Notes From the Rep Biz, August 16, 2013
Agency Notes:
At CAA:
Zooey Deschanel returned to the CAA fold after a brief stint at UTA. Her point this time around is Jim Toth. Continuing the theme of change, she is no longer managed by Sarah Jackson at Seven Summits.
Dancing With the Stars host Brooke Burke-Charvet has signed with Jonathan Swaden. Her manager is David Brady at Bx2 Management.
Celebrity chef and Top Chef guest David Chang has signed with Lisa Shotland.
Kylie Minogue has joined CAA's music division, signing with Rob Light.
Chinese film and music star Wang Leehom is now with Bryan Lourd.
At WME:
Houston Texans running back Arian Foster, who makes his acting debut in the forthcoming Draft Day, has signed with Brad Slater. He will also be repped by WME for commercial work.
Magazine The Atlantic has landed at WME, where it will be represented by lit agent Jason Hodes.
Actor Josh Pence is a new sign for Lorrie Bartlett at ICM Partners. He is managed by Sandra Chang at Anonymous Content.
Paul Verhoeven, a pioneering filmmaker any way you look at him, has joined Resolution, where he will be handled by David Unger.
This is a homecoming, of sorts, as Verhoeven was a longtime ICM client,
and Resolution was formed by ICM's former president, Jeff Berg.
Verhoeven's manager is Marion Rosenberg.
Management Notes:
Brooke Shields has signed with Untitled Entertainment's Jason Weinberg. She is also with Sarah Clossey and Nancy Gates at UTA.
Dallas star Jesse Metcalfe is now with manager Loch Powell at Leverage. Metcalfe's agent is Jennifer Craig at Gersh.
Kathleen Turner has signed with NYC-based manager Gene Parseghian. She is also represented by Don Buchwald and Associates.
PR Notes:
Brooke Shields also has a new publicist, having signed with Jill Fritzo at PMKBNC.
New signs for Persona PR include actors LaMonica Garrett, Khylin Rhambo and Victoria Summer, and celebrity stylist Anita Patrickson.
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WhoRepresents?com: Notes From the Rep Biz, August 16, 2013
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WhoRepresents?com: Notes From the Rep Biz, August 23, 2013
Notes From the Rep Biz, August 23, 2013
Agency Notes:
No Resolution for Brewster:
Agent Isabella Brewster
has departed Resolution after only half a year. According to The Wrap,
the exit is for personal reasons, not professional. Brewster was
previously with CAA and then became a manager for a hot second before
joining the fledgling Resolution, which has seen its client list grow to
include the likes of David Duchovny, Mickey Rourke, Nick Cassavetes, Walt Becker, Naomi Campbell and, most recently, Paul Verhoeven. No word yet on where Brewster will land, or which, if any, of her clients will join her.
At UTA:
Actress Rosamund Pike has departed the agency, joining a list of Magnolia Entertainment clients who have left in recent months, such as Rachel McAdams and Swede superstars Joel Kinnaman and Noomi Rapace. It's unclear what spawned this feud between the two rep houses, but it's clearly still ongoing.
At WME:
Hootie and the Blowfish have parted ways with agent David Levine. But the agency has signed the following musicians:
Alan Jackson, who will be repped by Sean Perry.
Tracy Lawrence, who will be repped by Greg Oswald.
Lucy Foley, who will be repped by Cathryn Summerhayes.
Brandy Clark, who will be repped by Abby Wells Baas.
Singer Sofia Carson, who will be repped by Julie Colbert.
Composer John Frizzell, who will be repped by Bradley Rainey.
Actress and model Cara Delevingne has signed with the agency. She will be represented by Sharon Jackson.
Reed Alexander (iCarly) has left the agency and is now represented only by Meredith Fine and Dana Fletcher at Coast to Coast Talent Group.
Director Jeremy Webb (Downton Abbey, Doctor Who) and comedian/actor Dana Gould have signed with the agency. Both will be represented by Lisa Harrison.
At CAA:
Broadcaster, former baseball player, and Mia Hamm spouse Nomar Garciaparra has signed with the agency. He will be repped by Becky Sandrow, Andy Elkin, and Bob Philp.
