More than 250 artists, including Billie Eilish, Green Day, Sia and Cyndi Lauper, signed a letter Thursday urging the Senate Commerce Committee to support a bill that would reform the ticketing system for live events.
The Fans First Act, which was initially introduced in December by Sens. John Cornyn, Amy Klobuchar, Marsha Blackburn, Peter Welch, Roger Wicker and Ben Ray Lujan, aims to address flaws in the current live event ticketing system. The bill hopes to increase transparency in ticket sales, protect consumers from fake or overpriced tickets, and hold those who engage in illegal ticket sale practices accountable.
“As artists and members of the music community, we rely on touring for our livelihood, and we value music fans above all else,” the letter said in part. “We are joining together to say that the current system is broken: predatory resellers and secondary platforms engage in deceptive ticketing practices to inflate...
The Fans First Act, which was initially introduced in December by Sens. John Cornyn, Amy Klobuchar, Marsha Blackburn, Peter Welch, Roger Wicker and Ben Ray Lujan, aims to address flaws in the current live event ticketing system. The bill hopes to increase transparency in ticket sales, protect consumers from fake or overpriced tickets, and hold those who engage in illegal ticket sale practices accountable.
“As artists and members of the music community, we rely on touring for our livelihood, and we value music fans above all else,” the letter said in part. “We are joining together to say that the current system is broken: predatory resellers and secondary platforms engage in deceptive ticketing practices to inflate...
- 4/25/2024
- by Carly Thomas
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
YouTube CEO Susan Wojcicki and Microsoft chief Satya Nadella were skedded to join 2,500 politicians, business and nonprofit leaders at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland this week as the annual gathering kneecapped by Covid is back in person. It reconvenes, a bit subdued, at a critical moment with the world staggering under food scarcity, raging fuel prices and war.
There’s usually a sprinkling of snow on the pines at the tony mountain resort, about a seven-hour drive from the Cannes Film Festival. The showbiz presence is also scant at an event that over the years has hosted Hollywood and music royalty like Leonardo DiCaprio, Matt Damon, Angelina Jolie, Charlize Theron, Sharon Stone, Goldie Hawn, Bono, Peter Gabriel and Will.I.Am.
Davos is the place where assembled dignitaries tittered and booed a boastful speech by former President Donald Trump in 2018, but weren’t laughing when he returned in 2020. In 2021, the event was virtual.
There’s usually a sprinkling of snow on the pines at the tony mountain resort, about a seven-hour drive from the Cannes Film Festival. The showbiz presence is also scant at an event that over the years has hosted Hollywood and music royalty like Leonardo DiCaprio, Matt Damon, Angelina Jolie, Charlize Theron, Sharon Stone, Goldie Hawn, Bono, Peter Gabriel and Will.I.Am.
Davos is the place where assembled dignitaries tittered and booed a boastful speech by former President Donald Trump in 2018, but weren’t laughing when he returned in 2020. In 2021, the event was virtual.
- 5/23/2022
- by Jill Goldsmith
- Deadline Film + TV
The Senate Commerce Committee moved the nominations of Gigi Sohn to the FCC and Alvaro Bedoya to the FTC, but it came in a tie vote that sets up a more complicated path to their ultimate confirmations.
The 14-14 vote along party lines for each nomination means that the committee will “report” the tie to the Senate floor.
That means more legislative maneuvering by Democrats to clear each nominee, as the Senate can move to “discharge” the nomination to get it to the floor for a vote. That’s still possible, as Vice President Kamala Harris holds the tie-breaking vote in the 50-50 Senate, and there is pressure on party leaders to get the nominations through so that Democrats will secure a majority at each agency.
The nominations were delayed last month after Sen. Ben Ray Lujan (D-nm) suffered a stroke, costing Democrats the votes they needed to keep the Sohn and Bedoya nominations alive.
The 14-14 vote along party lines for each nomination means that the committee will “report” the tie to the Senate floor.
That means more legislative maneuvering by Democrats to clear each nominee, as the Senate can move to “discharge” the nomination to get it to the floor for a vote. That’s still possible, as Vice President Kamala Harris holds the tie-breaking vote in the 50-50 Senate, and there is pressure on party leaders to get the nominations through so that Democrats will secure a majority at each agency.
The nominations were delayed last month after Sen. Ben Ray Lujan (D-nm) suffered a stroke, costing Democrats the votes they needed to keep the Sohn and Bedoya nominations alive.
- 3/3/2022
- by Ted Johnson
- Deadline Film + TV
Update, 7:50 Pm Pt: At one point during Joe Biden’s State of the Union speech, and he started to talk about the deaths of service members due to environmental exposure, Rep. Lauren Boebert (R-co) interrupted him, shouting, “Yeah, 13 of them!”
She was booed — by members of both parties.
