
British rockers Coldplay have been sued by guitarist Joe Satriani over claims that the band plagiarised large portions of their Viva la Vida smash with his lyrics.
“If I Could Fly” is a track written by Satriani who claims that Coldplay took extensive lyrics from that track to incorperate into their own.
Coldplay’s album was one of the biggest to be released in 2008, and has resulted in the band picking up 7 Grammy nominations.
Satriani is suing for damages, and all proceeds that the song generates. Funnily enough, Viva La Vida...
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Actress Mischa Barton suffered an embarrassing wardrobe malfunction last night as she revealed a little more than intended while leaving a fashion show in London.
The star's breast slipped out of her satin red and gold evening gown as she jumped into a taxi after the Fashion For Relief show at the Natural History Museum in South Kensington.
The stunned 22-year-old quickly covered herself up and buried her head in her hands as the car pulled away.
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Britney Spears is set to fly to her hometown of Kentwood, Louisiana, on Wednesday, as her pregnant sister Jamie Lynn, 17, prepares to give birth, a source tells Usmagazine.com.
The singer, 26, could stay home for at least a month.
At a hearing in her conservatorship case on Tuesday, a L.A. court commissioner pushed back a July 31 hearing to determine whether her father Jamie should maintain legal control over the singer.
The court commissioner said the singer will be on vacation and won't be back in time to participate in crucial...
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China will tighten its controls over foreign singers and other performers after Icelandic singer Bjork shouted "Tibet! Tibet!" at a Shanghai concert last weekend, the Ministry of Culture said on Friday.
Bjork chanted the name of the Chinese-ruled Himalayan region after performing her song "Declare Independence", which she has used in the past to promote independence movements in other places such as Kosovo.
The performance "not only broke Chinese laws and regulations and hurt the feelings of Chinese people, but also went against the...
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Lindsay Lohan was spotted flirting it up with some of Hollywood’s finest during a night out in West Hollywood this week.
According to the New York Daily News, she started off with her Christmas-time buddy, Entourage star Adrian Grenier. Onlookers report in one move she pulled off her red leather jacket and dragged him onto the dancefloor - but lost him a few minutes later when his date reclaimed her hold of him.
Lindsay is then said to have moved onto Leonardo DiCaprio’s table to hang out with him and friends Lukas Haas and Kevin...
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Joel Madden has said he’s still loving fatherhood and fiancee Nicole Richie.
The Good Charlotte star and Nicole welcomed their daughter Harlow Winter Kate Madden into the world just over a month ago and speaking before his charity DJing gig at Prive Las Vegas on Friday night, he told People magazine: “It’s really hard being away from her. I think after having Harlow we are already in love with being parents.”
“It’s cool to watch Harlow with Nicole because they already have a real special bond. It’s cute. I have my own...
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Former partying pals Paris Hilton and Lindsay Lohan were reportedly far from happy to see each other at a pre-Grammys event on Saturday night.
A source told the Mirror that Lindsay was the first to arrive at Timbaland’s party at Avalon in Hollywood and repeatedly tried to catch the producer’s attention before Paris arrived surrounded by a large entourage and took a seat opposite Lindsay - and far closer to the man of the moment.
The source explained: “Both of them want to work with Timbaland to revive their faltering music...
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