The Star Online: Entertainment: Music
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| Second bank sues Mary J. Blige for default Posted: 07 Feb 2013 10:24 PM PST LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - R&B star Mary J. Blige was hit with a lawsuit on Thursday alleging the Grammy-winning singer had defaulted on a US$500,000 loan - the second such legal action against her in three months. According to the lawsuit filed by Bank of America in New York State Supreme Court, Blige took out the loan in 2005 and stopped making re-payments in June 2012. Bank of America said Blige, who has sold more than 50 million albums worldwide, now owes US$511,324 in principal and interest on the loan, which it is seeking to recoup. Blige's publicist did not respond to request for comment on the latest lawsuit, which was follows legal action in November 2012 by Signature Bank over an alleged default on a US$2.2 million bank loan by the singer and her husband. The Family Affair singer's charity, The Mary J. Blige and Steve Stoute Foundation for the Advancement of Women Now, was accused in 2012 of mishandling funds and cheating scholarship students. Blige has attributed the problems at the charity to a former staffer at the foundation and pledged to make sure that grants and scholarships are paid out to send young women to college. |
| Kylie Minogue joins Jay-Z's music label Posted: 07 Feb 2013 10:14 PM PST NEW YORK (Reuters) - Australian Grammy-award winning singer Kylie Minogue, whose hits include Come Into My World, moved to rapper Jay-Z's Roc Nation music label, the company said on its website. Minogue (pic) left British label EMI, which had been taken over by Universal, last year and parted with her longtime manager, Terry Blamey, last month after 25 years together. She joins Rihanna, Shakira, MIA and other artists at the New York-based entertainment company which will increase her presence in the United States. Jay-Z created the company in 2008 with ticketing and promotional business Live Nation. "We would like to welcome Aussie singer, recording artist, songwriter, actress and designer Kylie Minogue to the Roc Nation family!" the company said on its website. Minogue, who survived breast cancer after being diagnosed in 2005, will appear with Timbaland at a benefit concert presented by Roc Nation and Three Six Zero, the London-based music management company, after the Grammy Awards on Sunday. During her 25-year career she has released 11 studio albums, two live CDs, eight live concert DVDs, a greatest hits double album and multiple video packages, according to Roc Nation. She also had 50 hit singles and has sold 68 million albums worldwide. |
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