Beyoncé accused of copyright infringement on ‘Break My Soul’

The Conservative Party manifesto has pledged to introduce 'Martyn's Law' after earlier promises to get the anti-terror legislation on the statute book were scuppered by the General Election. The new law would be named after Martyn Hett, the 29-year-old from Stockport who was one of 22 people murdered in a suicide bombing at the end of an Ariana Grande concert at Manchester Arena in May 2017.

A songwriter behind some of pop’s greatest hits has been accused of rape and sex trafficking in a new lawsuit filed in the United States District Court for the Central District of California. On Tuesday, The-Dream was accu

Dolly Parton has revealed she was surprised that Beyoncé’s cover of her seminal song ‘Jolene’ featured different lyrics.In an interview with E! News, Parton said “it was very bold” of Beyoncé to give her 1973 song a new spin on her latest album ‘Cowboy Carter’. “When they said she was gonna do ‘Jolene,’ I expected it to be my regular one, but it wasn’t,” Parton said.“But I love what she did to it.

Thania Garcia A federal judge has denied the motion to dismiss a massive copyright lawsuit targeting over a 1,000 reggaeton songs from such globally recognized acts as Bad Bunny and J Balvin. The allegations claim these acts and more participated in the illegal infringement of the instrumental percussion for “Fish Market,” a song released in 1989 by Jamaican producers Cleveland “Clevie” Browne and the late Wycliffe “Steely” Johnson.

aespa singer NingNing recently covered songs by Tori Kelly, Beyoncé and more during her guest appearance on Lee Mu-jin Service. aespa’s NingNing made an appearance on the May 28 episode of the popular YouTube talk show, Lee Mu-jin Service.

Beyoncé has revealed how the pop superstar dealt with bullies during her childhood.Speaking to Vogue in a recent interview, Knowles opened up about what Beyoncé, her sister Solange and Kelly Rowland were like when they were children. She shared a clip of the interview on her Instagram account where she was asked about her favourite memories from when her children were young.She explained: “With Beyoncé, she was very shy and she got bullied a bit,” she began. “But, the day that she stood up for someone – she didn’t stand up for herself – but she stood up for them, I couldn’t have been more proud of her.”A post shared by Tina Knowles (@mstinaknowles) She continued: “Solange was her signing a petition in school.

“If we had to deal with cocaine, it would have been easier,” joked The Seed of the Sacred Fig filmmaker Mohammad Rasoulof this AM at a Cannes presser about his entanglement with totalitarian Iranian authorities over his cinema which prompted the filmmaker to flee his homeland from imprisonment.

CANNES – After screening “The Seed of the Sacred Fig,” a world premiere at the 2024 Cannes Film Festival, one has to breathe a sigh of relief that director and screenwriter Mohammad Rasoulof is safely out of Iran. A victim of a politically motivated jail sentence for supporting the 2022 Masha Amini hijab protests, Rasoulof‘s latest feature will likely anger the Iranian government even more.

Diddy has been accused of verbally assaulting Chaka Khan as well as having his security attack her son Damien Holland.Diddy – real name Sean Combs – is currently facing a series of ongoing investigations regarding alleged sex trafficking, sexual assault and harassment. The rapper’s homes in Miami and Los Angeles were raided in March, seemingly in connection with the accusations.The allegations made against him about assaulting the ‘I’m Every Woman’ singer were made by the singer’s daughter – Indira Milini Khan – after he publicly apologised for assaulting his ex-partner Cassie in surveillance footage recently published by CNN.A post shared by LOVE (@diddy)Chaka Khan’s daughter left a comment under Diddy’s apology video.“I'm glad this is happening to you, you got in my mothers face and publicly disrespected her yelling and screaming like a lunatic when my little brother tried to get you out of my mothers face your security jumped… pic.twitter.com/uylNkLHRgd— The Art Of Dialogue (@ArtOfDialogue_) May 22, 2024Indira took to the comments section of Diddy’s apology video on Instagram and wrote: “I’m glad this is happening to you, you got in my mothers face and publicly disrespected her yelling and screaming like a lunatic.”She continued: “When my little brother tried to get you out of my mothers face your security jumped my 19 year old brother[.] [T]hese may be your dark days but I’m singing and dancing watching your demise.

