Taylor Swift: Songwriters may have a case in ‘Shake It Off’ copyright lawsuit, judge rules

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Ryan Michelle Bathe on her toes — and guessing along with everyone else where her character, no-nonsense FBI agent Val Turner, is headed next on the NBC drama, premiering Monday (Feb. 21) at 10 p.m.“I have to say that Val doesn’t have much of a character evolution,” Bathe, 45, told The Post. “We’re shooting the seventh episode now … and literally hours have ticked by since we met her.

Netflix Wednesday. The hip-hop star breaks down his mental-health struggles since the 2007 death of his beloved mother Donda West in “Act III: Awakening” — the third episode of the three-part documentary, which will begin streaming on March 2.

Millie Court and Liam Reardon recently celebrated their first Valentine's Day with a cosy night in at their £1million Essex pad. Love Island winners Millie, 25, and Liam, 22, opted for a relaxing evening together watching TV instead of heading out to celebrate. Millie, who recently opened up about her struggles with acne, took to her Instagram Stories to reveal that the pair were currently cuddled up in bed waiting for a takeaway, as Liam wasn't "feeling 100%" ahead of an upcoming operation.

Olivia Bowen has shared a peek at her impressive baby haul, including a large list which she is slowly working through. The glamorous 28 year old is currently expecting her first baby with husband Alex Bowen and she took to Instagram to show her 2.8million what she'd purchased so far. Using her camera to pan the space, Olivia shared a look at bag upon bag of baby goods, ready for the little one's summer arrival.

Yellowstone is the crown jewel in the newly rebrand Paramount Global but the Kevin Costner-led series lives on streaming in the U.S. with rival Peacock.

Katie McGlynn has confirmed her exit from Hollyoaks and has teased new "exciting opportunities".The actress, 28, who played Becky Quentin on the Channel 4 soap, took to Instagram on Tuesday night to reveal it was "over and out" for her character. Katie revealed she had joined Hollyoaks in June — 18 months after leaving Coronation Street as her role of Sinead Tinker.

Louis Theroux made a welcome return to our screens on Sunday 13 February with the first instalment of his new documentary series, Forbidden America. The three-part series sees Louis, 51, head over to the US and cover three different topics, with the first episode focusing on the far right. Speaking ahead of the release, Louis revealed that the aim of documentaries was to highly how social media "had affected people in America who are different ways involved in dangerous, extreme, or morally questionable lifestyles." The TV star has became wildly popular thanks to his informative documentaries over the years, and his latest appears to have also been a hit with viewers.

Miles Nazaire left expert Anna Williamson stunned on Tuesday's Celebs Go Dating as he got down on one knee for Chloe Brockett. During the instalment, Miles, 26, and Chloe, 21, who have sent fans wild with their flirty exchanges, sat in the agency to discuss their budding romance. Anna, 40, said: "You've got something going on here between you two...

HBO Max has set premiere dates for three movies: Moonshot, Father of the Bride and the New Line reboot of 1990s comedy House Party. 

Universal will open their animated dog comedy Strays on Friday, June 9, 2023. The studio already had dibs on the releases date; a weekend they’re sharing with Paramount’s Transformers: Rise of the Beasts. 

Kanye West has issued an apology to his ex Kim Kardashian after admitting to “harassing” her by posting their private communications on Instagram.The 44-year-old rapper, who shares four children with reality star Kim, shared a series of Instagram posts over the weekend slamming her boyfriend Pete Davidson and calling him a “dic*head.”The apology comes after the Donda rapper shared a screenshot of a direct message with Saturday Night Live star Pete warning the comedian that he would never get in the way of him and his children.While attending the Super Bowl with his children, Kanye found himself at the centre of scrutiny after he was booed by thousands of fans after his social media rant.Kanye has now deleted all of his posts, including those declaring that he will bring his family back together again, and shared another contemplating on his actions over the last few days.His apology reads: "I’ve learned that using all caps makes people feel like I’m screaming at them. I’m working on my communication.

Celebs Go Dating star Chloe Ferry looked phenomenal as she stripped down to her lingerie for a sultry bedroom snap.The reality star, 26, almost broke thermometers around the country as she put on a seductive display wearing her white three-piece underwater set.Pouring her curves into a lacy floral bra and matching knickers ensemble, Chloe, 26, casually sat on her bed surrounded by a large bouquet of flowers and Valentine's Day balloons.The Instagram babe posed up a storm as her luscious brunette locks tumbled over her shoulders effortlessly while she allowed some strands of her hair to sweep over her right eye.Chloe's makeup was applied to perfection and she made sure she added a light pink lipgloss to her pout.Showing off her toned pins, the business owner gave a tantalising look down the camera lens.Captioning the photo, Chloe gave her 3.7million followers some words of advice and penned: "Don’t settle for less the right one will come one day," followed by a love heart emoji.Fans of the star couldn't wait to share their thoughts on the alluring snap and rushed to the comment section to shower her with love.One follower commented: "You're so lucky to have a man to treat you like the princess you are x."Another said: "He will definitely come one day wearing that!!"A third chimed: "Wow you look absolutely stunning.""Holy hell Chloe you look amazing lass," a fourth added.Hours later Chloe took to her Instagram again to show off her large bouquet of Valentine's Day followers.The Big Brother babe gave her legions of fans insight into what she got up to with her boyfriend Johnny Wilbo during their romantic evening which was spent in a hotel.Chloe also went on to post a video of her beau wearing just his white boxers as she

