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My Mum Tracy Beaker: Tracy and Justine make ‘nostalgic’ return to TV

My Mum Tracy Beaker: Tracy and Justine make ‘nostalgic’ return to TV

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Tracy Beaker has returned to screens as an adult, reigniting her feud with her nemesis Justine Littlewood.My Mum Tracy Beaker sees Dani Harmer return, 19 years after she first played the fiery role created by children's author Dame Jacqueline Wilson.In the new three-part CBBC series, which began on Friday, Tracy has a 10-year-old daughter called Jess and comes up against her childhood enemy Justine.Harmer said fans would be pleased with the "great" mother Beaker has become."They're very different - Jess is quiet, she's really good at school, she loves reading, whereas Tracy obviously wasn't any one of those things," said the actress, now 32.The original book, The Story of Tracy Beaker, published in 1991, sold more than a million copies and launched a string of stories that followed Tracy's...
Kay Purcell of Emmerdale and Tracy Beaker Returns dies at 57

Kay Purcell of Emmerdale and Tracy Beaker Returns dies at 57

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Tracy Chapman sues Nicki Minaj over 'Sorry' sample

Tracy Chapman sues Nicki Minaj over 'Sorry' sample

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Oct. 23 (UPI) -- Tracy Chapman has filed a lawsuit against Nicki Minaj, alleging the rapper sampled one of the folk singer's songs without permission. The lawsuit, filed Monday in California federal court, alleges Chapman's representatives denied repeated requests from Minaj's team to allow the hip hop artist to sample Chapman's song "Baby Can I Hold You" for Minaj's track, "Sorry," which features Nas. "Sorry" was held back from Minaj's album, Queen, Aug. 10, but the lawsuit alleges a copy of the song was provided to New York radio DJ Funkmaster Flex, who played it on the air, leading to the track spreading online. The suit claims Minaj's reps told Chapman's team that the new song was inspired by "Baby Can I Hold You," but Minaj tweeted Aug. 1 that she "had no clue" that "Sorry" contained...