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The Supreme Court heard a consequential copyright case on Wednesday, having to do with whether Andy Warhol’s estate owes a photographer a licensing fee for basing his portraits on Prince on one of her works. A moment that stood out, however, was when Justice Clarence Thomas, posing a hypothetical to…

Dave Chappelle may have garnered an Emmy nomination last week for his controversial The Closer special, but today the comic was booted out of one of Minneapolis’ most storied venues for his often-wounding take on the transgender community. Mere hours before the Mark Twain Prize winner was set to step on to the stage…

WCCO Minneapolis recently struck gold when an employee went to pull archival footage for a story about local teachers’ strike. Production Manager Matt Liddy was looking at features of local landmarks in a 52-year-old film reel when he saw what he believed was a familiar face. Without revealing his guess, he showed the…

Alamo Drafthouse is partnering with distributor FilmRise to bring Prince's concert film Sign O' The Times back to the big screen for its 35th anniversary. The new 4K presentation will run at 24 locations in New York, LA and nationwide starting April 1. (See trailer below.) "Sign O' The Times is, without a doubt, one…

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…