Warren Beatty gets OK to sue TribCo over Dick Tracy Nov 10, 2009
(Reuters) Academy-award winning actor Warren Beatty can go ahead with a California lawsuit against a unit of bankrupt over rights to comic strip detective Dick Tracy, a federal judge ruled on Monday. According to court papers, Beatty bought the motion picture and television rights for Dick Tracy in 1985 ... Beatty contends that he was producing a television special last year about Dick Tracy when a Tribune subsidiary notified him the Dick Tracy rights had lapsed. (Crain's Chicago Business)
Shel Dorf, 76, founded convention for fans of comic books, helped ‘Dick Tracy’ movie Nov 7, 2009
Shel Dorf, 76, founded convention for fans of comic books, helped Dick Tracy movie - The Boston Globe ... Shel Dorf, 76, founded convention for fans of comic books, helped Dick Tracy movie ... I can remember as a child in Detroit being so excited by a cliffhanger in Dick Tracy that I waited on the front porch until I saw our paper boy turn the corner, Mr. Dorf said in the Union-Tribune in 1990. (Boston Globe)
What Shirley Franklin said about the mayors race Oct 25, 2009
Lord Pennington makes Beverly Howard look like Dick Tracy. Midtowner. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Metro)
Yes, its been that long Oct 22, 2009
Home Alone * Ghost * Dances with Wolves * Pretty Woman * Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles * The Hunt for Red October * Total Recall * Die Hard 2 * Dick Tracy * Edward Scissorhands, * The Godfather Part III. Popular Musicians. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Sports)
Today in history Oct 4, 2009
In 1931, the comic strip Dick Tracy, created by Chester Gould, made its debut. In 1940, Adolf Hitler and Benito Mussolini conferred at Brenner Pass in the Alps. (Boston Globe)
Man killed in Big Island crash was assistant to Nicolas Cage Sep 16, 2009
Before being hired by Cage, he assisted Beatty through five movies, from "Dick Tracy" in 1990 to "Town and Country" in 2001 and accompanied Beatty and his wife Annette Bening on their Truth Squad bus tour in 2005. Davison's family in Barrow last heard from him the day before the accident when he sent an email update on his holiday. (Honolulu Advertiser)
Griffin: Reminiscences about old-time radio shows Sep 8, 2009
One performer, Matt Crowley, took on the roles of both Dick Tracy and Buck Rogers. Another, Jacky Kelp, did Superman and Henry Aldrich. (Cambridge Chronicle, MA)
Warren Beatty agrees to taped deposition Jul 29, 2009
Actor suing Tribune Co. over TV, film rights to Dick Tracy ... Warren Beatty is in a dispute with Tribune Co. over rights to comic strip detective Dick Tracy ... - An agreement has been reached allowing the videotaping of Warren Beatty's deposition in his dispute with the Tribune Co. over the rights to cartoon detective Dick Tracy, a federal judge presiding over the case said Tuesday. (MSNBC -- News)
Kailua's Aweau ousted from 'Dance' Jul 18, 2009
Attorneys for Beatty filed an emergency motion yesterday asking a Delaware judge to prohibit the videotaping of his July 23 deposition in a dispute with Tribune over the rights to cartoon detective Dick Tracy. Beatty's attorneys argue that the videotaping is unnecessary and could result in a violation of his privacy. (Honolulu Advertiser)
Warren Beatty Doesn't Want Deposition Videotaped Jul 18, 2009
Film Legend In Battle With Paper Over Rights To 'Dick Tracy ... Attorneys for Beatty filed an emergency motion Thursday asking a Delaware judge to prohibit the videotaping of his July 23 deposition in a dispute with Tribune over the rights to cartoon detective Dick Tracy. (KFOXTV.com, TX)
‘Public Enemies’ has powerful stars, problematic script Jul 1, 2009
He s Dick Tracy, no less but, unfortunately, no more. Mann gets a few interesting scenes out of the FBI s early interest in technology, with tapped phone conversations recorded on vinyl LPs, but the movie s much too slick for any political reading to take hold. (Boston Globe)
Judge allows wine museum bankruptcy to proceed Jun 28, 2009
