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Adios to Latin Jazz Category Could Mean a Class Action Against the Grammys
By Richard Amada on Jun 30, 2011 | In Music
The Grammy Awards' decision to eliminate several awards categories has at least one group of musicians riled up enough to threaten litigation. According to the New York Times ArtsBeat Blog, a New York law firm says it's going to file a class action suit… more »
Goodbye, Columbo
By Richard Amada on Jun 24, 2011 | In Cinema, TV, Radio
No one upheld the law like the tenacious, rumpled, raincoat-wearing Detective Columbo, whose trademark "Oh, just one more thing..." kept clever killers off balance and kept audiences coming back episode after episode. But there will be no more "one more… more »
Harper Lee Prize Finalists Announced
By Richard Amada on Jun 20, 2011 | In Literary
The American Bar Association Journal and the University of Alabama announced the three finalists for the Harper Lee Prize for Legal Fiction. The finalists are: The Reversal, by Michael Connelly; The Confession, by John Grisham; and Fatal Convictions, by… more »
I'm Flattered; Now Stop It
By Richard Amada on Jun 13, 2011 | In Music
The people who write songs for the musical theater are thrilled when someone likes their work enough to want to buy copies of the sheet music. Did you catch the key word in that first line? The word is "buy." People who write music for a living earn… more »
Legally Playwriting
By Richard Amada on Jun 8, 2011 | In Performing Arts, Literary
Beginning tomorrow (Thursday, June 9, 2011) the Dramatists Guild of America will hold its first ever national conference on playwriting, and it will hold it in northern Virginia, just outside of Washington, D.C. Among the topics to be covered are some o… more »
Slam Dance at Tommy J's?
By Richard Amada on Jun 3, 2011 | In Performing Arts
Let there be dancing in the streets...just not at the Thomas Jefferson Memorial.
A group of people were arrested last weekend for dancing in the famed Washington, D.C., landmark. Officially, they were hauled in for conducting a public demonstration at… more »
