ABC/Eric McCandlessBack in 2014, Katy Perry was sued over her smash hit “Dark Horse”: A Christian rapper claimed that she’d used the beat in his 2008 song “Joyful Noise” without permission. The copyright infringement trial started on Thursday, and Katy herself took the stand to testify…and even offered to sing. Billboard reports that when Katy’s lawyers tried to play “Dark Horse” in the courtroom, they couldn’t get it to work, prompting Katy to say, “I could perform it for you live.” Eventually, though, the song was able to be played.…
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Sam Smith asks "How Do You Sleep?" in new single & video
Capitol RecordsAs promised in a series of cryptic social media posts over the past two weeks, Sam Smith late Thursday night released his new single, “How Do You Sleep?,” and a video to go with it. The mid-tempo ballad has Sam calling out a lover for being untruthful to him. “Baby, how do you sleep when you lie to me?/All that shame and all that danger/I’m hoping that my love will keep you up tonight,” Sam sings in the chorus. The video opens with a pensive-looking Sam sitting listless and…
In new video, Billy Joel reveals favorite song to play, most meaningful lyric, craziest thing that's happened to him onstage
Miller Mobley for BillboardBilly Joel currently graces the cover of Billboard magazine. Now, in a video for the publication, he reveals his most meaningful lyric, the song he has to play every time, the artist he’d most like to jam with and the craziest thing that’s ever happened to him onstage — and the answers may surprise you. The Rock and Roll Hall of Famer tells Billboard that his favorite song to play in concert is “You May Be Right,” but what he considers to be his most meaningful lyric…
See Taylor Swift as Bombalurina, hear Jennifer Hudson sing "Memory" in new "CATS" trailer
Universal Pictures“I am a cat now and somehow that was everything.” That’s what Taylor Swift wrote as a caption as she posted the first official trailer for her new movie CATS on Instagram. It’s also posted on Twitter and YouTube. The trailer, which runs more than two minutes, gives us the first look at Taylor in character as Bombalurina: We see her lying in a hammock, sprinkling catnip from a sequined canister. We also see Judi Dench, Ian McKellen, Jason Derulo, Idris Elba, James Corden and Rebel Wilson all digitally…