Cali judge helps Taylor Swift take lawsuit and shake it off
Also in Tattle: J-Laws dating woes, Bieber Mode and more
IN THE CRAZY world of popular music, where half the hit songs on iTunes already sound like each
other, a California judge threw out a suit yesterday against Taylor Swift.
This is America. No one sues Taylor Swift and gets away with it.
The plaintiff was musician and occasional ripoff claimant Jessie Braham, who, according to Billboard, accused Taylor of stealing the lyrics for the ubiquitous "Shake It Off" from his tune "Haters Gonna Hate."
U.S. District Court Judge (and "1989" fan) Gail Standish didn't buy it, and her opinion had Braham seeing "Red."
"At present, the Court is not saying that Braham can never, ever, ever get his case back in court," Standish wrote, per CNN. "But, for now, we have problems, and the Court is not sure Braham can solve them."
"As currently drafted, the Complaint has a blank space - one that requires Braham to do more than write his name. And, upon consideration of the Court's explanation . . . Braham may discover that mere pleading BandAids will not fix the bullet holes in his case. At least for the moment, Defendants have shaken off this lawsuit."
* In a barely related note, Tattle listened to Ryan Adams' version of Taylor's "1989" yesterday while driving the Jersey Turnpike.
It's good. Some of the reworkings don't work but "I Wish You Would" and "Wildest Dreams" sounds like Ryan wrote them.
J-Date?
Oh, boo hoo. Just in time for the final installment of "The Hunger Games,"
Jennifer Lawrence
told
Vogue
magazine that she can't get a date.
It's hard being a young, rich, smart, funny, beautiful woman.
"No one ever asks me out," J-Law said.
"I am lonely every Saturday night. Guys are so mean to me," she added (in third grade).
"I know where it's coming from, I know they're trying to establish dominance, but it hurts my feelings. I'm just a girl who wants you to be nice to me. I am straight as an arrow.
"I feel like I need to meet a guy, with all due respect, who has been living in Baghdad for five years who has no idea who I am."
Uh, Jen. They know who you are in Baghdad. And the ones who don't are going to want you to cover your face.
News of Jennifer's singleness brought out the date-seeking tweeters who bombarded @JLawDaily with their 140-character public displays of affection.
Time magazine, however, reported that @JLawDaily isn't Jennifer's Twitter account because she doesn't have one.
"I will never get Twitter," she told the BBC. "I'm not very good on phone or technology. I cannot really keep up with emails, so the idea of Twitter is so unthinkable to me."
In the Vogue interview, Lawrence also says that anti-gay marriage clerk Kim Davis makes her embarrassed to be from Kentucky.
Well then, she's probably not going to be too fond of Matt Bevin, Kentucky's new governor.
TATTBITS
* While
Sylvester Stallone
was in Philly to promote "Creed," he sat down for an all-things "Rocky" one-on-one with
Ukee Washington
, which airs tonight at 5 on "Eyewitness News."
* If you're a parent of a teen girl, you may want to get out of the house today.
Justin Bieber ("Purpose") and One Direction ("Madde in the A.M.") are both dropping new CDs.
Bieber is also promoting his new disc in a new way.
He's teamed with Lyft, the ridesharing company, to give fans a deal on "Purpose."
Through Lyft's "Bieber Mode," fans can buy "Purpose" for $5 when they take at least a $5 Lyft ride.
Tattle doesn't care how cheap "Purpose" is.
We're not getting in any strange car that shows up in "Bieber Mode."
What is that? When you drive 80 miles an hour through a gated community?
- Daily News wire services
contributed to this report.
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