SCALL 29th Annual Institute Presentation - Entertainment Web Sites
29th Annual Institute
That's Entertainment: New Media & Technology Law
INTERNET ENTERTAINMENT LAW SITES
Findlaw Entertainment Law: Entertainment legal news and general entertainment news. Subscribe to free E legal news update. http://e.findlaw.com.
Findlaw Entertainment Law FBI celebrity files: http://news.findlaw.com/legalnews/documents/ (scroll down to bottom of page for FBI Files)
Mugshots.org: http://mugshots.org/ - http://mugshots.org/hollywood/larry-king.html
The Smoking Gun: The Smoking Gun "brings you exclusive documents -- cool, confidential, quirky -- that can't be found elsewhere on the Web. Using material obtained from government and law enforcement sources, via Freedom of Information requests, and from court files nationwide, we guarantee everything here is 100% authentic." http://www.thesmokinggun.com/
Entertainmentsleuth: Collects info & photos about celebs and permits tracking. http://e.sleuth.com/
Adflip.com: The world's largest searchable database of classic print ads. You can search by category, by decade, even by year. http://www.adflip.com/
AltaVista debuted new Entertainment search engine--Aug. 2000. http://entertainment.altavista.com.
Internet Movie Database: archived back to 1997. Includes celebrity news, box office information, reviews of movies, t.v. and videos, a picture gallery and a film glossary http://www.imdb.com/
American Film Institute: Great lists of all kinds of entertainment links, covers TV, cinema, radio, etc. www.afionline.org/links*
E! Online: T.V and movie reviews, celebrity news and free E! online news e-mailed daily. http://www.eonline com
Mr. Showbiz: Covers entertainment news, music, TV (including Nielsen ratings), movies (including box office, cast, credit information), celebrity bios, and more. You can search the movie database by title, actor, director, writer, studio, genre, and year (back to 1915). www.mrshowbiz.com *
Hollywood Reporter: summaries of articles are free. Box office estimates posted Sunday evening (final posted Mon. evening). Archives-back to 1991. Online version updated all day and may have more (& longer) stories than print version. $21/month http://www.hollywoodreporter.com
PkBaseline: For $119/year, access the current Hollywood Reporter and Daily Variety and their archives (back further than they provide at their site). Also: Cable World and Paul Kagan’s Motion Picture Investor archives. http://www.pkbaseline.com
Hollywood NetDirectory: Searchable database of entertainment related entities. Can search by name, category, keyword. http://hollydex.com *
Daily Variety: Similar information to Hollywood Reporter. If print subscriber, $15/month for online access; if not a monthly print subscriber-$33/month subscription. http://www.dailyvariety.com
Inside.com: Subscription based, but lots of free info-even archives. 30 day trial subscription. http://www.inside.com
Electronic Media: Covers broadcast and cable news (summaries of news-free, for full access-$119/year. Other free items include job listings and events listings. http://www.emonline.com/
Broadcasting and Cable News: Headlines are free, but must subscribe for full access ($39 for print subscribers). Some of the free information includes the "Top 25 Reports" (e.g. top 25 cable operators), news about people (by category) and Nielson ratings. http://www.broadcastingcable.com
Ifilmpro.com: Free news and free searching of site for articles, but most other parts of site are pay, such as the phone list, the buzz, and tracking. Can look for a writer by name or genre. http://www.ifilmpro.com
Reportertv.com: Besides current news, unclear as to its content or date coverage. http://reportertv.com
ShowBizData.com: Launched in 1997 (by movie producer Oliver Eberle) as a specialized domestic and international entertainment/market research resource to the entertainment industry. $29.95 per month fee. http://www.showbizdata.com/
Greatest Films: Not limited to greatest films - it offers in-depth reviews and historical background for movies; a history of the academy awards; film quote library; vintage film poster library; film history by decades; and film reference material. http://www.filmsite.org*
TV Guide: An amazing amount of material can be found on this site, including a searchable "Web Guide" for upcoming activities on the Internet and a searchable database of 40,000+ movies. http://www.tvguide.com * SAG: Search by "choose a topic", entering keywords into search engine of clicking on links. Agreements, SAG directory, calendar, awards, etc. http://www.sag.org/
DGA: Use site map to find agreements, legislation, list of agents, etc. http://www.dga.org/index2.php3
Sports Law
Findlaw Sports Law: Sports law news and general sports news (also includes the Sports-Drug Use report). Subscribe to free Sports legal news update. http://sports.findlaw.com/
Internet For Lawyers Information
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*Thanks to SCALL Member Donella Johnson of Loeb & Loeb for recommending these additional sites.