King Charles III‘s wife was hit hard in Prince Harry‘s memoir, Spare, and she’s still “furious” about it!
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GloRilla is being sued over an allegedly uncleared sample that appears on her 2022 track ‘Tomorrow’, and also the remix of said track ‘Tomorrow 2’, which features Cardi B.The lawsuit was filed last week by Ivory Paynes, a member of rap group Dog House Posse. He reckons ‘Tomorrow’ samples his 1994 track ‘Street Of Westbank’, which was on the album ‘Dope Gets No Heavier’, and which was pushed onto the streaming services in 2017.“Defendants used unauthorised samples of ‘Street Of Westbank’ in their sound recordings ‘Tomorrow’ and ‘Tomorrow 2′”, Payne’s lawsuit alleges.“The plaintiff did not authorise the defendants’ reproduction, distribution, public performance of the sound recording”, it adds, “or creation of an unauthorised derivative work of ‘Tomorrow’ and ‘Tomorrow 2′”.Expanding on those allegations further, the legal filing continues: “The infringing works, ‘Tomorrow’ and ‘Tomorrow 2’, misappropriate key protected elements of ‘Street Of Westbank’, including without limitation its musical arrangements, percussion tracks, synthesised orchestration, including but not limited to piano, cello, violin, contrabass, and drum set, and tone and melody”.“Moreover”, it reckons, “‘Tomorrow’ and ‘Tomorrow 2’ mimic and copy the arrangement of ‘Street Of Westbank’ by the choice of the instrumentation accompanying the rap lyrics, the choice of when the instruments drop out and reenter and what instruments drop in and re-enter”.GloRilla has yet to respond to the lawsuit.
King Charles III‘s wife was hit hard in Prince Harry‘s memoir, Spare, and she’s still “furious” about it!
A warrant for the arrest of a man charged with rape and sexual activity with an underage girl was issued by a district judge today after a court heard he boarded a flight to Ireland and hasn't returned to the UK since.
Writer-comedian Adam Conover, creator and host of Adam Ruins Everything and member of the WGA Negotiating Committee, had been outspoken on social media in the run-up to the guild’s talks with AMPTP, the collective bargaining representative of the major Hollywood studios.
The famous college cheerleading coach who starred in Netflix‘s groundbreaking series Cheer is being sued for allegedly trying to cover up a sexual assault that happened between two members of her squad. Monica Aldama rose to
Netflix series “Cheer” — claims in a new lawsuit that the Texas college and coach Monica Aldama failed to investigate her sexual assault accusations.In the filing obtained by The Post, former Navarro cheerleader Madi Lane alleges she was sexually assaulted by team member Salvatore “Salvo” Amico in her dorm room in September 2021.The complaint, filed Wednesday in federal court, also names Director of Athletics Michael Landers and Title IX Coordinator Elizabeth Pillans. Representatives for Navarro College and Aldama denied allegations of wrongdoing in a statement Thursday.
Dustin Lance Black will have to go to trial after being accused of alleged assault.
Oscar-winning screenwriter Dustin Lance Black will stand trial in the UK after being accused of assaulting a BBC TV presenter at a nightclub in London.
Scots across the country who receive a bank holiday will no doubt want to make the most of their day off, but chilly weather might get in the way.
The war between the Walt Disney Company and Florida Governor Ron DeSantis just opened up a whole new front in the courts.
Fox, Comcast and Warner Bros Discovery shares each took a dip Monday after the media companies took turns generating industry-shaking headlines over less than 24 hours.
1923,” has joined the Sony love triangle drama “It Ends With Us,” based on the bestselling novel by Colleen Hoover.The film will star Blake Lively as Lilly Bloom a woman with a complicated past who believes she may have found her soulmate when she meets a Boston neurosurgeon Ryle Kincaid, played by Justin Baldoni. Sklenar will play Lilly’s high school love interest, Atlas Corrigan, whose unexpected arrival complicates Lilly and Ryle’s relationship even as other questions and uncertainties arise.
