Move over Gwyneth! Blake Lively launches 'Goopy' website Preserve

Gwyneth Paltrow better watch her back - there's a new celebrity lifestyle website on the block.

Blake Lively launched her foray into the online world of cool on Monday promising to be a younger more hip - and slightly less expensive - version of the fellow actress's long running site Goop.

The 26-year-old's part blog - part store also ended up with a slightly gloopy name, specifically the jelly-inspired title Preserve.

The Gossip Girl star has previously avoided calling the site a lifestyle one, but just like Gwyneth's, Blake's offers a host of stories about cool clothes, places, foods and fashion scenes.

Cue videos of artsy snippets, stories on tattooed men and organic health remedies and, of course, a store which sells everything from spoons to clothing and hot sauces to lighting options.

The actress has been speaking of the project for months and now it is finally here, Blake was at pains to point out that she is not being a star trying to show people how to live like her, but merely pointing out how people live already.

As the name suggests, while using the modern medium of the internet, she wants her page to harken back to the small batch jam making times of yesteryear including things like preserving and promoting underground designers and produce.

Confused? Well that's alright, so is Blake.

+4The 26-year-old wife of Ryan Reynolds happily admits in her first Editor's Letter that this is something of a learning curve for her.

She writes: 'Sitting down to write this editor’s letter has been the hardest thing I've done yet on my Preserve journey.

'I’m more intimidated than I should probably admit. I’m no editor, no artisan, no expert. And certainly no arbiter of what you should buy, wear, or eat.

American Idol stars including Kellie Pickler and Carrie Underwood seek early ruling on claims against Sony over unpaid royalties

The music label representing American Idol contestants such as Carrie Underwood, Kelly Clarkson and Kellie Pickler has asked a federal judge for an early determination about its claims that Sony Music Entertainment allegedly cheated its artists out of royalties.

The blockbuster lawsuit was filed five months ago and accused Sony Music Entertainment of short-changing American Idol singers on multiple fronts including from streaming revenues, copyright settlements and improper deductions for advertising campaigns.

The lawsuit alleged that American Idol singers had been cheated out of at least $10 million in unpaid royalties.

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British producer Simon Fuller brought the singing competition show to the US in 2002 and his 19 Recordings music label that represents Idol singers filed the lawsuit in February.

An emerging issue has been the plaintiff's claim that Sony had a duty to share settlements from copyright infringement lawsuits, according to a report on Monday by The Hollywood Reporter.

Sony for example was among the major record lables that won $105 million in a settlement three years ago from file-sharing service LimeWire.

In a motion to dismiss the claim filed last month, Sony argued that it wasn't obligated to give 19 such money.

Sony argued that its Idol alumni contracts call for it to share 'in excess recoveries' only from lawsuits filed on behalf of 19 or its artists.

The provision doesn't apply to lawsuits brought in Sony Music Entertainment's name, including efforts to stop broad copyright infringement of a 'substantial portion of Sony's catalog,' according to court papers.

The plaintiffs argued that the manner in which Sony brings a lawsuit 'is of no consequence as to 19's right to receive a portion of any money which is attributable to Artist’s Masters.'

Both sides also have been sparring over streaming sales since the artists in their contracts receive 50 percent of royalties for 'transmission/broadcast' of their work and just a fraction for a 'sale/distribution.'

Sony allegedly has been counting all of the streaming sales through Google, Apple and Spotify as 'sales' instead of 'broadcasts' and depriving the artists out of their 50 percent royalty, according to the lawsuit.

The defendant countered that royalties are 'unambiguously' tied to language used in licensing with third party services and plaintiffs were seeking 'to rewrite the plain terms to which it agreed over and over, in agreement after agreement.'

The lawsuit alleged the discrepancy over streaming royalties has resulted in at least $3 million in damages.

Other artists named in the lawsuit include Clay Aiken, Chris Daughtry, David Archuleta and David Cook.

Attorneys for Sony Music Entertainment in a June 19 filing asked the court to dismiss all of the lawsuit's claims.

'I am hungry, though... not just for enchiladas. I'm hungry for experience.

'I'm comfortable with the knowledge that I'm not a teacher, but rather, a student. I don't do any one thing perfectly. I do a lot of things though. Some well, some not-so-well.'

According to Blake, she and her team think of the site not as a lifestyle website but a 'new street.'

'A sort of greatest hits of "Main Street, USA". While the whole world races to keep up with technology, we tighten our laces, join the race, but our end goal is to preserve what's already there.

'The function of Preserve is part magazine, part e-commerce hub, part philanthropic endeavour and - above all - a place to showcase the power of imagination, ingenuity, quality, and (simply put) people.

'Preserve is a creative space. An indulgent space. A space for pleasure and fun. But also a space for knowledge. A space that honours both tradition and innovation - a space that honours the future, while having a love affair with the past...'

However, now that they both have lifestyle sites, don't expect Blake to start a war with Gwyneth. The Gossip Girl star recently name dropped her fellow online retail blogger, telling Vogue she is always in both the actress's and Martha Stewart's corner.

Blake said: 'I’m always the first person to defend Gwyneth Paltrow. Or any woman in a position of power, like Martha Stewart or Oprah, who gets burned. Because they have paved the path for so many other women who are doing something they believe in.'

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