Entertainment and sports law encompasses multiple areas of law which work together to serve the entertainment and sports industries. Attorneys who practice entertainment and sports law represent clients in the fields of motion pictures, television, theater, music, media, visual arts, literature, and professional sports. Entertainment and sports law lawyers handle matters like contract negotiation, agent representation, product endorsement deals, and litigation on behalf of their clients.
Chillicothe is a city in and the county seat of Livingston County, Missouri, United States. The population was 8,968 at the 2000 census. The name "Chillicothe" is Shawnee for "big town", and was named after their Chillicothe, located since 1774 about a mile from the present-day city. Chillicothe is one of only two cities named in the world-famous song "Hooray for Hollywood" that opens the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Awards (The Oscars). The 1937 song (lyrics by Johnny Mercer and music by Richard A. Whiting) contains in the second verse: "Hooray for Hollywood! That phony, super Coney, Hollywood. They come from Chilicothes and Padukahs... " Interestingly both cities were misspelled in the original lyrics. The correct spellings are, of course, "Chillicothe" and "Paducah".