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New legislation targeting hidden fees and predatory “anti-consumer ticketing practices” in New York State’s live event industry, including theater, sports events and concerts, was signed into law Thursday by Gov. Kathy Hochul . “Live entertainment has long been a critical sector in our economy, and as consumers and the industry recover from the pandemic, it is important that we make the ticket-buying experience easier and more transparent,” Hochul said in a statement. “This bill will expand penalties for malicious ticketing practices that have made live events inaccessible to New Yorkers for too long.” Hochul called the legislation “an important step towards ensuring that every New Yorker has a fair opportunity to enjoy the unique arts and cultural experiences that our state has to offer.” The law is designed to increase transparency for consumers purchasing tickets to live events, banning hidden fees and expanding penalties for use of “scalper bots and ticket … [Read more...] about Bill Targeting Hidden Ticket Fees For Live Events Signed Into Law By New York Gov. Kathy Hochul

TUESDAY AM UPDATE: The Tom Cruise Paramount / Skydance sequel goes to an even higher stratosphere with a 4-day $160.5M Memorial Day opening record. Global is at a $300M start. Important to note that given the whole thing of rolling the $13.2M Thursday previews of Disney’s Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End into its opening weekend, that movie still has the 3-day over Memorial Day weekend with $127.97M to Top Gun: Maverick ‘s $126.7M . MONDAY AM UPDATE: Paramount/Skydance’s Top Gun: Maverick has beaten Disney’s Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End fair and square for the Memorial Day opening 4-day record (+ previews) at the domestic box office with $156M. While easily Tom Cruise’s best opening of all-time, producer Jerry Bruckheimer is the common denominator of the two largest Memorial Day weekend openings at the domestic box office. At World’s End’s four-day holiday opening of $139.8M was further puffed by Thursday previews which got … [Read more...] about ‘Top Gun: Maverick’ Scorches ‘Pirates Of The Caribbean: At World’s End’ For Memorial Day Opening Record With $160M+ – Tuesday AM Update

Legion M and Exhibit A Pictures are partnering on a new documentary directed by Alexandre O. Philippe ( Lynch/Oz ), in which screen icon William Shatner takes off the countless masks he’s worn throughout his career, to reveal the man behind one of the most recognizable faces in the world. The 91-year-old Shatner is best known for his legendary role as Star Trek’ s Captain Kirk in various film and television projects over the course of 30 years. He also notably portrayed the titular character in Columbia Pictures Television’s police drama T.J. Hooker and won an Emmy for his role as Boston Legal’ s Denny Crane, having notched a total of two wins and seven nominations over the course of his career, along with a Golden Globe and other accolades. The documentary’s producers will be providing an early look at footage during a Hall H panel at San Diego Comic-Con later this month, with Shatner in attendance for a conversation moderated by filmmaker Kevin Smith ( … [Read more...] about William Shatner Doc In Works From Legion M, Exhibit A Pictures

The WGA ’s historic reshaping of the talent agency business will take full effect at the end of business today, after which agency packaging fees will no longer be permitted under the guild’s franchise agreement. “The agency campaign was founded on the simple truth that agents are our fiduciaries,” said WGA West president Meredith Stiehm, who was one of the named plaintiffs in the guild’s long-running anti-trust lawsuit against the “Big 3” talent agencies. “The interests and priorities of agencies and their writer clients must be aligned. Our campaign had three main goals: end the collection of packaging fees, put a halt to the conflict of interest of agency-owned studios, and for the agencies to share information, which the WGA uses to fight late pay and free work. Thanks to the resolve and unity of the membership, we’ve achieved those goals. Today, as we mark the beginning of the end of packaging fees, we move forward with our agency partners to improve writers’ compensation … [Read more...] about The End Of Packaging Fees: The WGA’s Historic Campaign To Reshape Talent Agency Business Takes Full Effect Today – Q&A

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Whispering Bill Pifer is dying. The cancer growing in his throat has now all but choked off his raspy voice. A lip reader stood beside him and interpreted his words to the courtroom. They came slow and measured, the damning silent words of a dying Hell’s Angel. “ I understand I would have complete immunity,” Pifer’s lips said. “I won’t testify without it. The time I have left, I want to spend on the street.” Sonny Barger, 33-year-old president of the Hell’s Angels, supposedly talked too much to Whispering Bill while they were both in the Alameda County Jail in Oakland, California. The cold-eyed Barger has a reputation as a braggart, and this time, according to police, something he and Whispering Bill talked about led them to the hilly grasslands near Ukiah in far northern California, where police found three bodies stuffed into abandoned wells on a 153-acre ranch owned by the Angels. Big Tom Shull, 24, and Charles Baker, 30, had both been strangled. Their bodies had been in the … [Read more...] about Hell’s Angels on Trial: Tales of Drugs & Death

