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A Minneapolis band is reportedly suing Bruno Mars and many others, claiming that the mega-hit “Uptown Funk” ripped off their jam from 1983. Mars and “Uptown Funk” producer Mark Ronson are among the named listed in the lawsuit from the Minneapolis Sound-era band College, TMZ reports. While College has one surviving member, he is demanding a slice of the enormous profits generated by “Uptown Funk” for himself an the estates of the bands other members. Mars’ 2014 smash broke records atop the Billboard singles chart, and the YouTube video has garnered nearly 2 billion views to date. College is saying...

Yes, I watched the Super Bowl start to finish. I had no dog in the fight butt was rooting for the Broncos, against all odds, just because I’d like to see Peyton hang up his cleats before he breaks his neck again. So yay! I’m happy; apologies to all the Panther fans out there.A few random observations on the annual pre-Mardi Gras American Bacchanalia: I did not see one - not one - commercial worthy of mention. What has happened to America’s creative class? Are all the copywriters members of the disaffected Millennial generation? Most of the spots were supposed...

Review: Young charmer Bruno Mars brings fresh energy to familiar styles during his brief but snapped-tight set. Too bad L.A.'s own Red Hot Chili Peppers crashed the stage. The question dominated much of the nonfootball-related chatter in the run-up to Sunday's Super Bowl: As the featured act of this year's halftime show, was Bruno Mars really up to the job of entertaining a television audience of approximately 100 million people? The answer, it turned out, was yes. But before he could prove it, Mars had to weather a storm of skepticism. He's only 28, decades younger than other artists who've...