SC filmmaker: Channels showed porn, not his comedy
COLUMBIA, S.C. – A former South Carolina lawmaker is suing cable TV channels HBO and Showtime, claiming they promoted his low-budget comedy about Appalachia called "The Hills Have Thighs " only to instead show a soft-core pornographic movie with the same title. James "Bubba" Cromer said the mix-up defamed him and caused emotional distress , according to a lawsuit filed Monday in Los Angeles . He accuses HBO and Showtime of negligence and is seeking unspecified damages. How the legal...

SC Filmmaker: Channels Showed Porn, Not His Comedy
COLUMBIA, S.C. — A former South Carolina lawmaker is suing cable TV channels HBO and Showtime, claiming they promoted his low-budget comedy about Appalachia called ‘ The Hills Have Thighs ‘ only to instead show a soft-core pornographic movie with the same title. James “Bubba” Cromer said the mix-up defamed him and caused emotional distress, according to a lawsuit filed Monday in Los Angeles. He accuses HBO and Showtime of negligence and is seeking unspecified...

SC filmmaker: Channels showed porn, not his comedy
COLUMBIA, S.C. -- A former South Carolina lawmaker is suing cable TV channels HBO and Showtime, claiming they promoted his low-budget comedy about Appalachia called "The Hills Have Thighs" only to instead show a soft-core pornographic movie with the same title. James "Bubba" Cromer said the mix-up defamed him and caused emotional distress, according to a lawsuit filed Monday in Los Angeles. He accuses HBO and Showtime of negligence and is seeking unspecified damages. How the legal action came...

Director sues over porn confusion
COLUMBIA, S.C., March 24 (UPI) -- A former South Carolina lawmaker turned filmmaker is accusing two cable channels of confusing his comedy movie with a similarly-named porn film. James "Bubba" Cromer, who served in the state House of Representatives from 1990-1998 and currently works as the legislative body's reading clerk, said Showtime's The Movie Channel and HBO's Cinemax movie networks promoted a soft-core Pornography film "The Hills Have Thighs" as his 2008 comedy film of the same name,...

Rewind! SC filmmaker claims channels promoted his film, then aired soft-core porn of same name
COLUMBIA, S.C. — A former South Carolina lawmaker is suing cable TV channels HBO and Showtime, claiming they promoted his low-budget comedy about Appalachia called "The Hills Have Thighs" only to instead show a soft-core pornographic movie with the same title. James "Bubba" Cromer said the mix-up defamed him and caused emotional distress, according to a lawsuit filed Monday in Los Angeles. He accuses HBO and Showtime of negligence and is seeking unspecified damages. How the legal action...

'The Hills Have Thighs' is no porno! Filmmaker suing HBO, Showtime
A former South Carolina lawmaker is suing cable TV channels HBO and Showtime, claiming they promoted his low-budget comedy about Appalachia called "The Hills Have Thighs" only to instead show a soft-core pornographic movie with the same title.

Showtime Broadcasts the Wrong "The Hills Have Thighs," Bubba Sues
South Carolina House of Representatives employee and independent filmmaker James “Bubba” Cromer is suing Showtime and HBO for switching his “hysterical Appalachian comedy” with a soft-core porno of the same name. It sucks to be blasted by disgusted friends and lawmakers mistaking Cromer for a smut-lite peddler, but maybe “The Hills Have Thighs” wasn’t the best title choice? It just begs the error of

SC filmmaker: Channels showed porn, not his comedy
March 23, 2010, 9:19 PM EST COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) -- A former South Carolina lawmaker is suing cable TV channels HBO and Showtime, claiming they promoted his low-budget comedy about Appalachia called "The Hills Have Thighs" only to instead show a soft-core pornographic movie with the same title. James "Bubba" Cromer said the mix-up defamed him and caused emotional distress, according to a lawsuit filed Monday in Los Angeles. He accuses HBO and Showtime of negligence and is seeking unspecified...

