WATCH VIDEO INTERVIEW: Shaliek

On a wonderful July morning, Pendulum recording artist Shaliek, sat down with What's The 411TV correspondent Cristina, for a wide-ranging interview.

The interview took place in Columbus Circle right across from the famed Central Park in New York City.

You just never know who you are going to run into on the streets of New York City.

Stay ready.

Billboard is reporting that Robin Thicke's team offered a six-figure sum to members of Marvin Gaye's family in order to preempt a copyright infringement showdown, but the family turned it down.

The story cites that a settlement offer came after Frankie Christian Gaye, Marvin Gaye III and Nona Marvisa Gaye accused Thicke's Blurred Lines hit single of plagiarizing Got to Give it Up, written and composed by their father Marvin Gaye.

Not leaving anything to chance, Thicke, along with Blurred Lines co-writers Pharrell Williams and Clifford Harris, Jr., filed a lawsuit on August 15 in U.S. District Court in Los Angeles requesting a ruling that Blurred Lines does not infringe on the copyright of Got to Give It Up.

Since George Clinton isn't too happy with Thicke either, Thicke's legal team also requested a similar judgment with regard to another accusation, by Bridgeport Music Inc., that Blurred Lines infringed on George Clinton's Sexy Ways.

During an interview with GQ magazine in May about his career and the making of Blurred Lines, Thicke said, "one of my favorite songs of all time was Marvin Gaye's Got to Give It Up. I was like, 'Damn, we should make something like that, something with that groove.' Then he started playing a little something and we literally wrote the song in about a half hour and recorded it. The whole thing was done in a couple hours."

It will be interesting to see how the court rules, particularly if the judge(s) has ever heard Marvin Gaye's Got to Give it Up prior to the release of Blurred Lines.

Marvin Gaye died on April 1, 1984.

Meghan Markle’s family is still attempting to cash in on her celebrity

The family of the Duchess of Sussex, better known as, Meghan Markle, is doing everything to extend its 15 minutes of fame.

According to Page Six, Markle’s half-sister, Samantha Grant, is reportedly being lined up to appear on the British version of “Celebrity Big Brother”. The network is theming this summer’s reality hit as “The Eye of The Storm” and is expected to introduce housemates that have all been caught up in their own media controversies. Even her father, Thomas Grant, is turning up on various television shows.

What do you make of this? Markle’s family didn’t do any of these things when Markle was “just” an actress in Hollywood.

Do you think this is a disrespectful teardown, or, is this a case of capitalizing on an opportunity to improve their situation?

Shonda Rhimes Takes Shondaland to Netflix, and so far, finds success

Showrunner, Shonda Rhimes, just released a list of eight shows to the NY Times, which includes The Warmth of Other Suns, and Pico & Sepulveda, a series set in Mexican California at the start of the Gold Rush in the 1840s.

Not all eight projects have names, for example, Untitled Shonda Rhimes Project — Based on the New York Magazine article How Anna Delvey Tricked New York’s Party People by Jessica Pressler. Manhattan makes a new friend like no other. But is she the stuff American dreams are made of or is she New York’s biggest con woman? Is it a con if you enjoy being taken? Shonda Rhimes (EP) will create the series. This project was expected after Rhimes received the rights from New York magazine to use the material.

So, get ready to get your popcorn and/or your favorite beverage and settle in for a slate of smart television programming.