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LOS ANGELES, May 25, 2021 /PRNewswire/ Today, the Black-Jewish Entertainment Alliance Executive Committee released a statement on behalf of the Alliance condemning an alarming wave of antisemitic hate and bigotry that has spread across America and the United Kingdom. The Alliance has vowed to use their platform to speak out against hate in all its forms, to urge unity amongst minority groups, and maintain that an attack on one community is an attack on all minority communities. As Black and Jewish entertainment industry leaders, we condemn the appalling explosion of antisemitic violence and rhetoric across America and Europe over the past week, the statement begins.
Grave questions about the way music industry executives treated pop star Amy Winehouse in the weeks before her death have been raised in a damning new book.
Her childhood friend Tyler James today claims the singer was so delirious and weak after a five-day drinking spree that she had to be carried on to a private jet so that she could perform in a final, disastrous tour of Europe.
Barely a month later, she was found dead at her home in Camden, North London, aged just 27.
In his harrowing account of the star s final weeks, James claims that Ms Winehouse s management heaped pressure on her to keep working as she battled her demons, raising questions over whether they failed in their duty of care towards the ailing star.
I walked up the steps of the house in Camden Square, North London, put my key in the door and stepped inside. Andrew, one of Amy Winehouse’s security guys, was in the hallway on the phone. He gestured to me to stay where I was.
It had been two days since I’d walked out. Amy and I had been best mates since she was 12 and I was 13.
Camden Square was the latest of countless homes we’d lived in together since Amy was 18.
After years of trauma, of trying to save Amy, I was running out of ideas, too. (Pictured, Amy Winehouse in Concert, Belgrade, Serbia)
Diane Warren (Songwriter, Producer), and
Ben Silverman (Chairman and Co-Chief Executive Officer of Propagate Content) are among nearly 130 signers of the joint statement, which was made public Friday. We are deeply concerned by the escalating violence in Israel and the Palestinian Territories, the statement reads. The loss of life and violence is heartbreaking. We call on the leaders of all parties to end the violence, urge calm, and work toward de-escalation.
The statement s signers are among the first in the entertainment industry to publicly promote peace while also opposing a surge of deceptive media narratives that have dominated the news cycle since tensions escalated nearly a week ago.