PR Notes:
Miranda Otto (War of the Worlds), Lindsey Gort (The Carrie Diaries), actor/singer Evan Ross, and author Helen Fielding (the Bridget Jones series) have all signed with PMKBNC.
Stephanie Leigh Schlund (The Hunger Games: Catching Fire) and Michael Socha (ABC's forthcoming Once Upon a Time in Wonderland) have both signed with Persona PR.
ID PR has signed actor Ben Schnetzer (The Book Thief), and actor/writers Jessica St. Clair (Bridesmaids) and Lennon Parham (Splinterheads), who recently co-created USA's upcoming series Playing House.
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WhoRepresents?com: Notes From the Rep Biz, September 6, 2013
Notes From the Rep Biz, Sept. 6, 2013
Agency Notes:
At WME:
British actress Sophie Cookson has signed with the agency. She will be repped by Andrew Dunlap. Cookson was recently tapped to star in Secret Service, which will be helmed by fellow Brit and WME client, Matthew Vaughn.
Actor Gary Valentine has signed with the agency, where he will be represented by Shawn McDonald. Born Gary Joseph Knipfing, Valentine is the older brother of Kevin George Knipfing, who most people know as Kevin James.
Producer Michael Ewing (Get Smart, 50 First Dates) has left Resolution and signed with WME, where he will be represented by Adam Venit.
Indian director Ritesh Batra has signed with the agency, where he will be handled by Jerome Duboz. Batra's film The Lunch Box, starring Irrfan Khan, has made a splash at a slew of recent festivals including Cannes, Telluride, and Toronto.
Author Gillian Flynn, who wrote the book Gone Girl, on which the forthcoming David Fincher film is based, has signed with the agency. Her agent will be Theresa Kang.
British brothers Jack Harries and Finn Harries, co-hosts of the YouTube channel JacksGap, have signed with the agency, and will be repped by Beau Bryant.
At CAA:
The CAA Speakers Team has signed a slew of new noteworthy clients, including:
Real Housewife Bethenny Frankel
Former Special Assistant and close friend to President Obama, Reggie Love
Dancing With The Stars host and CEO of ModernMom.com Brooke Burke
Baseball legend Cal Ripken, Jr.
YouTube co-founder Chad Hurley
Tennis player Andy Murray has left CAA and has signed with Mumbai-based agency GloboSport, where he will be repped by Mahesh Bhupathi.
Management Notes:
Rick Yorn's LBI Entertainment made some strong moves this summer, signing Reese Witherspoon and Jessica Biel away from Management 360, and luring manager Thor Bradwell, who has a very strong list of young talent, away from WME, where he was an agent.
Speaking of agents becoming managers, WME's Sean Elliott departed the agency after 14 years this summer to become a manager at Authentic Literary and Talent Management, taking with him clients that include James Marsden and Stephen Mangan (Episodes). Both remain with WME on the agency side.
PR Notes:
Writers Nat Faxon and Jim Rash (The Descendants; The Way, Way Back), actor Simon Helberg (The Big Bang Theory), and actor Ian Somerhalder (The Vampire Diaries) are now all repped by ID PR's Aaron Marion.
Michaela Conlin (Bones), Corbin Bleu (One Life to Live), and Brant Daugherty (Days of Our Lives) have all signed with PMKBNC.
Keke Palmer (Akeelah and the Bee) is now repped by Rogers and Cowan.
Bailey Noble (True Blood) is now repped by Persona PR.
Laura Fraser (Breaking Bad), Eric Lange (The Bridge), and Scott Haze (Child of God) have all signed with IMPR.
Laura Bell Bundy (Hart of Dixie) has signed with True Public Relations.
