Coldplay’s ‘Strawberry Swing’ video hit with plagiarism claim

September 16th, 2009 WASHINGTON - Coldplay has reportedly reached a legal settlement with guitarist Joe Satriani over a plagiarism lawsuit. The band were served with a lawsuit by Satriani, who alleged the rockers lifted his 2004 instrumental, "I Just Wanna Fly," for the basic melody of "Viva La Vida".

September 14th, 2009 Ray Romano going to golf doctor for reality showNEW YORK — Comic Ray Romano is going to the golf doctor. The Golf Channel says the "Everybody Loves Raymond" star will be the focus of its new reality series, "The Haney Project." The series follows Tiger Woods' swing coach Hank Haney as he tries to improve the game of a celebrity.

September 13th, 2009 List of video music award winnersA partial list of winners of the MTV Video Music Awards. VIDEO OF THE YEAR: Beyonce, "Single Ladies (Put a Ring on It)." BEST FEMALE VIDEO: Taylor Swift, "You Belong With Me." BEST ROCK VIDEO: Green Day, "21 Guns." BEST POP VIDEO: Britney Spears, "Womanizer." BEST MALE VIDEO: T.I.

September 13th, 2009 Partial list of video music award winnersA partial list of winners of the MTV Video Music Awards. BEST FEMALE VIDEO: Taylor Swift, "You Belong With Me." BEST ROCK VIDEO: Green Day, "21 Guns." BEST POP VIDEO: Britney Spears, "Womanizer." BEST MALE VIDEO: T.I.

September 9th, 2009 MELBOURNE - While a new brewery is all set to open in Australia's Warnervale on the Central Coast, it is believed that more women would be hired as professional beer tasters, for they apparently make better tasters than men. With the opening of the new Bluetongue Brewery, almost 100 jobs will be created, out of which 10 and 15 will be of full-time beer tasters, and that too without any experience.

August 26th, 2009 MELBOURNE - Conspiracy theorists have claimed that Michael Jackson is not dead after reportedly getting access to an alleged video of the King of Pop. The video shows a man, allegedly MJ, jumping out of a coroner's van after his death.

August 21st, 2009 LONDON - Twilight author Stephenie Meyer has been accused of plagiarism by an American woman. Jordan Scott has alleged that the 2008 novel Breaking Dawn has a "striking and substantial similarity" to her 2006 fantasy The Nocturne.

August 11th, 2009 WASHINGTON - American TV mogul Oprah Winfrey has rubbished accusations of plagiarism and insists that she only came to know of the lawsuit filed against her when the 1-trillion-dollar lawsuit was dismissed by the court. A U.S. tabloid had alleged last week that author Damon Lloyd Goffe had filed a case against Winfrey for plagiarising his book A Tome of Poetry in her internet-published Pieces of My Soul.

August 5th, 2009 LONDON - Stephenie Meyer, author of Twilight, has been accused of plagiarism by Jordan Scott, author of 'The Nocturne.' In a cease and desist letter to the publishers of Meyer's 'Breaking Dawn', the fourth in the hit series, Scott has claimed that the 2008 novel bears a 'striking and substantial similarity' to her 2006 fantasy book 'The Nocturne'. Scott has accused Meyer of recreating specific scenes from her own vampire novel and using near-identical dialogue.

June 24th, 2009 Elisabeth Hasselbeck: No merit to plagiarism claimBOSTON — "The View" co-host Elisabeth Hasselbeck says a claim that she plagiarized parts of her best-selling diet book is "without merit." Hasselbeck defended her book "The G-Free Diet: A Gluten-Free Survival Guide" on Wednesday, speaking to the camera briefly just before the first break on the ABC daytime show. Susan Hassett, a self-published author on Cape Cod, alleges in the lawsuit filed in Massachusetts that Hasselbeck lifted content from her book on celiac disease "word for word." It doesn't cite specific examples.

June 23rd, 2009 'View' co-host Hasselbeck is accused of plagiarismBOSTON — Elisabeth Hasselbeck, a co-host of ABC's "The View," has been accused of plagiarism. A lawsuit in federal court in Massachusetts alleges that Hasselbeck lifted "word for word" content from a book on celiac disease written by a self-published author on Cape Cod.

June 16th, 2009 LONDON - Publisher of the Harry Potter books has blasted claims that author JK Rowling copied another writer while inking the fourth instalment of the series. Bloomsbury Publishing has thwarted allegations made by the estate of children's writer Adrian Jacobs, who passed away in 1997, in a legal action over alleged copyright infringement.

May 29th, 2009 LONDON - Rock band Coldplay's world tour has been struck by a string of bad lucks. Lead singer Chris Martin was forced to cancel a show in Saratoga Springs, New York, on May 27 after losing his voice.

May 22nd, 2009 WASHINGTON - Coldplay's Chris Martin has revealed that a plagiarism lawsuit against the band is working as an inspiration for him to ink better songs. The group were served with a lawsuit by musician Joe Satriani, who alleged the rockers lifted his 2004 instrumental, "I Just Wanna Fly," for the basic melody of "Viva La Vida".

May 9th, 2009 NYC cops to question Sutherland on head-butt claimNEW YORK — Police in New York City say Kiefer Sutherland is expected to turn himself in for questioning about a fashion designer's claim that the actor head-butted him at a nightclub. The star of Fox television's "24" could be charged with misdemeanor assault in the incident early Tuesday.