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Robin Thicke & Pharrell Ordered to Pay Marvin Gaye Estate $7.3 Million Over “Blurred Lines”

“Blurred Lines” singer Robin Thicke loses in court

Robin Thicke, Pharrell and Clifford Harris Jr. lose big in court today over the authorship of their #1 hit song “Blurred Lines.”

In the high-profile case, Gaye’s family had argued that the 2013 smash hit “Blurred Lines” copied their father’s 1977 song “Got to Give Up” and sued Thicke, (Pharrell) Williams and Clifford Harris Jr., a.k.a. T.I. The three had sought a jury determination that the song was not an infringement, and the Gaye family filed a counter-suit.

“Right now, I feel free,” Marvin Gaye’s daughter, Nona Gaye, said after the verdict. “Free from … Pharrell Williams and Robin Thicke’s chains and what they tried to keep on us and the lies that were told.”

The attorney for the Gaye family, Richard Busch, will also seek to halt sales of “Blurred Lines,” and said he will file official paperwork by next week.

“Blurred Lines,” nominated for record of the year at the 2013 Grammys, was no. 1 on the Billboard single charts for 10 consecutive weeks. Since it was released, “Blurred Lines” has made nearly $16.5 million, with Williams and Thicke raking in over $5 million each. Overall, the family sought more than $25 million in damages. Gaye died in 1984.

(via Variety)

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New Zealand law students parody Robin Thicke’s “Blurred Lines” with feminist view

A group of Auckland law students got nearly 300,000 hits on YouTube with their tongue-in-cheek parody of Robin Thicke’s hit song ‘Blurred lines’ before YouTube deleted the video.

Their video is a feminist response to Thicke’s song which has drawn criticism for “blurring the lines” between consensual and non-consensual sex. The hit’s promo video also features topless models, so here we get shirtless men.  Hello, Mr. Right-side-of-screen…

The parody is part of Auckland University’s law revue – a show of 40 skits performed at SkyCity Theatre last week.

Click here to watch the video.

(tipped by TRR reader William)

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Miley Cyrus & Robin Thicke perform LIVE at 2013 VMAs

Miley Cyrus performs odd, teddy-bear inspired act at 2013 MTV VMAs

So, on the day after, this is the performance everyone is talking about. And not in a good way.

Bless Robin Thicke for his courage to take part in this. He does look pretty studly in his suit and sunglasses.

But Miley, Miley, Miley – this is the kind of thing when you go for “edgy” but fall off the cliff. From The Hollywood Reporter:

Miley Cyrus climbed out of a giant teddy bear, sticking her tongue out of the side of her mouth.

She then strutted around the stage, accompanied by dancers wearing giant teddy bears, performing her controversial single “We Can’t Stop.”

Sporting a furry bustier designed to look like a mouse, the 20-year-old singer at one point grabbed the rear end of one of her dancers before bending over to shake her own behind at the audience.

MTV also bleeped the word “molly” in her song, which is believed to be a reference to Ecstasy.

Cyrus then stripped down to a flesh-colored two-piece to join Robin Thicke for the beginning of his performance of “Blurred Lines,” alternating lines with the R&B crooner.

She also danced around him suggestively, touching him and herself with a foam finger, and bending over in front of him and shaking her rear end.

Thicke wore a Beetlejuice-esque black-and-white vertical striped suit during his performance while his dancers held up posters of champagne and a fancy watch.

After “Blurred Lines,” Thicke then segued into his new single “Give It 2 U” while Cyrus remained on stage dancing suggestively with her foam finger.