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Thursday, April 7, 2016
Beyonce sues over ‘Feyonce’ knockoffs
NEW YORK - In her 2008 smash hit “Single Ladies,” Beyonce sang of telling a jealous exboyfriend that if he had wanted to commit to their relationship, he should have “put a ring on it.”
Now Beyonce is telling a Texas company selling stuff online bearing the name “Feyonce” to put a lid on it. Beyonce, one of the world’s most famous and influential pop stars, on Tuesday sued to stop the sale of dozens of shirts, sweaters, tank tops, hoodies and even coffee mugs bearing the “Feyonce” name, which she calls too close to her own trademarked name. In a complaint filed in Manhattan federal court, Beyonce accused Feyonce Inc and three individuals, all from San Antonio, of “brazenly” selling infringing “Feyonce” merchandise at their website, http://www. feyonceshop.com. Among the items is a $14.95 mug with the phrase “he put a ring on it,” which Beyonce said was intended to call to mind the lyrics of “Single Ladies.” Beyonce, 34, who is married to rapper Jay Z and has won Grammy awards as a solo artist and with Destiny’s Child, said the sale of Feyonce knockoffs confuses consumers and causes her irreparable harm, and that the defendants have ignored her requests to stop. She also said one defendant, Andre Maurice, has gone so far as to file two U.S. trademark applications for “Feyonce,” with and without the accent over the “e.” “Defendants adopted the Feyonce mark to call to mind Beyonce and her famous song,” the lawsuit said. “Defendants’ conduct described herein is intentional, fraudulent, malicious, willful and wanton.” Beyonce’s lawsuit also seeks unspecified damages. It is unclear whether the defendants have lawyers. Maurice, speaking by phone, declined to comment, saying he had yet to review the lawsuit. Beyonce’s law firm, Pryor Cashman, declined further comment. The case is Knowles-Carter et al v. Maurice et al, U.S. District Court, Southern District of New York, No. 16-02532. (rtr)
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Beyonce performs on the Pyramid stage at the Glastonbury Festival in Somerset, in this file photo taken June 26, 2011. Beyonce filed a lawsuit on Tuesday to stop the sale of shirts, sweaters, tank tops, hoodies and even coffee mugs bearing the “Feyonce” name, saying it is too close to her own trademarked name.
Action film “Hardcore Henry” makes audience the hero
LOS ANGELES - Cinema-goers have a chance to be the hero in new action movie “Hardcore Henry”, with audiences seeing the film through the protagonist’s eyes. Shot entirely in the first person, viewers look through Henry’s perspective as he wakes up in a laboratory run by his wife Estelle remembering nothing about who he is. When the laboratory is broken into and Estelle is kidnapped, Henry and the audience go on a frenzied 90 minutes of first-person action, stunts and gore to get her back. “It was immensely difficult, everything,” Russian director Ilya Naishuller told Reuters. IBP/net “I think the most fun was the script Shot entirely in the first person, viewers look through Henry’s perspective as he wakes up because I got to write from the first in a laboratory run by his wife Estelle remembering nothing about who he is. person perspective which was pretty
fresh.” The first person perspective is most prevalent in computer games but Naishuller, who made music videos for his band Biting Elbows with the same filmic perspective, is insistent the movie is not a game adaptation. “It was made for the cinema-goer in mind, it was a theatrical experience that if you happen to play games you’re going to enjoy it a little bit more,” he said. “Everything Henry does in the film is done for real.” “Hardcore Henry”, which has been praised for its technical style, first screened at September’s Toronto film festival and begins its cinema roll out worldwide from April 6. (rtr)
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A marquee of the Arango Orillac Building lists the Mossack Fonseca law firm in Panama City, Sunday, April 3, 2016. German daily Sueddeutsche Zeitung says it has obtained a vast trove of documents detailing the offshore financial dealings of the rich and famous.
DENPASAR - Central forensic laboratory of the National Police Headquarters of Denpasar Branch finally released the results of the investigation related to fire afflicting to the Badung Market. According to the chief of the central forensic laboratory, Koesnadi, the fire incident at the market was not due to electrical short circuit. At that time, the flames first appeared in the first floor. “We have made investigation all out for two days on March 1-2. Our team investigated from the first to fourth floor. Everything was burned except for the office on the fourth floor,” said Koesnadi, accompanied by the Spokesman of Bali Police, Hery Wiyanto, Tuesday (Apr. 5). From the results of the crime scene investigation by forensic laboratory team, said Koesnadi, is known that the fire was from the first floor near the stairs. “We found it on the first floor near the west pole number 7,” he said. According to him, in general the characteristic of building materials from the first to fourth floor are the same. However, the worst damage occurred on the first floor because of the high heat and lasted long enough. Fire... Continued on page 2
Politicians, celebs deny abuse of offshore accounts
BERLIN - The president of Ukraine became the latest prominent politician to deny wrongdoing Wednesday after his name was linked to secretive offshore accounts arranged by a Panama law firm. The revelations have raised suspicion that such offshore entities were set up to avoid taxes, but Petro Poroshenko denied that was the purpose in his case. Rather, he said, it was necessary to create an offshore holding company to put his candy business in a blind trust when he became president of Ukraine in 2014. “This is absolutely normal procedure, and I think this is the main difference from the naming of all
the political figures in this Panama list,” Poroshenko said in Tokyo, where he was meeting with Japan’s Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and business leaders. “If we have anything to be investigated, I am happy to do that,” he said. “But, this is absolutely transparent from the very beginning. No hidden account, no associated management, no nothing.” Reports, based on a trove of con-
fidential documents from Panamabased law firm Mossack Fonseca, have purported to expose the offshore arrangements of public officials, businesspeople and celebrities around the world. Iceland’s prime minister became the first casualty of the affair Tuesday, stepping down two days after a video was aired showing him breaking off a television interview over questions about his family’s offshore dealings. Sigmundur David Gunnlaugsson had faced opposition calls to resign over revelations he had used a shell company to shelter large sums while
Iceland’s economy was in crisis. The so-called Panama Papers reports, which were coordinated by the Washington-based International Consortium of Investigative Journalists, have implicated a diverse range of figures, including Bollywood actor Amitabh Bachchan. Bachchan denied any connection to four shipping companies registered in tax havens following reports by The Indian Express newspaper. “It is possible that my name has been misused,” Bachhan tweeted late Tuesday. “I have paid all my taxes including on monies spent by me overseas,” he said. “Monies that I
have remitted overseas have been in compliance with law, including remittances through LRS (Liberalized Remittance Scheme) after paying Indian taxes. In any event the news report in the Indian Express doesn’t even suggest any illegality on my part.”(ap) News can also be heard in “Bali Image” at Global Radio FM 96.5 from 9.30 until 10.00 am. Listen to Global Radio FM at http:// globalfmbali.listen2myradio.com or live video streaming at http://radioglobalfmbali.com and http:// ustream.tv/channel/global-fm-bali.