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.
SAG-AFTRA & AMPTP Reach Tentative Agreement On Exclusivity Contract Provisions
deadline.comSAG-AFTRA and the Alliance of Motion Picture & Television Producers have reached a tentative agreement covering exclusivity terms – standard provisions in TV contracts that can hold actors off the market and unable to work for long periods of time.
The tentative agreement is subject to approval by the SAG-AFTRA National Board, which will meet on Saturday, Aug. 20. The specific details will not be released in advance of the board’s review, but before the tentative agreement was reached, the union maintained that “Exclusivity contracts are outdated and harmful to creative artists and their families.
Since 2009, series seasons have been cut from 24 episodes down to an average of 12. The amount of downtime between seasons has increased from five months to 14 months.
That’s a long time to be out of work and it has severe financial impacts on actors and their families. “Producers have moved their production and exhibition models into the 21st Century and it’s time they allow their employees to join them.
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