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King of Pop Doc Get Four Years
By Richard Amada on Nov 29, 2011 | In Performing Arts
I don't know if the multitude of Michael Jackson fans will consider it justice served, but Dr. Conrad Murray -- the doctor convicted of involuntary manslaughter in the drug-induced death of the famed King of Pop -- has been sentenced to four years. The… more »
Spider-Man: Turn Off the Road Tour
By Richard Amada on Nov 9, 2011 | In Performing Arts
Just when perhaps your were thinking the much-jinxed Broadway musical, Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark, had finally turned the corner on its many well-publicized mishaps and missteps, there’s a whole new legal issue in the courts that threatens to keep any… more »
Dancing Around Copyright
By Richard Amada on Oct 13, 2011 | In Performing Arts
I've said it before, and I guess I'll just keep right on saying it: Most people have absolutely no idea how copyright works. Here's an example of what I mean...
I read an online article in the Guardian (a U.K. publication) about how Belgian choreograph… more »
Too Risqué for Carrollton?
By Richard Amada on Oct 1, 2011 | In Performing Arts
I grant you that "The Rocky Horror Show" isn't for everyone. In other words, "My Fair Lady" it ain't. But is this decades-old stage musical still pushing the bounds for theater audiences?
Apparently, the mayor of the town of Carrollton, Georgia, seem… more »
The Help Hires a Lawyer
By Richard Amada on Sep 10, 2011 | In Performing Arts, Literary
One of the big movie hits of the summer is The Help, a film based on Kathryn Stockett's novel about African American maids and their white employers in the 1960s American South. And, as I've said on various occasions before, whenever a movie's making mo… more »
