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Republican presidential nominee John McCain may have found
inspiration in the Foo Fighter’s single “My Hero” but the rock band does not
reciprocate the feeling.
The Foo Fighters are complaining over John McCain’s use of
one of their songs, apparently without having sought permission first. The
Republican presidential candidate has been using “My Hero” to promote his
campaign.
This may very soon end, as the band sent the politician a
letter asking him to stop using the song.
The band, made up of Dave Grohl, Chris Shiflett, Nate Mendel
and Taylor Hawkins, wrote in a statement...
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John Lennon’s very famous widow, Yoko Ono, and record
company EMI have dropped a lawsuit against the makers of a documentary that
used a part of the former Beatle’s “Imagine” without permission.
Yoko Ono was most displeased when a fragment from her
beloved John Lennon’s peace anthem “Imagine” was used on the soundtrack of a
documentary without having asked for permission. She sued the film’s makers,
Premise Media Corp., over copyright infringement, together with EMI Group Ltd.
The plaintiffs have dropped their lawsuit, it was announced
Tuesday in a news release from Stanford
Law...
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After she did the most unbelievable things in her the last couple of years, from shaving her head completely, attacking paparazzi, crying on the sidewalk and going in and out of rehab to actually losing the custody of her own children, as well as visitation rights for a little while, Britney Spears realized she has an image to protect. The 26-year-old refused the plea offer of a year’s probation and a $150 fine in a driving-without-a-license case that goes back to her more hectic days, way before she lost weight and returned to her usual silhouette and made a grand comeback appearance at...
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Lil' Kim – real name Kimberly Jones – was sued by a record company for $2.5 million. The company, independent record label Brookland Media, alleges that the rapper hasn't delivered all the recordings mentioned in the contract they signed with her. The lawsuit was filed Tuesday in Manhattan's State Supreme Court. The suit said that the recording company signed a contract with the Grammy-winning rapper and then spent hundreds of thousands of dollars on recordings, equipment and payments in advance, but the artist asked for a contract change and refused to continue her work unless the company...
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Pop queen Britney Spears has had some tough years. Between being accused of illegal drug use, alcoholism, driving under the influence, shaving her head, performing abysmally at the MTV awards last year, divorcing and temporarily losing custody of her children because of repeated neglect, it’s no wonder that she has been a tabloid superstar. As she herself says in one of her latest songs, they all want a piece of hers. Undoubtedly the paparazzi and public pressure have taken a toll on the former teen idol. However, Britney Spears appears to be cleaning up her act: she has recently been seen...
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Miley Ray Cyrus can now officially be in two places at the same time as a wax replica of her has...
Police are still awaiting results of the toxicology tests
that could explain the death of Jason...
An attempt to sell a previously unreleased taping of the Beatles performing in a club before...
The husband of British soul singer Corinne Bailey Rae was
found dead in a Leeds apartment...
Grammy award-winning Tejano superstar Emilio Navaira was rushed to the hospital where his current...
Israel “Cachao” Lopez, the Cuban bassist
and composer who has invented the mambo music style, died...
Kevin Federline may have kept away from the party scene since gaining sole custody of his sons, but...
The extended legal dispute over rights to the Beach Boys’ name has finally found a settlement...
The pop-rock trio of siblings the Jonas Brothers is set to star in a new reality series for the...
Amanda Overmyer, the entertaining, mediocre-singing rocker nurse on American Idol was sent home....
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