Skip to content British pop superstar Dua Lipa is in legal trouble Levitedthe song that topped her album Future nostalgia(2021) and may have been song №1 of the year.
A Florida-based reggae band called Artikal Sound System has filed a copyright infringement lawsuit, claiming that Dua’s tune is a grab for their far lesser-known 2017 song. live your life.
Warner Records, Dua’s music label, has also been indicted, among others. The group wants profits made from the composition, plus damages.
Do Dua Lipa “Levitating” and “Live Your Life” by Artikal Sound System sounds like?
Here Levited:
And here it is live your life:
Both songs are quite different when it comes to lyrics, but the beat may look similar to some. It is possible that both songs have a groove inspired by the same era, but a possible verdict will soon clarify the situation.
The group’s complaint was quite brief and contained only standard information stating that they believed the singer had heard the song before 2020 and had simply printed a copy.
The complaint also states that the two songs are so similar that it is very unlikely Levited was created independently.
Levitating Success Story
While Dua Lipa was a real pop sensation before the aforementioned album, with her single from 2017. New rules after being multi-platinum around the world, the album and single Levited it was generally ejected to stratospheric success.
Levited was released as the fifth official single off the record on March 27, 2020. A remix of the song featuring DaBaby was even more successful, becoming Dua’s top 10 hit with the highest class. He was denied only the top spot due to the management of Silk Sonic Leave the door open.
The song includes electro-disco and new-disco influences with several disco tropes. Along with the rest of the album, Levited is praised for having dance-pop, pop-funk, power pop, cosmic rock vibes and pop and R&B styles from the 1970s, 1980s and 1990s.
The optimistic, irresistible and inexcusable pop style of the song surprised both critics and audiences.
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The revival of Dua Lipa in the 80’s is considered an absolute success in a wave of artists like The Weeknd, also inspired by the era. But the ominous resemblance between her song and an older, unknown song casts a shadow over her huge success.
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Shortly afterwards, Future contacted Kanye West as executive producer Donda 2 and Kendrick Lamar introduced themselves together with Dr. Dre, Snoop Dogg, Eminem and Mary J. Blige in the Super Bowl halftime show, the three rap giants will now head this year’s Rolling Loud Miami.
The festival shared the elite list of performers on social media, along with when tickets will go on sale.
The ridiculously arranged arrangement also includes artists such as Gunna, Lil Uzi Vert, Playboi Carti, Lil Baby, Lil Durk, such as Don Toliver, Baby Keem, City Girls and others. Future was one of the headliners of the latest Rolling Loud festival in California last December, and Ye joined him on stage as a surprise guest during their set.
The last time Kendrick participated in Rolling Loud was in 2017, when he left his own damn it album. Since then, the giant TDE has been sparingly playing music, making two appearances on his cousin’s album Baby Keem The melodic blue, as well as leading the Super Bowl.
The news about Rolling Loud also follows in the footsteps of Kanye West, who organized his own concert in the form of his Donda 2 an event that took place in Miami last week on February 22nd. Despite some technical difficulties, the performance includes songs from his new album and artists such as Migos, Jack Harlow, The Game, Playboy Carti and others who appear for performance.
Rolling Loud Miami 2022 will be held in Hard Rock Stadium in Miami Gardens from July 22-24. Tickets go on sale on March 7.
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Kanye West, Cheney Jones
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Kanye West is seemingly becoming official on Instagram with his latest flame!
IN Donda The 44-year-old rapper shared a screenshot from The Shade Room on his Instagram on Tuesday, which includes a recent paparazzi photo with Cheney Jones and a caption that reads: “It looks like #Ye and his new #ChaneyJones boom are getting stronger.
The photo shows West with the 24-year-old model while looking to shop.
In his own caption, West simply uses black emoji hearts.
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In addition to the heart in his own Instagram, West added black heart emojis to the comment section of The Shade Room’s post; and Jones wrote “My Love” with emojis with a black heart and emojis with crossed thumbs.
Last Thursday, West was spotted shopping with Jones at Ball Harbor in Miami while in the area to perform his latest album. Donda 2.
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The photo, which the Grammy winner re-released on Tuesday, shows the couple wearing slightly different clothes from the time they were spotted last week.
