Miley Cyrus - Cyrus Defends Stolen Song

LATEST: Teen star MILEY CYRUS has hit back at accusations she ripped off a Los Angeles band's song - because she doesn't write any of her own music.

Los Angeles band Lustra fired claims Cyrus' song Rockstar is a carbon copy of their Scotty Doesn't Know tune on Wednesday (14May08).

The band - whose track appeared on the soundtrack to 2004 movie Eurotrip - was alerted to Cyrus' song-similarities by fans, and has since determined the tunes are virtually the same, despite mismatching lyrics.

A spokesperson for Cyrus insists, "She doesn't write the songs - she sings them. We have referred this to Disney."

According to The New York Post, the band "is considering various options to rectify this situation".

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Spielberg, Reliance close to a deal

DreamWorks could find separate distribution deal

Steven Spielberg is "very likely" to close a deal soon for at least half of the $1 billion he wants to resurrect DreamWorks as a private company from the diversified Indian conglomerate Reliance ADA.


DreamWorks, which is operated by Paramount, may eventually strike a movie distribution deal with another studio once Spielberg secures financing. The Hollywood Reporter first reported Spielberg's search for a mix of equity capital and bank financing, as well as DreamWorks' search for a possible new distribution deal, on June 10.


A well-placed source said that the likely Indian deal could be consummated any time now, but the source added that there was a chance other suitors still could prevail in reaching an equity relationship with Spielberg.


Reliance's entertainment interests include India's largest theatrical chain Adlabs Cinemas, film production, animation, gaming, music and video distribution and FM radio among other ventures controlled via subsidiary Reliance Big Entertainment.



Nyay Bhushan in New Delhi contributed to this report.

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Kanye West Praises Lil Wayne

Kanye West has praised fellow US rapper Lil Wayne for his success in the last week, after he sold over a million copies of new album 'Tha Carter III'.

West produced two songs on the record - 'Comfortable' and 'Let The Beat Build' - and said of Wayne, "Bow in the presence of a true living legend in hip-hop. Lil Wayne the God."

It looks like Wayne's run at the top of the US Billboard album charts won't last for long however, as midweek figures suggest Coldplay will be reaching the number one position for 'Viva La Vida'.

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OST Passengers

   
Artist: OST Passengers

   Genre(s): 
Soundtrack
   

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 Passengers

   Year: 1995   
Tracks: 14

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Chelsea on Barack -- Silent But Deadly

With her mom out of the running, we wanted to know if Chelsea Clinton was pulling for Barack -- and it's what she didn't say that spoke volumes.

It's not like she's going to vote for McCain or anything -- so why not back Barack?






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LYFE JENNINGS

Lyfe Change (Columbia): A-

In a sea of generic, sleazeball r&b, Jennings warrants a category all his own. His third effort features earthy production and well-timed guest spots from Wyclef Jean, Snoop Dogg and T.I., but the real strength is his raspy-voiced honesty and insight. Countless r&b artists happily confine themselves to overworked themes of sex and materialism, but Jennings eschews explicit content to tackle real-life situations involving love, loss, family and the AIDS epidemic. You get the distinct feeling that his decade behind bars prior to stardom helped him realize the value of freedom and gave him the determination to make full use of it. Download: “Warriors.”

‘Rupaul’ s Drag Race,’ Not Yet On Air, Already Online

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Delta takes America

IT'S taken several years, a new record company and lots of hard work, but Delta Goodrem is finally being heard loud and clear in the crowded American music market.
And just a month out from the US release of her self-titled hit album, the noise surrounding the Sydney singer could not be better. Touted as "the biggest thing to come out of Australia's music scene since Olivia Newton-John", Goodrem was selected to flaunt her new-found profile for the cover of Vegas magazine's fifth anniversary edition and will headline the title's extravagant birthday bash this weekend. Posing in a sexy cowgirl outfit, Goodrem joins world-famous beauties Giselle Bundchen, Heidi Klum and Eva Longoria as a Vegas covergirl, ahead of her scheduled performance in front of Hollywood's elite at leading hotel The Palazzo on Saturday night. Signing with major US label Mercury four months ago is paying dividends for the persistent performer, who is being championed by powerful former Sony honcho David Massey. And according to music industry bible Billboard, Massey "means business" with project Delta force. "Oz chart topper In This Life is an ideal vehicle to fuel horsepower ... showcasing a vocal that illustrates incomparable prowess - not to mention Goodrem's media-friendly persona," a Billboard critic raved about the singer last month. "The world knows Delta on a first time basis. It's high time America got with the program."

DJ Die

   
Artist: DJ Die

   Genre(s): 
Drum & Bass
   

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Discography:


   
 DJ Die-FCY071

   Year: 2004   
Tracks: 2

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The fall in of one of drum'n'bass' leading promoters, that of Full Cycle Records, is dancing guru DJ Die. Having been fade and dicing since the early '90s, DJ Die aquiline up with Roni Size and DJ Krust in 1993 and one by one gestural the musicians to Full Cycle in 1993. The changing face in saltation music was on its elbow room to becoming good and respondent to the current fads and circuit around the U.K. dancing scene, specifically in and around their native Bristol.


Throughout the '90s, DJ Die maintained Full Cycle while producing and remixing for electronica newcomers like Suv, Bill Riley, and J-Raq. He too became a familiar brass patch working with Roni Size in the projects of Reprazent and Breakbeat Era. Countless singles were too released end-to-end the 10, but the unexampled millenary power saw the control surface of the pinch-hitting tag compendium Full Cycle: Through the Eyes: Presented by Die.





Corrosion Of Conformity

Aniston sets up production company

Jennifer Aniston has set up a new production company with her business partner Kristin Hahn.
Variety reports that the company is called Echo Films and has a 'first-look' production deal with Universal Pictures.
Most of the projects on Echo Films' books are to be developed as starring roles for Aniston.
Commenting on her new company, Aniston said: "We're drawn to stories about people finding their voice and finding their way because they help us as listeners and viewers do what we feel we're all trying to do, which is making sense of our lives through the stories of others."
She continued: "That's why we chose the name Echo, to echo back an idea, a challenge, something that resonates through all of us."

LiveDaily Song of the Day: Earlimart - "Song For"

Today's Song of the Day is by Earlimart [ tickets ]. The featured cut is "Song For," which appears on their July 1st release, "Hymn and Her."