/ 04 May 2023

Ed Sheeran threatens to quit over copyright claims, Zooming without a shirt, and a mailbox fit for dolls…

British singer and songwriter Edward Christopher Sheeran aka Ed Sheeran  poses on the red carpet upon his arrival for the BRIT Awards 2022 in London on February 8, 2022. - RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE  NO POSTERS  NO MERCHANDISE NO USE IN PUBLICATIONS DEVOTED TO ARTISTS (Photo by Niklas HALLE'N / AFP) / RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE  NO POSTERS  NO MERCHANDISE NO USE IN PUBLICATIONS DEVOTED TO ARTISTS (Photo by NIKLAS HALLE'N/AFP via Getty Images)
British singer and songwriter Edward Christopher Sheeran aka Ed Sheeran poses on the red carpet upon his arrival for the BRIT Awards 2022 in London on February 8, 2022. - RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE NO POSTERS NO MERCHANDISE NO USE IN PUBLICATIONS DEVOTED TO ARTISTS (Photo by Niklas HALLE'N / AFP) / RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE NO POSTERS NO MERCHANDISE NO USE IN PUBLICATIONS DEVOTED TO ARTISTS (Photo by NIKLAS HALLE'N/AFP via Getty Images)

Ed Sheeran says, “I’m done, I’m stopping” if he loses his latest copyright case. He’s been accused of ripping off Marvin Gaye with his Grammy-winning 2014 single Thinking Out Loud. And he’s not happy, telling the court the case is “really insulting”.

A Minnesota politician is the latest to be caught in a state of undress on Zoom. During an online legislative meeting, Calvin Bahr appeared lying in bed shirtless before quickly turning off his camera. It’s tough work, all that lawmaking…

And a Michigan man who designed his mailbox to look like a tiny home found 2 tiny dolls left inside with a note that read “We’ve decided to live here” last August. Since then, miniature furnishings have also appeared. The dolls sign their letters Mary and Shelley, perhaps a reference to the Frankenstein author? Cute, but also a little creepy…

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