On Monday, Jones showed West a little more love on his own Instagram account by adding a photo to his story with the music star along with black-hearted emojis.
In the photo, the couple was all in black, with Jones wearing a classic tank top and sunglasses and West wearing a leather jacket. It was the same outfit seen in the photo published by West a day later.
The musician, who is currently involved in divorce proceedings with his expropriated wife Kim Kardashian, was also recently linked to Uncut gemstones actress Julia Fox.
West and Fox withdrew last month. On Valentine’s Day, a representative of the actress confirmed to PEOPLE in a statement: “Julia and Kanye remain good friends and collaborators, but they are no longer together.”
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Bob Odenkirk played Sol Goodman in “Breaking Bad” and is currently continuing his role in the spin-off series “Better Call Saul”, which ends this year.Kevin Mazur / Getty Images; AMC
Bob Odenkirk told Howard Stern that he went bankrupt before his role in “Breaking Bad.”
Odenkirk joined the acclaimed show during his second season as Saul Goodman.
Odenkirk said his agent told him not to say no when offered the role.
Bob Odenkirk recalled that after he went bankrupt, his agent told him he “couldn’t say no” when he was offered a role in “Breaking Bad,” AMC’s hit show starring Brian Cranston as Walter White.
“I’m getting a phone call, ‘You’re going to be offered a role in Breaking Bad,’ Breaking Bad ‘- not a popular show or a big show at the time – and’ don’t say no, ‘says my agent,” said Odenkirk, who played a lawyer. Saul Goodman, in front of Howard Stern in the episode of Stern’s Sirius XM radio show on Monday.
“I was like a dude too, I haven’t said ‘no’ in a year and a half, but you may not have noticed,” he added.
Odenkirk, who turned to directing at the time, revealed that he was bankrupt before taking on the role after making several feature films that were “not great” and didn’t pay well. Odenkirk told Stern that he was invisible as a director and found himself in a “financial hole” that led to a call from his business manager to sign a $ 900,000 loan to “stay afloat”.
Odenkirk then said he went to another business manager who simply told him to “bring some money.” Odenkirk told GQ in 2015 that he spent the years 2003 to 2007 “trying different things”, from directing commercials to acting to writing for TV pilots.
The Better Call Saul star directed the 2006 film Let’s Go to Jail, starring Will Arnett and Dax Shepard, and the 2007 film The Brothers Solomon, starring Kristen Wiig and Will Forte. which currently have a 13% and 16% rating by critics of Rotten Tomatoes, respectively.
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Finally, around 2008, he received a call from Breaking Bad showrunner Vince Gilligan about the role of Sol Goodman, Odenkirk told GQ.
Odenkirk joined the show in his second season, staying with “Breaking Bad” for the rest of his five-season cycle. He also starred in a prequel to Better Call Saul, which is set to end in 2022 with the premiere of the sixth season in April.
Despite the hit that would eventually happen, “Breaking Bad” was not as popular in its first season, Odenkirk told Stern.
“I still checked it out, I still wanted to know what the hell the show was,” Odenkirk said of the time after he was offered the role. “I called a friend, someone I was writing to, Reed Harrison, and he said, ‘Oh, this is the best show on TV.’ You have to do it. That’s the best there is. “
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Universal is the latest Hollywood studio to stop sending its films to Russian cinemas, joining other major players – Disney, Warner Bros., Sony and Paramount – in withdrawing its publications after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
“In response to the ongoing humanitarian crisis in Ukraine, Universal Pictures has stopped planned cinemas in Russia,” a Universal spokesman said in a statement.
Universal had animation The bad guys will be released in Russia on March 24 with Michael Bay’s Ruler to follow April 7. The bad guys is a production of DreamWorks Animation and voice stars Sam Rockwell, Mark Marron, Craig Robinson, Anthony Ramos and Aquafina. Ruler starring Jake Gyllenhaal and Yahya Abdul-Matin II as bank robbers who, after the robbery went awry, attract an ambulance and take the driver and passenger hostage.
