My long time readers and friends know this girl loves a countdown show. So, why should my blog be any different? This year, visitors from 88 countries visited this site! Some found their way by Twitter others from searching for United States copyright and trademark law. I continue to be blown away by the sharing and input you … Continue reading
I love the film community that is steadily growing in Mississippi. Thanks to the work by the Mississippi Film Office, there is a continuous stream of films (with a budget and well-known actors!) being filmed in and around the Magnolia state. This growth also leads to more opportunities for up and coming filmmakers, like my … Continue reading
When StatuteofRyAnne.com first started, I featured an artist each week I really admired. The genesis was because there is SO much talent and great creative projects coming out of the South. Just look at the film Get On Up, the story of James Brown, recently released in theaters and filmed almost entirely in Mississippi. Or, the #HappyMS short music collage film showcasing Mississippi’s … Continue reading
The screens were big. The stars were glamorous. The stories were outrageous. My childhood was a place where frogs could talk and sing, pixie dust could solve most any problem (including gravity) and if I could dream it, then I could do it. Before it was hip to instill self-esteem, my parents were leading the … Continue reading
“We interrupt this broadcast. The National Weather Service has issued a tornado warning for …” I hope you have never heard those words. By virtue of growing up in the deep South, I have heard them too many times to count. It happened again this week, more than once this week. While I have been so … Continue reading
This past week I have been busy preparing for a talk I am giving at Crossroads Film Festival in Jackson, Mississippi. It is a great festival complete with good food, good music, great movies and wonderful southern hospitality. For my film industry readers, you should consider submitting your projects to this festival. You can find out … Continue reading
I love a good countdown show. Whether it is the Top 10 Biggest Celebrity Fashion Mistakes, Billboard Hot 100, I Love the 80s or my childhood weekly favorite of Casey Kasem’s Top 40, I absolutely have to know who is Number 1. I blame all of this on too many Sunday afternoons with my hotpink … Continue reading
When I am not reading or writing about intellectual property issues, my guilty pleasure is reality television. There is something about it that pulls me in. In college I was a faithful follower of The Bachelor and The Bachelorette series on ABC. Graduating from undergrad, life, law school and being newly married, unfortunately, curbed me … Continue reading
Today I decided to feature my two favorite areas of the law – copyright and trademark! Our Feature Friday today is featuring Five Facts that you need to know about Trademark Law and Copyright Law in order to be successful in the entertainment industry. A trademark and a copyright are not interchangeable words or concepts. … Continue reading
Headrush – often equated with standing up too fast and getting extremely dizzy while becoming lightheaded. HEADRUSH is also the soon-to-be released film from young Mississippi filmmaker Johnson Thomasson. Unlike some of my past Feature Friday subjects, Johnson and I have not actually met. He was recommended to me by one of my readers and … Continue reading
My Feature Friday for this week is vocalist and performer Susan Marshall! Susan has over 100 albums to her credit and has performed with the likes of Lynyrd Skynyrd, North Mississippi Allstars, and Lucinda Williams – just to name a few. She also was the songwriter for one of the songs on Katharine McPhee’s debut album. … Continue reading
A few weeks back I told you about the new album Apology on Repeat to be released by the uber-talented Jason Turner. To read the first post about Jason, his music and lessons learned in the music industry, check out my earlier post. The album is now out and with GREAT reviews! Alabama.com called Jason “Mississippi’s best … Continue reading
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