'The Hills Have Thighs' and a Little Porn
If you tuned into Cinemax or The Movie Channel at 1:30 AM to watch a movie called " The Hills Have Thighs " ... you'd expect to see a softcore porn, right? Not the guy who's suing ... James "Bubba" Cromer made a smut-free comedy called "The Hills Have Thighs" in 2008. He saw listings for his movie to play on Cinemax and TMC ... so he called everyone he knew to make sure they all tuned in. But his movie didn't play. Instead, his friends and family watched a soft-core porn version of...

'Hills Have Thighs' Filmmaker Upset Over Indecent Version of His Film
Weird story from TMZ. James "Bubba" Cromer , the filmic brains behind a 2008 comedy called "The Hills Have Thighs," has filed suit against HBO and Showtime in LA Superior Court for making a soft-core porn version of his film -- using the same title. TMZ has the backstory : [Buba] saw listings for his movie to play on Cinemax and TMC [owned by HBO and Showtime respectively] ... so he called everyone he knew to make sure they all tuned in ... including a member of the House of...

SC filmmaker: Channels showed porn, not his comedy
How the legal action came about is its own Hollywood story. It started as Cromer and his father surfed the TV listings on March 1 as they waited for his mother to finish her bridge game. The Columbia lawyer saw "The Hills Have Thighs" was set to make its television debut on The Movie Channel, which is owned by Showtime. He said the listing included the description of his movie and the names of its actors. It was the first Cromer had heard about it, but he had recently hired a talent agent to...

Filmmaker: Channels showed porn, not his movie
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) -- An independent filmmaker and former lawmaker from South Carolina is suing cable TV channels Cinemax and The Movie Channel. He claims they promoted his film "The Hill Have Thighs," then showed a soft-core pornographic film late at night by the same name. James "Bubba" Cromer said in the suit filed on Monday in Los Angeles that he noticed earlier this month his comedy "The Hills Have Thighs" was listed on the two channels. The listings described his movie and its actors. He...

Filmmaker: HBO, Showtime switched 'The Hills Have Thighs' with porn
COLUMBIA, S.C. — A former South Carolina lawmaker is suing cable TV channels HBO and Showtime, claiming they promoted his low-budget comedy about Appalachia called The Hills Have Thighs only to instead show a soft-core pornographic movie with the same title.

"The Hills" Cancelled After Six Seasons: "The Hills" Final Season Begins April 27
MTV is running from The Hills …… The upcoming seventh season of MTV’s The Hills will be its last, the show’s creator told Entertainment Weekly Wednesday. The network has confirmed that it will pull the plug on the Reality franchise at the end of the season. According to producer Adam DiVello, the hit Reality series – a spinoff of Laguna Beach – will begin airing its final 12 episodes on April 27. The show, which helped make Heidi Montag, Spencer Pratt,...

SC filmmaker: Channels showed porn, not his comedy (AP)
A former South Carolina lawmaker is suing cable TV channels HBO and Showtime, claiming they promoted his low-budget comedy about Appalachia called "The Hills Have Thighs" only to instead show a soft-core pornographic movie with the same title. James "Bubba" Cromer said the mix-up defamed him and caused emotional distress, according to a lawsuit filed Monday in Los Angeles. He accuses HBO and Showtime of negligence and is seeking unspecified damages. How the legal action came about is its own...

Filmmaker: Channels showed porn, not his comedy
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) - An independent filmmaker and former lawmaker from South Carolina is suing cable TV channels Cinemax and The Movie Channel. He claims they promoted his film "The Hill Have Thighs," then showed a soft-core pornographic film late at night by the same name. James "Bubba" Cromer said in the suit filed on Monday in Los Angeles that he noticed earlier this month his comedy "The Hills Have Thighs" was listed on the two channels. The listings described his movie and its...

