NEW YORK (AP) — Bruce Springsteen wants his name off a lawsuit demanding licensing fees from a Manhattan bar where a band played his songs.
A statement on Springsteen’s Web site Thursday said he didn’t know about the lawsuit that was filed Wednesday in federal court and wouldn’t have agreed to be a plaintiff if he had been asked.
It says Springsteen’s representatives demanded the immediate removal of
The executors of Sir Authur Conan Doyle’s literary estate have threatened to withdraw Guy Ritchie’s rights to the Sherlock Holmes story if the director hints at a homosexual relationship between the lead characters in his sequel.
Robert Downey, Jr., who plays the supersleuth in Ritchie’s new movie adaption, recently appeared on David Letterman’s talk show and hinted at a homoerotic subtext in the relationship between his character and Jude Law’s Dr. Watson.
During the (more…)
Brittany Murphy’s husband Simon Monjack has accused the media of publishing unfair stories about him following his wife’s tragic death - insisting the press is targeting him because he is not an attractive Hollywood star.
Murphy passed away earlier this month after suffering a cardiac arrest at her Hollywood Hills home in Los Angeles.
Monjack is adamant many of the reports that have surfaced after Murphy’s death have been unfairly negative, with some publications detailing (more…)
LONDON – A grass-roots Facebook campaign has spoiled American Idol mogul Simon Cowell’s Christmas by denying one of his new acts the prestigious Christmas No. 1 spot in Britain.
Thanks to a Facebook campaign that capitalized on growing unhappiness with Cowell’s cookie-cutter approach to pop stardom, the antiestablishment Rage Against the Machine came out ahead of Joe McElderry, winner of Cowell’s popular “X Factor” TV competition.
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Court records show Justin Timberlake has been granted a temporary restraining order against a woman his attorney described as an obsessed stalker.
A Los Angeles judge granted the “SexyBack” singer a protective order against Karen J. McNeil on Friday.
Timberlake’s attorney describes her in court filings as a “mentally unstable celebrity stalker.” The papers state McNeil was placed in
NEW YORK (AP) — An Argentine diva has been charged with creating a ruckus at a Manhattan restaurant, but the case isn’t likely to take on operatic proportions.
The case against Gabriela Pochinki was adjourned Friday on contemplation of dismissal. That means the misdemeanor disorderly conduct, criminal trespass and obstructing-governme nt charges will be tossed if she stays out of trouble for six months.
A criminal complaint
LOS ANGELES (AP) — A court commissioner has dismissed criminal charges against Kanye West and his road manager stemming from their scuffle with photographers last year.
The case was filed after West and his manager were arrested on Sept. 11, 2008, after an altercation with two photographers at Los Angeles International Airport.
The photographers and the rapper have reached civil settlements over the
NEW YORK – An Argentine diva has been charged with creating a ruckus at a Manhattan restaurant, but the case isn’t likely to take on operatic proportions.
The case against Gabriela Pochinki was adjourned Friday on contemplation of dismissal. That means the misdemeanor disorderly conduct, criminal trespass and obstructing-government charges will be tossed if she stays out of trouble for six months.
A criminal complaint
Courtesy of NME.com - Frontman tells NME Radio he still thinks they were 'devaluing' music
Editors frontman Tom Smith has said that he is not “spearheading a campaign” against Radiohead with regards to their attitude to illegal downloading after calling them “selfish.”
Smith earlier said that the band's 2007 'pay-what-you-like' release style for their 'In Rainbows' contradicted their current
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Court records show guitarist Joe Satriani and Coldplay have reached an agreement that ends a copyright infringement lawsuit filed over the band’s smash hit “Viva la Vida.”
Satriani sued Coldplay in December, claiming the band copied “substantial, original portions” of his 2004 song, “If I Could Fly.”
Coldplay won a Grammy Award earlier this year for “Viva La Vida.”
