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Super Bowl: NFL Orchestrates Annual Release of Roger Goodell’s $44 Mil Salary til After Game
Sunday is the Super Bowl. But in the next couple of weeks will come bigger news from the NFL: whether or not Roger Goodell...
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Broadway: Without Nathan Lane, “It’s Only a Play” Box Office Is Off By a Million Bucks
Does Nathan Lane have drawing power on Broadway? Evidently, a lot. When he and Matthew Broderick were starring in "It's Only a Play" during...
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Music: Sound Exchange Digital Royalties Up 31% in 2014 from Sirius, Pandora, Etc.
SoundExchange, the organization that collects digital royalties, says their total was up 31% in 2014 from 2013. We're not surprised. SE collected $773 million,...
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Sam Smith Grammy Chances Nullified: Concedes Royalty and Credit to Tom Petty Over “Stay with Me”
"Stay with Me" was such a great summer single. Sam Smith wrote it with two pals, and the song had a gospel feel. Smith's...
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Jerry Seinfeld’s “Comedians in Cars” wins PGA, So Does “Birdman”
This is a late posting but just in case you missed it: "Birdman" won the Producers Guild Award last night in L.A. I don't...
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Exclusive: Paul McCartney Reboots Beatles Catalog for Neil Young’s Pono Music Player
All you need is cash: I am told that Neil Young's high end music player and library, Pono, has scored a coup. They've secured...
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UPDATE: Sting’s Musical “The Last Ship” Will Close Despite Best Efforts to Keep it Going
EXCLUSIVE Sad to report that "The Last Ship" will close on January 24th, when Sting makes his last performance. Valiant efforts were made to...
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Box Office: “The Interview” Novelty Fades as Film Makes Just $1.1 Million Over Weekend
The novelty of "The Interview" may be over. The Seth Rogen-James Franco comedy that's caused so much trouble expanded this weekend to 581 theaters....