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LITTLE ROCK — Guns N’ Roses lead singer Axl Rose is suing video-game maker Activision Blizzard Inc. for $20 million over the company’s use of the song “Welcome to the Jungle” in the game Guitar Hero III. In a lawsuit filed in Los Angeles on Tuesday, the singer rails against Activision executives for guaranteeing the song would not be used alongside anything to do with estranged former bandmate Slash - and then putting the guitar player’s likeness in the game anyway. The latest installment in the Guitar Hero franchise includes an animated character with Slash’s distinctive top hat, dark glasses and curly, black locks. The lawsuit says that Rose has been trying to distance Guns N’ Roses from Slash since the guitarist left the band in 1996. “Activision was keenly aware of Rose’s concerns in these regards” and “began spinning a web of lies and deception to conceal its true intentions,” the suit claims. A message left with Activision, based in Santa Monica, Calif., was not immediately returned Tuesday.

Randy Quaid said that if it weren’t for Canada’s refugee system, he and his wife would be dead. The actor madethe comment Tuesday as he entered his immigration and refugee board hearing in Vancouver, British Columbia, where he and his wife, Evi, were picked up last month on an outstanding warrant in the U.S. The pair quickly claimed refugee status, and their hearings have been conducted amid their claims of being hunted by what they call “Hollywood star whackers.” They contend that many of their friends have died under mysterious circumstances and believe they could be next on the hit list. Quaid is hoping to convince Canada’s immigration and refugee board that he and his wife are targeted by Hollywood killers. “I feel good. If it wasn’t for Canada’s refugee laws, my wife and I would be dead,” Quaid said before he entered court. Quaid and his wife remain fugitives from a California court after the couple failed to appear last week for their arraignment on felony vandalism charges for the fourth time.