on his own behalf and is taking all the profits.

Rudolf says that he and Ronald should split all profits from the group 50/50…claiming that they have each owned 50% of the group’s shares since their brother’s time. O’Kelly died back in 1986…but Rudolph claims that Ronald has recently gone rogue.

In the documents, Rudolph claims that Ronald applied for and received the exclusive rights to “The Isley Brothers” for use in “visual recordings and audiovisual recordings with music and animation” back in August… but Rudolph says that Ronald needs his permission to cut the search deal.

Rudolph says Ronald filed for a trademark in his name in November 2021… but Rudolph claims they previously split all profits from some big deals, including a multi-million dollar publishing deal… and now he wants to judge issued a ruling. bookkeeping to see how much money Ronald has made since being replaced.

What’s more, Rudolph wants the court to intervene and declare that the trademark “The Isley Brother” is owned by him and his brother jointly… a trademark.

We’ve contacted the band’s rep… no response yet.

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Winnie the Pooh movie pulled from Hong Kong theaters

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March 22, 2023

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HONG KONG — Public screenings of the Winnie the Pooh slasher were abruptly canceled in Hong Kong on Tuesday, sparking discussions about tightening censorship in the city.

Film distributor VII Pillars Entertainment announced on Facebook that the premiere of Winnie the Pooh: Blood and Honey on Thursday has been canceled with “great regret” in Hong Kong and neighboring Macau.

In an email response to the Associated Press, the distributor said theaters had notified him that they were unable to show the film as scheduled, but did not know why. The cinema chains involved did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

For many residents, the Winnie the Pooh character is a playful mockery of Chinese President Xi Jinping, and Chinese censors have briefly banned bear searches on social media in the country in the past. In 2018, “Christopher Robin”, which also starred Winnie the Pooh, was reportedly denied theatrical release in China.

The screening of the film in Hong Kong sparked concern on social media about the curtailment of freedoms in the territory.

The film was originally scheduled to be shown in about 30 theaters in Hong Kong, VII Pillars Entertainment reported last week.

The Film, Newspapers and Articles Authority said it had approved the film, and arrangements by local cinemas to show approved films “are the commercial decisions of the respective cinemas.”

The screening, originally scheduled for Tuesday night at one cinema, was canceled for “technical reasons,” the organizer said on Instagram.

Kenny Ng, a professor at the Hong Kong Baptist University Film Academy, declined to speculate as to the reason for the cancellation, but suggested that the mechanism for suppressing criticism appears to be commercial solutions.

Hong Kong is a former British colony that returned to Chinese rule in 1997 with a promise to keep its Western-style freedoms. But China introduced a national security law after massive democratic protests in 2019, silencing or jailing many dissidents.

In 2021, the government tightened the rules and empowered censors to ban films deemed to violate the sweeping law.

Ng said there have been more cases of censorship in the city in the past two years, mostly targeting non-commercial films such as independent short films.

“When there is a red line, there is more taboo,” he said.