Sony Music Entertainment has admitted in court that three songs on Michael Jackson’s first posthumous record were sung by an impersonator. The songs ‘Breaking News’, ‘Keep Your Head Up’ and ‘Monster’ from that album were reportedly performed by an impersonator named Jason Malachi.
World’s first ‘beer hotel’ opens
The BrewDog brewery has opened what it calls the world’s first beer hotel, built around the brewery itself. Guests at the Ohio DogHouse hotel receive a free glass of beer at check-in, and every room features beer taps and a mini-fridge full of bottled beer in the bathroom, along with hop-infused soaps.
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Pet shop thief ‘stuffed snake down his trousers’
Police in South Carolina are on the hunt for a man who stole a red-tail boa constrictor from a pet shop, by stuffing the animal into his trousers and fleeing from the premises. Security footage shows the man putting the reptile into his trousers, in what police have called a “very unusual” theft.