Taylor Alison Swift is an American singer-songwriter. She is known for narrative songs about her personal life, which have received widespread media coverage. At age 14, Swift became the youngest artist signed by the Sony/ATV Music publishing house and, at 15, she signed her first record deal.
Her 2006 eponymous debut album was the longest-charting album of the 2000s in the US. Its third single, "Our Song", made her the youngest person to single-handedly write and perform a number-one song on the Billboard Hot Country Songs chart. Swift's second album, Fearless, was released in 2008.
Buoyed by the pop crossover success of the singles "Love Story" and "You Belong with Me", it became the US' best-selling album of 2009 and was certified diamond in the US. The album won four Grammy Awards, and Swift became the youngest Album of the Year winner.
Association Of Talent Agents Sends Members “Force Majeure” Summary Ahead Of Threatened WGA Strike
deadline.comAs negotiations for a new Writers Guild contract enter their final phase, the Association of Talent Agents has sent its member-agencies a 22-page summary of the “force majeure” provisions contained in the contracts of the WGA, SAG-AFTRA and the DGA.
Force majeure, the ATA notes, “is a provision in a contract that addresses the parties’ obligations if an extraordinary event directly prevents one or both parties from performing.” Each of the guilds treats force majeure differently, but generally they establish the terms under which the companies can or cannot contractually suspend or terminate deals.
At the start of the 2007-08 WGA strike, for instance, Universal Media Studios cited the force majeure provisions in the Screen Actors Guild contract when it notified regulars on several of its shows, including The Office and 30 Rock, that they were being suspended on half-pay for five weeks.
Sony Pictures TV, however, told the regulars on two of its shows – Rules of Engagement and Til Death – that they were being put on unpaid hiatus while having to remain exclusive to the studio.
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