NEWS LITE : NO SONG ROYALTIES FOR FORMER POP STARS.London's High Court rejected a claim Friday by three former members of the pop group Spandau Ballet Spandau Ballet were a popular English band in the 1980s. Initially inspired by a mixture of funk and synthpop, the genre-defining New Romantic group eventually mellowed into a mainstream pop act. As with their rivals Duran Duran they 'broke America', albeit briefly. for hundreds of thousands of dollars in royalties from the band's former songwriter. Judge Sir Hugh Sir Hugh is Child ballad 155. Synopsis Some boys are playing with a ball, in Lincoln. They accidentally throw it over the wall of a Jew's house (or castle). The daughter of the Jew comes out, dressed in green, and beckons to a boy to come in to fetch it. Park said he found it ``unconscionable'' for singer Tony Hadley, drummer John Keeble John Keeble (born 6 July 1959, London) is a British pop artist, who was the drummer with the 1980s New Romantic band, Spandau Ballet. He is married to 'Flea', and they have a daughter called Jaime (which can be used as both a male and female name, despite coming from the and sax player Steve Norman to claim large sums in royalties from Gary Kemp for songs he had written. The three argued they were entitled to a share of Kemp's earnings from the publishing rights to the band's string of 1980s hits, including ``True'' and ``Gold.'' They said they had a verbal agreement with Kemp that they would each receive one-twelfth of all the royalties from the songs. All three have struggled to build successful careers since the band folded, while Kemp and his brother, Martin, the group's bass player, have become successful actors. Calista's restrictions scotch `Today' talk Actress Calista Flockhart Calista Kay Flockhart (born on November 11, 1964) is an Emmy Award-nominated and Golden Globe-winning American actress, primarily on soap operas and television. She is perhaps best known for playing the title character of Ally McBeal (1997 - 2002). doesn't want to talk about weighty topics, so the ``Today'' show doesn't want to talk to her at all. The star of Fox's ``Ally McBeal'' backed out of a long-scheduled interview with the NBC NBC in full National Broadcasting Co. Major U.S. commercial broadcasting company. It was formed in 1926 by RCA Corp., General Electric Co. (GE), and Westinghouse and was the first U.S. company to operate a broadcast network. morning show when its producers refused a request not to talk about her weight. The ultra-thin actress has denied rumors that she has an eating disorder eat·ing disorder n. Any of several patterns of severely disturbed eating behavior, especially anorexia nervosa and bulimia, seen mainly in female teenagers and young women. . ``We never agree to restrictions on interviews,'' Allison Gollust, a ``Today'' spokeswoman, said Thursday. Flockhart had been booked on ``Today'' to promote her new movie. She also has appearances planned for next week on CBS' ``Late Show'' with David Letterman David Michael Letterman (born April 12, 1947, in Indianapolis, Indiana, U.S.) is an award-winning American comedian, late night talk show host, television producer, philanthropist, and IRL IndyCar Series car owner. and on ``The Rosie O'Donnell Show.'' Flockhart has answered questions several times about her weight ``and it always comes out the same,'' said Pat Kingsley Pat Kingsley is a publicist who worked for Tom Cruise for 14 years. Through her public relations firm, PMK, she has also represented Jodie Foster, Richard Gere, Courtney Love, and Al Pacino. External links
``We just said, `enough is enough,' '' she said. ``We're fed up with it, and we don't want to put her out there anymore.'' The Letterman and O'Donnell shows are different because they are entertainment, not news, shows, she said. Both shows readily agreed not to talk about her weight, even volunteering to stay away from the topic, Kingsley said. ``The `Rosie O'Donnell Show' is a talent-friendly show,'' spokeswoman Laura Mandel said, ``and if guests don't want to discuss something, it's OK with us.'' Doc quits Buffalo orchestra Doc Severinsen quit as pops conductor of the Buffalo (N.Y.) Philharmonic Orchestra in a dispute with management over marketing. Severinsen said Thursday he's unhappy with a plan by the orchestra's new executive director, Lawrence Ribits, to replace two outside marketing consultants with an in-house marketing director. ``I made it known with no punches held that I was very comfortable working with those women, and that it would probably not work well for me another way. In other words Adv. 1. in other words - otherwise stated; "in other words, we are broke" put differently , if it's working, don't fix it. ``From then on, it was a contentious situation between him and me. All I wanted was to do the job and have it be a success,'' Severinsen said in a statement. The former leader of the band on ``The Tonight Show'' is in his seventh year with the orchestra. Philharmonic executives said they were blindsided by Severinsen's decision. Students likely will sink final Richard Archer is going down with his ships this weekend. The Southern Illinois University Southern Illinois University, main campus at Carbondale; state supported; coeducational; est. 1869, opened 1874 as a normal school, renamed 1947. It has a center for archaeological investigation and a fisheries research laboratory. There is also a campus at Edwardsville. design professor will for the last time stand watch on Saturday over the Great Cardboard Boat Regatta, a motley outpouring of imagination and spectacular sinkings that he created 26 years ago as a final exam. Archer, 54, still revels in his creation. But after all these years, the man known as ``Arch'' says it's time to retire. As Regatta Day approaches, a steady stream of students enters his office to get the wall-size sheets of brown cardboard that will soon be transformed into sparkly spark·ly adj. spark·li·er, spark·li·est 1. a. Giving off tiny flashes of light; glittery: a dress with sparkly sequins. b. purple sea monsters and about 120 other contraptions destined des·tine tr.v. des·tined, des·tin·ing, des·tines 1. To determine beforehand; preordain: a foolish scheme destined to fail; a film destined to become a classic. 2. for the campus lake. Some will make it around the 200-yard course, powered only by muscles or the wind. Others, many others, will sink. ``I know that for every boat that makes it, a person has solved a thousand individual problems,'' he said. Picasso's daughter marries Paloma Picasso married her French boyfriend on Friday in a low-key service. The 49-year-old daughter of Pablo Picasso wed gynecologist gynecologist /gy·ne·col·o·gist/ (-kol´ah-jist) a person skilled in gynecology. gy·ne·col·o·gist n. A physician specializing in gynecology. Eric Thevennet at St. Ethelreda's Catholic Church in London, just three months after she divorced her husband of 26 years, Argentinian playwright Rafael Lopez-Cambil. In 1978, Picasso won a lengthy legal battle in France to be recognized as an heir to her father's estate. Her mother, Francois Gilot, never married the painter during their 10-year affair. CAPTION(S): 3 Photos PHOTO (1) Former members of the pop group Spandau Ballet, from left, Steve Norman, John Keeble and Tony Hadley, stand outside court. Tim Vickers/Associated Press (2) Paloma Picasso poses with her husband, Dr. Eric Thevennet. Michael Stephens/Associated Press (3) GEESE IN PEACE A Canada goose directs her newly hatched goslings downstream Friday at the Laurel golf course in Laurel, Mont. David Grubbs/Billings Gazette |
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