Very excited to share that Missing in Brooks County has been nominated for a Peabody Award - one of the most preeminent and distinguished awards in entertainment across all media including radio/podcast, broadcast television, film, documentary and news. Peabody Award nominees are selected annually from over 3,000 entries. Those entries...
Over the past weeks and months, you may have found yourself asking (or dreading to ask): what aspect of free speech will Florida target next? It started with the “Don’t Say Gay” bill, followed by the “Stop W.O.K.E.” Act’s efforts to ban books (including “woke” math text books), and the...
“No provider or user of an interactive computer service shall be treated as the publisher or speaker of any information provided by another information content provider.”[1] These twenty-six words comprise Section 230(c)(1) of the Communications Decency Act and have, since Congress’ 1996 enactment of the Act, provided internet companies with...
By Ethan Krasnoo and Ariana Zhao Since summer 2022, Madison Square Garden Entertainment (MSGE) has banned attorneys involved in litigation against the company from its venues, which include, among many others, Madison Square Garden and Radio City Music Hall. To justify this decision, MSGE has cited Rule 4.2 of the...
As a follow up to the recent post on the January 21st premiere of Multitude Films’ documentary Milisuthando at the Sundance Film Festival, last week, The Hollywood Reporter published a glowing review of the film. Reexamining her own experience growing up in apartheid South Africa, director Milisuthando Bongela reflects on...
AIR will be coming to theatres April 5th! The Ben Affleck and Matt Damon film is about RPJ friend and client, Sonny Vaccaro and his tenacious efforts to sign NBA superstar Michael Jordan to a first of its kind deal with Nike. AIR tells the story of how Sonny, played...
New York recently passed a new statute that gives more rights to the heirs of entertainers and other famous people. The “right of publicity” refers to an individual’s right to control the commercial use of their name, image and likeness. Before the new statute was passed, upon their death, these...
Congratulations to Jessica Devaney, Founder and President of Multitude Films, on their win on Sunday, January 22 of the 2023 Sundance Institute | Amazon Studios Nonfiction Producers Award. The Award honors a producer with films at the Sundance Film Festival for their body of work and commitment to creative producing...
Warm congratulations to RPJ Client Engel Entertainment on the promotion of several in-house talent, Ben Shank, Jen Egan, Kara Smith, and Julia Jenkins. Ben Shank has been appointed Chief Content Officer and will oversee all development and programming. The Showrunner and Executive Producer of Engel’s long-running series Lone Star Law and North...
Congratulations to our friends and clients Milisuthando Bongela, Marion Isaacs, and Multitude Films on the upcoming premiere of Milisuthando at the Sundance Film Festival! Director, Milisuthando Bongela, reflects on the “moment of first encounter” between previously segregated white and Black South Africans. She draws from her own experiences growing up...