{"id":37380,"date":"2026-04-01T10:47:14","date_gmt":"2026-04-01T14:47:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/cknxfm\/?p=37380"},"modified":"2026-04-01T10:47:15","modified_gmt":"2026-04-01T14:47:15","slug":"celebrity-status-t-swift-lawsuit-megan-thee-stallion-and-an-american-idol-first","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/cknxfm\/blogs\/mornings\/2026\/04\/celebrity-status-t-swift-lawsuit-megan-thee-stallion-and-an-american-idol-first\/","title":{"rendered":"Celebrity Status &#8211; T-Swift Lawsuit, Megan Thee Stallion, And An American Idol First"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong><em>For Wednesday, April 1st:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Happy April Fool&#8217;s Day! <\/strong>(To our knowledge, all stories here are true.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Taylor Swift\u2018<\/strong>s latest album has sparked a lawsuit from a writer. Maren Wade claims trademark infringement, false designation and unfair competition against Swift and UMG Recordings. She seeks unspecified damages and a court order barring Taylor from continuing to use her album&#8217;s name, The Life of a Showgirl. Wade appeared on America\u2019s Got Talent in 2014 and began writing a column in the Las Vegas Weekly called \u201cConfessions of a Showgirl\u201d. Since then, it\u2019s also become a podcast and live show.<br><br><strong>Megan Thee Stallion <\/strong>has been hospitalized after exiting <strong>&#8216;Moulin Rouge! The Musical&#8217; <\/strong>on Broadway mid-performance last night. A spokesperson for her told Entertainment Weekly, &#8220;We will share additional updates as more information becomes available.\u201d She&#8217;s scheduled to remain in the part through May 17.<br><br>It was a first for <strong>American Idol<\/strong> last night! Ryan Seacrest told viewers that, for the first time in history, they were not going to announce the eliminations. Viewers can now vote in five different ways, including a new social media voting system that resulted in &#8220;tens of millions of votes coming in at a rate they had never seen before. So, to ensure complete accuracy with the numbers, they postponed the live elimination.<br><br><strong>Supergirl starring Milly Alcock <\/strong>hits theaters on June 6th, and we just got our first trailer for the DC flick. If Milly Alcock looks familiar, she recently starred as Simone Dewitt in &#8216;Sirens&#8217; and appeared in the first season of HBO\u2019s &#8216;House of the Dragon&#8217; as a young Rhaenyra Targaryen.<br><br><strong>Andrew Lloyd Webber<\/strong> really disliked the 2019 Cats movie that was based on his musical, calling it &#8216;appalling&#8217;. He despised it so much, in fact, that he bought a little dog. It&#8217;s his therapy dog on planes. Under &#8216;reason for dog on plane&#8217; he puts &#8216;Cats movie&#8217;&#8230; And he says they always come back saying, &#8216;No doctor&#8217;s certificate required.&#8217;\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"For Wednesday, April 1st: Happy April Fool&#8217;s Day! (To our knowledge, all stories here are true.) Taylor Swift\u2018s latest album has sparked a lawsuit from a writer. Maren Wade claims trademark infringement, false designation and unfair competition against Swift and UMG Recordings. 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