Taylor Swift submits statement to court in ongoing Shake It Off song-theft legal battle

Carol Vorderman told her 491,000 followers she believed the politician could perform well, particularly due to her educational background. The 61-year-old responded to a post on Twitter from political editor Theo Usherwood today, who tweeted: "Health Secretary Therese Coffey's phone alarm has just gone off live on @LBC. It's Dr Dre's hit, Still Dre."Sharing her thoughts, Carol replied: "OK so 2 things make me think that MAYBE JUST MAYBE @theresecoffey will be a blessing after the Boris years."She has a PhD in Chemistry, therefore, very bright and logical (yes I'm totally biased on subjects, the world does not need more lawyers)."She loves karaoke...

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READ NEXT: TV star Stephen Tompkinson 'battered a dad' so badly he was left with 'fractured skull' Appearing via a video link from an undisclosed location, Stephen entered his plea to the court and will now face a trial which is set to start in May 2023 and is likely to run for four days.The actor was accused of "unlawfully and maliciously" inflicting harm on his victim on May 2, 2021.A legal representative for Stephen said that he had been subjected to "salacious" reports.Adam Birkby continued: "It is very important for everyone to note, he has pleaded not guilty and the issue to be tried is one of self-defence."Judge Robert Adams granted Stephen bail and instructed him to remain in contact with his solicitor and to attend the court on the date of the trial.A pre-trial review will take place on February 24, although Stephen is not required to attend.Tompkinson confirmed he understood what he had been instructed to do before thanking the court following their conclusion.

National Lottery, confirmed on Wednesday morning that someone in the UK has come forward with a winning ticket for the draw on September 2.It was confirmed soon after the draw on Friday that the numbers winning numbers belonged to a UK buyer. Now that player has come forward for the big money cash prize.READ MORE: Gutted bloke regrets split with girlfriend before family win £61m on EuroMillionsOnce lottery chiefs validate the claim, the winner can begin to see pound signs in their eyes as an an appointment with one of Camelot’s Winners’ Advisers will be made for the payment.The National Lottery's Senior Winners’ Advisor Andy Carter, said: “This is absolutely incredible news and we’re delighted that we’ve received a claim.

beauty only wore black as she wanted to feel “hidden.”READ MORE:Plus size influencer tries on teeny 'doll' jumpsuit and is surprised by fitBut that has all changed.In a TikTok clip that has racked up thousands of views, Leah revealed her journey of finding her style on her own terms.“Watch me ditch the neutrals to blend in and find my style to stand out”, the influencer shared.Leah then revealed a series of snaps of her posing in black clothing with the odd sighting of a blue denim jean and white top.As she attempted to hide her body in the darker clothing, she finally took to the plunge into bolder coloured garments.From long blue floral dresses to a hot pink pant suit, Leah definitely has injected a pop of colour into her style.Along with her radiant smile, the plus size stunner posed in an array of colourful outfits - a far cry from her old dressing habits.Leah declared: “Black is slimming. F*** off!“Wear what makes you happy, I only ever wore black because it made me feel hidden.”In awe of Leah’s style transformation, many people fled to the comments to praise the influencer.One person commented: “Yessss! I love this.

Hollyoaks star Erin Palmer has taken to social media to share a glam behind the scenes snap with a special guest.The actress, who plays Ella Richardson in the Channel 4 soap, logged into her Instagram account recently to share a photograph posing next to Lioness Lauren Hemp.Footballer Lauren appeared in Hollyoaks last month following the Lioness' huge win at the Euros 2022.READ MORE: Hollyoaks autumn trailer teases Victor's return, death tragedy and killer exposedWhile on a break from filming, Erin and Lauren smiled for the camera.Erin donned a blue crop top and black leggings for her snap while Lauren donned a blue t-shirt and black shorts.The soap star penned alongside her post: "Amazing to meet the lovely @lauren_hemp I hope to see you again in the future."Unsurprisingly, Erin's social media update caught the attention of her thousands of followers, with some rushing to leave a message for the star in the comment section.One fan gushed: "Beautiful."Another added: "Nice photo."A third person posted posted a series of flame emojis. Erin is set to take centre stage in a gripping new storyline as her character Ella's personal photographs gets circulated online.After trying to impress her on-off boyfriend Charlie Dean (Charlie Behan) with a racy snap, she's left mortified when it gets leaked for the world to see.In upcoming scenes, she refuses to go to school and all eyes are on Charlie as he promises he didn’t leak them.

