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Taylor Swift was successful in court last week in her ongoing legal battling over the 2014 hit ‘Shake It Off’. Though this was in relation to the lawsuit pursued by musician Jesse Graham, not the separate and more newsworthy case instigated by Sean Hall and Nathan Butler.In the latest development in the former dispute, the US Ninth Circuit appeals court upheld a lower court ruling from 2020 in which a judge dismissed Graham’s most recent litigation.Graham sued Swift in 2015 accusing her of ripping off his 2013 song ‘Haters Gonna Hate’ on ‘Shake It Off’.

EXCLUSIVE: ZEE5, the subscription service specializing in South Asian film and TV, has revealed the content that has performed best on its platform in the U.S. since its launch stateside in June 2021.

Mónica Marie Zorrilla “Ozark” audiences have proved that time stolen can also be time well-spent: the Netflix crime thriller starring Jason Bateman, Laura Linney and Julia Garner, snatched over 4 billion viewing minutes for the week of Jan. 24 through 30.

Paige Turley and Finn Tapp have given a glimpse inside their sun-soaked getaway to Florida including a fun trip to Walt Disney World. The Love Island winners, who met on the winter series of the hit ITV2 dating show in 2020, shared a peek inside their holiday to the United States with their Instagram followers.

At last, the real-life Spider-Man meme has been released for all fans to see. Tom Holland, 25, Andrew Garfield, 38, and Tobey Maguire, 46, re-created the iconic image, which comes from the 1960’s Spider Man animated series, on the set of Spider-Man: No Way Home. On Feb. 23, Sony celebrated the blockbuster film’s upcoming digital and Blu-ray release by FINALLY unveiling the three actors executing the meme to perfection. The image shows Tom, Andrew, and Tobey in their superhero costumes standing in a circle and each pointing at the other two. “Of course, we got THE meme,” Sony captioned the post, which was shared on Twitter.

The Graham Norton Show” and he looked back on his younger days.“He’s my Spider-Man,” Garfield said of Maguire, 46. “I would practice his lines in the mirror when I was in drama school. “I was very high at the time.”The British actor added that his friend Terry McGinnis would “crack up” at the impressions.

Stevie Nicks gave Katy Perry some advice amid her feud with Taylor Swift.

Zack Sharf Jake Gyllenhaal said in a new interview with Esquire magazine that he does not resent Taylor Swift’s over the extended version of “All Too Well” that was released last fall as part of her re-released album, “Red (Taylor’s Version).” The original song debuted in October 2012 and is widely considered to be Swift’s greatest track. Fans have long speculated that “Red” covers events from Swift and Gyllenhaal’s three-month-or-so relationship. The extended “All Too Well” was released with an accompanying short film that reignited speculation about Gyllenhaal’s role in Swift’s heartbreak.

William Earl Streaming industry leaders Mark Niemiec, senior vice president of sales at Salesforce, and Michael Bishara, group senior vice president and general manager of direct-to-consumer at Discovery, Inc., will join Variety TV writer Mónica Zorrilla for a conversation in the Variety Streaming Room on March 2.  Discovery+ is one of the newest entries in an ultra-competitive streaming marketplace. During their conversation, Bishara will touch upon the streamer’s strategy to gain the attention of new audiences.

Jennifer Maas TV Business WriterAMC Networks reported its fourth-quarter 2021 earnings Wednesday, revealing it had reached more than 9 million paid streaming subscribers by the end of 2021. The company also beat Wall Street’s expectations for both its Q4 revenue and profit.AMC Networks previously said it expected to have 9 million streaming subscribers by the end of 2021, and forecast between 20 million to 25 million paid subscribers across its streaming services by 2025.

Michele Tafoya, who worked her final game for NBC on the sidelines of Sunday’s Super Bowl LVI, is leaving sports journalism altogether to join the campaign of Minnesota GOP gubernatorial candidate Kendall Qualls.

Paige Turley and Finn Tapp have admitted that they don't know when their exact anniversary is due to a Love Island rule when they were in the villa. The ITV2 show winners, 24 and 22, met on the winter series of the hit dating show in 2020 and they celebrated two years together on Tuesday 8 February as they attended the Brit Awards 2022.

host Super Bowl LVI this Sunday as their home team (the Rams) face off against the Cincinnati Bengals. Justin Bieber got the party started on Friday night by performing a concert at the Pacific Design Center before hosting a post-set festivities down the street. However, during the afterparty, multiple gunshots were fired outside the restaurant, leaving three people injured.

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Former Mumford & Sons band member Winston Marshall released a lengthy essay comparing calls for action against Joe Rogan’s podcast on Spotify to Soviet-era censorship.  On Thursday, Marshall released an essay on Substack with the title "When Artists Become the Censors" in which he criticizes artists like Neil Young, David Crosby, Stephen Stills, Joni Mitchell, Nils Lofgren and India Arie, all of whom have pulled their music off Spotify until it addresses misinformation on "The Joe Rogan Experience" podcast.  In his essay, Marshall begins by discussing the state of music censorship in the Soviet Union in 1984 before comparing it to the conditions that Spotify is facing today as calls for it to pull Rogan’s work mount. He even called out Prince Harry and Meghan Markle, who previously voiced their "concerns" about misinformation on Spotify.  "Of course, Spotify is a private company; they’re under no obligation to platform anybody.

A Virginia man has been arrested for drunkenly crashing a car into Taylor Swift's New York City apartment building and trying to gain entry, police said. Morgan Mank, 31, was arrested shortly after 3 a.m.Thursday after driving the wrong way on Franklin Street in the Tribeca neighborhood, where Swift owns a townhouse and several apartments in an adjacent building, a police spokesperson said.

Lena Dunham is sharing her thanks for Taylor Swift and Joe Alwyn.

Tom Holland, Tobey Maguire and Andrew Garfield had an experience for the ages when they teamed up for . During a conversation with 's Pete Hammond, the three Peter Parkers discussed coming together for Holland's third Spider-Man flick, and the incredible fan reaction to their unexpected appearances.Maguire, who played Spider-Man in three films between 2002 and 2007, was «intrigued immediately» by the possibility of returning to the role thanks to the filmmaker's «love and celebration» of the idea when they pitched him the concept.«I just wanted to join that,» Maguire, 46, said.