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Entertainment News covers a range of stories, including legal actions in the music industry, such as Sony's lawsuit against an AI music generator for using songs from artists like Beyoncé and Elvis. It also reports on bizarre human-interest stories, like a man faking his death to avoid a drink-driving charge, and legal updates on social media personalities, such as TikToker Daniel Larson's release from federal prison.
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Japanese supermarkets are selling lettuce wrapped in plastic featuring the face of Battle Royale actor Tatsuya Fujiwara to reduce food waste. The campaign, launched by Ajinomoto on July 21, 2026, aims to encourage shoppers to buy and finish more lettuce after finding that over 60% of people throw it away during summer.
Sony Music has filed a new lawsuit against AI music generator Udio, claiming it found over 30,000 of its songs in Udio's training data, with a forensic review allegedly identifying hundreds of thousands more. The lawsuit accuses Udio of stream-ripping songs from YouTube and seeks damages of up to $150,000 per infringed recording, while Udio maintains that training AI on copyrighted music qualifies as fair use.
A Chinese man surnamed Si faked his own death by staging a funeral and climbing into a coffin to avoid a drink-driving charge, but was eventually arrested in Yunnan Province. His mother and grandmother are under criminal investigation for allegedly helping him evade justice.
TikToker Daniel Larson was released from federal custody on July 21, 2026, after receiving a time-served sentence for pleading guilty to one count of transmitting threats in interstate commerce. He was ordered to two years of supervised release with conditions including taking prescribed medication, random drug testing, and not contacting law enforcement agents named in the case.
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Japanese supermarkets are selling lettuce wrapped in plastic featuring the face of Battle Royale actor Tatsuya Fujiwara to reduce food waste. The campaign, launched by Ajinomoto on July 21, 2026, aims to encourage shoppers to buy and finish more lettuce after finding that over 60% of people throw it away during summer.
Sony Music has filed a new lawsuit against AI music generator Udio, claiming it found over 30,000 of its songs in Udio's training data, with a forensic review allegedly identifying hundreds of thousands more. The lawsuit accuses Udio of stream-ripping songs from YouTube and seeks damages of up to $150,000 per infringed recording, while Udio maintains that training AI on copyrighted music qualifies as fair use.
A Chinese man surnamed Si faked his own death by staging a funeral and climbing into a coffin to avoid a drink-driving charge, but was eventually arrested in Yunnan Province. His mother and grandmother are under criminal investigation for allegedly helping him evade justice.
TikToker Daniel Larson was released from federal custody on July 21, 2026, after receiving a time-served sentence for pleading guilty to one count of transmitting threats in interstate commerce. He was ordered to two years of supervised release with conditions including taking prescribed medication, random drug testing, and not contacting law enforcement agents named in the case.