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By Giancarla Sambo Edited by Elissa D. Hecker Below, for your browsing convenience, the categories are divided into: Entertainment, Arts, Sports, Technology/Media, and General News: Entertainment ‘Road House’ Brawl: Amazon Used AI to Replicate Actors’ Voices During strike, Lawsuit Alleges R. Lance Hill, who wrote the screenplay for the 1989 cult movie, sued Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios and its parent, Amazon Studios, for copyright infringement and is seeking declaratory relief. https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/business/story/2024-02-27/amazon-sued-over-roadhouse-copyright-jake-gyllenhaal ‘Dark Secrets,’ ...

By Bennett Liebman No Sure Bets for Downstate Casinos, New York non-tribal casinos ‘no sure bet,’ DiNapoli says - syracuse.com Casino Promises Don’t Match Reality, On Politics: New York's casino promises rarely match reality | Crain's New York Business (crainsnewyork.com) Casinos Miss Revenue Targets, N.Y. Casinos Miss Tax Revenue Targets Ahead of City Expansion (bloomberglaw.com) Will There Be Manhattan Casinos?, Will We See Casinos in Manhattan, New York? (thesportsgeek.com) Renderings of the Silverstein Casinos, Silverstein Properties Release Renderings For The Avenir NY Casino (playny.com) The Odds on the Downstate Casinos, Setting ...

By Bennett Liebman The collapse of American Theater, Opinion | American Theater Is Collapsing. The Federal Government Must Save It. - The New York Times (nytimes.com) Layoffs at the Public, New York’s Public Theater Lays Off 19 Percent of Its Staff - The New York Times (nytimes.com) Public Theater Layoffs, Off-Broadway's Public Theater Lays Off 19% of Staff, Citing Rising Costs and Falling Revenue | Playbill Jordan Roth Sells Off Theaters, Jordan Roth Sells Majority Stake in Five Jujamcyn Theaters (therealdeal.com) Why Actors Can Perform on Broadway, Why actors can perform on Broadway during SAG-AFTRA strike | EW.com Broadway Strike ...

By Bennett Liebman Casino Cash for Adams, Execs pushing NYC casino among top donors behind Adams’ latest campaign haul (nydailynews.com) Real Estate and Casino Money for Adams, Eric Adams rakes in campaign cash from NYC real estate honchos (nypost.com) Real Estate for Adams, Real estate bets on Eric Adams - POLITICO Real Estate for Hochul and Adams, Adams and Hochul Rake in Real Estate Campaign Donations – Commercial Observer The Casino Race, New York's big bet: The race to build a New York City casino (ny1.com) Business Zoning in NYC, Zoning proposal to spur business growth inches along - POLITICO Greenwood Racing and the Silverstein ...

By Jessie Schuster Edited by Elissa D. Hecker Entertainment Actors Join Writers on Strike, Bringing Hollywood to a Standstill Hollywood is now experiencing an industrywide shutdown as SAG-AFTRA has made the move to join the WGA in their demonstrations to demand fair wages for writers. This move could be a risky one, as writers fear the longer the strike continues, they are at greater risk of being replaced by AI. https://www.nytimes.com/2023/07/13/business/media/sag-aftra-writers-strike.html?searchResultPosition=1 Hollywood Actors Strike TV and Movie Actors Vote for Biggest Walkout in Four Decades As 160,000 ...

By Bennett Liebman Coney Island Casino Unpopular with Locals, , Coney Island casino bid unpopular in community, report says (nydailynews.com) Opposition to Coney Island Casino, Coney Island casino idea draws local opposition - City & State New York (cityandstateny.com) Greenwood racing and NY Casinos, Behind the deal: How Greenwood Racing, owner of Bensalem's Parx Casino, became a partner in a New York casino proposal - Philadelphia Business Journal (bizjournals.com) Reader Reaction to Sands Casino, Readers sound off on a local Sands Casino, clean energy transition and carriage ride costs (nydailynews.com) Silverstein Steps In, ...

By Bennett Liebman Signature Reduces Programming, Signature Reduces Programming As Hundreds of Non-Profit Theaters Scale Back or Worse (broadwayworld.com) Crisis in LA, ‘A crisis unlike any other’: famed LA theater cancels upcoming season amid financial woes | US theater | The Guardian Weston Theater Flooding, Weston Theater 'uncertain, but optimistic' about upcoming shows | Arts And Culture | manchesterjournal.com Shubert Awards Grants, Shubert Foundation Awards $37.9 Million in Unrestricted Grants | Playbill Press Release — The Shubert Foundation Actors on Strike, TV and radio actors union goes on strike (broadwaynews.com) IATSE ...

