Bad Bunny's ex-girlfriend files lawsuit seeking $40M

Patrick Frater Asia Bureau Chief The Hong Kong Film Awards gave a huge dose of support to veteran filmmaker Mabel Cheung Yuen-ting, naming her documentary “To My Nineteen-Year-Old Self” as best film on Sunday, despite local controversy which saw it pulled from screens earlier this year. The numerical winner on the night was “Detectives Vs Sleuths,” which earned four major awards: best director, best screenplay, best actor (Sean Lau Ching-wan) and best cinematography. The hugely popular Sammi Cheng was named winner of the best actress award, her first win after six previous nominations. Michelle Yeoh was on hand to present the prize for best new performer to 10-year-old Sahal Zaman, for his role in “Sunny Side of the Street.” Yeoh, who recently won the Oscar for best actress in “Everything Everywhere All at Once,” established her career in Hong Kong and won the same award back in 1986 with “Yes, Madam.”

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Holly Willoughby has been forced to take an unexpected break from This Morning due to having shingles. The presenter was due back on the ITV daytime show on Monday (April 17) for the first time in a number of weeks along with Phillip Schofield after enjoying time off for the Easter holidays.

Bad Bunny is being sued by an ex-girlfriend over a voice recording she provided to the singer before his rise to fame which, she says, he has now used on two of his tracks without permission.Carliz De La Cruz Hernández and Bad Bunny, real name Benito Martínez Ocasio, became a couple in 2011. At one point they planned to marry, but they ultimately parted ways as his music career started to take off and she began studying at the University Of Puerto Rico’s law school.In the short recording at the heart of this legal battle De La Cruz says “Bad Bunny, baby”.

Bad Bunny's ex-girlfriend is taking the artist to court over a recording of her voice, which he's used in past songs, according to multiple reports.Bad Bunny's ex, Carliz De La Cruz Hernández, filed a $40 million lawsuit in a Puerto Rico court earlier this month, claiming that the bestselling singer used a recording of her voice, saying «Bad Bunny, baby,» in at least two songs without permission.As first reported by Puerto Rico news outlet NotiCel, as well as , De La Cruz's lawsuit claims her «distinguishable voice» has been used in Bad Bunny songs — including 2016's «Pa Ti» and 2022's «Dos Mil 16» — as well as in promotional material, in concerts and on different music platforms.«Since then, thousands of people have commented directly on Carliz’s social media networks, as well as every time she goes to a public place, about the 'Bad Bunny, baby,'» the lawsuit alleges. «This has caused, and currently causes, that De La Cruz feels worried, anguished, intimidated, overwhelmed and anxious.»De La Cruz and Bad Bunny — whose real name is Benito Martínez Ocasio — began dating in 2011, and in her lawsuit she claims that the singer asked her to record herself saying the now-famous phrase, «Bad Bunny baby,» for him to use while mixing his songs.The lawsuit states that the pair broke up in 2016, then briefly reconciled in 2017 before splitting up for good.