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The Michael Jackson Estate and Sony Music have reached an agreement to end a years-long false advertising lawsuit over the release of songs allegedly sung by an impersonator, Billboard reports. The settlement for the case, which was originally filed by Vera Serova, arrives as both sides awaited a decision from the California Supreme Court. “Regardless of how the Supreme Court may rule, the parties to the lawsuit mutually decided to end the litigation, which would have potentially included additional appeals and a lengthy trial court process,” Sony and the estate said in a statement to Billboard. Sony and the estate recently pulled three songs from Jackson’s posthumous 2010 album Michael from streaming platforms: “Breaking News,” “Monster,” and “Keep Your Head Up.” The statement noted that ...

Jamie Hewlett, the English animator and co-creator of Gorillaz, has announced an art book collecting his illustrations for Phoo Action and Get the Freebies. Phoo Action: Silver Jubilee includes an oral history of the Phoo Action TV show, adapted for a 2008 BBC pilot from the Get the Freebies comic published in culture magazine The Face in the 1990s. Co-authored by Gorillaz’s Mat Wakeham, the book collects the 12-part Get the Freebies comic in its entirety for the first time. It’s out in late fall via Z2 Comics. Check out the cover and preview pages below. “To say that I hold dear these characters and this property is an understatement,” Wakeham said in a statement. “This book is my open love letter to some of the funniest, most reprehensible, and inspired underground comics of the late 20t...

Bob Dylan’s legal team is seeking “monetary sanctions” against the lawyers who filed a lawsuit that alleged Dylan sexually abused a 12-year-old girl in 1965, Billboard reports and Pitchfork can confirm. Dylan’s lead attorney Orin Snyder wrote in a letter to a federal judge that the attorneys, Daniel W. Isaacs and Peter J. Gleason, “should not have brought this action—accusing [Bob Dylan] of a heinous crime—if they did not intend to responsibly litigate it.” The lawsuit was filed last year by a woman identified as J.C. She alleged that Dylan abused her in his room at the Chelsea Hotel in Manhattan when he was 23 or 24 years old. After the suit was filed, a spokesperson for Dylan called J.C.’s claims “untrue.” The lawsuit was dropped earlier this summer. Shortly before the lawsuit was droppe...

Michelle Branch says that she has separated from the Black Keys’ Patrick Carney, according to TMZ and People. The “Everywhere” singer-songwriter married the rock drummer in April 2019. The couple has two children, one of whom is six months old. Pitchfork has contacted representatives for Branch and Carney for comment. In a comment shared with both People and TMZ, Branch said, “To say that I am totally devastated doesn’t even come close to describing how I feel for myself and for my family. The rug has been completely pulled from underneath me and now I must figure out how to move forward. With such small children, I ask for privacy and kindness.” Carney’s most recent project with the Black Keys was May’s Dropout Boogie. He and Branch collaborated on a song for Bojack Horseman in 2017. Bran...