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Robin Thicke and Paula Patton 'mutually' decide to split

blank@dconl.com (Laura Boles) — Mon, 24 Feb 2014 00:00:00 -0500

Robin Thicke and Wife Paula Patton have separated.
The couple broke the news to PEOPLE on Monday citing, “We will always love each other and be best friends, however, we have mutually decided to separate at this time.”

Thicke and Patton were high school sweethearts and married in 2005. The couple welcomed their first child, son Julian, in April 2010.
We’re not sure if Thicke’s recent canoodling session with a female in a club had anything to do with the separation.
We wish them the best!

Source: Singersroom

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'Blurred Lines' composers sue over Marvin Gaye, Funkadelic songs

blank@dconl.com (Laura Boles) — Fri, 16 Aug 2013 20:56:02 -0400

The composers of the hit song "Blurred Lines" have preemptively sued the owners of songs by late soul singer Marvin Gaye and funk band Funkadelic, asking a California federal court to rule that the chart-topping track does not violate any copyrights.

"Blurred Lines," released in March by R&B singer Robin Thicke, rapper T.I. and singer-producer Pharrell Williams, is the second-best selling song track this year with more than 4.6 million copies sold in the United States.

The lawsuit, which was filed in U.S. District Court in Los Angeles late on Thursday, alleges that the owners of Gaye's 1977 hit "Got to Give It Up" and Funkadelic's 1974 song "Sexy Ways" have threatened legal action over copyright infringement if the composers of "Blurred Lines" do not pay a monetary settlement.

"Being reminiscent of a 'sound' is not copyright infringement. The intent in producing 'Blurred Lines' was to evoke an era," the lawsuit states.

Thicke's raunchy, percussive R&B song sung in a falsetto has reached No. 1 on the song charts around the world including the United States, Britain and Germany. Its official video on YouTube has also been viewed more than 140 million times.

The lawsuit asks the court to declare that "Blurred Lines" does not infringe on either "Sexy Ways" or "Got to Give It Up" and that the owners of the songs do not have standing to later sue.

"Sexy Ways," written by George Clinton and Grace Cook, is owned by Bridgeport Music Inc. "Got to Give It Up" is owned by Gaye's children, Frankie Christian Gaye, Marvin Gaye III and Nona Marvisa Gaye.

Clinton, leader of the Parliament-Funkadelic funk collective, supported the "Blurred Lines" composers on Twitter and criticized Bridgeport Music head Armen Boladian.

"No sample of #Funkadelic's 'Sexy Ways' in @RobinThicke's 'Blurred Lines' - yet Armen Boladian thinks on Thursday.

A message left by Reuters with Bridgeport Music was not immediately returned. Gaye's children could not immediately be reached for comment.

Source: Reuters

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Robin Thicke To Experiment With Country, Gospel & Christmas Albums

blank@dconl.com (Laura Boles) — Sun, 11 Aug 2013 09:29:39 -0400

Robin Thicke is ready to do something different with his music. The singer, whose "Blurred Lines" has dominated airways in recent weeks, is already thinking about his next four albums.

He told Billboard magazine: "I want to get right into the studio. I want to make a country album, a Christmas album, a gospel album. I'm like finally! I'm ready to make four albums right now."

"Blurred Lines" topped the charts in its first week and debuted at number one after selling 177,000 copies following its July 30 release, becoming the first chart-topper for the singer.

But Thicke wasn't very cofident about the record.

"I went into the album with all kinds things in my head like, 'Why didn't my last album sell? How come?'

"I guess I need to freshen it up. I need to take some chances. I need to do something new ... So I did want to push the boundaries and work with some hitmakers to see if they could help me and luckily it all worked out.

"But the good thing is I didn't have to change who I am and what I like. And I almost did. I sang a couple songs I would not have been proud of if I released them."

The R&B singer has been criticised for the lyrics in "Blurred Lines" as well as its racy music video, which sees topless girls frolicking around with Robin and guest vocalists Pharrell Williams and T.I., but he has insisted the track is actually meant to empower women.

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