Andrew Lloyd Webber’s team is demanding U.S. President Donald Trump stop using his song Memory at political rallies.
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David Robb Labor EditorEXCLUSIVE: We finally might have heard the last of the Rolling Stones’ “You Can’t Always Get What You Want” at President Donald Trump’s campaign rallies, which was played as his walk-off theme at Saturday’s sparsely attended rally in Tulsa, OK.The Stones first objected to Trump’s use of the song during the 2016 presidential campaign, but he has continued to use it without their permission.
Now he’s been put on notice by BMI – the giant publishing rights organization – that
.Andrew Lloyd Webber’s team is demanding U.S. President Donald Trump stop using his song Memory at political rallies.
Ben Stiller understands the backlash surrounding now-President Donald Trump's cameo in his iconic 2001 movie "Zoolander" but the actor/director isn't cutting Trump's scene from the film anytime soon. During an interview on The Daily Beast‘s podcast “The New Abnormal,” Stiller spoke about his decision to keep the scene despite negative comments from fans.
Zoolander to remove a cameo from Donald Trump.Trump appears in the movie during a red carpet scene, in which he and Melania Trump (then Melania Knauss) are being interviewed at the VH1 Fashion Awards.He says: “Without Derek Zoolander, male modelling wouldn't be what it is today.”But speaking to The Daily Beast's , Stiller said he won't be re-cutting the movie to take Trump out.“We were shooting at the now defunct VH1 Fashion Awards… and as people were coming up the red carpet, we pulled them
Despite backlash from fans, Ben Stiller has no plans to remove a scene from Zoolander which features Donald Trump. During an interview on The Daily Beast‘s podcast The New Abnormal, the 54-year-old actor discussed the requests from fans to edit Trump out of the 2001 movie, which he starred in and directed.
Despite backlash from fans, Ben Stiller has no plans to remove a scene from Zoolander which features Donald Trump.
The New York Post said today that Ben Stiller isn’t backing down. The Hollywood actor has come under pressure from fans online who want him to cut out Donald Trump and Melania Trump’s appearence in 2001’s Zoolander.
Despite a petition urging Ben Stiller to cut scenes featuring Donald and Melania Trump out of “Zoolander”, Ben Stiller says their appearance in the comedy is a reflection of the time in which the film was made.
Daily Beast podcast The New Abnormal, Stiller shared how Trump – who was only known as a mega-rich celebrity entrepreneur at the time – became a part of the production.“We were shooting at the now defunct VH1 Fashion Awards…and as people were coming up the red carpet, we pulled them aside and asked them to talk about Derek Zoolander, and so Trump and Melania did that,” Stiller told the podcast.Since then, Trump was elected to office and his presidency has faced constant controversy.Stiller
Ben Stiller is refusing to cut U.S. leader Donald Trump’s brief cameo appearance in Zoolander, amid calls from fans to erase the President from the 2001 movie.
Ted Johnson President Donald Trump attacked Bubba Wallace on Monday, arguing that the African American NASCAR driver should have apologized over a report of a noose found in his garage stall last month.Trump also claimed that there was a backlash to NASCAR’s decision to ban Confederate flags from its race events.“Has @BubbaWallace apologized to all of those great NASCAR drivers & officials who came to his aid, stood by his side, & were willing to sacrifice everything for him, only to find out
David Robb Labor EditorEXCLUSIVE: President Donald Trump may be looking for a new walk-off song at his campaign rallies now that the Rolling Stones and BMI have put him on notice and threatened to sue if he ever again uses any of their songs licensed by the giant performing rights organization.
The Rolling Stones are the latest band to join the 2020 edition of “Hey Trump, stop using my fucking music”. And the band mean business, saying they might sue the American President if he doesn’t cease and desist.Ever since Donald Trump decided that his next reality TV project should involve running (mainly into the ground) the most powerful country in the world, a plethora of artists have hit out at him for using their music at his political rallies.
A statement on Saturday from the band's legal team said it was working with the performing rights organisation, the BMI, to stop the unauthorised use of their music, reports the BBC.Representatives for the group, fronted by 76-year-old Mick Jagger, said that "further steps to exclude" Trump from using Rolling Stones material in future presidential campaigning was necessary after previous "cease and desist directives" had been ignored.The BMI has reportedly notified the Trump campaign on behalf
The Rolling Stones are taking “further steps” to prevent Donald Trump from using their music at his Presidential campaign rallies.
Chris Willman Music WriterFor years, it has seemed as if Donald Trump can always get what he wants, at least when it comes to using classic rock and pop hits at his campaign rallies against the wishes of the original artists.
The Rolling Stones have warned Donald Trump to stop using their music at his rallies and events or face a lawsuit.The band have already served the US President with multiple cease and desist directives after he began playing their songs at events on his 2016 presidential campaign.Trump has continued to use the band’s music despite those messages and, now, the veteran rock group are looking to take further steps to stop him from continuing to use their songs without their permission.
Ted Johnson Brendon Urie of Panic! At the Disco objected to the Donald Trump campaign’s use of “High Hopes” at a Phoenix event on Tuesday, even using an expletive to make his point.“Dear Trump campaign,” Urie wrote on Twitter. “F— you.
Jem Aswad Senior Music EditorPanic at the Disco frontman Brendon Urie shredded the Trump campaign late Tuesday after the president walked out to the band’s song “High Hopes” at his rally in Phoenix.“Dear Trump campaign,” the singer wrote on Twitter. “F— you.