fried eggs, poached eggs on toast, spicy sausage and egg naan, and Welsh rarebit.But one man took offence when the waitress told him they didn't do scrambled eggs and left a one star Google review while at the table with four female companions."Will only give you fried eggs on the breakfasts,” he raged, “which is great if you like them fried. If you like them cooked any other way, they’re too entitled to do something that every other breakfast-serving place in the country will do for you”.However, Kevan Pierrepont, who runs the business with his wife Jane, defended their decision and said it was the sense of entitlement that infuriated him.He told Nottinghamshire Live: "The waitress came over for some advice, saying he's thrown a bit of a tantrum because he can't have scrambled egg, which we don't do anymore."He threw the menu across the table.

cleaning hack for polishing mirror and glass windows and claims it works so well it is like a professional window cleaner has done the job. In a TikTok video, Mai @maizimmy explains her method and it's perfect for shorter people because it allows you to reach high spaces without climbing ladders.

Florida Georgia Line is going to be taking a bit of a hiatus.ET confirmed earlier this month that the country music duo — which includes Tyler Hubbard and Brian Kelley — are taking a break from recording music together, but they are not breaking up. The pair will continue to perform together for the remaining 12 shows in Florida Georgia Line's ongoing Kelley is set to kick off his in April and Hubbard is currently working on new music.Earlier this month, ET's Rachel Smith was at the opening of the band's exhibition, «Florida Georgia Line: Mix It Up Strong,» at the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum in Nashville, and she spoke with the pair about their future and what they hope to accomplish in the coming years.«I think we're just gonna keep doing our thing… and I think our perspectives changed over the last decade, you know, and we've become really passionate now, even more so, about the craft of songwriting and kind of serving and giving back to the community that's given so much to us, the songwriting community here in Nashville,» Hubbard shared.He added that both he and Kelley are interested in «really diving down that craft and just sort of taking it all in and investing in our family, and our friends and continuing to use all this to motivate and inspire the next chapter of our journey, musically.»And the two are still looking forward to the remaining shows on their tour.«We've got some shows this year, yeah, we've got what, 12 or 13 shows and big old festivals,» Kelley noted.

is set to howl once again — although a few familiar faces are going to be noticeably absent.Paramount+ revealed the cast list for the upcoming film revival of the popular MTV supernatural drama on Tuesday, and fans learned that some of the show's original stars would be returning to reprise their roles in, including Tyler Posey, Crystal Reed, Holland Roden, and Colton Haynes, among many others.However, a few of the show's biggest stars were not included in the announcement, including Dylan O’Brien, Arden Cho and Tyler Hoechlin. Their absences are particularly notable as O'Brien and Hoechlin were among the show's central characters.That being said, the release stated that additional cast members would be announced at a later date, so it's possible that some of the missing stars may sign on in the future.Meanwhile, Posey, Roden, Reed, and Haynes will be reprising their series roles alongside original cast members Shelly Hennig, Orny Adams, Linden Ashby, JR Bourne, Seth Gilliam, Ryan Kelley, Melissa Ponzio and Dylan Sprayberry.The press release teases of the movie revival, «A full moon rises in Beacon Hills, and with it a terrifying evil has emerged.

Drew Barrymore is putting herself out there in the dating world. The host of spoke with ET’s Nischelle Turner about just how many dates she goes on.“I love dating,” the 46-year-old says. “I think it can be very fun and I don’t do it very often.

Queen Elizabeth is out and about after a COVID-19 scare.

Taylor Swift‘s 2014 song ‘Shake It Off’ is to go ahead, a Los Angeles judge has confirmed.The case, brought forward by songwriters Sean Hall and Nathan Butler in 2017, alleges that Swift copied lyrics from the pair’s 2001 song ‘Playas Gon’ Play’, which they wrote for girl group 3LW.The case was originally dismissed in February 2018, but the decision was then overturned last October by an appeals court.Now, LA judge Michael Fitzgerald says that Hall and Butler “have sufficiently alleged a protectable selection and arrangement or a sequence of creative expression” and that the relevant parts of ‘Shake It Off’ that the pair have identified are “similar enough” to ‘Playas Gon’ Play’ for a court case to proceed.The lawsuit concerns the chorus of

Bruce Haring pmc-editorial-managerA Los Angeles federal court judge has decided that two songwriters who claim their lyrics were pilfered by Taylor Swift for her massive 2014 hit Shake It Off may have a case. US District Judge Michael Fitzgerald that songwriters Sean Hall and Nathan Butler “have sufficiently alleged a protectable selection and arrangement or a sequence of creative expression” and Swift’s “use as alleged is similar enough” to survive the motion to dismiss.Hall and Butler filed suit i 2017, saying the 2001 3LW recording Playas Gon’ Play, was the source of Swift’s lyrics on her Shake It Off.The 3LW song includes the lyrics “Playas, they gonna play, and haters, they gonna hate.” Swift’s song has the lyrics: “Cause the players