By Bennett Liebman The Patrick Brown Saratoga Conference, House of Cards® - Ep. 807 - BINGE Networks Opposition to Coney Island Casino, Proposed Coney Island Casino Met With Community Opposition - Vision Times Silverstein Joins Casino Race, Silverstein, Parx Casino Join NY Casino Race - GGB News Competition for Genting in NY, Genting may face tough competition in New York casino licence bid, says Fitch | Free Malaysia Today (FMT) Real Estate and Casino Bidders, The 2023 Real Estate Power 100 - City & State New York (cityandstateny.com) Las Vegas Sands as Casino Favorite, Las Vegas Sands is a Favourite for NY Downstate License, ...

By Bennett Liebman Theater and Pandemic Recovery, The theater world hasn't recovered from the pandemic and is in crisis - The Washington Post Getting People Back to the Theater, The theatergoing habit is broken. How do theaters get people back? - Los Angeles Times (latimes.com) Trouble for Non-Profits, Story of the Week: America’s Not-For-Profit Theaters Are in Trouble (theatermania.com) Theater Director Detained in Moscow, Moscow Court Extends Pretrial Detention Of Theater Director Berkovich (rferl.org) Obit for Alan Arkin, Alan Arkin, Comic Actor With a Serious Side, Dies at 89 - The New York Times (nytimes.com) Preserving the ...

By Giancarla Sambo Edited by Elissa D. Hecker Below, for your browsing convenience, the categories are divided into: Entertainment, Arts, Sports, Technology/Media, and General News: Entertainment The Family of a Former Supreme Battles for Control of Her Life Cindy Birdsong’s relatives have asked a court to place her in a conservatorship after they became concerned that her longtime friend had too much say over her care and finances. https://www.nytimes.com/2023/06/29/arts/music/supremes-cindy-birdsong-conservatorship.html ‘Rust’ Armorer Passed Off Cocaine After Shooting, Prosecutors Say Prosecutors ...

By Bennett Liebman Casino Licensing Game, The casino licensing game 1-2-3 - Newsday Potential Casinos Locations, Revealing Potential Casino Locations in New York City | News, Sports, Jobs - Adirondack Daily Enterprise Nobody Has a Leg Up, 'Nobody Has a Leg Up' on 3 New York Retail Casino Licenses (bonus.com) Adams Administration Zoning Proposals on Casinos, Adams Administration Unveils the “City of Yes for Economic Opportunity Zoning Proposal” | Cozen O'Connor - JDSupra Implosion of Seneca Deal, The Secret Deal for a Tribal Casino and Why It Imploded - The New York Times (nytimes.com) Unlikely Rochester Casino, Rochester or ...

By Bennett Liebman Wanting Bigger and Broader Theater Audiences, Victoria Bailey Wants Bigger and Broader Theater Audiences - The New York Times (nytimes.com) BAM Cuts Staff, Brooklyn Academy of Music cuts 13% of staff | Crain's New York Business (crainsnewyork.com) Camelot Closing Early, ‘Camelot’ to end Broadway run early (broadwaynews.com) Larrissa Fasthorse Paving the Way, Larissa FastHorse isn’t just Broadway’s first Native American female playwright — she’s paving the way for more (broadwaynews.com) 50 Tears of KTS, TKTS Booth celebrates 50 years (ny1.com) TKTS Saving Theater, Bargains on Broadway: How TKTS helped to save theater ...

Darren Heitner Founder of HEITNERLEGAL — Sports, Entertainment, Trademarks, Copyrights, Business, Litigation, Arbitration To sign up and/or visit Darren's newsletter, please visit: https://www.linkedin.com/ newsletters/newsletter-image- likeness-6995176238755545088 June 23, 2023 The Weekly Longer NIL Thought. It feels like I can't get away from leading this newsletter with a conversation about EA Sports' effort to bring back a college football game to the masses. Initially, it was to discuss the video game becoming the first test for large-scale group licensing ( Vol. 28 ). Next, it was to bring to light an effort ...

