Music
CHRIS BROWN GETS HIT WITH RESTRAINING ORDER; SOULJA BOY SAYS FIGHT IS
OFF LOS ANGELES (AP A judge has ordered Chris Brown to stay at least
100 yards away from his ex-girlfriend, Karrueche (kah-ROO'-chee) Tran,
after she accused him of threatening her. Tran said in court filings
Brown punched her in the stomach and pushed her down stairs a few years
ago. She says he repeatedly threatened her since December. The order
also calls for Brown to surrender any firearms until his March 9 court
hearing on the restraining order. Meanwhile, Soulja Boy says his
three-round boxing pay-per-view event against Brown has been canceled.
Soulja Boy says Brown's manager says Brown won't sign the contract. The
fight was to settle an online feud that began when Soulja Boy liked a
photo on Tran's Instagram. GRACE SLICK LICENSES SONG TO CHICK-FIL-A TO
OPPOSE THEIR POLITICAL STANCE NEW YORK (AP) Grace Slick has agreed to
let one of her songs be used in a commercial for a company she admits
she hates so she can prove a point. Slick writes in Forbes magazine she
has allowed Chick-fil-A to use the Starship song "Nothing's Gonna Stop
Us Now," even though she disagrees with the company's stance against
gay marriage. Slick says she will donate every dime she makes from the
commercial to Lambda Legal, a legal organization that works for LGBTQ
causes. Slick says she could have said no and Chick-fil-A would have
used someone else's song. Instead, she says she wanted to "take some of
their money, and pay it back. A Chick-fil-A representative could not be
reached for comment. GROUP CROWD-FUNDS DAVID BOWIE MEMORIAL LONDON (AP)
A group of artists and activists are trying to raise money to create a
memorial to David Bowie in the London neighborhood where he was born.
The three-story red-and-blue lightning bolt was inspired by Bowie's
"Aladdin Sane" album cover. It would go next to a mural of Bowie as
Aladdin Sane. One of the artists behind the idea, Charlie Waterhouse,
says the sculpture is meant to be "startling, stupid and utterly joyous
in equal measure. The group needs $1.25 million to build it. "LA LA
LAND" SONGWRITERS TELL STORIES BEHIND OSCAR-NOMINATED SONGS LOS ANGELES
(AP) The composers of the two songs from the film "La La Land" that are
nominated for the best original song Oscar never expected two of their
songs to be up for that award. "Audition (The Fools Who Dream)" and
"City of Stars" by Justin Hurwitz, Justin Paul and Benj Pasek are
nominated. Paul says "Audition" is a love letter for those who chase
dreams that make no sense but they put their whole life behind those
dreams. Pasek says writing the words for "City of Stars" was tough
because the song has such a simple melody but expresses both hope and
melancholy. He says the challenge was to come up with lyrics that
didn't "get in the way of the beautiful music. The Oscars are Sunday in
Los Angeles. SOUND: 008-a-16-(Justin Paul, songwriter, in AP
interview)-"me as well"-Songwriter Justin Paul says "Audition (The
Fools Who Dream)" from "La La Land" is meant to propel the story of Mia
in the film, but it works for so many other people who have big dreams.
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