Field of Dreams has struck out at Peacock.
16.06.2022 - 19:55 / variety.com
Jem Aswad Senior Music EditorThe Radio Music License Committee, a trade group representing radio stations in the U.S., has filed a petition in the Federal Southern District of New York to hold consolidated rate proceedings before a single designated judge. That would, in effect, pit ASCAP and BMI, the two largest performance rights organizations in the U.S., against each other if the motion is approved, as reported by Billboard.The petition utilizes a provision in the 2018 Music Modernization Act that moves rate hearings for the PROs to Southern District judges if the PROs are unable to agree on rates with the RMLC.
While the two PROs ordinarily argue their rate trials before separate judges, this move would put them before one, which would effectively position the two organizations against each other in determinations of market share and other matters. Not surprisingly, the PROs had a fiery response to the move.ASCAP CEO Elizabeth Matthews said in a statement, “The litigation filed today is squarely aimed at reducing what powerful RMLC radio stations pay songwriters, who are the lifeblood of the radio industry.
The RMLC is weaponizing their market power to punish the songwriters whom it relies upon for its business. ASCAP will vigorously fight for the right of our members to be paid fairly.”BMI said in a statement, “We are astonished that the RMLC has decided to bring an unprecedented joint action against BMI and ASCAP, relying on a gross mischaracterization of the Music Modernization Act.
We are also disappointed that the RMLC opted to commence this action rather than engage in negotiations with BMI. We will vigorously oppose the improper joint action and look forward to establishing the significant value of the BMI
.Field of Dreams has struck out at Peacock.
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Gerome Ragni, who had participated in that off-Broadway ideological maelstrom with Joe Chaikin’s Open Theatre and Ellen Stewart’s La Mama. Rado was already writing songs and acting in New York – he had appeared on Broadway in 1963 in June Havoc’s play Marathon ’33, about the dance marathons in the Depression era, supervised by the acting guru Lee Strasberg – when, in 1964, he met Ragni as a fellow off-Broadway cast member in the British hit protest revue (about capital punishment) from Oxford University, Hang Down Your Head and Die, devised by David Wright and staged by Braham Murray.
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Associated Press he died of cardio respiratory arrest on Tuesday in New York City.“Hair,” with music by Galt MacDermot, broke taboos and boundaries. It was arguably the first rock ‘n’ roll musical to appear on Broadway (in 1968, a year after its off-Broadway debut), paving the way for things like “Jesus Christ Superstar,” “Rent” and countless jukebox musicals (if you hate “Rock of Ages,” you can blame “Hair”).
according to Deadline. “There was a wonderful warmth in the hippie atmosphere, a sense of freedom,” Rado said in a 2008 interview about the musical for which he co-wrote the book and lyrics with partner Gerome Ragni.
Elvis star and his wife can be seen leaving a restaurant in New York, before being approached by fans on the way.After Wilson was caused to trip up by fans asking for selfies, she was filmed firmly telling one person to “stop it”.Hanks then shouted, “That is my wife, back the fuck off,” before scorning the group for “knocking over my wife.”Take a look at the footage here:if Tom Hanks yelled and looked at me like that I think I would feel shame forever https://t.co/trExAgfRSh— i bless the rains down in castamere (@Chinchillazllla) June 16, 2022Meanwhile, Tom Hanks recently said he thinks he couldn’t play a gay lawyer in Philadelphia today.“Could a straight man do what I did in Philadelphia now? No, and rightly so,” Hanks told The New York Times Magazine.“The whole point of Philadelphia was don’t be afraid. One of the reasons people weren’t afraid of that movie is that I was playing a gay man.” Hanks added: “We’re beyond that now.”“I don’t think people would accept the inauthenticity of a straight guy playing a gay guy,” he went on.“It’s not a crime, it’s not boohoo, that someone would say we are going to demand more of a movie in the modern realm of authenticity.
Things got more than a little tense between Tom Hanks and some fans.
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Getting protective. Tom Hanks stood up for his wife, Rita Wilson, when an excited crowd of fans caused her to nearly fall during a recent outing.
Tom Hanks was caught raging at a fan in defence of his wife Rita Wilson after she was nearly knocked over after leaving a New York restaurant.The 65 year old was heard shouting “back the f*** off” as he pushed away the overzealous suspect, who had bashed into Rita, 65, from behind in an attempt to get an autograph from the Castaway star as the pair entered the streets. Rita was seen in a clip from the incident looking panicked as she stumbled on the streets following the collision and raised her hands yelling: “stop it!” Tom then turned around and checked on his wife, before he shouted: "That is my wife.
Tom Hanks had to scream to protect his wife, Rita Wilson, after she was nearly knocked to the ground by a frenzy of fans.
the band said in a statement posted to Twitter. The band are currently performing a series of shows across Europe, with their next gig scheduled for June 21 in Milan, Italy.