Thanks to a new ruling in the U.S. District Court of Miami, a lawsuit filed last year against socialite Paris Hilton will go ahead to trial, despite pleas from her lawyers to have the case thrown out.
The lawsuit is over Hilton’s lack of promotion for her film National Lampoon’s Pledge This , which had a limited theatrical run before being released on DVD by Vivendi.
The suit was filed by the investor group Worldwide Entertainment Group which claims the socialite’s lack of promotion cost them $8.3 million USD in investments based on the film’s performance.
According to IMDB, in the movie Hilton plays a sorority president who takes in a group of unconventional freshman girls seeking acceptance into her house. The movie is also ranked #31 in the Bottom 100 list of all time, with a 1.6/10 rating.
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National Lampoon has announced that will offer up to 12 of its films via VOD (video-on-demand) through ReelTime Rentals over the next year.
The initial titles will be National Lampoon Presents Electric Apricot: Quest for Festeroo and National Lampoon Presents One, Two, Many but the contract calls for up to 12 per year.
“Having ReelTime Network as VOD partner gives Lampoon fans another convenient platform on which to watch our movies and ensures our titles will be seen throughout America,” added Tom Daniels, president of worldwide distribution for National Lampoon.
ReelTime offers 750 movies currently including some big titles such as Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl , National Treasure, Glory and Groundhogs Day.
This is the largest deal the company has secured since it made a deal with Disney in June to provide VOD version of movies from Disney-Pixar, Touchstone Pictures and Miramax Films.
