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LITTLE ROCK — The California Supreme Court has declined to review Nicollette Sheridan’s lawsuit over the demise of her role on Desperate Housewives. The state’s high court said Friday it would deny an appeal by the actress in her wrongful termination case against ABC and Touchstone Television. Sheridan said she was fired because she claimed she was hit in the head by series creator Marc Cherry. ABC attorneys claimed Sheridan’s contract simply was not renewed. In March, jurors deadlocked after a two-week trial. An appeals court found in August that Sheridan was not entitled to a new trial, but should be allowed to file an amended lawsuit claiming she was retaliated against because she complained about her boss. Desperate Housewives concluded its eight-season run this year. Calls to Sheridan’s representatives were not immediately returned Sunday.

In order to capture his best version of Jimi Hendrix for a forthcoming biopic, Andre 3000 said he had to think of Hendrix as a regular dude and not a rock star. “I didn’t look at him as an icon because when you’re in it, you don’t know you’re an icon. You don’t know you’re an icon until another people say you’re an icon,” the 37-year-old said. “So I had to take it as a person, you know what I mean? And I just tried to say, ‘Well, what would Jimi want people to know that they can’t get off of YouTube?’ And that’s how I approached it,” he said. Hendrix died at age 27 in 1970. He was ranked No. 1 on Rolling Stone magazine’s greatest guitarists of all-time list. His band, The Jimi Hendrix Experience, is known for iconic albums such as Are You Experienced? and Electric Ladyland. All Is by My Side, which focuses on the early days of Hendrix’s career, will be released next year. Andre 3000 is excited to see the film, which he’s finished shooting in Ireland. He believes the public “will be pleased.” Andre 3000, one-half of OutKast with Big Boi, has been out of the music scene in recent years, although he’s been featured on songs by Beyonce, Frank Ocean, Rick Ross, Ke$ha and Young Jeezy. But Andre 3000 isn’t in a rush to record an album. “Some days I feel like I’ll do it, some days I don’t. Some days I feel like I don’t need to, some days I feel like I want to do it before I die. So, I don’t know where to fall. I am just hoping one day I get that inspiration,” he said at an event for Gillette’s eMO’gency Styler Tour, which supports men’s health and prostate cancer programs. The tour kicked off in New York, with stops scheduled in Chicago and Houston. Andre 3000 says he’s constantly writing songs.