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Digital music company sued for selling Beatles music online

Digital music company sued for selling Beatles music online

A website accused of selling music by The Beatles without permission was placed under a temporary restraining order on Friday.
BlueBeat.com were issued an order by U.S. District Judge John F. Walter that has stopped them from offering digital Beatles music.
Beatles’ record label EMI sued the Santa Cruz based company on Tuesday for alleged copyright [...]

Elton John may not be able to adopt the Ukrainian child he hoped to make his son

Elton John may not be able to adopt the Ukrainian child he hoped to make his son

Elton John may not be able to adopt the Ukrainian child he hoped to make his son as Ukrainian law prohibits unmarried couples from adopting.
John, 62, and partner David Furnish entered into a civil partnership in 2005. John recently revealed his intentions to adopt the 14-year-old boy named Lev while touring an orphanage.
It is claimed [...]

Chris Brown given musical reprieve

Chris Brown given musical reprieve

Chris Brown has been chosen to perform in the Michael Jackson Vienna tribute, it has been revealed.
Observers see Jermaine Jackson’s selection of Brown as a lifeline following the young singer’s recent troubles with the law.
Brown will join the cream of the black music elite when he pays tribute to the late Jackson alongside the likes [...]

Jerry O’Connell at law school despite twin daughters

Jerry O'Connell at law school despite twin daughters

He may be the busy dad of twin baby girls, but actor Jerry O’Connell is managing to squeeze in a spell at law school.
The child star of Stand By Me, who is married to Ugly Betty actress Rebecca Romijn, has secured a place at Los Angeles’ Southwestern Law School.
“He is very excited to be starting [...]

Gerard Butler reveals his criminal past

Gerard Butler reveals his criminal past

Scottish hunk Gerard Butler - who faces six months in an LA jail for misdemeanour battery - has opened up about his criminal past, admitting he has been arrested in the US several times.
The actor - who faces allegations he got in a scuffle with a photographer last year - says when he was [...]

Johnny Depp: I used my family as inspiration for new film

Johnny Depp: I used my family as inspiration for new film

Public Enemies star Johnny Depp has revealed he used his own family as inspiration for his new film.
Depp, 46, plays the role of gangster John Dillinger in the film and said his own grandfather and stepfather were often on the wrong side of the law.
He said: “It has to do with my family and my [...]