#WhatsHappening for September 1, 2016

Hey hi, kids. Hope you're well.

For my friends in the Coastal Empire and Low Country.

A New York state appellate court has ordered a lower court to dismiss Lindsay Lohan's lawsuit against the maker of the Grand Theft Auto games.

Sorry, couldn't hear you over the boobs.

Lohan had filed the suit under New York's version of a right of publicity statute, claiming that Grand Theft Auto V had misappropriated her likeness with a character named "Lacey Jonas." She also alleged that the publisher in merchandise has "used a look-alike model to evoke the persona and image" of Lohan by imitating a photograph that was once taken of her in 2007.

"...Lohan's ... action under Civil Rights Law § 51 must fail because defendants did not use [plaintiffs'] name, portrait, or picture," according to the court's opinion. "... Lohan's claim that an avatar in the video game is she and that her image is used in various images, defendants also never referred to Lohan by name or used her actual name in the video game, never used Lohan herself as an actor for the video game, and never used a photograph of Lohan."

The panel of judges said that even if the depictions were "close enough," the claims still fail because a "video game does not fall under the statutory definitions of 'advertising' or 'trade,'" and that Grand Theft Auto's "unique story, characters, dialogue, and environment, combined with the player's ability to choose how to proceed in the game, render it a work of fiction and satire."

Headline: "KandyPens Partners with Young Thug & A$AP Rocky, Delivers Boogz Boogetz's 'Bodega' Video as Part of Artist Incubator Program" 

Da' fuck did I just read?

Former AC/DC drummer Phil Rudd has completed his eight month sentence of home detention and revealed in a recent interview that he was recovering from a recent heart attack.

Speaking to the New Zealand Herald, Rudd said he was "walking around at home, and I started feel, well just funny… I had a strange pain in my chest. So my housekeeper took me to the hospital, when they hooked me up and did all these tests turned out I had a big heart attack...my artery was all blocked up, and they said I had to stay in and have an operation."

Rudd was treated and had a stent inserted in his a.

As for rejoining the band, Rudd said "(if) Angus [Young] wanted me to play then that is up to him. But I don't really want to play with Axl Rose… I don't really rate him."

Rudd said instead he will be re-releasing 2014 solo album Head Job, touring a bit, and teaching a drumming master class at Paul McCartney's Liverpool Institute of Performing Arts.

Here's something to take your mind off the passing of Gene Wilder- Apollonia Kotero wrote an open letter to Prince recently, telling him how much she misses him.

"My Dear Prince, 

I have never known you to leave the stage so early. 

4 long, dreadful months have passed since God welcomed you home. Grief, depression, anger, and loneliness are like those bullies who taunted me in grade school. They have been relentless. My life has been a vortex of rage and despair. Waves of sadness washing away the pieces of my broken heart. My own personal hell on Earth. I feel like your widow." 

"I see you everywhere. I see you in everything. I know you wanted to live. You were so happy to be getting your music back. You told me of all your plans. Your plans for me. For A6. I was so excited because you were going to bring me back to Paisley Park to see the finished Purple Rain Room with our images in murals painted on the walls. You wanted to celebrate with A6 and present to us our Platinum Albums."

"On the morning of April 21, I woke up to the worst day of my life. Suddenly my phone began to scream with calls,texts,alerts!... "No...No..." It must be someone else. An employee. A fan possibly? They said something horrible happened inside your home. I turn on CNN. It has to be a hoax. It's a mistake I thought."

"After what feels like broken glass ripping at my heart, they confirm my worst nightmare. I touch your sweet face with my fingertips, but it's only my TV screen. The TV is shut off. It remained that way for weeks." 

"I am certain you are watching, having the last laugh because you predicted this. 'The enemy sends people into our lives just as God does. Be wise enough to know who to let in and who to let go.' 'The devil will walk into a room with tears and will try to make you feel sorry for him.' You said these exact words to me in 2014. 'Jubilant Judas fakes tears.'"

"...You made me feel like a Princess."

"I'm sure you're busy socializing with all your friends and music making up there, but where can I send this letter to you? Maybe I should call The Duffer Brothers for help, as we know stranger things have happened? I promise to check in with you often."

"...I miss you Skipper."

The entire text of the letter is available on her Facebook page, but expect some lag- a lot of people are checking it out.

Birthdays today include: Joseph Mark Trohman of Fall Out Boy; Gloria Estefan; Greg Errico of Sly & The Family Stone; Barry Gibb (Bee Gees) (1946)