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Judge Denies "Good Hair" Injunction Case to Move Foward
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posted on Oct 20, 2009
US Federal Court Judge Dale Fischer denied plaintiff Regina Kimbell’s request for an injunction against Chris Rock’s “Good Hair.”
Anne Marie Johnson Running for SAG's Top Post
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posted on Sep 8, 2009
Ballots have gone out to SAG members to elect a new president. In the
race for SAG president is Anne-Marie Johnson. Johnson is currently the
First National VP, SAG and an ally of outgoing president Alan
Rosenberg. She is a leader of MembershipFirst, a SAG faction that's
taken
a harder line against studios and networks in recent contract
talks. Johnson is running
against Ken Howard who represents SAG's moderate faction, Unite for
Strength. Seymour
Cassel and Asmar Muhammad, considered long-shot candidates, are also in
the running. SUPPORT ANNE-MARIE JOHNSON FOR SAG PRESIDENT. Read more about the MembershipFirst platform.
Obama-Stock Attracts Over 500,000 at the Lincoln Memorial Inaugural Concert on the National Mall in Washington, D.C.
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posted on Jan 19, 2009
Four
days of celebrations and festivities
surrounding the inauguration of President-elect Barack Obama kicked off
in our nation's Capitol yesterday with an open-air concert at the
Lincoln Memorial. The
"We Are One" concert was broadcast by HBO. More than 500,000 attended
the concert, nicknamed Obama-Stock, where America's first
African-American president was serenaded by Hollywood A-listers. The
crowd stretched from the steps of the Lincoln memorial where Martin
Luther
King Jr. gave his "I Have a Dream" speech and where Marian Anderson
sang in 1939 after being barred from
Constitution Hall because of her race, flanked the reflecting pool, and
extended past the World War II Memorial and back to the Washington
Monument.
Hollywood Goes to Washington for the Inauguration
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posted on Jan 18, 2009
Hollywood is descending upon the nation's Capitol for Barack Obama's inauguration. A-listers from
every corner of the entertainment business are in Washington, D.C. to
celebrate the inauguration of the nation's first African-American
president, a bit star struck themselves. Here's a roundup of who wlll be where and doing what.
Hip Hop Under the Microscope: Congressional Hearings Convene in Washington
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posted on Sep 26, 2007
Rap artists
and entertainment executives found themselves fending off Congressional
criticism that they exploit violence and sexism for profit at
yesterday's unprecedented congressional hearings on hip hop. Members
of the House
Subcommittee on Commerce, Trade and Consumer Protection heard testimony
from music label
executives, rappers, and others such as Edgar Bronfman Jr., chairman of
the Warner Music Group, Doug Morris, chairman of the
Universal Music Group, rappers David Banner and Percy "Master P"
Miller, and author
Michael Eric Dyson.
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