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MORNING TEA: Rocky Isn't Ready For His Own Biopic & Katy Perry vs Katie Perry

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Show Notes

This morning, Sylvester Stallone has some very mixed feelings about a biopic of his life (mostly because he's still alive) Rita Ora is being sued by the manager who helped launch her career. Plus, Katy Perry's seven-year legal battle with an Aussie designer who shares her name is heading towards its final chapter. ☕ Rita Ora's multimillion-pound legal battle with her former manager, and the Masked Singer claim ☕ What's next in the Katy Perry's vs Katie Perry long-running trademark fight ☕ Sylvester Stallone's conflicted take on his own biopic, and the casting that left him seeing double ☕ South Park's Butters takes on the tech billionaires behind AI ☕ Jeremy Allen White's warning about social media ahead of Aaron Sorkin's The Social Reckoning ☕ Baz Luhrmann's Romeo + Juliet turns 30, and it's coming back to Aussie stages in a big way Become a Mamamia subscriber and get an all-access pass to everything we make, including exclusive podcasts and early listening, subscriber-only articles, monthly giveaways and our home workout app, MOVE. SUBSCRIPTION GIVEAWAY: The You Beauty hosts have bundled together their all-time favourite beauty products and two Mamamia subscribers are winning the lot. Subscribe to Mamamia to be automatically entered to win. Current subscriber? You're already in the draw. T&Cs apply. Get access to Very Peri, Mamamia's exclusive perimenopause series, for just $59. 25 world-leading experts, over 20 on-demand sessions, available now. We’ve sorted through the noise so you don't have to. Go to veryperi.com.au and join me today. You hot? Same. Buy today and save 40%

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