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An appeals court has reversed a case involving the Andy Warhol Foundation and a series of images of rock star Prince. The issue dates to 2017, when the Warhol Foundation sued rock photographer Lynn Goldsmith. She had notified the Foundation about a copyright issue because Warhol used a photo of Prince she took in…

The estate of the late artist Prince has released a handwritten note from him a day before what would have been the Minneapolis native’s 62nd birthday. Taken from his personal archives, the note reads: “Nothing more ugly in the whole wide world than INTOLERANCE (between) Black, white, red, yellow, boy or girl…

Prince’s former home in Beverly Hills is for sale, while the Playboy Mansion’s famed grotto has been drained as that iconic landmark undergoes major renovations. The Prince home was rented by the late Minneapolis-based singer from basketball star Carlos Boozer. He promptly redecorated to his taste, covering the…

On the eve of his highly anticipated return to Saturday Night Live, Eddie Murphy stopped by The Tonight Show to share a few stories from his past and clear up some rumors. The Dolemite Is My Name star sat down with Tonight host — and fellow SNL alum — Jimmy Fallon on Friday night and the two quickly started talking…

It was a week filled with likes and dislikes, both undiscovered, unnamed and underscored. Prince revealed that he couldn’t stand how radio kept pushing artists he didn’t like, while Kanye West indicated he was no fan of a certain social media service. Meanwhile, indie musicians indicated their displeasure with Amazon…

President Donald Trump proved yet again that he holds grudges like most people hold favorite childhood memories, and few things needle Trump more than non-fan celebrities: At a rally Wednesday in Minneapolis, he took on Beyoncé, Jay-Z and Bruce Springsteen, for some reason calling the 5-foot-10 (or so; estimates vary)…

The estate of Prince is objecting to the use of the late singer’s music at President Donald Trump’s campaign rally in Minneapolis on Thursday, claiming that his representatives last year said that they would not play any of his songs at future events. “President Trump played Prince’s ‘Purple Rain’ tonight at a…

Legal and ethical hassles dominated the music industry’s attention this week, as trials and tribulations made headline news. In the biggest outcome, the integrity of Prince's recorded music legacy has been upheld in a lawsuit filed by his estate against Eye Records, which is described as a "bootleg label dedicated to…

Random House will release the Prince memoir The Beautiful Ones on Oct. 29, the publishing house announced today. The 288-page book will feature an introduction by Dan Piepenbring, a contributor to The New Yorker. The pub date announcement comes just a day after the three-year anniversary of the Purple Rain singer’s…

Universal Pictures has picked up the rights to some of Prince’s classic songs, which will be the backdrop to a narrative feature. No word on what songs will be used and the studio is affirming that the film is not a Prince biopic. Atom Factory's Troy Carter, the entertainment advisor of Prince's estate will executive…

Ava DuVernay directed the film that opened the Smithsonian's National Museum of African-American History and Culture in Washington, D.C., back in 2016, and now the 13th and Selma helmer is aiming for another type of history with a documentary about Prince for Netflix. "Prince was a genius and a joy and a jolt to the…

EXCLUSIVE: Paramount Players has optioned Chris Lee’s Daily Beast story When Prince Made a Chambermaid His Queen for a Day. Elizabeth Banks plans to star in Queen For A Day, and she is producing it with Max Handelman through their Brownstone banner along with Josh Stolberg and David Klawans. Scott Neustadter & Michael…