Jennifer Lopez named in lawsuit for stealing

According to reports, Jennifer Lopez is being sued for $3m for stealing a director's idea for a film version of the opera Carmen, along with her manager and Absolute Entertainment.

Director Adam Shankman, who worked with Lopez on The Wedding Planner, claims that he told her of his idea for the feature film and of his plans to cast her in the project.

According to legal documents filed in Los Angeles Superior Court, Shankman claims that Lopez took the idea, pitched it to Universal Pictures herself and cut Shankman out of the whole deal.