Disney launches a wave of studio action on Monday, saying it will withdraw its releases from Russia, including Pixar Turning red. Warners and Sony quickly followed suit for hours, while Paramount made its own announcement Tuesday morning. Warners may have the most to lose The Batman the most famous project, downloaded from any studio, and this move was made only days before its planned release. As of Sunday, the studio had planned to stick to its date The Batman. Other high-profile projects that are no longer launched in Russia include Paramount’s Sonic the Hedgehog 2 and Sony’s Jared Leto Marvel movie, Morbius.
The big studios, which are downloading their films, followed the European Union’s move over the weekend to ban Russia from the global interbank messaging system SWIFT. Without SWIFT, studios may not be able to get money back from their Russian distribution partners.
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With the end of one Oscar season, another opens (at least for speculation) with Matt Reeves’ latest look at the Batman franchise starring Robert Pattinson, Jeffrey Wright, Zoe Kravitz, Paul Dano and Colin Farrell.
The director and co-writer (along with Peter Craig) presents a grim look at the world’s greatest detective as he fights the villains Ridder, Penguin and (quite, but not really) Catwoman. Receiving positive reviews from critics, will this new look at Caped Crusader focus on the Oscars – including Best Picture – in the footsteps of The Black Panther (2017) and The Joker (2019)?
But with a limited sense of what the rest of 2022 will have to offer to the cinematic landscape, there are certainly two places worth seeing Batman for recognition: cinematography and original music.
The camera work performed by the two-time nominee Greig Fraser is divine, shaping an intimate and stressful experience that only a master of his caliber can achieve. In fact, since the film is set to hit theaters this Friday, his work could eventually push him above this year’s Oscar final with his Dune nomination. The Australian DP was also nominated for “Lion” by Garth Davis (2016).
Composer Michael Giacino is no stranger to the world of Oscars. He received both Pixar Oscar nominations: Ratatouille (2007) and Up (2009), the latter winning an Oscar. Since then, Giacino has not been invited to the ceremony again as a nominee despite worthy outings such as Inside Out (2015), Rogue One: A Star Wars Story (2016), Coco (2017) and Jojo Rabbit (2019). . But the result of “Batman” can be the defining one in his career, creating a bombastic wealth that feels distinctive and only adds to every shot presented.
All this is completely speculative. I was very impressed with the performances of Kravitz and Dano, but they don’t seem to be the kind of “showy” work that even newer members tend to fall for. The film’s production design, sound and visual effects are at your fingertips. Major categories such as picture, directing, lead actor for Robert Pattinson and adapted screenplay do not seem achievable, although social media will try to shape a story to the contrary. However, you should expect it in the top 10 next year from some critics and several regional awards to cite it in a significant way, providing false hope for the fandom.
Given all this, it is also important to know how Batman’s other efforts with the Academy have gone.
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Tim Burton’s “Batman” (1989), starring Michael Keaton, was nominated and won for Best Artistic Direction and Decoration (now called Production Design). It was the first and only nomination for the late producer Anton First, who died in 1991. Decorator Peter Young will win a second statuette for another Burton classic, Sleepy Hollow (1999).
Burton and Keaton’s last appearance together for “Batman Returns” (1992) marked mentions of best makeup and visual effects. Fans often cite Michelle Pfeiffer’s contemptuous attitude toward the villainous Catwoman as a supporting actress as one of the Academy’s most egregious blunders. That same year, however, she won one of the coolest Oscars in history with Marisa Tomei as the merry Mona Lisa Vito in My Cousin Winnie (1992).
Continuing to grow in the number of Oscar nominations, under Joel Schumacher and the new Bruce Wayne / Batman, played by Val Kilmer, “Batman Forever” (1995) received three nominations for cinematography, sound and sound effects editing. He lost his awards to one winner in the best picture and another nominee: “Braveheart” and “Apollo 13”.
Seal’s hit “Kiss From a Rose” may be less well-known, which was included in “Batman Forever”, but did not meet the requirements for the category of original songs, as it was on his second album. The song went to the Grammys in 1996 to record the year, song of the year and male pop vocal album, which sold eight million copies.
