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Lily Moayeri The power of music on screen grows stronger each year. In the past 12 months or so, “Stranger Things” saw ’80s British icon Kate Bush become a superstar stateside as her song “Running Up That Hill” featured in one of the most talked about scenes of the year; “Yellowjackets” reenergized ’90s gems both well-known and temporarily forgotten; “Euphoria” continued to dominate Shazam; and classic artists such as Fleetwood Mac and Marvin Gaye found new audiences through placements on “Our Flag Means Death” and “Atlanta,” respectively.

The US judge overseeing the latest Ed Sheeran song-theft legal battle has declined to ban the plaintiffs in the case from showing a YouTube video in which the musician himself mashes together his song with the one he’s accused of ripping off. Though Sheeran’s lawyers are still free to object again to that video being shown to jurors when the dispute is properly in court.This is the legal battle where Sheeran is accused of ripping off Marvin Gaye’s ‘Let’s Get It On’ on his 2014 track ‘Thinking Out Loud’.

No high profile song-theft legal battle is complete without a YouTube video mashing together the two songs that are part of the dispute. But should that mash-up be shown in court? And what if the alleged song thief made the mash-up? Ed Sheeran’s legal team would like it to be known that mash-ups of this kind have no place in a courtroom, especially if they were made by Ed Sheeran.So, yes, while last year’s big song theft legal battle involving Sheeran was in the UK courts, this year we’re back in the American system with the long running litigation over his song ‘Thinking Out Loud’.

EXCLUSIVE: Michael Jackson will be played by the late icon’s 26-year old nephew Jaafar Jackson in the Antoine Fuqua-directed film biopic for Lionsgate. Fuqua just posted a confirmation on Instagram. The singer and songwriter is the son of Jermaine Jackson, who is the brother of Michael and member of The Jackson 5. Jaafar has been singing and dancing since age 12, and has showcased himself singing tunes from Sam Cooke to Marvin Gaye, along with originals.

Barrett Strong, artist and songwriter credited with having given Motown its first hit with “Money (That’s What I Want),” has died. He was 81.

The wife of Marvin Gaye III filed for a domestic violence restraining order on Tuesday against him following his arrest for allegedly pointing a gun at her.Wendy Gaye sought the court-ordered protection from Gaye, 57, following an alleged altercation last week, according to an article on Tuesday by TMZ.The adopted son of the R&B/soul legend during an argument on Thursday was accused of pointing a gun at his cousin during an argument with the family member and Wendy at his home in Calabasas, California. Report: The wife of Marvin Gaye III, shown in October 2019 in Los Angeles, filed for a domestic violence restraining order on Tuesday against him following his arrest for allegedly pointing a gun at herTMZ previously reported that the violence against the two women stemmed from an argument about a previous assault.A source also told the publication that the marriage between Marvin and Wendy has been rocky and the two 'have had ongoing issues for a while now.'  Gaye reportedly 'came to the Sheriff's station the next day around 5:00 PM and turned himself in.'He was booked on misdemeanor domestic violence and felony assault with a deadly weapon charges but posted a $50,000 bond and was released.

Marvin Gaye's eldest son Marvin Gaye III has been arrested for domestic violence and assault with a deadly weapon, TMZ reported.The adopted son of the R&B/Soul legend pointed a gun at his cousin at his Calabasas home on Thursday during an argument with the family member and his wife, Wendy Gaye.Right after the dispute Gaye, 57, drove off in his Corvette before police arrived on the scene shortly after 8pm.  Report: Marvin Gaye's eldest son Marvin Gaye III has been arrested for domestic violence and assault with a deadly weapon, TMZ reportedThe outlet reported that the violence against the two women stemmed from an argument about a previous assault.A source also told the publication that the marriage between Marvin and Wendy has been rocky and the two 'have had ongoing issues for a while now.' Gaye reportedly 'came to the Sheriff's station the next day around 5:00 PM and turned himself in.' He was booked on misdemeanor domestic violence and felony assault with a deadly weapon charges but posted a $50,000 bond and released.An emergency protective order was put in place to keep Gaye away from the home and family and law enforcement officials went back to the home and retrieved two firearms.The family's lawyer Gil Arbel said his clients are 'distraught' and 'intend to cooperate fully with law enforcement in pressing charges.'  Seen: Gaye's wife Wendy was seen being assisted by paramedics and police outside the home after the alleged incidentWhen officers arrived on Thursday, they believed Gaye was still inside the home, and asked him to come outside, before neighbors informed them that Gaye had left.Officers are then said to have met with Gaye's relatives and took an 'assault report' that identified Gaye as a suspect.

Marvin Gaye's eldest son Marvin Gaye III is under investigation for assault after allegedly pointing a gun at his cousin in his LA home on Thursday, reports TMZ.Gaye, 57, reportedly got into an argument with his wife and cousin, which may have been about a previous assault, with Gaye then pointing the weapon at his cousin.He is then said to have driven off in his Corvette before police arrived on the scene in Calabasas, having been called at around 8.05pm for a 'family dispute.'When officers arrived, they believed Gaye was still inside the home, and asked him to come outside, before neighbors informed them that Gaye had left. Claim: Marvin Gaye's eldest son Marvin Gaye III is under investigation for assault after allegedly pointing a gun at his cousin in his LA home on Thursday, reports TMZ (pictured 2019) Seen: Gaye's wife Wendy was seen being assisted by paramedics and police outside the home after the alleged incidentOfficers are then said to have met with Gaye's relatives and took an 'assault report' - which Gaye is identified as a suspect in.

