Briefly: 311, Michael Jackson, P. Diddy, Sheryl Crow
A financial company filed a $48 million suit against Michael Jackson on Monday (7/11), claiming it is owed the money for helping the artist to retain the publishing rights to The Beatles' catalog of songs.
Prescient Acquisition Group Inc. claims in its lawsuit that Jackson hired the company in late 2004 to help him to refinance a $272 million debt his company owed to Bank of America.
Sean "P. Diddy" Combs and Random House, Inc., have settled a lawsuit filed in February, in which the publisher claimed the rap mogul did not return the $300,000 advance for a memoir he failed to complete.
A statement issued by Random House on Tuesday (7/12) said, "The matter has been amicably resolved." A spokesperson for the publisher told the Associated Press that Random House would not be issuing a book by Combs, but he wouldn't say whether or not Combs had returned the money.
Sheryl Crow and her upcoming single, "Good is Good," will appear in an upcoming Dell computers ad campaign that launches later this week.
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Michael Jackson May Perform In Vegas [June 2008]
Sheryl Crow adds Canadian run [June 2008]
Weekend Ticketing: Madonna, Nine Inch Nails, Sheryl Crow, Travis Tritt, Jonny Lang [May 2008]
Sheryl Crow Cancels St. Louis Show [May 2008]
Sean Combs Receives Star On Hollywood Walk Of Fame [May 2008]
2008 Pitchfork Music Festival Photos - Day 1
Madonna's "Confessions on a Dance Floor" tour
The Duke Spirit on stage and in the studio
Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers with Stevie Nicks
Metallica at the KROQ Weenie Roast in Irvine, CA
R.E.M. at the Greek Theatre in Berkeley, CA
Herbie Hancock at the Sonoma Jazz Festival
Brad Paisley, Jack Ingram and Kellie Pickler
Dengue Fever at The Independent, San Francisco, CA