Sean “Diddy” Combs is facing another lawsuit from a former acquaintance.

Peter Debruge Chief Film Critic For more than two decades, Iman (Misagh Zare) has functioned as a civil servant, doing work that his kids — who represent Iran’s younger generation — would be ashamed of. Better to keep them in the dark. At last, for his loyalty, Iman has been given a promotion, not to judge (the job he wants) but to inspector (a job no one wants).

This afternoon, Iranian filmmaker Mohammad Rasoulof debuted his latest feature, The Seed of the Sacred Fig, in Competition here at the Cannes Film Festival to a nearly 15-minute standing ovation.

Another woman has come forward with sexual assault accusations against Diddy. Prepare yourselves for the disturbing details in this new lawsuit, Perezcious readers. According to TMZ on Thursday,

Amanda Abbington's fiancé Jonathan Goodwin has responded to a fan after a troll accused Amanda of 'trying to ruin Giovanni Pernice's Strictly Come Dancing career'. Amid reports that the BBC has launched an investigation into Strictly pro Giovanni following questions about his training style with the celebrities on the show, former Britain's Got Talent star Jonathan, 44, who has been engaged to Amanda since 2021, took to Instagram to share a cryptic quote.

Nick Vivarelli International Correspondent Dissident Iranian director Mohammad Rasoulof a few days ago absconded from his country with a heavy heart after being sentenced to eight years in prison and flogging by Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Court for making his latest film, “The Seed of the Sacred Fig.” Ironically, the groundbreaking drama is centered on an investigating judge operating within the same judicial system that has been heavily harassing the film’s producers and actors, and that intended to put Rasoulof behind bars. Having made the tough decision of escaping his beloved homeland, Rasoulof – who is among Iran’s most prominent directors – prepares to attend the film’s world premiere at Cannes on Friday.

The Directors Guild of America is standing in solidarity with Iranian filmmaker Mohammad Rasoulof who had fled authoritarian Iran, and is currently at the Cannes Film Festival with his competition title The Seed of the Sacred Fig.

Nick Vivarelli International Correspondent Dissident Iranian director Mohammad Rasoulof will be attending the Cannes world premiere of his latest work, “The Seed of the Sacred Fig,” having traveled to Europe clandestinely after receiving an eight-year prison sentence from the country’s authorities for making the film. Rasoulof decided to leave Iran illegally and arrived in Europe a few days ago, shortly after being sentenced to eight years in prison and flogging by Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Court.

Dissident Iranian director Mohammad Rasoulof will attend Friday’s Cannes screening of his competition movie The Seed of the Sacred Fig.

Lil Nas X has said that he wishes he could have had the success making country music like Beyoncé has had with her recent country album ‘Cowboy Carter’.The artist’s breakthrough hit arrived in 2019 in the form of ‘Old Town Road’, which fused elements of country and trap. However, it was removed from Billboard’s Hot Country Songs chart, because it did “not embrace enough elements of today’s country music to chart in its current form”, sparking questions about whether this occurred because of his race.However, Beyoncé was widely heralded earlier this year for her contributions to country on ‘Cowboy Carter’ while Shaboozey also enjoyed success this year with ‘A Bar Song (Tipsy)’.In a new interview with the BBC, Hill said he was “happy” for these artists but added: “But I wish this would have happened for me.

Leo Barraclough International Features Editor Berlin-based sales agency Films Boutique has closed the first international sales for Iranian director Mohammad Rasoulof’s “The Seed of the Sacred Fig,” ahead of its world premiere on Friday in the Competition section of the Cannes Film Festival. The film has been acquired in Italy by BiM Distribuzione and Lucky Red, Benelux by September Film Distribution, Spain by Bteam Pictures, Greece by Ama Films, Hungary by Cirko Film, Norway by Selmer Media, Portugal by Leopardo Filmes, Taiwan by Hooray Films and Turkey by Bir Film.