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 Janet Jackson says she’s considering signing with an independent music label to handle her future releases.
The singer, who ended her contract with Island Records in 2008, has expressed she wants to maintain control over the material she produces.
“All the major labels have called and they want to sit down and talk about me signing,” she told The Mirror. “But I need to figure out if that’s the route I want to take or if I want to do something more independent.”
She added that she is still weighing her options to decide what would be best for her career.
“The latter might be better, where I’d be able to call the shots when creating my own album. I haven’t decided,” she explained.
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 An appeals court has scheduled a hearing for lawyers for the father of Michael Jackson to argue that he deserves a role in decisions involving his son's multimillion dollar estate. The Second District Court of Appeal said Thursday the appeal by Joe Jackson would be heard on Oct. 6. In November, the elder Jackson challenged a ruling by a state judge that the estate would be run by attorney John Branca and music executive and family friend John McClain. The men had been designated in the singer's 2002 will to administer his estate. The will omitted Joe Jackson — in effect denying him any stipend or decision-making authority.
"I think it's an important issue for all fathers around the country and around the world that when their child dies they should have a say-so in their child's estate," said attorney Brian Oxman, who represents Joe Jackson. Attorney Howard Weitzman, who represents the estate, said the administrators were meeting all obligations to the beneficiaries named in the will. "As I've said before, Mr. Jackson's appeal is not well taken," Weitzman said. The singer's estate has earned tens of millions of dollars since the singer's death at age 50 in June 2009.
Joe Jackson is also pursuing a federal wrongful death lawsuit against Dr. Conrad Murray, who has pleaded not guilty to involuntary manslaughter in the singer's death. Authorities contend Murray, a cardiologist, gave the singer a lethal dose of the anesthetic propofol. The costs of the wrongful death lawsuit should be paid by Michael Jackson's estate, Oxman said. The estate is not a party to the lawsuit.
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Members of the original funk band War say they can't be friends with PepsiCo. They're suing the soft drink maker for more than $10 million, saying it did not negotiate with them to use their song "Why Can't We Be Friends" in a new commercial. Even if PepsiCo and its agencies got rights from the music's publishers or anyone else who owns them, attorney Ken Freundlich and his co-counsel Max Sprecher said the company should have negotiated with the artists too. In a lawsuit filed Wednesday in Los Angeles, some of the group's original members and a relative said they learned the 1975 hit was in the ad for Pepsi MAX only when the commercials launched in July. PepsiCo said in a statement it believes the lawsuit has no merit. "Pepsi has a long history of partnering with iconic celebrities and musicians and we value our relationship with the music and entertainment industry," the company, based in Purchase, N.Y., said in a statement Thursday.
A spokesman for ad agency TBWA/Chiat/Day declined to comment Thursday, referring all questions to PepsiCo. The ad is part of a campaign pushing the no-calorie Pepsi MAX. The spot with "Why Can't We Be Friends" is a remake of the company's "Diner" Super Bowl commercial from 1995, but this time Pepsi MAX is pitted against Coca-Cola's popular Coke Zero. In the original, one of the best loved commercials from Super Bowl XXIX, delivery drivers from the rival soft drink makers form a short-lived friendship in a diner over music. Backed by the song "Get Together" from The Youngbloods in 1995, and War's hit in this year's ad, the drivers sample each other's drinks and the Coca-Cola driver prefers the Pepsi product. In both ads, the friendship comes to an abrupt — and funny — end.
But the War members apparently weren't amused. They have asked for a jury trial and "confiscation of unlawful profits" in amount to be determined. Original members listed in the lawsuit are Harold Brown, Lee Oskar Levitin, Howard Scott, and Morris Dickerson. Laurian Miller, daughter of Charles Miller, is also a plaintiff. "Pepsi is selling its billion-dollar brand based on their voices and they have to pay for it," Freundlich said.
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 A former landlord for Michael Jackson, has filed a lawsuit against the late King of Pop’s estate, claiming executors ignored his creditor's claim to repair $234,000 ) in damages caused by the star.
In a 2009 creditor's claim, Aner Iglesias alleged that Jackson left his Las Vegas mansion in such disarray during his stay from 2008 to 2009, the phone and alarm systems needed to be replaced. The claim also included reports of further damage to the interior and exterior of the home, reports TMZ.com.
According to new documents filed in Los Angeles County Superior Court, executors for Jackson’s estate have yet to address the claims.
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