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WhoRepresents?com: Notes From the Rep Biz, September 13, 2013
Notes From the Rep Biz, Sept. 13, 2013
Our Friends to the North:
It's been a busy week of signings at the Toronto International Film Festival. Amongst the notables is CAA's signing of Abdellatif Kechiche, the director of the controversial Blue Is The Warmest Color, which won the Palme D'Or at Cannes. Kechiche will be repped by Roeg Sutherland. The agency also signed writer/director/producer Tommy Oliver, whose debut film 1982 bowed at the fest. APA got in the game as well, signing Josh Lowery, the helmer of McCanick, which has already generated a lot of buzz for being Cory Monteith's final film. Lowery is also partners with Elijah Wood and Daniel Noah in the newly (re)launched SpectreVision.
Other Agency Notes:
At WME:
Director Pete Segal has signed with the agency. He will be represented by Adam Venit.
Actress Danielle Fishel (Girl Meets World) has signed with the agency. She will be repped by Justin Ongert.
Former tennis player and current radio host/Brooklyn Decker spouse Andy Roddick has signed with the agency. He will be handled by Jill Smoller.
Former Swedish House Mafia members Sebastian Ingrosso and Axwell have signed with the agency. Their point will be Sam Kirby.
At CAA:
Nev Schulman (Catfish) has signed with the agency. He will be represented by Ashley Mills.
At Resolution:
The agency has signed Bollywood star Amitabh Bachchan, who recently appeared in The Great Gatsby. He will be represented by Jeff Berg and Remington Franklin.
Remington Franklin now also represents writer/director Dan Rush (Everything Must Go), who was previously with Todd Hoffman at ICM Partners, before Hoffman departed the agency.
At ICM Partners:
Partner Mark Gordon has been tapped to head the agency's TV Lit Department, succeeding Kevin Crotty and Chris von Goetz.
PR Notes:
Actress Uma Thurman has signed with ID PR.
Actor Sean Bean (Game of Thrones) has signed with Rogers and Cowan.
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WhoRepresents?com: Notes From the Rep Biz, September 20, 2013
Notes From the Rep Biz, Sept. 20, 2013
Agency Notes:
At WME:
Writer/director Yuval Adler, whose film Bethlehem recently played at the Toronto International Film Festival, has signed with the agency, where he will be repped by Robert Newman.
Actor James Corden (The History Boys) has parted ways with the agency. He continues to be represented by United Agents in the UK.
Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros front man Alex Ebert has signed with the agency, where he will be handled by Amos Newman.
Singer Alison Mosshart of The Kills fame has signed with the agency for commercial representation. She will be represented by Todd Jacobs.
At CAA:
Singer Frankie Valli has signed with agency, where he will be repped by Scott Morris and Robert Norman. He also has a new publicist--Victoria Varela.
Diana Nyad, who rose to fame after swimming from Cuba to Florida, has signed with the agency's Speakers department.
This past week the agency made several promotions to agent, including Ryan Abboushi in the comedy department, Matt Martin in the motion picture literary department, and Jon Teiber in the motion picture talent department.
On the Management Side:
Actress Isabel Lucas (Immortals) is now repped by Brillstein Entertainment Partners' Stacy O'Neil and Scott Wexler.
PR Notes:
Kim Kardashian has departed longtime publicist Jill Frtzzo at PMKBNC and signed with Slate PR.
On the flip side, actress Lyndie Greenwood (Nikita) and basketball legend Kareem Abdul Jabbar have recently signed with PMKBNC.
Comedian and host Drew Carey is now represented by BWR.
Actors Albert Tsai (Trophy Wife) and Joshua Erenberg (Suburgatory), and Lisa Hochstein of Real Housewives of Miami, have all signed with Persona PR.
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WhoRepresents?com: Notes From the Rep Biz, September 27, 2013
Notes From the Rep Biz, Sept. 27, 2013
Agency Notes:
At CAA:
Filmmaker Peter Bogdanovich has signed with the agency, where he will be repped by Fred Specktor. His manager is Oren Segal at Radius Entertainment.
Tony-winning actor James Corden has signed with Joel Lubin. He just recently departed WME.
At WME:
Oprah Winfrey's Harpo Films is now offiicially represented by the agency's Ari Emanuel. Mr. Emanuel already reps Ms. Winfrey.
Producer/Director/Documentarian Amy Berg (West of Memphis) and rapper Busta Rhymes have both parted ways with the agency.