By Victoria Vitale Edited by Elissa D. Hecker Below, for your browsing convenience, the categories are divided into: Entertainment, Arts, Sports, Technology/Media, and General News: Entertainment Music Publishers Sue Twitter, Accusing It of Copyright Infringement A group of 17 music publishers sued the social media company and said it was seeking as much as $250 million in damages. Music Publishers Sue Twitter for Up to $250 Million in Copyright Case - The New York Times (nytimes.com) Music publishers sue Twitter for $250m citing Elon Musk’s copyright stance | Music industry | The Guardian Riley Keough to Pay ...

By Bennett Liebman Mayor Adams and Casino Zoning, Mayor Eric Adams' business zoning plan eases restrictions on casinos, corner stores | Crain's New York Business (crainsnewyork.com) Details in the Seneca Compact, Exclusive details in deal to put Seneca casino in Rochester (poststar.com) Voting on the Seneca Compact, On the compact with the Seneca Nation casino, some local senators voted yes before they voted no - WHEC.com Seneca Compact Legislation, PDFBT.cgi (state.ny.us) Placing a Seneca Casino to Rochester, Hochul aides try to secretly slide a Seneca gambling hall into Rochester (nydailynews.com) More on the Rochester Casino, ...

By Bennett Liebman Cabaret to Transfer, EDDIE REDMAYNE-LED ‘CABARET’ WILL TRANSFER TO BROADWAY IN 2024 (EXCLUSIVE) (broadwayjournal.com) Advertising Leader on the the Tony awards, , When the 2023 Tony Awards were in limbo, an advertising leader weighed the possibilities and impact (broadwaynews.com) Broadway Grosses, No major changes across Broadway box office in days before 2023 Tonys (broadwaynews.com) 2023 Tony viewership , 2023 Tonys viewership is best since 2019 (broadwaynews.com) Jewish Theater in 2023, How 2023 Became One of the Biggest Years for Jewish Theater: ‘That Lifeblood Has Risen’ (thewrap.com) Taper Forum Cancellations, ...

By Kajon Pompey Edited by Elissa D. Hecker Entertainment Hollywood Directors Reach Deal The deal includes improvements in wages and boundaries around the use of Artificial Intelligence (AI). The agreement prevents a complete Hollywood showdown where the three major unions are all on strike at the same time. https://www.nytimes.com/2023/06/04/business/media/hollywood-directors-guild-deal.html?searchResultPosition=1 Writers’ Strike Summary The union authorized a strike for actors in the film and television industry. The current agreement with the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers expires on June ...

By Bennett Liebman Most Performed High School Plays, 'Addams Family,' 'Clue,' are among the most performed high school shows in 2023 : NPR Wayne Brady in The Wiz, Wayne Brady to star as title role in ‘The Wiz’ on Broadway (broadwaynews.com) Jodie Comer Stops Performance Due to Air Quality, Jodie Comer stops ‘Prima Facie’ performance due to hazardous NYC air (nydailynews.com) Air Crisis and Broadway, Broadway League determines shows will go on despite air crisis (broadwaynews.com) Low Grossing Week on Broadway, Several Tony-nominated productions suffer lowest-grossing week as box office slides (broadwaynews.com) Reviving Parade, ...

By Bennett Liebman Steve Cohen and Governor Hochul, Mets owner Steve Cohen spotted with NY Gov. Kathy Hochul at Citi Field (nypost.com) Mayor Adams and Steve Cohen, Mayor Adams, Mets owner Steve Cohen huddle over soccer stadium, parking dispute with casino bid in the wings (nypost.com) Developers Roll the Dice, , DEVELOPERS ROLL THE DICE ON NEW YORK CITY CASINOS - MetroFocus (thirteen.org) Senecas Reach Compact Agreement in Principle, Seneca Nation reaches agreement in principle with NYS on new gaming compact (wkbw.com) New Gaming Compact for Seneca Nation, Seneca Nation Reaches Agreement in Principle with NYS on New Gaming Compact ...

Jessie Schuster Edited by Elissa D. Hecker Entertainment Tennessee Law Sows Fear Among Drag Performers Ahead of Pride Month As Pride Month comes to a start, a TN judge will determine whether the law banning “adult cabaret” (including drag performances) in front of children is constitutional. Members of the LGBTQ+ community are worried that being themselves in public will lead to increased violence and harassment against them should the law be found to be constitutional. https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/28/us/politics/tennessee-drag-pride-month.html?searchResultPosition=1 Pentagon Forbids Drag Events on Bases After ...