Attorneys for Warren Beatty asked a federal judge Thursday to allow the actor to proceed with a California lawsuit against the Tribune Co. over the TV and movie rights to comic book character Dick Tracy ... Attorneys for Warren Beatty asked a federal judge Thursday to allow the actor to proceed with a California lawsuit against the Tribune Co. over the TV and movie rights to comic book character Dick Tracy. (Fresno Bee -- Business)
The Spirit Blu-ray Review Jun 17, 2009
Certifiably, but agreeably, insane, The Spirit plays like Dick Tracy on brown acid. (Coincidentally, murky brown is one of few colors to break up the mostly dichromatic black-and-white scheme ported over from Sin City. (Suite101.com)
Transformer-ed Jun 1, 2009
The culture-to-consumer alchemy doesn't always work (those canary-yellow "Dick Tracy" suits somehow failed to catch on). But if a Hood River jewelry-designing couple gets lucky, they may get a boost from one of the most-anticipated blockbusters of the summer -- "Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen.". (OregonLive, OR -- Living)
Hearing scheduled in Tribune bankruptcy Apr 30, 2009
-- Attorneys are headed to court to discuss Tribune Co.'s assertion that it owns the television and movie rights to comic book character Dick Tracy. Tribune Media Services, a Tribune subsidiary, has been battling for years with actor Warren Beatty over rights to the cartoon icon. (Fresno Bee -- Business)
Is SNL getting lame again? Sweat drops! Apr 6, 2009
Dick Tracy, Archie, Veronica, Hagar, Garfield and others tried to come up with a plan to save newspapers ... Dick Tracy: Well, I dont think you can help us ... Dick Tracy is confused. (Seacoast New Hampshire)
Bruce Willis, Nicholas Cage, Natasha Bedingfield Mar 24, 2009
Tribune Media Services has filed a lawsuit against the Academy-award winning director and actor Warren Beatty to recover motion-picture and television rights to the iconic comic-strip character Dick Tracy, according to court documents. In a Delaware court filing, Tribune Media Services, a unit of the bankrupt newspaper publisher Tribune Co., said Mr. Beatty "wrongly claims" to have exclusive motion picture and television rights to the well-known police detective character. (International Herald Tribune -- Arts)
Beatty sued over rights to Tracy Mar 22, 2009
Actor and director Warren Beatty is being sued over the rights to comic strip character Dick Tracy ... In November last year, Beatty took legal action against Tribune Media Services, claiming he had begun work on a Dick Tracy television special, which should preserve his rights to the character. (BBC News -- Entertainment)
Tribune Co. fights Warren Beatty Mar 21, 2009
(AP) Attorneys for the have asked a Delaware bankruptcy judge to declare that the company owns the television and movie rights to comic book character Dick Tracy ... Beatty claimed that his plans for a half-hour television special comply with obligations that he follow up the 1990 movie "Dick Tracy" with a television special, within a certain time period. (Crain's Chicago Business)
Serving up a slice of seriality Mar 19, 2009
Heroes of the serials included comic book stars Batman, Superman, Dick Tracy, Captain America, Captain Marvel and radio character the Lone Ranger making some of their first appearances in the larger American conscience. "A lot of them came from the comic strips," Felbinger said. (Doylestown Central Bucks Life, PA)
Viewers Will Help Turner Classic Movies Celebrate 15th Anniversary By Programming Film Festival Mar 10, 2009
Actor Warren Beatty will host a July special revolving around the famed movie detective Dick Tracy. In October, the service's thriller films will be supplemented by a new series of genre-based documentary specials. (Multichannel News)
UP FOR AIR: News flash: Up for Air office relocating Feb 8, 2009
Other tales of crime included the pocketing of a lipstick (by a now-famous Joe Frogger baker) from Damon Tucker s; a Wiffle ball and a snub-nosed Dick Tracy cap pistol, discovered by a curious mother in the thief s sock drawer. Anyone want to fess up to past criminal activities. (Marblehead Reporter, MA)
