When you’re as successful as Taylor Swift, nuisance lawsuits are a common occurrence. But apparently, being sued can sometimes be an absolute pleasure – so long as you win the case, and your judge happens to be an amateur song parodist with a sharp sense of humor. The story goes: Taylor was being sued for $42 million by a man named Jessie Braham, who claims that Taylor stole the lyrics for “Shake It Off” from his 2013 song “Haters Gonna Hate.” The case was dismissed today in a fashion that will surely be appreciated by fans of Swifty: “At present, the Court is not saying that Braham can never, ever, ever get his case back in court,” reads the dismissal order from US Magistrate judge Gail J Standish. “As currently drafted, the Complaint has a blank space — one that requires Braham to do more than write his name. “And, upon consideration of the Court’s explanation in Part II, Braham may discover that mere pleading Band-Aids will not fix the bullet holes in his case…At least for the moment, Defendants have shaken off this lawsuit.” Oh, snap! Looks like Taylor’s not the only who can dole out epic burns in song form. Sadly, the judge didn’t actually sing the verdict, but we get the feeling the result would have been as hilariously stiff as presidential candidate Martin O’Malley’s rendition of “Bad Blood.” View Slideshow: Taylor Swift Instagram Photos: This Singer Has Style!
Justin Timberlake didn't bring sexy back at the 2015 Country Music Awards . Instead, the pop singer went a little bit country for the occasion, teaming up with Chris Stapleton at Nashville’s Bridgestone Arena to duet on “Tennessee Whiskey” and “Drink You Away.” And Mr. Jessica Biel proved to be quite the good luck charm for the up-and-coming country singer, as Stapleton went on to win New Artist of the Year, Male Vocalist and Album of the Year. Timberlake and Stapleton have known each other for years, with news of their unexpected performance breaking on Monday. The former boy band member Tweeted a photo from rehearsals at the time, writing “honored to share the stage with this BADASS. Wed night. Memphis x Nashville,” to which Stapleton replied: “The feeling couldn’t be more mutual #nashvilletnkids.” And just how impressive were these musical superstars? They actually earned a shout-out in Miranda Lambert's acceptance speech for Best Female Vocalist. “I'm just gonna keep it short, but Justin Timberlake and Chris Stapleton, thank you very much. I'm gonna go home and practice,” the country music sensation said of her fellow artists. Stapleton released hid debut solo album in May. Prior to going out on his own, he wrote singles for such singers as Kenny Chesney, Tim McGraw, Luke Bryan and Adele. That's quite the resume. And this was quite the duet. Watch Timberlake and Stapleton team up on “Tennessee Whiskey” and prepare to be blown away.
Following a one-week World Series hiatus, Fox’s smash hit returned last night and Empire Season 2 Episode 6 certainly didn’t disappoint. There was no World Series of cage-fighting between Lucious and Cookie this week, though, as they were forced to put their feud on hold. Watch Empire Season 2 Episode 6 Online If you watch Empire online , you know how that goes: Lyons stick together, but only to a point, as alliances are quickly formed and broken. In the wake of Hakeem’s kidnapping, however, there was no time for their usual gripes or threats of violence. Against each other, anyway. “High Hope for a Low Heaven” surprised us by answering and handling the question of ‘Keem’s disappearance in a most unexpected way. Lucious and Cookie secured his release awfully fast, leaving the fallout – and Bryshere Y. Gray’s unreal performance – as the focal point. Never before have we seen the brash young rapper so raw, so vulnerable and so lost as when he was helping his girl group with their track. When it came time to do his verse with Mirage a Trois, something was deeply wrong in his head. We didn’t know what exactly. Nor did he. Anxiety? Fear? PTSD? An unknown medical condition triggered by the trauma he’d been through? Unclear, but the impact was profound. It came as little surprise, then, that when Cookie’s “promoter” Laz talked her into hiring ‘Keem’s assailants as her bodyguards, he lost it. Seeing it as an opportunity to exact revenge, he pulls a gun on the crew, leading Cookie to desperately plead with and console her son. “If you pull the trigger you’re going to force me to step in front of the bullet,” she begs her youngest. “I’d rather die than lose you again.” Vintage Cookie. As much as Hakeem wants to be the tough guy – and as much of a hard-ass as his mom is – cooler heads can still prevail. Cookie and Laz, meanwhile, maul each other passionately by the end of the night, which we might have been psyched about, until the twist: Laz sports the same tattoo of a cow skull on his back that the thugs who abducted Hakeem had, meaning he has some nefarious motives. Meanwhile on Empire Season 2 Episode 6, born again Andre is working the gospel into the A&R of Gutter Life Records, and with aplomb. It seemed at first like ‘Dre was out of his mind with this, but he may have just found a kindred, Christian rap spirit in Gutter Life’s J Poppa. Who, we might add, makes a hot couple with Becky. We did not see that side plot coming whatsoever, but hope to see more of it for sure! Jussie Smollett was once again the unsung backbone of the episode, as his latest song “Never Love Again” may be one of his best to date. Jamal is a powerful character who can command every scene even from the periphery, and Smollett’s voice plays a major role in that power. Lyons have pride, as we saw with his insistence on not being marketed as a gay artist, but they also have talent, loyalty and empathy. Andre and Jamal both stepped up in a big way to help Hakeem make his way on stage at the end, proving that family is still everything. View Slideshow: Empire Cast: Did You Know…?
