LADY GAGA SAYS PATRIZIA REGGIANA SENT A SWARM OF FLIES AFTER HER: Lady Gaga revealed in the latest issue of W that she thought Patrizia Reggiana sent a swarm of flies after her when House of Gucci wrapped. She told the magazine, “On the last day of filming, I was on the balcony of my apartment in Rome, and I was blasting Dean Martin singing ‘Mambo Italiano,’ and I had a cigarette hanging out of my mouth. I was Patrizia. But I knew I had to say goodbye to her: Large swarms of flies kept following me around, and I truly began to believe that she had sent them. I was ready to let her go.”
JUDGE HESITANT TO REOPEN 'DARK HORSE' COPYRIGHT CASE: Ninth Circuit judges expressed a reluctance to reverse a California judge who overruled a jury’s $2.8 million verdict in a Christian rapper’s copyright case against Katy Perry. Marcus Gray, known professionally as Flame, originally won his case, claiming that “Dark Horse” uses elements of his song, “Joyful Noise”. The ruling was overthrown in March 2020 by U.S. District Court Judge Christina Snyder, who wrote that, “It is undisputed in this case that the signature elements of the 8-note ostinato in ‘Joyful Noise’ is not a particularly unique or rare combination.” Law360 reports that during a hearing Tuesday (January 11th) Judge Richard R. Clifton admitted that he struggled “to figure out what the purported similarities were.”
SHAKIRA TAKES KIDS ON 'UNFORGETTABLE' TRIP TO DISNEY: Shakira recently took her two kids, 8-year-old Milan and 6-year-old Sasha on an “unforgettable” trip to Disney World. The 44-year-old singer captioned Instagram photos of their vacation with “unforgettable moments! We all need a little fantasy!”