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** FILE ** Actress-musician Avril Lavigne poses during a photo call at the 59th International film festival in Cannes, southern France, on May 21, 2006. Lavigne has denied a claim by members of a 1970s rock band that her hit song "Girlfriend" rips off one of their songs. Terry McBride, Lavigne's manager, said in a statement Monday July 9, 2007, that "upon the expert opinion of the country's foremost musicologists, there is no basis" for the allegations. (AP Photo/Francois Mori)