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.
After 140 Years, The Actors Fund Solves An Identity Crisis With New Name: Entertainment Community Fund
deadline.comEXCLUSIVE INTERVIEWS: Since the start of the Covid pandemic in 2020, The Actors Fund, the 140-year-old organization that offers emergency financial assistance and other support service to workers in the the performing arts industries, has distributed more than $26.8 million in emergency financial assistance – rent, groceries, medicine, health insurance premiums -.to about 17,900 individuals.
The pandemic-era distribution represents more than 13 times the amount of assistance typically provided by the Fund in an average year.With its name and services reaching unprecedented numbers of people, a rebranding might seem more than a bit counterintuitive, but that’s exactly what Fund officials announced last night: As of now, The Actors Fund the Entertainment Community Fund, a moniker designed to better reflect the entire scope of industry professionals serviced by the group.The change was announced last night by actor and Fund Chairman Brian Stokes Mitchell at the Fund’s Annual Gala held in both Los Angeles and New York City.
The evening, which was simulcasted from both coasts, raised a record-breaking $1.7 million for the organization, which celebrates its 140th anniversary in June.“It’s a new name and a new look, with the same mission,” said Mitchell. “We recognize the dedication of technicians, camera operators, stagehands, writers, musicians, stage managers, actors and thousands more who work in film, television, radio, music, theater, dance and opera.
They all contribute to our country’s cultural vibrancy. We value them. We support them. And the Fund is here for all of them.”During the pandemic, the Fund, as it will be called for short, scaled up operations, serving more than 60,000 individuals in 2020 and 2021, a 68%
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