: “I don’t know her.” is currently being sued by Sean Hall and Nathan Butler, who wrote the song “Playas Gon’ Play” for former girl group 3LW, and as you may have guessed by the title, their chorus is lyrically very close to the chorus from Swift’s “Shake It Off." (If this sounds familiar, it’s because they also sued her in 2018, but the judge dismissed it—the lawsuit was reopened last year, .)But there’s no way could have copied the 3LW single because, as she said in her latest motion, she’d never heard it or even heard of it when she released “Shake It Off” back in 2014. As she explains in the motion, filed on August 6, she grew up listening almost exclusively to country music, rarely listened to the radio, and never watched TRL or MTV.

Taylor Swift is declaring that she did not infringe upon another song’s copyright, following the 2017 lawsuit by songwriters Sean Hall and Nathan Butler, insisting that the singer was copying their 2001 song Playas Gon‘ Play for her hit song ‘Shake It Off.’The 32-year-old musician, who was recently celebrating Selena Gomez’s 30th birthday, submitted a sworn declaration in which she states that she wrote her popular song “entirely” and had not heard the 2001 track before, in light of the accusations.“The lyrics to Shake It Off were written entirely by me,” Taylor said in her declaration. “Until learning about Plaintiffs‘ claim in 2017, I had never heard the song Playas Gon’ Play and had never heard of that song or the group 3LW.”Taylor also explained that it would have been impossible for her to know about the song, as her parents did not allow her to watch “(MTV’s countdown show) TRL until I was about 13 years old.”Her legal team detailed that some of the accusations can be easily seen as coincidence, as the similar phrases in both tracks, “players gonna play” and “haters gonna hate” were commonly used and Taylor might have heard them on the school playground without ever having to listen to the song.Taylor even said that she brought a “haters gonna hate” T-shirt from Urban Outfitters in 2013,” and these phrases were “akin to other commonly used sayings like ‘don’t hate the playa, hate the game,’ ‘take a chill pill,’ and ‘say it, don’t spray it’...

Taylor Swift is personally responding to a plagiarism lawsuit.

Taylor Swift has addressed a 2017 copyright lawsuit that claimed she stole the lyrics of her 2014 song ‘Shake It Off’.Writing in a federal court document filed yesterday (August 8), the popstar denied any copyright infringement, and claimed she’d “never heard” the song she is accused of plagiarising – 2001’s ‘Playas Gon’ Play’ by the American pop trio 3LW.In excerpts of the motion obtained by Billboard, Swift unequivocally rejected the accusation, writing that “the lyrics to ‘Shake It Off’ were written entirely by me”, before providing context around how they came to be included in the song.“In writing the lyrics, I drew partly on experiences in my life and, in particular, unrelenting public scrutiny of my personal life, ‘clickbait’ reporting, public manipulation, and other forms of negative personal criticism which I learned I just needed to shake off and focus on my music,” Swift wrote.Elsewhere in the motion, Swift spoke directly to the lyric in question, arguing that “players gonna play” and “haters gonna hate” were widespread aphorisms used throughout her childhood, “akin to … sayings like ‘don’t hate the playa, hate the game,’” and “‘take a chill pill’”.“I recall hearing phrases about players play and haters hate stated together by other children while attending school in Wyomissing Hills, and in high school in Hendersonville,” Swift said.Swift also cited the numerous uses of the phrase ​​in “many songs, films, and other works,” and referenced a 2013 performance in which she wore a T-shirt emblazoned with the term “haters gonna hate.”The lawsuit — filed by ‘Playas Gon’ Play’ songwriters Sean Hall and Nathan Butler — was dropped in 2018, but was later resurrected by an appeals panel the following year.

Chris Willman Senior Music Writer and Chief Music CriticTaylor Swift clearly believes she’s being played in court, as a declaration she filed to the judge in a “Shake It Off” plagiarism lawsuit laid out her contention that she never heard the song she’s accused of lifting, “Playas Gon’ Play,” until after she was made aware of the legal action.“The lyrics to ‘Shake It Off’ were written entirely by me,” Swift said in paperwork filed in response to the allegation from two songwriters that her 2014 smash infringed upon a single from the group 3LW that peaked at No. 81 on the Billboard Hot 100 in 2001.“Until learning about Plaintiffs’ claim in 2017, I had never heard the song ‘Playas Gon’ Play’ and had never heard of that song or the group 3LW,” Swift wrote in a filing first reported on by Billboard.

Taylor Swift wants to make something very clear: her 2014 hit “Shake It Off” was “written entirely” by her and no one else.