Jimmy Kimmel got involved with some cross-promotion on ABC last night. Soon after the 2015 Country Music Awards aired on that network, the talk show host treated viewers to another edition of celebrities reading mean Tweets about themselves . This time, however, only country music stars were invited to read really cruel stuff aloud to the studio audience and millions watching at home. There was Carrie Underwood, for example, laughing over @thainfamous 365 writing about her: “Didn’t really like da carrie underwood concert seem do dull it had no excitement bring bcd da soccer team.” Ouch! We guess! Good luck making sense of that message. Darius Rucker also proved to be a good sport, sharing a Twitter user’s criticism that read: “Some of my best friends are black but Darrius rucker sucks ass.” According to a Tim McGraw critic, meanwhile, the artist’s new song was more embarrassing than one’s mother finding one’s penis pump, to which McGraw shot back to the user: “Reggie, you need to move out, man!” Even Willie Nelson got in on the Mean Tweets act, going over out a message that suggested marijuana clearly works wonders because Nelson is still alive and he simply won't die. “You got it!” he replied, with a big, knowing grin on his face. As for what made Rascal Flatts laugh uncontrollably? As for who else was the target of pointed, misspelled criticism? Watch and prepare to LOL many times over now:
Carrie Underwood and Brad Paisley opened up the 2015 CMA Awards with another humorous monologue at their fellow stars' expense. They began by musicially riffing on everything that's “Cray Cray” in Hollywood, including Caitlyn Jenner and Josh Duggar (seriously). “Things are cray crazy, this world has gone bat poop cray cray,” Paisley sang. “McDonald's breakfasts all day now, Bruce Jenner's a babe now.” And, bat poop cray cray-est of all, “Trump's leading in the polls.” “You know what else is cray cray,” Paisley then continued. “How many famous couples have broken up this year! From Ben Affleck to Jennifer Garner, to Halle Berry and what's his name.” “Of course, we can't ignore the breakup that really rocked our world, the one that's on everybody's mind, two people in this very room.” The camera panned to Kermit and Miss Piggy in the crowd. “We love you both and just want you to be happy,” Carrie Underwood interjected. “On a completely unrelated topic: Howdy Blake!” Blake Shelton then waved, laughed and grinned. “Have you heard that duet that Blake did with Ashley Madison,” he then joked, confusing the cheating site with singer Ashley Monroe. Monroe is a longtime friend of Miranda Lambert, Blake's ex-wife, and a singer-songwriter in her own right who has worked with both. Carrie and Brad then sang a song about Ashley Madison, ending the tune with the lyrics, “Your cheatin' site will tell on you, Josh Duggar!” LOL. Any Duggar family-related humor making its way into a national television awards show is an instant winner in our book. Notably, during the monologue, cameras never panned to Lambert, who went on to win Female Vocalist of the Year as usual.
Adele is on the cover of Rolling Stone, because she’s the biggest fucking act in the world, which would be offensive, or disgusting if she wasn’t knocking Taylor Swift off her undeserved throne. You see Adele, despite not being very hot…sings songs that people actually connect to…with a voice that is more than some vapid cunt talking her lyrics about boys being jerks..or whatever Taylor Swifts low hanging fruit cash grab is… I don’t know Adele or anything about Adele, I just know she’s not in the media all the time, she’s not doing stage shows featuring anyone and everyone of interest…like she’s running some kind of variety show…latching onto anyone with an audience… I just know fuck Taylor Swift…she’s garbage and must be taken out…. She did an extensive interview HERE that I didn’t read…but I did see this….and based on her body…it’s shocking … “I’m not, like, skipping to the fucking gym. I don’t enjoy it. I do like doing weights. I don’t like looking in the mirror. Blood vessels burst on my face really easily, so I’m so conscious when I’m lifting weights not to let them burst in my face. And if I don’t tour, you’ll catch me back down at the Chinese!” I guess it’s just unfortunate that they didn’t do a photoshoot of her balancing a champagne glass on her fake ass implant…or that the shoot wasn’t her and the Jenners having a garden party in lingerie…isn’t that what the people want? via ROLLING STONE The post Adele Wet for Rolling Stone and It Didn’t Break My Anything but Taylor Swift’s Ego of the DAy appeared first on DrunkenStepfather .
Ellen DeGeneres may typically host a show that finds celebrities laughing, having a good time and occasionally being very scared . But Gwen Stefani made the program a tad dramatic for a few minutes during today's taping. The former No Doubt frontwoman took center stage on Ellen, performing the track “Used to Love You” in front of cameramen and the studio audience. Stefani unveiled the new track a few days ago, with most listeners assuming it was written with ex-husband Gavin Rossdale in mind. The couple divorced this summer after 13 years of marriage. They seem to be on amicable terms, despite rumors that Rossdale pulled a Ben Affleck and cheated on Stefani with a nanny . The artist, meanwhile, has hilariously been linked to Blake Shelton. A recent tabloid story even alleged she and her fellow Voice panelist are planning a wedding , which may not exactly be accurate. We wouldn't start buying a new suit or a new dress if we were the loved ones of these stars, that's for sure. A guy and a girl are allowed to work together without being romantically involved, after all. We may be digressing, huh? Where were were?!? Stefani, of course, has not uttered a word about the single; she certainly hasn't confirmed talk that it was written with Rossdale in mind. She's just singing the lyrics and that's it. But watch the following video. Look at it closely, readers. Check out the emotion that pours forth from the beautiful singer. It's pretty hard to believe this isn't a personal ballad, wouldn't you say?
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