American reality TV star Kim Kardashian has denied violating California labour laws, in the wake of a legal suit filed by seven former members of staff at her Hidden Hills residence.
Andrew Ramirez, his brother Christopher Ramirez and son Andrew Ramirez Jr., along with Aron Cabrea, Rene Ernesto Flores, Jesse Fernandez and Robert Araiza were employed as gardeners and maintenance staff, and had accused Kim of holding back taxes from their wages but not handing over the amounts to the government, reports latimes.com.
They further said that Kim did not pay for overtime, did not allow meal and rest breaks and had a 16-year-old on the staff surpass the 48 weekly working hours allowed for an employee of his age.
One plaintiff accused that when he raised such issues, he was fired.
According to the website, the complaint stated: "Plaintiffs ... were not paid on regular periods, were not given their required meal and rest breaks,...
Andrew Ramirez, his brother Christopher Ramirez and son Andrew Ramirez Jr., along with Aron Cabrea, Rene Ernesto Flores, Jesse Fernandez and Robert Araiza were employed as gardeners and maintenance staff, and had accused Kim of holding back taxes from their wages but not handing over the amounts to the government, reports latimes.com.
They further said that Kim did not pay for overtime, did not allow meal and rest breaks and had a 16-year-old on the staff surpass the 48 weekly working hours allowed for an employee of his age.
One plaintiff accused that when he raised such issues, he was fired.
According to the website, the complaint stated: "Plaintiffs ... were not paid on regular periods, were not given their required meal and rest breaks,...
- 5/26/2021
- by Glamsham Bureau
- GlamSham
Four features under his belt (2004’s Malachance, 2006’s Drama/Mex, 2008’s I’m Gonna Explode and 2011’s Miss Bala) and Gerardo Naranjo‘s only history with the Sundance film festival is as a jury member. That might change come next January. One that I consider the odd man out among filmmakers from the Mexican film renaissance that commenced back with Iñárritu’s Amores Perros, from lovers on the run, beauty queens on the move and young adults hitting the road, there is a lot of chaotic displacement in his films. Since his sophomore feature, his films are high value festival items and since this is a U.S. shot project, Viena and the Fantomes could very much land a coveted Premieres category showing to make bidders. Naranjo’s Un Certain Regard section selected thriller Miss Bala seriously made the rounds, so this eighties punk era set film has a certain...
- 11/26/2015
- by Eric Lavallee
- IONCINEMA.com
Will the real Matt Ross please stand up. Don’t be all that surprised if Matt Ross (28 Hotel Rooms, Captain Fantastic) and Matthew Ross wind up on the same Park City foothills this January. The former Filmmaker Mag and Variety writer who moved away from writing about other folk’s films, commenced lensing on his feature debut back in February. With a handful of short film projects (Lola, Red Angel and Curtis and Clover) under his belt, the proposed rom thriller of Frank and Lola features Michael Shannon and Imogen Poots in the top spots with Michael Nyqvist, Justin Long, Rosanna Arquette and French actress Emmanuelle Devos as supporting players. A sort of what would happen if you pissed off Anthony Bourdain revenge pic, this is indeed ready as it recently participated in the 2015 Sundance Institute Music and Sound Design Lab: Feature Film this past July and the cherry on...
- 11/24/2015
- by Eric Lavallee
- IONCINEMA.com
Finally closing in on the minute details, Verisimilitude and Lola Pictures announced today (February 5) that Gerardo Naranjo’s upcoming English-spoken debut film is set up with a full cast and financial planning.
Dakota Fanning is slated to headline as the movie’s star, alongside "Harry Potter II" star, Frank Dillaine.
Of the project, Naranjo said, "Its super exciting to work again with Alex and Hunter. I am equally looking forward to film in Nevada thanks to Chris Ramirez and Lola Pictures. I've always wanted to make a picture that would rely only on the performances, and thanks to the amazing young cast we've assembled, it seems like this is the one."
The untitled movie is set to premiere in 2015, and its synopsis states, “A roadie travels across North America with a punk band during the 1980s.”...
Dakota Fanning is slated to headline as the movie’s star, alongside "Harry Potter II" star, Frank Dillaine.
Of the project, Naranjo said, "Its super exciting to work again with Alex and Hunter. I am equally looking forward to film in Nevada thanks to Chris Ramirez and Lola Pictures. I've always wanted to make a picture that would rely only on the performances, and thanks to the amazing young cast we've assembled, it seems like this is the one."
The untitled movie is set to premiere in 2015, and its synopsis states, “A roadie travels across North America with a punk band during the 1980s.”...
- 2/6/2014
- GossipCenter
Dakota Fanning, Frank Dillane (“Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince”), Jeremy Allen White (“Shameless”) and the “X-Men: First Class” duo of Zoe Kravitz and Caleb Landry Jones are set to star in the untitled English-language debut of “Miss Bala” director Gerardo Naranjo, it was announced Wednesday. Hunter Gray and Alex Orlovsky of Verisimilitude and Chris Ramirez of Lola Pictures will produce the film, which is fully financed and will start production in Nevada in late March. Naranjo wrote and will direct the movie, which is a co-production between Verisimilitude and Lola Pictures, the latter of which is also financing. Also...