At Resolution
New Girl ensemble member Lamorne Morris has signed with Everly Lee. He is managed theatrically by Naomi Odenkirk of Odenkirk/Provissiero Entertainment.
Filmmaker Jonathan Sobol has signed with Adam Kanter. His manager is Tom Lassally at 3 Arts.
On the Management Side:
Actor/Writer/Director James Franco has parted ways with long time manager Miles Levy. Franco continues to be repped by CAA.
PR Notes:
Actors Joe Morton (Scandal) and John Gammon (The Middle) have signed with Anderson Group PR.
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WhoRepresents?com: Notes From the Rep Biz, October 4, 2013
Notes From the Rep Biz, October 4, 2013
Agency Notes:
At CAA:
Filmmaker René Sampaio has signed with the agency, where he will be repped by John Garvey. Sampaio's recent film, Brazilian Western, played at the Toronto International Film festival.
At WME:
Actor William H. Macy has signed with the agency, where he will be represented by Graham Taylor.
Actor/Singer Oscar Isaac (Inside Llewyn Davis) has signed with the agency's music department, where he will be represented by Seth Seigle.
TV Host Camila Alves McConaughey has signed with the agency. Her point will be Eric Rovner.
Actor/Singer Haylie Duff has signed with the agency, and will be represented by Suzann Lyon and Jad Dayeh.
Depth of Field, the production company of Chris Weitz and Paul Weitz, is now officially handled by the agency, where both brothers are already repped.
Push It Productions (Last Comic Standing) is now with the agency's Justin Ongert. Ongert already reps Push It's head honcho, Page Hurwitz.
Dianna Agron (Glee) has parted ways with the agency. She remains with LBI Entertainment on the management side, where she is repped by Rick Yorn and former WME agent Thor Bradwell.
AT ICM:
The agency has promoted two employees to the agent level: Patrick Feldman in the International TV Department, and Alex Saks in the International and Independent Film Department.
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WhoRepresents?com: Notes From the Rep Biz, October 18, 2013
Notes From the Rep Biz, Oct. 18, 2013
Agency Notes:
At CAA:
Actress/singer Queen Latifah has signed with the agency, where her point will be Kevin Huvane.
Actress Dianna Agron (Glee) has signed with Elan Ruspoli.
Actor Norman Reedus (The Walking Dead) is now with Tracy Brennan.
Actress/model Analeigh Tipton (Warm Bodies) has also signed with Tracy Brennan.
Filmmaker Alejandro Monteverde (Little Boy) will be repped by Josh Lieberman.
Joe Machota has been named as the head of the agency's Theater Department.
At WME:
Director Todd Strauss-Schulson (The Onion News Empire) has signed with Sarah Self.
Lawrence Grey, producer of the forthcoming Last Vegas, is now with Michael Esola.
Actor and filmmaker Mark Webber has signed with AdamVenit.
At UTA:
Motion picture talent agents Jay Gassner, Chris Hart, and Josh Katz, along with TV Talent Co-Head Mike Jelline, have all been promoted to partner at the agency.
At Resolution:
Literary agent Ian Greenstein has joined the agency after a long-term stint with Paradigm.
At Paradigm:
Director Andy Tennant is a now with the agency, where he will be represented by Zac Simmons.
On the Management Side:
Chelsea Handler has signed on with manager Irving Azoff. She continues be repped by CAA on the agency side.
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WhoRepresents?com: Notes From the Rep Biz, October 25, 2013
Notes From the Rep Biz, Oct. 25, 2013
Agency Notes
At CAA:
Actor Andrew Lincoln (The Walking Dead) has signed with the agency (following in the footsteps of his co-star, Norman Reedus, who signed there last week). Lincoln will be represented by Joel Lubin.
Non-scripted TV agent Jason Fox has departed the agency.
At WME:
Actor Dev Patel (The Newsroom) has signed with the agency, where he will be repped by Brandon Liebman and Stephanie Ritz. Patel was part of the exodus of Magnolia Entertainment management clients from UTA earlier this year.
Filmmaker Gabriele Muccino (The Pursuit of Happyness) has signed with the agency. His point will be Robert Newman.
