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In this Dec. 13, 2017, file photo, Harry Belafonte attends the 2017
Ripple of Hope Awards in New York.
Songs by Bennett,
Estefan being added
to Recording Registry
WASHINGTON, D.C. (AP) —
Songs performed by Tony
Bennett, Gloria Estefan
and Run-DMC are among
25 recordings being added
to the National Record-
ing Registry. The Library
of Congress announced
on Wednesday the list of
titles being honored for
their cultural and historic
importance to the Ameri-
can soundscape. Bennett's
standard "I Left My Heart
in San Francisco" is being
Tony-winner Sammy
Williams from 'A
Chorus Line' dies at 69
By MARK KENNEDY
NEW YORK (AP) — Sam-
my Williams, who won a
Tony Award in the original
Broadway production of "A
Chorus Line," has died. He
was 69.
Family spokeswoman and
friend Brandee Barnaby
says Williams died of can-
cer Saturday in Los Ange-
les. Williams won a best
featured Tony in 1976 for
the role of Paul in "A Chorus
Line," the pioneering musi-
cal with music by Marvin
Hamlisch about the inner
lives of actors audition-
ing for a big show. Paul
was a young Puerto Rican
Court sides with Marvin Gaye
family in 'Blurred Lines' fight
By ANDREW DALTON
LOS ANGELES (AP) — A
federal appeals court
Associated Press on Wednesday upheld a
copyright infringement ver-
dict against Robin Thicke
and Pharrell Williams over
the 2013 hit song "Blurred
Lines."
In a split decision from a
three-judge panel, the 9th
U.S. Circuit Court of Ap-
added, along with "Rhythm peals awarded $5.3 mil-
is Gonna Get You" by Este- lion to the family of Marvin
fan and the Miami Sound Gaye, who said "Blurred
Machine, Run-DMC's "Rais- Lines" is illegally copied
ing Hell" album and the from the late soul singer's
soundtrack to "The Sound "Got to Give it Up."
of Music." Other notable Two judges from the panel
entries include Fleetwood of three rejected the de-
Mac's "Rumours" album, fense's request to overturn
Kenny Loggins' "Footloose," a jury verdict or order a new
''Le Freak" by Chic, Kenny trial, saying that Gaye's
Rogers' "The Gambler" and copyright on the song is
Smokey Robinson's "My entitled to broad protec-
Girl," which was sung by tion. They accepted a trial
the Temptations.q court judge's instructing the
jury to decide based only
on the sheet music to the
songs, and not the record-
ings.
Dissenting Judge Jacque-
line Nguyen offered a harsh
dissent, saying that the
songs resemble each other
only in style not substance
and that the decision was
detrimental to the future of
artists and creativity.
"The majority allows the
Gayes to accomplish what
no one has before: copy-
In this Feb. 16, 1999 file photo, This undated image provided
Sammy Williams rehearses a by Georgia Tourism shows the
song from the show "Too Old High Museum of Art in Atlanta.
for the Chorus" at the ASCAP
Foundation/Disney Musical Associated Press In the movie, an axe from
Theatre Workshop in Burbank,
Calif. By BETH J. HARPAZ
The blockbuster movie
Associated Press "Black Panther" depicts a
fictional futuristic country
performer starting to feel in Africa called Wakanda.
comfortable about being But fans might be surprised
gay.q to learn that many loca-
tion shoots for the film were
done in Georgia.
Here's a list from Georgia
Tourism of destinations in
Atlanta and elsewhere in
the state that were used
Thursday 22 March 2018
In this combination photo, Robin Thicke performs at the Teen
Choice Awards in Los Angeles on Aug. 16, 2015, left, and Phar-
rell Williams attends the 2016 ABFF Awards: A Celebration of Hol-
lywood in Beverly Hills, Calif., on Feb. 21, 2016.
Associated Press
right a musical style," Nguy- well-reasoned dissenting
en wrote. "'Blurred Lines' judge's opinion is compel-
and 'Got to Give It Up' are ling and enhances the
not objectively similar. They prospects for success in a
differ in melody, harmony, further review by the Court
and rhythm. Yet by refusing of Appeals."
to compare the two works, An email to Gaye family's
the majority establishes a attorney Richard S. Busch
dangerous precedent that wasn't immediately re-
strikes a devastating blow turned.
to future musicians and The trial over "Blurred Lines,"
composers everywhere." the biggest hit of 2013, end-
Howard King, an attorney ed in March 2015 with jurors
for Williams and Thicke, awarding Gaye's family
seized on Nguyen's com- more than $7 million. The
ments. verdict was later trimmed
"We stand by the fact that to $5.3 million.
these are two entirely dif- The Gaye family also re-
ferent songs," King said in ceived 50 percent interest
an email to The Associated in ongoing royalties from
Press. "The thorough and the song.q
High Museum, other Atlanta
spots featured in Black Panther
as stand-ins for sites in the Business and Arts District.
movie. Visitors there will find art stu-
LONDON, SOUTH KOREA dios, galleries, workshops
AND NEW YORK and more at 675 Metropoli-
tan Parkway SW. Atlanta
Wakanda made of the stood in for New York, too.
precious vibranium metal The interior of Atlanta's City
is stolen from the fictional Hall, 55 Trinity Ave., was
Museum of Great Britain in used in a post-credit scene
London. In reality, the exte- where T'Challa addresses
rior shot of the museum in the United Nations about
the movie shows Atlanta's Wakanda's new commit-
High Museum of Art , 1280 ment to global develop-
Peachtree St. NW. ment. Tours of City Hall
Atlanta also stood in for are available but must be
South Korea, including scheduled 30 days in ad-
scenes featuring the fish vance. The scene where
market and casino en- arms dealer Ulysses Klaue is
trance exterior, with shoots shot by Killmonger is set in
at Atlanta's Metropolitan an airfield in South Korea.q