USC and UCLA are exploring a move from the Pac-12 Conference to the Big Ten Conference as early as 2024, according to multiple media reports. The jump would be the latest major disruption of the college sports landscape, which has been altered by players gaining rights to name, image and likeness (NIL) revenue and the rise of the five conferences in the top tier of the ultra-lucrative sport of football. While the realignment would apply to all sports, football controls the vast majority of the dollars flowing to schools from media rights. Both USC and UCLA have kept mum about their plans, but the move has been reported by numerous outlets as effectively a done deal. Bay Area News Group had the first report about the reworking of the conference. It would certainly decimate the West Coast’s Pac-12, which has struggled in recent years but historically has been one of the elite conferences in college sports. Without two large schools in the nation’s No. 2 media market, the … [Read more...] about USC And UCLA Reportedly Explore A Jump To Big Ten Conference In Latest Upheaval In College Sports

EXCLUSIVE : Lionsgate has finalised a raft of multimillion-dollar deals with international buyers for its upcoming movies, including The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes and the Dirty Dancing prequel. The eye-catching pre-sales out of Cannes make for one of the studio’s best returns on a market slate. By our calculations, total business is likely to have pushed $100M. Prequel The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes , which will star Tom Bluth and Rachel Zegler, has sold to Leonine (Germany, Switzerland, Austria), Metropolitan (France), Village Roadshow (Australia/NZ), Nordisk (Scandinavia), Notorious (Italy), Vertice (Spain), Belga (Benelux), Eagle (Middle East), Noori (S. Korea & Vietnam), Pris (Portugal), ACME (Baltics), Spentzos (Greece), Myndform (Iceland), BG Films (Turkey), Kadokawa (Japan), Moviecloud (Taiwan), Pioneer (Philippines), PT Amero (Indonesia), Sahamongkol (Thailand, Cambodia, Laos), Intercontinental (Hong Kong) … [Read more...] about Lionsgate Inks Raft Of Multimillion-Dollar Pre-Sales On Movie Slate Including ‘Hunger Games’ Prequel & ‘Dirty Dancing’ Sequel

It will be a Reba reunion on the set of new Lifetime movie The Hammer . Reba McEntire will star with fellow Reba alum Melissa Peterman for the film inspired by the life of traveling circuit judge, Kim Wanker. McEntire’s real-life partner Rex Linn ( CSI: Miami ) and Kay Shioma Metchie ( Totally Normal ) also star. Per the logline, the film follows Kim Wheeler (played by McEntire, who also executive produces), an outspoken, firecracker lawyer who is appointed Judge of the 5th District of Nevada and is one of the few traveling judges left in America. After the reigning judge dies under suspicious circumstances, Kim finds herself covering a circuit that stretches between Las Vegas and Reno — a rugged, often desolate area where anything and everything can happen. With gavel in hand, she lays down the law with a no-nonsense brand of justice, that quickly earns her the nickname “The Hammer.” As the investigation of the former judge’s death heats up, Kim’s sister Kris … [Read more...] about Reba McEntire To Star With ‘Reba’ Alum Melissa Peterman In Lifetime Movie ‘The Hammer’

“It was like a palace of pitching. There’s never been any place like it.” An agent friend was describing the sprawling and frenetic Netflix reception lobby, which was an almost weekly destination for him and clients. It was so packed with dealmakers that projects were often re-shaped and re-packaged even before the Netflix pitch took place. Given news of 450 layoffs at the streamer , the pitching palace has become a cathedral of calm. With Netflix likely to lose 2 million global subscribers this quarter, its present priority is to trim costs while building an ad-supported tier to generate fresh revenue. The behavior of Netflix employees has reflected this change. “I’m taking pitches for shows all morning, then checking out job possibilities in the afternoon,” reports one Netflix executive I’ve known for years. “If I hear one more person lecturing me about ‘resilience,’ I’ll deck him.” Inevitably, turbulence in the job market has stirred speculation about the … [Read more...] about Peter Bart: Streamer And Agency Layoffs Leave Hollywood Feeling Extra Ruthless