Writer E. Nicholas Mariani (Desperate Hours) has signed with the agency, where he will be handled by Rich Cook.
Writer/producer Diana Son (Blue Bloods) has signed with Paul Haas.
ESPN broadcaster Jared Sandler has signed with Adam Venit.
Miss America Mallory Hagan has signed with Lee White.
At ICM Partners:
The agency has promoted 11 reps to the partner level, including: co-head of motion picture literary Doug MacLaren, publishing agents Kris Dahl and Jennifer Joel, Hildy Gottlieb and Brian Mann from the agency's talent department, theater head Patrick Herold, concerts' Mark Siegel and Chris Smith, head of global branded entertainment Carol Goll, motion picture production's Dan Baime, and international television and media's Lori York.
At UTA:
Vine superstar Andrew Bachelor has signed with the agency, where he will be repped by Allan Haldeman.
At Resolution:
TV lit agent Katie Cates has joined the agency, coming over from the Kaplan Stahler Agency.
At Paradigm:
Filmmaker Joshua Michael Stern (Jobs) has signed with David Boxerbaum, Andy Patman, Nick LoPiccolo, and Ken Stovitz.
At Innovative:
Actor and comedian Kevin Pollak has signed with Steve Muller, Thomas Cushing, Jim Stein, and David Lederman.
At Bauman, Redanty and Shaul:
Actress Lesley Nicol (Downton Abbey) has signed with the agency, where she will be represented by Adam Lazarus, Evan Miller, and David Shaul.
PR Notes:
Actors Jake McDorman (Shameless) and Misty Upham (August: Osage County) have signed with Platform PR.
Actress Rose McIver (Masters of Sex) has signed with MLC PR.
Actors Adam Devine, Anders Holm, and Blake Anderson (all of Comedy Central's Workaholics) have signed with PMKBNC.
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WhoRepresents?com: Notes From the Rep Biz, November 1, 2013
Notes From the Rep Biz, Nov. 1, 2013
Agency Notes
It was announced this week that longstanding independent agency IFA would close its doors at the end of this year. Veteran agents Ilene Feldman and Wendy Murphey will both be joining LBI as managers. No word yet on where IFA's other agents, David Lillard and Christy Hall, will land. IFA reps a number of high profile clients, including Ryan Gosling, Angelina Jolie, Josh Hartnett and Kate Upton.
Gosling is rumored to not be in the market for a new agent, but there
is no word yet on where other clients will go on the agency side, nor
whether they will follow Feldman and Murphey to LBI.
At WME:
Experimental musician Andrew Bird has signed with Amos Newman.
DJ/producer Jayceeoh has signed with Conor Sheldon.
Veteran TV writer/producer Andrew Orenstein has signed with David Stone.
Dancer, choreographer, and MacArthur Genius Grant recipient Kyle Abraham has signed with Scott Chaloff in the agency's theater division.
Management Notes:
More news from the Gosling Department: his longtime manager, Carolyn Govers, is joining Anonymous Content. Mr. Gosling will be going with her as a client.
PR Notes:
Actor Terry Crews (Brooklyn Nine Nine) has signed with AGPR.
Actress Sadie Calvano (Mom) has signed with Image Management PR.
Musicians Christina Milian and Thalia Mottola have signed with PMKBNC.
Actors Heather Hanh (Hello Ladies) and O.T. Fagbenle (HBO's Looking) have signed with Persona PR.
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WhoRepresents?com: Notes From the Rep Biz, November 8, 2013
Notes From the Rep Biz, Nov. 8, 2013
Agency Notes
At WME:
Writer/directors Walter Woodman and Patrick Cederberg, whose short film Noah
recently won Best Canadian Short at the Toronto International Film
Festival, have signed with the agency, where they will be repped by Simon Faber.
Producer Stephanie Sengupta (Reign) has signed with Marc Korman.
Actress Claudine Ohayon (Concussion) has signed with voiceover specialist Cody Irizarry.
Writer/director Andy Muschietti (Mama) and his writing/producing partner, Barbara Muschietti, have signed with Philip Raskind.
