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Fermanagh filmmaker takes on Spike Lee and Renée Zellweger in LA festival

Ciara Tinney’s animated short film Wildkind is nominated at the HollyShorts Film Festival.

Evening Standard · Aug 14

Texas opponents in the SEC can use the Horns Down gesture with 1 exception

The Horns Down gesture is coming to the SEC... unless it's a direct taunt at Texas players.

USA Today Sports Media Group · Jul 17, 2024

SEC Coordinator of Officials Breaks Down How 'Horns Down' Will Be Officiated

The context in which the hand signal is made will play a significant factor, per SEC Coordinator of Officials John McDaid

Sports Illustrated · Jul 16, 2024

Ed Sheeran condemns ‘damaging’ culture of legal claims after copyright victory

The singer and his Shape Of Your co-writers had been accused of ripping off the song Oh Why by Sami Chokri and Ross O’Donoghue.

The Independent UK · Apr 6, 2022

Ed Sheeran Wins Copyright Case over 2017 Hit 'Shape of You'

Grammy Award-winning songwriter Ed Sheeran has won a UK copyright battle over the 2017 hit "Shape of You." The British pop star and his co-writers, Snow Patrol’s John McDaid and producer Steven McCutcheon, had denied allegations that the 2017 song copied part of 2015's "Oh Why" by Sami Chokri, who…

Asharq Al-Awsat · Apr 6, 2022

Ed Sheeran wins High Court battle over Shape of You hit song

Ruling made on Wednesday morning

Wales Online · Apr 6, 2022

Ed Sheeran wins High Court copyright battle over Shape Of You hit

The singer and co-writers John McDaid and Steven McCutcheon were accused of ripping off Sami Chokri and Ross O’Donoghue’s 2015 song Oh Why.

The Independent UK · Apr 6, 2022

Ed Sheeran faces wait for judge’s ruling in Shape of You legal row

The singer is involved with a copyright battle with rapper Sami Chokri who claims Sheeran’s song borrows a refrain from his own song, Oh Why.

The Independent UK · Mar 22, 2022

Legal row over Ed Sheeran hit Shape Of You ‘deeply traumatising’, court told

Ed Sheeran and his co-authors deny that Shape Of You copies part of 2015 song Oh Why.

The Independent UK · Mar 21, 2022

Songwriter says idea of plagiarism ‘abhorrent’ in Ed Sheeran High Court case

John McDaid of Snow Patrol co-wrote Shape Of You with Sheeran.

The Independent UK · Mar 9, 2022