**Universal City Studios swiped its movie, “I Now Pronounce You Chuck and Larry” from **Strange Bedfellows Pty Ltd. ‘s movie, “Strange Bedfellows,” the Australian company claims in Los Angeles Federal Court. **Neil Stephenson claims that after he founded the Dubai International Film Festival, its chairman **Abdulhamid Juma and managing director Shivani Pandya defamed him as a “racist” and “Arab hater,” costing him his job, in Los Angeles Superior Court.
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