Director Rory Karpf (ESPN Films' The Book of Manning) has signed with Lee White.
Writer Eric Heisserer (The Thing) has signed with the agency, where he will be repped by Rich Cook.
Actors Tony Hale and Whoopi Goldberg have parted ways with the agency.
At ICM:
Actor Ed Oxenbould (Alexander And The Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day) has signed with Nigel Meiojas and Meredith Wechter.
At UTA:
Recent Emmy winner Tony Hale (Veep, Arrested Development) has signed with the agency, where he will be represented by Logan Eisenberg and Jo Yao.
At Resolution:
Actor Clifton Collins, Jr. (Pacific Rim) has signed with Leigh Brillstein.
PR Notes:
Actor/comedian/filmmaker Mike Birbiglia, actress Jerrika Hinton (Grey's Anatomy) and singer Danielle Bradbery have signed with PMKBNC.
Actor Nick Tarabay (Spartacus) has signed with Persona PR.
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WhoRepresents?com: Notes From the Rep Biz, November 15, 2013
Notes From the Rep Biz, Nov. 15, 2013
Agency Notes:
At Paradigm:
We have heard that agents Christy Hall and David Lillard
will be joining the agency. Both agents were with IFA Talent, which is
closing as veterans Ilene Feldman and Wendy Murphey move into
management at the beginning of next year. It's not clear who Hall and Lillard might bring with them,
but with IFA shutting down completely, they could bring along some key
talent.
At UTA:
Angelina Jolie will be represented across the board at UTA. Her point remains Rich Klubeck, who was working with her on her writing/directing career.
Jolie had no agent at all for years, working
only with manager Geyer Kosinski. She only recently started with
working with UTA on the lit side, and IFA on the acting side. With IFA
closing, it looks like Jolie is consolidating.
At CAA:
Actress Alice Eve (Star Trek Into Darkness) is now with Michael Kives. She was previously with UTA. She is managed by Jason Weinberg at Untitled Entertainment.
At Resolution:
Another Untitled client, actor and '80s icon Molly Ringwald, has signed with Shari Smiley.
At WME:
NBA player Shane Battier has signed with Jim Ornstein for broadcasting opportunities.
UK producer Andy Harries has signed with Melissa Myers.
Elena Kampouris (Labor Day) has signed with Esther Chang.
TV writer/producer Scott Veach is now with David Stone.
PR Notes:
PMKBNC has added TOMS Shoes founder Blake Mycoskie, TV writer/producer Marc Guggenheim, and producer/entrepreneur Jensen Karp to its roster.
Persona PR has signed actress Bresha Webb (Love That Girl!).
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WhoRepresents?com: Notes From the Rep Biz, November 22, 2013
Notes From the Rep Biz, Nov. 22, 2013
Agency Notes:
At WME:
Chris Terrio, the Oscar winning writer of Argo, has signed with Patrick Whitesell, Ben Affleck's longtime agent.
Actor Jeffrey Donovan (Burn Notice) has signed with Andrew Finkelstein and Brian DePersia.
News anchor Scott Pelley is now with Ari Emanuel.
NBA player Baron Davis has signed with Josh Pyatt for off-the-court opportunities.
2013 Samuel Goldwyn Award winning screenwriter, UCLA grad Rocco Pucillo, has signed with Phil D'Amecourt.
Filmmaker Alastair Siddons is another new sign for Phil D'Amecourt.
At APA:
Another UCLA alum, writer Barbara Curry, is now with Lindsay Howard. She is managed by John Jacobs at Smart Entertainment.
At Resolution:
Rising European star Branko Tomovic has signed with Brinda Bhatt. Bhatt has returned to the agent world after working as a manager at KLWGN Entertainment.
Management Notes
Elana Barry and Julian Rosenberg have both joined Circle of Confusion as managers. They are both on the literary side, and will work out of LA.
PR Notes
Actor Max Adler (Glee) is a new sign for Persona PR.
Actors Charlotte Kirk (An American Mystery) and Jeremiah Bitsui (Breaking Bad) have signed with Platform PR. Platform has also created a music division, to be headed up by Ashton Lunceford.
