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Posted Jun 10th 2009 7:05PM by TMZ Staff
Etta James is being sued by a guy who claims she hired him to be in her band -- then went back on her word and caused him to lose a bunch of cash.
Leo Nocentelli claims he and Etta reached an oral agreement in February of '08 for him to play guitar on her tour, which was set to last from March '08 - March '09.
After playing the first few shows with Etta, she became ill and was forced to cancel a number of her concert dates -- problem is, Leo says she forgot to tell him she was 86'ing the shows.
According to the lawsuit, filed in L.A. County Superior Court, when she became healthy enough to perform again in August of 2008, Leo claims she brought back all the band members except him -- something she once again forgot to tell him.
Once Leo finally got in touch with Etta's people to see if he had been terminated, they kindly informed him "you should have figured it out."
Leo's suing for at least $50,000 for breach of contract.
Filed under: Celebrity Justice, Music
Tags: at last, AtLast, etta james, EttaJames, lawsuit, music, sued
Posted Feb 23rd 2009 12:32PM by TMZ Staff
With just two little words, Beyonce re-ignited the world's biggest cat fight at the Oscars last night -- belting out the same song Etta James threatened to "whip Beyonce's ass" over just a few weeks ago.
Completely ignoring the verbal attack and physical threats Etta unleashed when B sang "At Last" at Obama's Inauguration, Knowles busted out the song AGAIN during last night's Oscar telecast -- as the most dramatic moment of an absolutely horrendous musical number.
B had to know it'd make James pissed, so we gotta ask ...
Filed under: Celebrity Feuds, Beyonce Knowles
Tags: academy awards, AcademyAwards, At Last, AtLast, Beyonce Knowles, BeyonceKnowles, Etta James, EttaJames, The Oscars, TheOscars
Posted Feb 6th 2009 8:23AM by TMZ Staff
So who's the biatch? Etta or Beyonce? Etta says neither, because she was just kidding when she said she threatened Beyonce with an ass-whooping. Right.
James tells the NY Daily News her words were not from a vicious place. We're lovin' this ...
Etta confesses she felt left out of the Inauguration festivities because she wasn't asked to sing "her song," adding that she thinks she could have sung the song better. As we pointed out, even though she made "At Last" famous, it wasn't her song -- Glenn Miller first recorded it in 1942.
So ... Beyonce could have said no. But then again, why the hell should she?
Filed under: Music, Celebrity Feuds, Beyonce Knowles
Tags: ass whoopin, AssWhoopin, At Last, AtLast, beyonce, etta james, EttaJames
Posted Feb 5th 2009 11:35AM by TMZ Staff
If Etta James thinks she should beat down Beyonce for covering "her song," then by her own logic, Etta has a couple of ass-kickings coming her way too -- 'cause Etta's version of "At Last" was a cover too!
Etta went on stage in Seattle last week and told the crowd she's gonna lay the smack down on B for "singin' my song" at Obama's Inauguration Ball. But not only did the 71-year-old not write the song, she wasn't even the first -- or second -- to record it!
Glenn Miller did it first in 1942, followed by Nat King Cole in 1957. Etta got around to recording it in 1961. In fact, Glenn's version ranked higher on the Billboard Pop Singles chart than Etta's ever did.
FYI -- neither Miller nor Cole ever threatened to beat Etta's ass -- although it's about time someone knocks some sense into that lady.
Filed under: Music, Wacky & Weird, Celebrity Feuds, Beyonce Knowles
Tags: ass whoopin, AssWhoopin, At Last, AtLast, Barack Obama, BarackObama, beyonce, etta james, EttaJames, Glenn Miller, GlennMiller, Inauguration 2009, Inauguration2009, Nat King Cole, NatKingCole
Posted Feb 4th 2009 6:15PM by TMZ Staff
This is not a joke: 71-year-old Etta James actually threatened to beat the crap out of Beyoncé Knowles -- and it's caught all on tape!
The war is all over Etta's song, "At Last " -- Beyoncé sang the tune at Obama's 1st Inauguration Ball on Jan. 20th ... but last week at a concert in Seattle, James was still pissed.
While on stage, Etta told the crowd, "Your President, the one with the big ears ... he had that woman singing my song. She gone get her ass whipped."
She continued, "The great Beyoncé ... I can't stand Beyoncé," according to audio from Crown City Media.
Ironically Etta didn't kick up this sorta fuss when Beyoncé portrayed her in "Cadillac Records."
Reps for Beyoncé had no comment.
Filed under: Wacky & Weird, Celebrity Feuds, Beyonce Knowles
Tags: ass whoopin, AssWhoopin, At Last, AtLast, Barack Obama, BarackObama, beyonce, etta james, EttaJames, Inauguration 2009, Inauguration2009, Obama
