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A New York production company has sued Mary J. Blige for copyright infringement, claiming the tune “Work It,” off her latest album, Growing Pains, was created by a producer who worked for the plaintiff at the time.

Dream Family Entertainment wants more than $2 million from the Grammy-winning songstress.

According to the complaint obtained by the New York Daily News, though producer Theron “Neef-U” Feemster wrote “Work It,” which was also heard behind Blige in an iPod commercial, his former employer owns the song.

“Mr. Feemster created the music while he was under contract with Dream Family. Dream Family then owned the music, yet the music was used without permission in a Mary J. Blige release recording,” the company’s attorney, Brian Caplan, told the newspaper.

“It was released as an album, a single and in a commercial.” He added that it’s unclear whether Blige knew that Feemster had no rights to work with “Work It.”

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Mary J. Blige turned fairy godmother for one New York fan last week when she offered to help pay for a high-end designer dress.

The R&B star was shopping at the Diane Von Furstenberg store in downtown New York when she overheard a fellow customer complaining about the price of a dream dress she had put on hold.

At $900 the dress was $400 more than the cash-strapped shopper had expected, and so Blige stepped in to pay the difference.

The stunned buyer initially refused to accept Blige’s help, but when the Family Affair hitmaker said, “I know what it’s like to want something and not be able to have it,” and insisted on buying the garment, the happy shopper bagged her dress and then asked for Blige’s details so she could repay her.

But the generous singer said, “Just enjoy it. I’m blessed, so let me do this,” according to MTV News.

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Mary J. Blige lost a lot of her friends when she gave up alcohol.

The star has battled both drug and alcohol addictions during her lengthy career, and decided to give up the party lifestyle after meeting her now-husband Kendu Isaacs in 2000.

Blige insists she had plenty of friends when she was going out and spending lots of money on drink, but when she became tee-total, all the people she considered close suddenly disappeared.

She says, “When I said I’m not drinking any more, I’m not hanging out any more – it was almost like people ran away from me. They just vanished, and it hurt me really, really bad because there was a point where I believed those people loved and liked me, I really did. And that’s devastation.”

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Sarah Silverman, Amanda Peet, Anna Wintour, Bon Jovi, Chace Crawford, Christian Slater, Claire Danes, Clive Owen, Dita Von Teese, Emmy Rossum, Eva Mendes, Hilary Duff, Jerry Seinfeld, Lake Bell, Mary J. Blige, Michelle Monaghan, Mischa Barton, Molly Sims, and Sarah Michelle Gellar were all in attendance at the Gala last night.

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Mary J. Blige has become the first celebrity to comment on tour mate Jay-Z’s top secret wedding on Friday night, publicly congratulating the rapper and his bride, Beyonce Knowles.

The R+B star took the stage for a Heart of The City tour stop in North Carolina on Saturday night, and simply couldn’t contain her excitement.

She said, “Congratulations to my man, Jay-Z, and my girl B,” before starting her set with You’re All I Need.

Jay-Z made no mention of his new marital status during his set.

Although the couple’s representatives have yet to confirm the wedding took place, it has been reported Jay-Z, and Knowles exchanged vows on Friday evening and then threw a lavish party at the rapper’s TriBeCa apartment in New York.

Guests included Beyonce’s parents and sister Solange, Jay-Z’s mother and pals Chris Martin and Gwyneth Paltrow. Knowles’ former Destiny’s Child bandmates, Kelly Rowland and Michelle Williams, also attended the celebration.

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Here are all the ladies from last night!