Liam James Payne (born 29 August 1993) is an English singer and songwriter.
He rose to fame as a member of the boy band One Direction.
Payne made his debut as a singer when he auditioned for the British television series The X Factor in 2008. After being eliminated as a solo performer, he auditioned again in 2010 and was put into a group with four other contestants to form One Direction
Broadway's Emergency Relief Deal Doesn't Cover Playwrights
hollywoodreporter.comA deal reached Friday between a coalition of stage unions and the organization representing Broadway producers for wage payments and additional health contributions to aid stage workers in distress doesn’t — and couldn’t — include playwrights, The Hollywood Reporter has learned.
The reason? Unlike screen and television writers, playwrights are independent contractors who license their work to producers for a fee.
They’re not employees, and for that reason their organization — the Dramatists Guild — could not participate in the collective bargaining that resulted in the deal between the Coalition of Broadway Unions and Guilds and the Broadway League. “As a member of COBUG, the Dramatists Guild supports the Broadway unions in their efforts to.
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