Drake has been sued over allegations that an uncleared sample appears on ‘Calling My Name’, a track on his 2022 album ‘Honestly, Nevermind’.The lawsuit has been filed by Ghana-based artist Obrafour, real name Michael Elliot Kwabena Okyere Darko. He claims in his lawsuit that Drake’s track contains “direct copying – or ‘sampling’ – of vocal excerpts” from his song ‘Oye Ohene’.Furthermore, the lawsuit states that Team Drake knew that the sample needed licensing, because they tried to license it.
Should Bravo fans be worried about Paige DeSorbo and Craig Conover? The Summer House star sparked concerns when she told Andy Cohen that she was at a 7.5 out of 10 when it comes to the Southern Charm star being The One.
Backstreet Boys singer Nick Carter is being sued for alleged sexual battery and assault, which he has denied. The singer, 43, used his “role, status, and power as a well-known singer” to groom, manipulate, and sexually exploit pop star Melissa Schuman, it has been claimed. Melissa, 38, who was part of US girl band Dream, filed the claim against Nick on Tuesday 11 April in Los Angeles.
would not pursue sexual assault charges against Carter because the statute of limitations had expired, but a recently passed California law temporarily lifted the statute of limitations for sexual assault claims to be brought in civil court.“I’ve faced extraordinary backlash for standing up for myself; I am not the first, however my intention is that I am the last,” Schuman said Tuesday in a statement to The Post.“It’s time that powerful figures in the music industry get the message that they can no longer afford to enable and protect sexual predators. I’m fighting to make the music industry a safer place to work and perform.” As the #MeToo movement got underway, Schuman detailed her accusations against Carter in a 2017 blog post that has since been deleted.“The attack by Nick Carter on Melissa is intolerable.
The fear is real. Paige DeSorbo broke into tears while talking about her future with Craig Conover after the two didn’t see eye to eye on an engagement date.
Donald Glover's multimedia company Gilga has put out an open call for applications in nine different roles. The multimedia company was detailed in a recent GQ profile outlining Glover's vision for a production studio, incubator, restaurant, and beyond.
Kakao has been raided by South Korean authorities over allegations that it was involved in stock manipulation over its purchase of SM Entertainment shares.According to a report by English South Korean publication Korea JoongAng Daily, about 40 prosecutors and investigators from the Financial Supervisory Service (FSS) – the East Asian country’s financial regulator – had confiscated data from Kakao’s office in the city of Pangyo in relation to its stock trading activity from February 2023.“The special judicial police at the FSS is presently in the process of investigating if the sale of SM shares is in violation of the Capital Markets Act under guidance from the prosecution,” an FSS spokesperson said in a statement to South Korean press, per Korea JoongAng Daily.“The team is looking into whether there was artificial engagement to sway share prices in a certain direction,” they added.Per The Korea Herald, Kakao are reportedly under investigation for allegedly artificially inflating the stock price of SM Entertainment in an attempt to block HYBE from taking control of the K-pop agency.Back in February, HYBE had launched a tender offer to buy up to 25 per cent of SM Entertainment for ₩150,000 per share. However, HYBE had only been able to acquire 0.98 per cent through that offer, per The Korea Herald.Around the same time, HYBE had submitted a petition to the FSS over an “abnormal” 2.9 per cent purchase of SM Entertainment stocks that had been transacted through a IBK Securities’ branch in Pangyo, according to Korea JoongAng Daily.Kakao has yet to comment on the situation. NME has reached out for comment.Meanwhile, HYBE has since dropped its bid to acquire SM Entertainment following a discussion with Kakao.
Donald Glover, otherwise known as Childish Gambino, is revealing details about “This Is America.”
Maïwenn, the director of Johnny Depp’s latest film, “Jeanne du Barry”, is being sued by Edwy Plenel, the editor-in-chief of Mediapart magazine, for allegedly assaulting him at a restaurant.