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Contract Clause Conflict: Nia Long Reportedly Challenging Lionsgate Over 'Michael' Pay Gap With Male Costars

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Amid the Michael Jackson biopic hitting theaters and breaking records, some off-screen drama has followed, with Nia Long reportedly heading to mediation with Lionsgate over a major pay discrepancy. Source: Astrida Valigorsky / Getty At the heart of the dispute is the portrayal of the Jackson family matriarch, Katherine Jackson. While Nia Long is a Hollywood staple with a career spanning decades, a report from Puck News‘ Matthew Belloni suggests …

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Actress Nia Long claims to have received a lower salary than the rest of the cast she played in the feature film "Michael," a cinebiography about part of Michael Jackson's career. At TMZ, the actress who played Katherine Jackson, Michael Jackson's mother says she had her contract clause disrespected with pay difference. Read more Spike Lee defends "Michael" for not exposing polemics from Michael Jackson's singer Son speaks about childhood in Nev…

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Bossip broke the news in Atlanta, United States on Monday, May 4, 2026.
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