| Burmese stars forced to give back land
Feb 06, 2007 (DVB)The Burmese government has started seizing plots of land in New Dagon township that were given to members of the entertainment industry in exchange for participating in propaganda projects. According to sources among Burmas film and arts elite, the confiscation of the plots of land belonging to several high-profile artists came after the chairman of the film association refused to denounce the US-led effort to have a United Nations Security Council resolution passed on Burma. What we heard initially was that the film association chairmans refusal to sign and the confiscation of the land coincided with each other. That is what people are saying, a movie director said on condition of anonymity. The plots of low-value land were reportedly dished out to members of the film, music and entertainment associations ten years ago.
Convention center funding should apply to private sector too
Good government should not compete with its own corporate citizens. As employers of all sizes are the backbone of our country, government at any level should not use public money to compete with private industry.
Proposed legislation to allow Gaylord Entertainment Company to bond against a stream of new tax dollars previously earmarked solely for a proposed government-owned downtown convention center would allow Metro and the Tennessee General Assembly to level the playing field in Nashville when it comes to public funding and the hospitality industry.
Previously, an array of proposed, small hikes in tourism-related fees and taxes would have used revenue derived from the city's largest hotel facility – Gaylord's Opryland Resort & Convention Center – to fund a potentially competing downtown convention center.
Grammy Awards - Entertainment Law - Music Industry Faces Lingering ...
More recording artists bypass major record labels; Burns & Levinson entertainment attorney George N. Tobia Jr. raises issues in the new music arena
BOSTON--LAWFUEL - Entertainment Law News -As a growing number of singers and other recording artists bypass major record labels in favor of distributing music via the Internet, questions persist regarding the financial future of the music industry, says George N. Tobia Jr., an entertainment and media lawyer for Boston-based Burns & Levinson.
The good news is that, as with self-publishing, recording artists are able to distribute their music directly to an audience without using a record label, said Tobia, chairman of Burns & Levinsons Entertainment & Media Law Group. But when these artists attain notoriety, how do they benefit financially with no backing from a record label? That will be a key question in the music industry, for artists and labels alike.
Las Vegas Showgirl
During the late 1980s and the early part of the 1990s Jahna Steele was a Las Vegas showgirl. As a stand-out performer with the Riviera Casino's Crazy Girls' Revue. she was sent to open Crazy Girls in Japan, where she stayed for a year. Steele was voted “Sexiest Showgirl on The Strip" in 1991. The following year, Steele was outed as transsexual on A Current Affair. When her secret was made public, she was asked to leave the show. Although she says it was very painful to lose her entertainment career, Steele is now thankful that after her coming out, she was able to be a role model for other trans women. “I had come to terms with the platform I had been placed on—that of a spokesperson for the transgender community—of which I am very proud." After she lost her showgirl job, Steele toured the talk show circuit in the ‘90s, sharing her story on television programs like Montel, which was, Steele says, more respectful and educational in those days than the exploitive “freakism" shows they've become.
BET's College Hill 4 Premieres a Sizzling New Season on Tuesday ...
"I was very proud of COLLEGE HILL 3, which had the best ratings and best viewer response of the series," said Reginald Hudlin, BET President of Entertainment. "But I can say COLLEGE HILL 4 takes it to another level. It is truly outrageous!" In the first episode, the new roommates meet and greet each other with a little trepidation. There's Krystal, the upscale girl from the real O.C. who often finds herself at the root of all the dissention between the two groups; JT, a wannabe rapper from Compton, Calif. struggling to remain true to his girlfriend while actively being pursued by one of his new Virgin Islander roommates; Fallon, the one woman you don't want to cross from Inglewood, Calif.; and Willie from L.A., who is "single as hell" and constantly looking. Representing the Caribbean crew are the outspoken and outrageous Idesha--she's the one relentlessly pursuing JT; Chicky, a soft-spoken star athlete who generally gets along with the Californians until they start trash talking his island; Vanessa, a gorgeous green-eyed girl who has a hard time adjusting to the Cali kids and their attitudes; and Andres, a pretty boy with bedroom eyes and a smile that melts butter, who likes to sit back and take in the drama.
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