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An exotic dancer's shoe on stage at Scores Gentlemen's Club, Jan. 27, 2021, in Tampa, Fla. A stripper and the strip club where she worked have sued Florida’s attorney general to stop enforcement of a new state law took effect on Monday, July 1, 2024, prohibiting adult entertainment businesses from employing people who are under age 21, claiming it violates their First Amendment rights. (AP Photo/Chris O'Meara, File)

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Stripper sues Florida over new age restrictions for workers at adult entertainment businesses
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Tue,07/02/24-11:37AM , 62 Reads
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — A 19-year-old and the club where she worked as a stripper have sued Florida’s attorney general and two local prosecutors to stop enforcement of a new state law prohibiting adult entertainment businesses from employing people who are under 21, claiming it violates their constitutional rights.
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This image provided by the estate of Dick Waterman, shows Arthur Crudup, center, with Fred McDowell, left, and Robert Pete Williams. Crudup wrote the song “That’s All Right,” which Elvis Presley later recorded for his first single. But Crudup received scant songwriting royalties because a record contract funneled the money to his original manager. Crudup died in 1974, leaving behind one of the starker accounts of Black-artist exploitation in the 20th Century. (Dick Waterman via AP)

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Arthur Crudup: What to know about the bluesman who wrote Elvis's first hit and barely got paid
Tue,07/02/24-8:08AM , 79 Reads
FRANKTOWN, Va. (AP) — Arthur “Big Boy” Crudup helped invent rock ‘n’ roll.

His 1946 song “That’s All Right" would become the first single Elvis Presley ever released. Rod Stewart would sing it on a chart-topping album. Led Zeppelin would play it live.
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In this image provided by Jeff Titon, Athur Crudup performs in Ann Arbor, Mich., Sunday, Aug. 3, 1969. Crudup wrote the song “That’s All Right,” which Elvis Presley later recorded for his first single. (Jeff Titon via AP)

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Arthur Crudup wrote the song that became Elvis' first hit. He barely got paid
Tue,07/02/24-8:04AM , 67 Reads
FRANKTOWN, Va. (AP) — Arthur “Big Boy” Crudup helped invent rock ‘n’ roll.
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A sign for Player Kings at the Noel Coward Theatre in London, starring Sir Ian McKellen, who has been taken to hospital after he fell from the stage during a West End performance, Monday, June 17, 2024. The 85-year-old actor known for playing Gandalf in the “Lord of the Rings” films and his many stage roles was playing John Falstaff in a production of Player Kings at the theater. (Jacob Freedland/PA via AP)

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Ian McKellen withdraws from tour of his play to ‘protect my recovery’ after fall from stage
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Mon,07/01/24-10:02AM , 65 Reads
LONDON (AP) — Actor Ian McKellen said Monday he is withdrawing from a U.K. tour of his latest play because he needs more time to recover after falling off the stage at a London theater last month.
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