MLB Moves All Star Game Out of Georgia Following Voting Law Passage

Will Packer is weighing in on Georgia's new voting law. Like Black Panther II director Ryan Coogler made clear last week, the Atlanta-based producer said on TheReal that he plans to keep his productions in Georgia despite the restrictive bill.

Jake Paul will be headlining a showdown against wrestler Ben Askren this weekend at the Mercedes-Benz Stadium in Atlanta, GA. The much-anticipated Triller Fight Club will bring lots of stars together and will also feature a match between nightlife mogul Joe Fournier and music icon Reykon. Assisting Fournier will be reality star Julia Rose, who will be reuniting with her ex Jake, though she doesn’t expect any awkwardness between the two.

The fight for full enfranchisement is fundamental to the African-American struggle in this country and to this country’s claim to functioning democracy. As an African-American, and as a citizen, I oppose all attempts, explicit and otherwise, to shrink the electorate and reduce access to the ballot.

Real Housewives of Atlanta alum Brielle Biermann has been mourning the death of her friend Ethan McCallister after he was killed in a hit-and-run earlier this month. The young man was just 28 years old. Now, the TV star is reaching out to family and friends via Instagram to thank all those who have shown her unending support in this difficult time.

John Malone's Liberty Media — which owns audio entertainment giant SiriusXM, the Atlanta Braves baseball team and the Formula One racing circuit — disclosed that president and CEO Gregory Maffei's 2020 compensation amounted to $47.1 million, up from $44 million in 2019 and $20.1 million in 2018. He had made $19.8 million in 2017 and $16.9 million in 2016.The pay details were disclosed in a regulatory filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

Canadian studio operators have been watching the growing Hollywood backlash against Georgia's restrictive voting laws and are betting the major studios will soon bow to pressure and shift production out of Atlanta. Paul Bronfman, CEO of Comweb Corp.

Brent Lang Executive Editor of Film and MediaBound Entertainment is collaborating with Stacey Lee to develop a series adaptation of the young adult author’s coming-of-age novel, “The Downstairs Girl.”The book, a best-seller, is set in 1890 Atlanta. It will follow a seventeen-year-old named Jo Kuan who lives with her guardian, Old Gin, secretly inside a basement.

EXCLUSIVE: Rising stars Jorge Lendeborg Jr. and Tosin Cole are in negotiations to lead New Line’s reimagining of the 1990 cult comedy House Party, produced by The SpringHill Company. Award-winning music video director Calmatic will be directing in his feature debut.

Jem Aswad Senior Music EditorAttorney Joel Katz, former founding chairman of Greenberg Traurig’s entertainment and media practice and a top official at the Recording Academy, has joined Barnes & Thornburg. He will remain based in Atlanta, where he will serve as as senior counsel for the firm’s entertainment, media and sports practice.

Major League Baseball announced today that the 2021 All-Star Game will be hosted this summer by the Colorado Rockies at Denver’s Coors Field. The decision comes following last week’s MLB announcement that the game and draft would be relocated from Atlanta due to Georgia’s newly passed restrictive voting law.

New Jersey may be the first state to pitch itself as an alternative to Georgia production but won’t be the last amid national furor at the Peach State’s restrictive new voting law. Atlanta’s booming entertainment infrastructure has so many advantages from rebates to infrastructure, yet the state is making itself a liability again less than a year after passing a highly controversial state abortion law (struck down by a federal judge as unconstitutional).

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Major League Baseball is making a huge move.

Major League Baseball will move this summer’s All-Star Game out of Atlanta in direct protest of Georgia’s recently passed voting laws.

Matt Donnelly Senior Film WriterAfter the installation of restrictive new voting laws in Georgia, Hollywood seems fractured in response to new measures that affect marginalized voters in a state where dozens of film and TV projects are shot.Tyler Perry, who just spent $250 million on an Atlanta-based production facility, called for a Department of Justice investigation into the laws this week.

Tyler Perry is weighing in on Georgia's new voting law. The Atlanta-based mogul, who runs a sprawling studio in the city, acknowledged that it's not the first time his state has passed controversial legislation."As a Georgia resident and business owner I’ve been here a few times with the anti-abortion bill and the LGBTQ discrimination bill," Perry said in a statement.

Tyler Perry is speaking out about the new voting legislation that was signed into law by Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp last week.  Perry, who runs a massive television and movie studio in Atlanta, issued a statement to The Hollywood Reporter decrying to new legislation, arguing it is "unconstitutional" and calling on the Department of Justice to launch an investigation into what he calls a "voter suppression law."  The bill standardizes voting hours in the state from 9 a.m.