The Caped Crusader made its first stumbling block with Schumacher’s next effort, “Batman and Robin” with George Clooney, who took on the mantle that critics criticized and is widely considered the worst cinematic outing for the comic book hero. However, the film gathered cult followers, especially for the performances of its villains: Mr. Freese by Arnold Schwarzenegger and Poison Ivy by Uma Thurman.
Christopher Nolan’s Batman trilogy gave the franchise a rough reset with Christian Bale putting the lid on. Beginning with “Batman Begins” (2005), the film received one mention of cinematography from Wally Pfister, losing to Dion Beebe for “Memoirs of a Geisha.”
The Dark Knight (2008) changed the game not only for the superhero genre, but also for the Oscars themselves. Following the untimely death of actor Heath Ledger, the second installment grossed more than $ 1 billion worldwide and was the highest-grossing film of 2008, as well as the fourth highest-grossing film of all time in the country. Ledger’s lineup as the Joker is considered one of the best villains in film history, eventually winning a posthumous Oscar for Best Supporting Actor – only the second in history since Peter Finch’s “Network” (1976). The film received an impressive eight Oscar nominations, but was notoriously rejected for Best Picture and Best Director. Nevertheless, this is largely due to the Academy’s decision to expand the number of nominees for best film from five to 10, which happened next year.
Nolan’s last appearance with Bale in “The Dark Knight Rises” (2012) did not receive any residual goodwill, he was eventually excluded from the Oscar nominations.
Since then, DCEU has had Batman as part of larger vehicles for characters such as David Ayer’s Suicide Squad (2016), which, despite being shattered by critics, won an Oscar for makeup and hair. Todd Phillips’ Joker (2019), starring Joaquin Phoenix, features only young Bruce Wayne, but received the most Oscar nominations for that year with 11, eventually winning two for Best Actor and Original Music. .
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Dua Lipa was sued for copyright infringement on Tuesday (March 1st) by a Florida reggae group that claims the British pop star stole her hit song “Levitating” from a lesser-known 2017 song.
In a lawsuit in federal court in Los Angeles, members of a group called Artikal Sound System claim that Lipa’s “Levitating” – which spent 68 weeks on the Billboard Hot 100 and was the No. 1 song in the 2021 Hot 100. extracted from the song of the group “Live Your Life”.
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The complaint was very brief and contained mostly standard allegations of copyright infringement, with little detail on how and why Lipa claimed to have copied the song. But he wrote that the two songs were so similar that it was so “It is very unlikely that the Levitator was created independently.”
“Levitating”, released in 2020 on Lipa’s second studio album Future nostalgiawas a huge hit that eventually reached No. 2 in the Hot 100 and secured the honor of being the longest-running top 10 song by a female artist in the charts.
Artikal Sound System is a reggae band based in South Florida, founded in 2012 as a duo, before later adding more musicians and vocalist Logan Rex. The band released “Live Your Life” on their 2017 EP Smoke and mirrors.
As with any copyright case, the case against Lipa claims that she has “access” to the earlier “Live Your Life” – which means that she heard the song, thus giving her the opportunity to copy it. But the case does not explain exactly why the band believes that the pop star heard their song.
The lawsuit also named Warner Records, as well as others who helped create Levitating. Representatives of Lipa and Warner Music Group did not respond to requests for comment on Tuesday night.
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Sam Esmail ‘s adaptation of Fritz Lang’ s 1927 classic film Metropolis finally comes to the small screen.
The streamer has awarded a series of project orders, which comes out of Mr. Robot the huge overall deal of the creator in UCP.
It will be written and directed entirely by Esmail, who is also behind Starz’s upcoming political drama series. Gazlit.
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Metropolis Directed by Lang and written by Thea von Harbu based on the latter’s 1925 novel. dividing the classes in their city, and to gather the workers together with Joe Fredersen, the master of the city.
The silent film is considered one of the first feature films in the science fiction genre and, although criticized for its initial release, was praised by people like Martin Scorsese and named the 35th greatest film of all time by the British Film Institute.
The series has a long way to go; It first turned out that Esmail was developing it – then with UCP and Anonymous Content – back in 2016, and last year the screenwriter-director said he was working on a pilot script.
Esmail will produce with his production partner Esmail Corp. Chad Hamilton.
Esmail is represented by CAA and Mckuin Frankel Whitehead.
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