SC filmmaker: Channels showed porn, not his comedy
A former South Carolina lawmaker is suing cable TV channels HBO and Showtime, claiming they promoted his low-budget comedy about Appalachia called "The Hills Have Thighs" only to instead show a soft-core pornographic movie with the same title. James "Bubba" Cromer said the mix-up defamed him and caused emotional distress, according to a lawsuit filed Monday in Los Angeles . He accuses HBO and Showtime of negligence and is seeking unspecified damages. How the legal action came about is...

SC filmmaker: Channels showed porn, not his comedy
A former South Carolina lawmaker is suing cable TV channels HBO and Showtime, claiming they promoted his low-budget comedy about Appalachia called "The Hills Have Thighs" only to instead show a soft-core pornographic movie with the same title.

SC filmmaker: Channels showed porn, not his comedy
James "Bubba" Cromer said the mix-up defamed him and caused emotional distress, according to a lawsuit filed Monday in Los Angeles. He accuses HBO and Showtime of negligence and is seeking unspecified damages. How the legal action came about is its own Hollywood story. It started as Cromer and his father surfed the TV listings on March 1 as they waited for his mother to finish her bridge game. The Columbia lawyer saw "The Hills Have Thighs" was set to make its television...

Filmmaker: Channels showed porn, not my comedy
COLUMBIA, S.C. - A former South Carolina lawmaker is suing cable TV channels HBO and Showtime, claiming they promoted his low-budget comedy about Appalachia called "The Hills Have Thighs" only to instead show a soft-core pornographic movie with the same title. James "Bubba" Cromer said the mix-up defamed him and caused emotional distress, according to a lawsuit filed Monday in Los Angeles. He accuses HBO and Showtime of negligence and is seeking unspecified damages. How the legal action...

SC filmmaker: Channels showed porn, not his comedy (AP)
COLUMBIA, S.C. – A former South Carolina lawmaker is suing cable TV channels HBO and Showtime, claiming they promoted his low-budget comedy about Appalachia called "The Hills Have Thighs " only to instead show a soft-core pornographic movie with the same title. James "Bubba" Cromer said the mix-up defamed him and caused emotional distress , according to a lawsuit filed Monday in Los Angeles . He accuses HBO and Showtime of negligence and is seeking unspecified damages. How the legal...

Filmmaker: Channels showed porn, not his comedy
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) -- An independent filmmaker and former lawmaker from South Carolina is suing cable TV channels Cinemax and The Movie Channel. He claims they promoted his film "The Hill Have Thighs," then showed a soft-core pornographic film late at night by the same name. James "Bubba" Cromer said in the suit filed on Monday in Los Angeles that he noticed earlier this month his comedy "The Hills Have Thighs" was listed on the two channels. The listings described his movie and its actors. He...

Filmmaker sues HBO over porn
COLUMBIA, S.C. - A former South Carolina lawmaker is suing cable TV channels HBO and Showtime, claiming they promoted his low-budget comedy about Appalachia called "The Hills Have Thighs" only to instead show a soft-core pornographic movie with the same title. James "Bubba" Cromer said the mix-up defamed him and caused emotional distress, according to a lawsuit filed Monday in Los Angeles. He accuses HBO and Showtime of negligence and is seeking unspecified damages. How the legal action came...

Lawmaker-Turned Director Sues Over Porn Confusion
A former South Carolina lawmaker turned filmmaker is accusing two cable channels of confusing his comedy movie with a similarly-named porn film.

MTV sets schedule for final season of `The Hills' (AP)
NEW YORK – MTV's hit series "The Hills" is coming to an end after one more season. The network said Thursday the sixth and last season of the popular reality soap will begin April 27. Twelve new episodes will be aired before "The Hills" calls it quits. It has been one of MTV's most popular series, and has made stars out of featured couple Heidi Montag and Spencer Pratt . MTV Programming President Tony DiSanto promised the series would go out on a high note with drama, emotion and "an...