Nicki Minaj wins one element of her Tracy Chapman copyright dispute, but the wider case will go to a jury

LeBron James set a record on Saturday, but not THE record. After hitting a third-quarter 3-pointer, James has officially scored more points all-time in the regular season and playoffs than any other player.

Dancing on Ice fans were baffled to find Rebekah Vardy appear in the studio audience during the live ITV skating show - despite being locked in a High Court battle against Coleen Rooney.The next round of the so-called Wagatha Christie hearings continued this week, but that didn't seem to stop Rebekah turning up to cheer on her former DOI skating partner Andy Buchanan.Rebekah, 39, could be seen looking glamorous in the audience as she sat wearing a tight black top during Sunday's show (February 13).She was seen just after Andy Buchanan had performed a romantic routine with his partner this year, Paralympian Stef Reid.The mum-of-five starred on the thirteenth series of Dancing on Ice last year - before being eliminated in the sixth week of the show.Eagle-eyed fans rushed to Twitter immediately as soon as they saw the reality star.One said: "was that Rebecca Vardy? isn’t she supposed to be in court?"A second wrote: "Why is...

Kanye West has stated that his 'account is not hacked' as he held up a notepad showing the date before covering his face with a balaclava.The 44 year old American rapper, who legally changed his name to Ye, posted a collection of snaps to his 11.6million Instagram followers while holding up a yellow lined notepad which read: "My account is not hacked. 2 13 22." Kanye stared down the lens of the camera in the first shot before donning a black balaclava for the second and third photographs.

The families of Halton McCollin, Louis Brathwaite and Giuseppe Gregory were each robbed of a much loved son by gun crime on the streets of Manchester. The killings were linked, and 14 years, two of those families - Halton's and Louis's - still haven't seen anyone brought to justice. As police make a new appeal for information,the Manchester Evening News looks at the tragic connections between three senseless deaths.

The families of Halton McCollin, Louis Brathwaite and Giuseppe Gregory were each robbed of a much loved son by gun crime on the streets of Manchester. The killings were linked, and 14 years, two of those families - Halton's and Louis's - still haven't seen anyone brought to justice. As police make a new appeal for information,the Manchester Evening News looks at the tragic connections between three senseless deaths. In this, the second in series of special features, M.E.N chief reporter Neal Keeling looks at the murder of Louis Brathwaite.

She's been sporting various different looks during her time on Dancing On Ice, and Corrie star Sally Dynevor wowed with her latest transformation.

The families of Halton McCollin, Louis Brathwaite and Giuseppe Gregory were each robbed of a much loved son by gun crime on the streets of Manchester. The killings were linked, and 14 years, two of those families - Halton's and Louis's - still haven't seen anyone brought to justice.In this, the fourth of a series of special features, M.E.N chief reporter Neal Keeling looks at the devastating effect of gun crime, through the eyes of an ordinary Manchester family.

The family of a young soldier who tragically died on a railway line have paid tribute to a 'wonderful' man who was 'caring, generous and loving'.

The families of Halton McCollin, Louis Brathwaite and Giuseppe Gregory were each robbed of a much loved son by gun crime on the streets of Manchester. The killings were linked, and 14 years, two of those families - Halton's and Louis's - still haven't seen anyone brought to justice. As police make a new appeal for information,the Manchester Evening News looks at the tragic connections between three senseless deaths.In this, the third piece in a series of special features, the M.E.N's chief reporter Neal Keeling looks back at the murder of star pupil Giuseppe.

Big-hearted Kilwinning man Michael Kirkum is pulling out all the stops to deliver an eggsciting Easter for youngsters in hospital.

Kanye “Ye” West started his Sunday by taking jabs at Pete Davidson and his pal, Machine Gun Kelly. The «Donda» rapper shared a series of posts on his Instagram, dedicated to his ex-wife Kim Kardashian’s new beau.

Kodak Black is reportedly one of four people injured Saturday following a shooting outside of a Los Angeles-area restaurant after Justin Bieber's concert Friday.  According to , Black, whose real name is, Bill Kapri, was exiting the party when the shooting occurred.In a statement released by the Los Angeles Police Department Saturday morning, the LAPD says Wilshire area police offers responded to gunshots heard on the 400 block of North La Cienega Boulevard at 2:45 a.m. Saturday morning when they discovered two victims with gunshot wounds.An initial investigation revealed that the shooting occurred after a «physical altercation between several individuals» went down outside of The Nice Guy where Bieber was hosting an after-party after his performance at h.wood and Revolve's Homecoming Weekend party.The LAPD said the suspect fled following the shooting.

A heartbroken widow is desperately appealing for help to track down her wedding dress which she accidentally donated to charity.

Kanye West has been unleashing a flood of posts on Instagram, and they’re all taking aim at Pete Davidson.

We’re back in 1981 — among placards, lapel badges and whooping young people. François Mitterand, a socialist, has just been elected president of France. It isn’t a date that resonates much now — certainly not outside France — but the palpable sense of excitement in the opening scene of Mikhael Hers’s Berlin Film Festival competition entry The Passengers Of The Night suggests we are about to take a sweeping look at lived history.

Marc Anthony, 53, seems to find it humorous that his ex-wife Jennifer Lopez and her ex-boyfriend Alex Rodriguez may long for their relationship once again. The singer, who was married to J.Lo from 2004 until 2014, shared a bunch of laughing emojis in response to a post that included an Us Weekly report stating the former New York Yankees player “believes” the 52-year-old Marry Me star “might miss what they had together” despite the fact that she’s now clearly moved on with on-again flame, Ben Affleck.

started a legal battle against the rapper for using a sample of her track, Baby Can I Hold You, in 2017 hit Sorry.At the time, Nicki, 37, stated in documents that it was ‘fair use’, a common practice of using existing work to help develop new music.She explained that her team made ‘several requests for permission’ to license the song, which Tracy disapproved.The MailOnline states her lawyer said at the time: ‘Such free-flowing creativity is important to all recording artists, but particularly in hip hop.‘With that category of music, a recording artist typically goes into the studio and experiments with dozens of different “beats” or snippets of melodies, before hitting upon a pleasing combination.’Judge Virginia Phillips has now ruled that

Nicki Minaj has landed a significant win in a copyright lawsuit brought against her by Tracy Chapman.A judge ruled Wednesday that the 10-time Grammy nominee did not commit copyright infringement in her song based on Chapman'sBaby Can I Hold You.US district judge Virginia A Phillips found that her use of the song constitutes 'fair use,' protecting a common practice in the music industry of developing new music based on existing work, and requesting license from the original artist before release.

Nicki Minaj came out victorious in her lawsuit against singing Tracy Chapman, as a judge ruled she did not commit copyright infringement.

Nicki Minaj has secured a legal victory against Tracy Chapman after the singer-songwriter sued the rapper in 2018 for copyright infringement.The case concerned the song ‘Baby Can I Hold You’, a track from Chapman’s 1988 debut album. In 2017, Minaj had recorded a track ‘Sorry’ that interpolated the Chapman song.Chapman repeatedly refused to give Minaj and her representatives permission to use the song, and the track was dropped from the tracklist for Minaj’s 2018 album ‘Queen‘.Even though ‘Sorry’ didn’t end up on ‘Queen’, the track found its way into the hands of New York’s DJ Funkmaster Flex, who then broadcast it on air.

Gene Maddaus Senior Media WriterA judge handed a significant win to Nicki Minaj on Wednesday, finding that she did not commit copyright infringement when she created a song based on Tracey Chapman’s “Baby Can I Hold You.”The ruling protects the industry practice of developing a new song based on existing material, and then seeking a license from the original artist prior to release. U.S.