The widow of singer Chris Cornell and his former bandmates in Soundgarden said Monday that they have resolved her lawsuit against them, clearing the way for the release of the band's final recordings more than five years after his death.

Vicky Cornell sued Soundgarden in federal court in 2019 over royalties from recordings her husband had made that she said were intended to be a solo project but the band contended were part of their partnership with him.

“Soundgarden and Vicky Cornell , on behalf of the Estate of Chris Cornell, are happy to announce they have reached an amicable out of court resolution,” the two sides said in a statement. “The reconciliation marks a new partnership between the two parties, which will allow Soundgarden fans around the world to hear the final songs that the band and Chris were working on.”

No details of the agreement were released, and no court documents declaring that a deal had been reached have been filed in court. An email seeking details from Soundgarden's lawyers was not immediately returned.

Chris Cornell made the seven disputed recordings in his Miami Beach home studio in the months before his death in May 2017 after a Soundgarden concert in Detroit, according to the lawsuit, whose defendants included the band's guitarist Kim Thayil, drummer Matt Cameron and bassist Ben Shepherd.

It alleged the band was denying hundreds of thousands of dollars in royalties from Vicky Cornell and the couple's two children.

In 2021, Cornell's family settled a different lawsuit against a doctor they alleged over-prescribed him drugs before his death, which was ruled a suicide.

Soundgarden was founded in 1984, and broke nationally during the rise of Seattle’s grunge music scene in the late ‘80s and early ’90s. Their best-known songs include “Black Hole Sun,” “Jesus Christ Pose,” “Outshined” and “Spoonman.” Cornell was also part of the bands Audioslave and Temple of the Dog.

“The two parties are united and coming together to propel, honor and build upon Soundgarden’s incredible legacy,” Monday's statement said, “as well as Chris’s indelible mark on music history as one of the greatest songwriters and vocalists of all time.”

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Kathy Griffin shared in a TikTok post that she has recently been diagnosed with post-traumatic stress disorder and that she sometimes vomits from her anxiety.

The 62-year-old comedian implied that the condition stemmed from her public falling-out after she posted a picture of then-President Donald Trump’s fake severed head in 2017.

“You can laugh or whatever, but I’ve been diagnosed with complex PTSD, and it’s called an extreme case,” she said in the video posted Tuesday.

“If any of you know my story, you’ll understand that this really started for me about 5 1/2 years ago. Wink,” Griffin continued, referencing the 2017 incident.

In the backlash that came after posting the image, Griffin lost her co-host spot on CNN’s New Year’s Eve special, and was subsequently investigated by the Secret Service, put on a “No-Fly” list and had many of her stand-up shows canceled.

“I had the FBI calling and telling me that I was under credible death threats,” she said later in 2018.

In her TikTok from Tuesday, Griffin asked her followers for advice. “I’d love to hear from you guys about depression or anxiety, that kind of stuff, and how you cope,” she said to the camera.

Griffin later posted a follow-up video on Friday, as she claimed to be having somewhat of an anxiety attack as she was recording and walking along the beach.

On Saturday, a third TikTok was posted, again in diary-style with Griffin talking directly to the camera.

She thanked her followers for all the support she had been receiving since the first video and shared that she “woke up ok today,” saying her PTSD is typically worse in the mornings.

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NEW YORK — Monday marked a new era for ABC’s “Live,” with Mark Consuelos debuting as wife Kelly Ripa’s full-time co-host.

Now titled “Live with Kelly and Mark,” the weekday morning talk show bid farewell last week to Ryan Seacrest, who had starred with Ripa since 2017.

“I just want to say a quick thank you for trusting me to be your co-pilot,” Consuelos told Ripa at the top of the episode. “I really appreciate it.”

Consuelos married Ripa, his former “All My Children” co-star, in 1996. He had frequently filled in as a guest host on “Live” before he was announced in February to be Seacrest’s permanent replacement.

Monday’s show featured a video montage of Consuelos’ many appearances on “Live,” which Ripa began hosting in 2001. Ripa originally starred alongside the late Regis Philbin and later Michael Strahan before Seacrest took over.

In February, Seacrest announced his plans to exit the New York-set “Live” once “American Idol,” which he hosts, started airing its live episodes in Los Angeles this spring.

“It was a tough, tough decision,” Seacrest said at the time. “Last year, we spoke and I made the decision to make this my last season as co-host with Kel here on ‘Live with Kelly and Ryan,’ which is bittersweet.”

The 48-year-old Seacrest, who also hosts the syndicated radio shows “On Air with Ryan Seacrest” and “American Top 40,” said he plans to return to “Live” as a guest host in the future.

On his final episode Friday, Seacrest hugged Ripa and said, “Thank you for the greatest six years.”

Ripa and Consuelos, both 52, have three kids together.

From combined wire reports