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Jennifer Lopez’s Nuyorican Sued By Ex-Exec Over Demotion By Goldsmith-Thomas

By DOMINIC PATTEN | Monday May 13, 2013 @ 8:14pm PDTTags: Elaine Goldsmith-Thomas, Jennifer Lopez, Nuyorican Productions

A former senior producer at Jennifer Lopez‘s Nuyorican Productions is taking the company to court for breach of contract. In a five-claim complaint filed today in LA Superior Court, Brian Schornak is alleging that he was removed from the company’s shows like The Fosters and South Beach Tow and eventually forced out. And Schornak is very specific about who is to blame for that: former manager and producer Elaine Goldsmith-Thomas who was brought on board Nuyoricann in March but is not a defendant in the lawsuit, however. The complaint (read it here) claims she  accused him of stealing from Nuyorican and relentlessly tried to get rid of him. ”Elaine demoted Plaintiff and attempted to push Plaintiff out, or get him to quit,” the complaint claims.  Schornak says he was “compelled” to resign from Nuyorican earlier this year.  In addition to breach of contract, the complaints claims breach of implied covenant of good faith and fair dealing, as well as violations of the California labor code.  Schornak is seeking unspecified compensatory, general and special damages in a 3-day jury trial. He is represented by Stephen Kernan of Santa Monica’s Kernan Law Firm. 

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Jennifer Lopez Developing New ABC Family Series

By DOMINIC PATTEN | Friday July 6, 2012 @ 12:33pm PDTTags: ABC Family, Jennifer Lopez, Nuyorican Productions

EXCLUSIVE: Jennifer Lopez is developing an hour-long drama for ABC Family. The so far untitled series is about a lesbian couple who suddenly have their already child heavy household turned upside down when a wayward teenage … Read More »

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AOL Original Programming Push Includes Series From Jennifer Lopez & Mark Burnett

By THE DEADLINE TEAM | Monday October 3, 2011 @ 2:29pm PDTTags: AOL, Huffington Post Media Group, Jennifer Lopez, Mark Burnett, Nuyorican Productions, Vuguru, Warner Bros

AOL unveiled its slate of original programming today featuring more than 15 Web series targeting specific audience demographics in partnership with the likes of Jennifer Lopez’s Nuyorican Productions (Tiger Beat Entertainment), Mark Burnett (CliffsNotes Films) and Vuguru (Little Women, Big Cars). Each series will be programmed and distributed across AOL Huffington Post Media Group sites and many will be produced in-house at AOL Studios in Los Angeles and New York; some go live today and others will be rolled out over time. Here’s the slate: Read More »

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Fox Buys Family Dramedy From ‘Ugly Betty’ Creator Silvio Horta And Jennifer Lopez

By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Tuesday September 13, 2011 @ 9:31am PDTTags: Fox, Jennifer Lopez, Nuyorican Productions, Silvio Horta, Sony Pictures TV
Nellie Andreeva

EXCLUSIVE: Fox is expanding its relationship with American Idol star Jennifer Lopez to the scripted side. The network has bought a family dramedy project from Ugly Betty creator Silvio … Read More »

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TruTV Orders More ‘South Beach Tow’

By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Tuesday August 30, 2011 @ 8:23am PDTTags: Nuyorican Productions, TruTV, TV Renewal
Nellie Andreeva

TruTV has ordered 13 additional episodes of its new reality series South Beach Tow, from Jennifer Lopez’s Nuyorican Prods and Bodega Pictures. In its first season-to-date, the series about the family-run Tremont Towing has averaged 1.6 million viewers; 834,000 adults … Read More »

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