Friday, November 1, 2013

Friday Facts

More tour dates on rapper Kanye West's Yeesuz tour have been postponed after a car accident destroyed a custom video truss and a 60-foot LED light "central to the creative vision of the show" Wednesday. According to celebrity web site TMZ, West "refuses to compromise on bringing the show as designed to his fans". The tour will resume after the stage pieces are rebuilt. Rapper Drake has had his share of problems since hitting the road as well. Although he and fellow rapper Future have settled their differences, the tour has reportedly had production problems. A platform Drizzy uses during his set has been repaired and it appears that the tour will resume as scheduled. It appears that singer Robin Thicke's own works may work against him in  a still pending legal battle over his hit single "Blurred Lines". Back in August, Thicke filed a preemptive lawsuit denying that he and collaborators T.I. and Pharrell Williams stole the late singer's hit "Got To Give It Up". Now, Gaye's children Nona and Frankie have fired back with a counter suit against Thicke claiming that he admitted to stealing "Got To Give It Up" to make "Blurred Lines" , then changed his tune. In court documents, the family cites Billboard and GQ interviews where Thicke noted the 1977 singe as his "favorite of all time", and admitted to wanting to make "something with that groove". The family goes on to point out that he changed his story in September, telling TMZ that Gaye's music didn't inspire him to write "Blurred Lines". The suit further alleges that Thicke's "Love After War" copies Gaye's hit "After The Dance". Absent from the lawsuit filing was Marvin Gaye ///, who vowed to sue Thicke, but recently suffered kidney failure. The family denied Thicke's reported six-figure offer to keep the battle out of court, and is seeking profits and other damages from the hit single, which reached No. 1 in more than a dozen countries. Actress Kerry Washington will host "Saturday Night Live" tomorrow, which will feature musical guest Eminem. Fans can expect plenty of hilarious Django parities. In theaters: "Ender's Game", "Free Birds" and "Last Vegas". On the tube: "MasterChef" on Fox, "Undercover Boss" on CBS, "Last Man Standing" on ABC and "Why We (Heart) Vampires" on NBC. Make it a weekend!

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