David LaChapelle's copyright lawsuit against Rihanna will go to trial.
The photographer alleges the goat-voiced pop star copied his photographs in her S&M music video.
According to The Hollywood Reporter, some allegations against the singer have been dismissed, but a New York federal judge is allowing LaChapelle's main claim for copyright infringement to proceed to trial.
LaChapelle sued Rihanna, Def Jam Records and Black Dog Films in February, pointing to eight scenes in S&M that he says were directly lifted from his work.
THR says "The video portrays Rihanna's supposedly sadomasochist relationship with the press."
In his claim, LaChapelle apparently pointed out that storyboards for the music video contained his photographs. Also, there's this (I found it via Perez Hilton and the same comparison of images in posted in variations all over the web, but nobody gave credit to the person who put it together.....so, I can't credit it either. Sorry.)
Musicians all over the world continue to express their sadness over the death of Amy Winehouse. Among the, rising superstar Adele, who's soulful leanings directly reflect those of Winehouse, and who penned a moving tribute to the late star on her website yesterday.
The Rolling in the Deep singer correctly credits Winehouse with getting the world excited about British music again. So TRUE. There had been a serious lull, but Amy rectified the situation in 2006, with Back to Black.
Here's Adele's tribute in full:
Remember that "fight" Shannon Tweed and Gene Simmons got into, right before the season premiere of Gene Simmons: Family Jewels, the one where Shannon found a totally innocuous picture of Gene with a couple of fans, then got all "mad" and said on the Today Show that things were over between them?
And most of us thought, "Hmmmm, that looks awfully fake. What a coincidence that this is happening right before the season premiere!" (Though a lot of you actually bought it, as you'll see in the comments here)
Well, they obviously made up somewhere along the way and, in a totally unsurprising turn of events Gene, who swore he'd never marry etc., has asked Shannon, his partner of over 25 years, to marry him. The proposal and Shannon's answer will air tonight on the show.(**Update: I was led to understand that this was the case. As "tonight" is now last night, and Shannon apparently didn't answer, I profusely apologize to the commenter named "Buba" for not getting my "facts straight.")
See the totally unexpected proposal here. I can't find an embeddable version. I also can't believe people watch this stuff....Whatever you heard about me once being addicted to A Shot at Love with Tila Tequila, it's all lies. Filthy lies.
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A small private funeral for Amy Winehouse took place today at Edgewarebury cemetary in north London. The service, according to the AP, was expected to be followed by cremation and a gathering at a local synagogue.
The CBC reports that attendees included Amy's close friend Kelly Osbourne, her most recent boyfriend Reg Traviss, producer Mark Ronson (below), band members and family.
Winehouse, 27, was found dead by a security guard on Saturday in her London home. An autopsy conducted Monday was inconclusive.
The CBC reports that the family was not unprepared for this day. Amy's father Mitch apparently wrote a eulogy back in 2007 after the singer overdosed on drugs and he thought at the time that she might die.
Mitch spoke to fans and mourners on Monday outside the house where Amy died, saying, "Amy was about one thing and that was love."
"Her whole life was devoted to her family and her friends and to you guys as well."
Winehouse's career in photos
Other artists that were 'taken too soon'
Winehouse's mom 'She seemed out of it'
Bryan Adams mourns loss of Winehouse
A post mortem to determine the cause of Amy Winehouse's death has proved inconclusive.
WENN reports that officials performed an autopsy on Winehouse's body today (Monday) and an inquest into the incident was formally opened, but the court was told experts are waiting on the results of toxicology and histology tests before they are able to assess what caused the death.
Winehouse was found unresponsive in her bed by a security guard on Saturday.
Winehouse's body has reportedly been released to her family so they can hold her funeral as soon as possible, in accordance with Jewish tradition.
Assistant Deputy Coroner Suzanne Greenaway has formally adjourned the inquest until October 26.
Despite rampant speculation that Winehouse's death was drug related, officials have cautioned against making assumptions.
Winehouse's career in photos
Other artists that were 'taken too soon'
Winehouse's mom 'She seemed out of it'
Bryan Adams mourns loss of Winehouse
 Three days before her death, Amy Winehouse appeared on stage in Camden with her godddaughter, 15-year-old Dionne Bromfield.
Who exactly is Dionne? Well, I've had trouble getting much information about her parentage, except that her mother is a single mom named Julie and her dad, Jamaican born, lives in Kent.
She was signed to Amy's Lioness Records and released her debut album Introducing Dionne Bromfield in 2009 (so, when she was 13). She has a YouTube show called Down with Dionne
Here she is.
So a pair of your favourite blonde pop stars, Taylor Swift and Britney Spears, have each released new scents. Makes, uh, sense. Cash in, ladies. Get that endorsement money. Why not? But seeing how neither eau de toilette is on shelves quite yet (both are due in 2011), we have gone ahead and judged these neck elixirs based on name and description alone.
“I hate singles,” Drake told Rolling Stone, as Canada’s biggest rap star gave a journalist from the magazine a sneak preview of tracks from his highly anticipated sophomore album, Take Care. “With this album, I want to tell a whole story…. I don’t want people to just hear a piece and judge the album on that.”
It’s a noble approach in a climate where Drake’s target market is the type to download single tracks for 99 cents a pop, if not for free. It’s also an ironic stance for a guy whose success has been build off some monster singles: “Best I Ever Had,” “Over,” “Find Your Love,” “Fancy.”
“We only said goodbye with words / I died a hundred times,” laments Amy Winehouse in that unmistakable contralto on “Back to Black.” The title track to the British singer’s second, best, and final album cloaks itself in whole new meaning now that Winehouse is dead, her still body found yesterday in her north London home.
The phrase “rest in peace” gets tweeted and tagged to YouTube comment threads moments after a musician dies. But those words—a polite reflex so often triggered when there are none—apply so sadly perfect in the story of Amy.
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