Robert Wagner loses bid for 'Charlie's Angels' millions

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LOS ANGELES (AFP) — Veteran actor Robert Wagner's claim for millions of dollars in profits from the "Charlie's Angels" movies was rejected by a Los Angeles appeals court. Wagner had claimed he was entitled to a share of the proceeds from 2000's "Charlie's Angels" and 2003's "Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle" on the grounds he had helped develop the 1970s television show on which they were based.

But in a written ruling released Monday, a three-justice panel of the Los Angeles Court of Appeal upheld the decision of a lower court in 2005 which had dismissed the actor's multi-million-dollar claim. The "Charlie's Angels" remakes, starring Cameron Diaz, Lucy Liu and Drew Barrymore, grossed more than 500 million dollars worldwide. Wagner's lawsuit had argued that he was eligible...