The headline of the State of the Union speech was the hard line that Biden took toward Vladimir Putin and the ovation that greeted the Ukrainian ambassador, Oksana Markarova, who was seated next to First Lady Jill Biden. But the goal was to find moments of unity, where members of both parties would be compelled to stand up in applause.
It largely worked, as some of the standout moments were those that drew a show of support from members on both sides of the aisle, including Biden’s reference to funding the police, as well as one of his chief legislative accomplishments,...
She was booed — by members of both parties.
The headline of the State of the Union speech was the hard line that Biden took toward Vladimir Putin and the ovation that greeted the Ukrainian ambassador, Oksana Markarova, who was seated next to First Lady Jill Biden. But the goal was to find moments of unity, where members of both parties would be compelled to stand up in applause.
It largely worked, as some of the standout moments were those that drew a show of support from members on both sides of the aisle, including Biden’s reference to funding the police, as well as one of his chief legislative accomplishments,...
- 3/2/2022
- by Ted Johnson
- Deadline Film + TV
Gigi Sohn, Joe Biden’s choice to fill a fifth slot on the FCC, told a Senate committee on Wednesday that she has been subject to “unrelenting, unfair, and outright false criticism and scrutiny,” as she’s been a target of attacks from the right and industry lobbyists raise issues that have delayed her confirmation process.
Sohn’s nomination is significant because her confirmation would give Democrats a 3-2 majority on the FCC, allowing it to move forward on contentious issues like net neutrality and media consolidation. Since last year, the commission has been split between the parties 2-2.
Under questioning before the Senate Commerce Committee, Sohn said that some companies have been “opportunistic” in seizing on one issue: whether she should recuse herself from matters that she has previously weighed in on as a public interest advocate, including her tenure as co-founder of the group Public Knowledge.
Sohn said,...
Sohn’s nomination is significant because her confirmation would give Democrats a 3-2 majority on the FCC, allowing it to move forward on contentious issues like net neutrality and media consolidation. Since last year, the commission has been split between the parties 2-2.
Under questioning before the Senate Commerce Committee, Sohn said that some companies have been “opportunistic” in seizing on one issue: whether she should recuse herself from matters that she has previously weighed in on as a public interest advocate, including her tenure as co-founder of the group Public Knowledge.
Sohn said,...
- 2/9/2022
- by Ted Johnson
- Deadline Film + TV
President Biden promised on the campaign trail that if he had the opportunity to nominate a new Supreme Court justice, he would nominate a Black woman. No one seemed to care at the time. Presidents had made similar pledges in the past. Ronald Reagan in 1980 pledged to nominate a woman to “one of the first Supreme Court vacancies in my administration.” Donald Trump in 2020 promised to replace Ruth Bader Ginsburg with a woman, leading to the nomination and confirmation of Amy Coney Barrett.
But now that Biden is actually in...
But now that Biden is actually in...
- 2/2/2022
- by Ryan Bort
- Rollingstone.com
It’s a bit unusual when any FCC nomination becomes controversial — and even a bit strange when Tucker Carlson seizes on it.
But that is what has been happening in recent months in the case of Gigi Sohn, a longtime public interest advocate whose nomination to fill a vacancy on the commission is scheduled to come to a vote on Wednesday before the Senate Commerce Committee, with the chance that she also will face a tight confirmation vote on the Senate floor.
Most nominations sail through with little attention, but Sohn has become a bit of a lightning rod on the right for some past tweets, yet it’s the telecom and broadcast lobby that has raised issues with her nomination, resulting in a delay that could end up being consequential.
With the commission split 2-2 between the parties, the FCC is deadlocked to take up more controversial items in...
But that is what has been happening in recent months in the case of Gigi Sohn, a longtime public interest advocate whose nomination to fill a vacancy on the commission is scheduled to come to a vote on Wednesday before the Senate Commerce Committee, with the chance that she also will face a tight confirmation vote on the Senate floor.
Most nominations sail through with little attention, but Sohn has become a bit of a lightning rod on the right for some past tweets, yet it’s the telecom and broadcast lobby that has raised issues with her nomination, resulting in a delay that could end up being consequential.
With the commission split 2-2 between the parties, the FCC is deadlocked to take up more controversial items in...
- 1/30/2022
- by Ted Johnson
- Deadline Film + TV
As Last Week Tonight enters its first birthday of coming from the white void, host John Oliver started Sunday’s episode with the much-talked-about interview between Oprah Winfrey and Megan Markle and “her unemployed husband” as they addressed the instances of racism in the royal family.
Of course, Fox News and people like Piers Morgan did not like any of this while Brexit Party leader Nigel Farage told Newsmax’s Greg Kelly: “Nobody in the world, in history, has done more for people of color than the British royal family.”