- 2/5/2014
- by Jeff Sneider
- The Wrap
Production on Miss Bala director Gerardo Naranjo’s untitled English-language debut for Verisimilitude and Lola Pictures is set to commence in Nevada in late March.
Dakota Fanning, Frank Dillane, Jeremy Allen White, Zoe Kravitz and Caleb Landry Jones will star, with Fanning in the lead as a punk band roadie on a journey of self-discovery in the 1980s.
Hunter Gray and Alex Orlovsky of Verisimilitude and Chris Ramirez of Lola Pictures are the producers and Las Vegas-based Lola is financing.
CAA arranged financing and negotiated the deal with Preferred Content on behalf of Lola. CAA and Preferred Content jointly represent Us rights.
Verimilitude recently produced Mike Cahill’s Alfred P Sloan Feature Film Prize winner from Sundance, I Origins.
Lola is on board Killer Films and Parts & Labor’s Frank & Lola and will produce Mark Fergus’ Dulcinea starring Nicolas Cage.
Dakota Fanning, Frank Dillane, Jeremy Allen White, Zoe Kravitz and Caleb Landry Jones will star, with Fanning in the lead as a punk band roadie on a journey of self-discovery in the 1980s.
Hunter Gray and Alex Orlovsky of Verisimilitude and Chris Ramirez of Lola Pictures are the producers and Las Vegas-based Lola is financing.
CAA arranged financing and negotiated the deal with Preferred Content on behalf of Lola. CAA and Preferred Content jointly represent Us rights.
Verimilitude recently produced Mike Cahill’s Alfred P Sloan Feature Film Prize winner from Sundance, I Origins.
Lola is on board Killer Films and Parts & Labor’s Frank & Lola and will produce Mark Fergus’ Dulcinea starring Nicolas Cage.
- 2/5/2014
- by jeremykay67@gmail.com (Jeremy Kay)
- ScreenDaily
Shameless star Jeremy Allen White, along with Zoe Kravitz, Caleb Landry Jones and Frank Dillane, have joined the cast of writer-director Gerardo Naranjo’s untitled English-language coming-of-age drama. The quartet join Dakota Fanning, who is starring in the pic, which Naranjo wrote and is directing. It follows a girl named Viena (Fanning), a roadie on a journey of self-discovery while on tour with a punk band in the 1980s. Production begins in Nevada later in February. Hunter Gray and Alex Orlovsky of Verisimilitude and Chris Ramirez of Lola Pictures will produce. The film is a co-production of Verisimilitude
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- 2/5/2014
- by Borys Kit
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Miss Bala helmer's Gerardo Naranjo.s untitled English-language debut is now fully cast and financed, Verisimilitude and Lola Pictures announced today. Headlining the young cast is Daokta Fanning, who joins Frank Dillane ( Harry Potter ), Jeremy Allen White ("Shameless"), Zoe Kravitz ( X-Men: First Class ) and Caleb Landry Jones ( X-Men: First Class ). Production is slated to begin in Nevada in late March. The untitled film follows Viena (Fanning), a roadie on a journey of self-discovery while on tour with a punk band in the 1980s. "Its super exciting to work again with Alex and Hunter, I am equally looking forward to film in Nevada thanks to Chris Ramirez and Lola Pictures," says Naranjo. "I've always wanted to make a picture that would rely only on...
- 2/5/2014
- Comingsoon.net
Las Vegas-based Lola Pictures has come on board the Preferred Content, Killer Films and Parts & Labor romantic thriller Frank & Lola.
Matthew Ross makes his feature directorial debut on the story of a chef who plots revenge after he falls in love and is betrayed.
The arrival of Las Vegas-based Lola means the project is being redeveloped from its original New York setting to a downtown Las Vegas backdrop.
Preferred Content produces alongside Lola Pictures’ Chris Ramirez and John Baker and will represent financing and distribution rights.
Killer’s Christine Vachon and Pamela Koffler and Lars Knudsen and Jay Van Hoy of Parts & Labor are the executive producers.
Kevin Iwashina of Preferred Content and Victoria Cook of Frankfurt, Kurnit, Klein & Selz represent Lola Pictures, the development, production and finance company founded by Ramirez with partners Tony Hsieh and Fred Mossler of Zappos.com.
Matthew Ross makes his feature directorial debut on the story of a chef who plots revenge after he falls in love and is betrayed.
The arrival of Las Vegas-based Lola means the project is being redeveloped from its original New York setting to a downtown Las Vegas backdrop.
Preferred Content produces alongside Lola Pictures’ Chris Ramirez and John Baker and will represent financing and distribution rights.
Killer’s Christine Vachon and Pamela Koffler and Lars Knudsen and Jay Van Hoy of Parts & Labor are the executive producers.
Kevin Iwashina of Preferred Content and Victoria Cook of Frankfurt, Kurnit, Klein & Selz represent Lola Pictures, the development, production and finance company founded by Ramirez with partners Tony Hsieh and Fred Mossler of Zappos.com.
- 2/5/2014
- by jeremykay67@gmail.com (Jeremy Kay)
- ScreenDaily
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