Florence Foster Jenkins script writer's ex wins High Court battle for co-authorship right
An opera singer has won her High Court battle with her screenwriter ex-boyfriend over claims she helped him pen a £33million blockbuster while they were together. Julia Kogan insisted she worked in 'closely intertwined collaboration' with former partner Nicholas Martin to write the script for the award-winning 2016 film Florence Foster Jenkins. The Oscar nominated biographical - starring Meryl Streep and Hugh Grant - is about the life of a flamboyant New York socialite and aspiring opera performer known for her poor singing ability. Ms Kogan, herself an opera soprano, says she was not given ...