Rolling Stone has updated its 100 Greatest Singers list from 2008 with its new 200 Greatest Singers Of All Time.And while the roster of artists is extensive and varied, due in part to the change in criteria, there are a few questionable decisions that have outraged fans, but likely none more galvanizing than having Celine Dion left off the list, according to TMZ.Known for her powerful and technically skilled vocals, the Canadian singer, 54, has also amassed more 200 million record sales worldwide, all while winning a slew of accolades and awards over her five decades in the limelight.

Marvin Gaye's ex wife Janis Hunter Gaye has died aged 66. The late Motown legend's second wife passed away on Saturday (03. 12.

MOTOWN legend Marvin Gaye’s second wife has died at the age of 66, her family has said. Janis Hunter Gaye passed away on Saturday at her home in Rhode Island. A cause of death has not yet been revealed.

Marvin Gaye’s former wife, Janis Hunter Gaye, inspired several of his songs and was married to the singer for four years.

EXCLUSIVE: Gladys Knight, the Empress of Soul who recorded hits such as Midnight Train to Georgia and I Heard It Through The Grapevine, is gearing up for a scripted mini-series about her life.

Ed Sheeran’s legal team last week had one last go at trying to stop one of the song-theft lawsuits relating to his song ‘Thinking Out Loud’ from proceeding to trial, urging the judge overseeing the case to reconsider a recent decision he made about the copyright dispute.It’s alleged that Sheeran ripped off the Marvin Gaye song ‘Let’s Get It On’ when he wrote ‘Thinking Out Loud’. Based on those allegations, the estate of ‘Let’s Get It On’ co-writer Ed Townsend sued Sheeran for copyright infringement.

the 1985 Commodores hit that paid homage to R&B legends Marvin Gaye and Jackie Wilson. It’s from the rock icon’s upcoming album, “Only the Strong Survive,” a collection of classic soul covers due Nov.

Bruce Springsteen has released ‘Nightshift’, a cover of the Commodores original, lifted from the singer’s forthcoming album.‘Nightshift’ first appeared on the tracklist of Commodores’ titular 1985 album, and was written as a tribute to Marvin Gaye and Jackie Wilson (both of whom died the year prior). For his part, Springsteen stays true to the original, carrying the soulful tune atop a supporting band of brass, strings and backing vocalists.The track is accompanied by a music video directed by longtime Springsteen collaborator Thom Zimny.

Nick Kamen peeling off his 501s in a launderette to Marvin Gaye’s I Heard it through the Grapevine? Back then, Levi’s held sway beyond the high street: The Clash had their only UK number one with Should I Stay or Should I Go after it was featured in a Levi’s ad. In the early 1990s, these ads helped the likes of Babylon Zoo and Mr Oizo climb the charts.There was political power, too. In the 1950s, US students were banned from wearing blue jeans after a rebellious Marlon Brando sported 501s in The Wild One and made denim seem dangerous.

Owen Gleiberman Chief Film Critic In “Is That Black Enough for You?!?,” Elvis Mitchell’s highly pleasurable and eye-opening movie-love documentary about the American Black cinema revolution of the late ’60s and ’70s, Billy Dee Williams, now 85 but still spry, tells a funny story about what it was like to play Louis McKay, the dapper love object and would-be savior of Billie Holiday in “Lady Sings the Blues.” The year was 1972, and African-American audiences had rarely (if ever) been given the chance to gawk at a movie star of color who was not just this sexy but this showcased for his sexiness. Louis was like Clark Gable with a dash of Marvin Gaye; when he was on that promenade stairway, Williams says that he just about fell in love with himself. That’s how unprecedented the whole thing was. The actor recalls how the lighting was fussed over (we see a shot in which Louis appears bathed in an old-movie glow), and how unreal that was to him on the set. At the time, Black actors didn’t get lighting like that. But Black audiences drank it in with a better-late-than-never swoon, even as they knew that this was a representation they’d been denied for more than half a century.

A federal judge has ordered Ed Sheeran to stand trial over accusations that his 2014 hit “Thinking Out Loud” ripped off Marvin Gaye’s iconic “Let’s Get It On”.

A US judge has declined to dismiss one of the song-theft lawsuits that alleges Ed Sheeran ripped off Marvin Gaye’s ‘Let’s Get It On’ when he wrote his 2014 song ‘Thinking Out Loud’, concluding that a jury needs to consider whether the elements shared by the two songs are protected by copyright.Sheeran’s lawyers have been quite busy over the years dealing with various allegations that the musician has lifted elements of existing songs when writing his pop music. That included the headline-grabbing legal battle in the UK courts over ‘Shape Of You’, in which the Sheeran side was victorious.Over in the US, ‘Thinking Out Loud’ has resulted in multiple song-theft lawsuits.

Thinking Out Loud.”The “Bad Habits” hitmaker’s legal team previously asked Judge Louis Stanton, who presides over the Southern District of New York, to dismiss the case on the grounds that the similar parts of the song were “commonplace.”However, they were hit with bad news after Stanton ruled on Thursday that the case is heading to court.“There is no bright-line rule that the combination of two unprotectable elements is insufficiently numerous to constitute an original work,” Judge Stanton said, according to Billboard’s initial report.“A work may be copyrightable even though it is entirely a compilation of unprotectable elements.”Structured Asset Sales (SAS), which owns a partial stake in the famous song, is seeking an eye-watering $100 million in damages.According to the original suit, SAS alleges Sheeran’s chord progression in “Thinking Out Loud” is too equivalent to “Let’s Get It On.”A trial date has not yet been set but it will take place in Manhattan Federal Court.The Post has reached out to Sheeran’s reps for comment.Sheeran’s hit song received two Grammy wins for Song of the Year and Best Pop Solo Performance at the 2016 Grammy Awards.