“Wow!” exclaimed Oliver in regards to Farage’s comment. “The word, ‘for’ there is the absolute worst preposition. Almost any other would be better.” He went to give examples saying “Nobody in the world has done more ‘to’ people of color than the British royal family”. He also pointed out that other words like “through” and “above” instead of “for...
Of course, Fox News and people like Piers Morgan did not like any of this while Brexit Party leader Nigel Farage told Newsmax’s Greg Kelly: “Nobody in the world, in history, has done more for people of color than the British royal family.”
“Wow!” exclaimed Oliver in regards to Farage’s comment. “The word, ‘for’ there is the absolute worst preposition. Almost any other would be better.” He went to give examples saying “Nobody in the world has done more ‘to’ people of color than the British royal family”. He also pointed out that other words like “through” and “above” instead of “for...
- 3/15/2021
- by Dino-Ray Ramos
- Deadline Film + TV
The American Rescue Act, passed by Democrats alone in the House and Senate and signed into law Thursday by President Biden, is not only massive, it’s massively popular. The $1.9 trillion bill — which will deliver $1,400 relief checks to most citizens, dramatically expand federal support for children over the coming year, while boosting unemployment checks — is supported by 75 percent of Americans.
A new CBS/YouGov poll finds the Biden stimulus is supported in overwhelming numbers by Democrats (94 percent), Independents (77 percent), and even counts significant backing from Republicans (46 percent). Delivering on a central campaign promise,...
A new CBS/YouGov poll finds the Biden stimulus is supported in overwhelming numbers by Democrats (94 percent), Independents (77 percent), and even counts significant backing from Republicans (46 percent). Delivering on a central campaign promise,...
- 3/11/2021
- by Tim Dickinson
- Rollingstone.com
The latest news out of the latest congressional hearing on tech platforms’ content moderation practices was from Mark Zuckerberg, the CEO of Facebook, who said that he’s open to a rethink of Section 230.
That’s the provision of a 1996 law that gives Facebook, Twitter, Google and other platforms immunity for the way that they moderate third-party content.
But just six days before a presidential election, the Senate Commerce Committee hearing Wednesday with Zuckerberg, Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey and Alphabet-Google CEO Sundar Pichai was, for anyone who’s been following this stuff, exactly what you would think.
One after another, Republicans griped that their voices were being stifled on the platforms, with inconsistently deployed policies or what a number of lawmakers see as bias against the right (counterpoint: Facebook’s top performing links over the past 24 hours).
Sen. Ted Cruz (R-tx), who promoted the hearing with a meme akin to a prizefight,...
That’s the provision of a 1996 law that gives Facebook, Twitter, Google and other platforms immunity for the way that they moderate third-party content.
But just six days before a presidential election, the Senate Commerce Committee hearing Wednesday with Zuckerberg, Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey and Alphabet-Google CEO Sundar Pichai was, for anyone who’s been following this stuff, exactly what you would think.
One after another, Republicans griped that their voices were being stifled on the platforms, with inconsistently deployed policies or what a number of lawmakers see as bias against the right (counterpoint: Facebook’s top performing links over the past 24 hours).
Sen. Ted Cruz (R-tx), who promoted the hearing with a meme akin to a prizefight,...
- 10/28/2020
- by Ted Johnson
- Deadline Film + TV
The Senate on Thursday voted in favor of a resolution to “terminate” President Trump’s national emergency declaration. The vote marks a stunning bipartisan rebuke of the president, who last month used his executive privilege to circumvent Congress and fund the construction of a wall along the southern border. Though the Gop holds a 53-47 advantage over Democrats in the Senate, the measure passed by a vote of 59-41, with 12 members of Trump’s own party voting against him.
All Republicans have voted. A dozen crossed Trump: Alexander, Blunt, Collins,...
All Republicans have voted. A dozen crossed Trump: Alexander, Blunt, Collins,...
- 3/14/2019
- by Ryan Bort
- Rollingstone.com
The Brett Kavanaugh Supreme Court battle has turned into one of the most contentious nominations in our nation’s history. President Trump’s nominee has been accused of past sexual assaults and of being dishonest before the Senate.
Despite testimony by Dr. Christine Blasey Ford, Kavanaugh’s nomination cleared the Senate Judiciary Committee on a party-line vote on September 28th. Following an unaccountably incomplete investigation by the FBI, Kavanaugh’s nomination cleared a key procedural hurdle, setting up a final vote this weekend.
On Friday, Sen. Susan Collins (R-me) delivered...
Despite testimony by Dr. Christine Blasey Ford, Kavanaugh’s nomination cleared the Senate Judiciary Committee on a party-line vote on September 28th. Following an unaccountably incomplete investigation by the FBI, Kavanaugh’s nomination cleared a key procedural hurdle, setting up a final vote this weekend.
On Friday, Sen. Susan Collins (R-me) delivered...
- 10/5/2018
- by Tim Dickinson
- Rollingstone.com
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