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WhoRepresents?com: Notes From the Rep Biz December 6, 2013
Notes From the Rep Biz, Dec. 6, 2013
Agency Notes:
At WME:
Reality TV maven Nicole Richie has signed with Josh Pyatt. Her manager is Michael Baum at Impression Entertainment.
Michelle Dockery, the Emmy nominated star of Downton Abbey, has signed with the agency. Her team will consist of Brian Swardstrom, Michelle Bohan and Andrew Finkelstein. She is also represented by Hamilton Hodell in the UK and Anonymous Content.
Below-the-line agent Wayne Fitterman, who just came over from UTA, is seeing more and more clients join him, including Oscar-winning DP Robert Elswit.
At APA:
As reported on Deadline, five below-the-line agents have joined APA from the boutique Montana Artists Agency. They are Matt Birch, Ralph Berge, Brady Torgeson, Julian Savodivker and Amanda Pecora-Sutphen. Birch and Berge were the heads of Montana, and they are also bringing along business affairs exec Larry Sheffield, leaving the future of Montana very much in doubt.
At CAA:
English actor Chris Geere (After Earth) has signed with Sean Grumman.
At ICM Partners:
Actor Derek Luke is now with Carter Cohn. He was with WME.
Rising actress Lucy Fry (Vampire Academy) has signed with Meredith Wechter.
At Gersh:
Australian filmmaker Kim Mordaunt has signed with Sandra Lucchesi. His film, The Rocket, has garnered major international acclaim.
Management Notes
U2, arguably the biggest rock band in the world, has changed managers. They are now represented by Guy Oseary,
who works with Jason Weinberg's Untitled Entertainment, but has also
operated his own music arm, Maverick Entertainment. Per Billboard, both
McGuiness and Oseary are working out a deal to move under the umbrella
of Live Nation, where McGuiness would take on a new role separate from
U2's day to day management.
PR Notes
Producer, model and TV personality Tyra Banks is now with PMKBNC.
Actors Margo Martindale and Rodrigo Santoro, and filmmaker Alfonso Cuaron, have signed with ID PR.
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WhoRepresents?com: Notes From the Rep Biz December 13, 2013
Notes From the Rep Biz, Dec. 13, 2013
Agency Notes:
At CAA:
Golden Globe winner Peter Dinklage has signed with Bryan O'Guin. His manager is David Ginsburg at Insight Entertainment.
TV host and lifestyle guru Ted Allen has signed with Eric Wattenberg.
Actress Blake Lively is no longer with the agency. Odds are she will wind up at WME (her husband, Ryan Reynolds, recently traded CAA for WME) but she could also wind up with someone like Tracey Jacobs at UTA. Lively is managed by Justin Grey Stone, who moved from Untitled over to Management 360 earlier this year.
At WME:
Former NBA star and Michael Jordan wingman Scottie Pippen has signed with Jay Mandel.
Writer Andy Bellin (Lovelace) has signed with David Karp.
At UTA:
Comedian and ventriloquist Jeff Dunham is now represented by Rob Prinz. He is managed by Judi Brown-Marmel at Levity Entertainment Group.
Management Notes
Tony Godsick, the manager for tennis star Roger Federer, has formed a new company with an Ohio home office not far from his former digs at IMG. The new company, Team 8 Global, will handle Federer's considerable business, as well as manage affairs for rising tennis star Juan Martin del Potro. Godsick intends to grow the company's client list keeping a focus on international sports figures with major brand potential.
Talent manager Lainie Sorkin Becky has made partner at Management 360.
PR Notes
Actors Ava Deluca-Verley (The Way Way Back) and Erich Bergen (Jersey Boys), as well as model and polo star Nacho Figueras, have signed with PMK BNC.
Actors Shanola Hampton (Shameless) and Daniel Zovatto (Lynn Shelton's Laggies) are new signs for Platform PR.
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WhoRepresents?com: Notes From the Rep Biz December 20, 2013
Notes From the Rep Biz, Dec. 20, 2013
Story of the Year:
Right at the wire, Ari Emanuel and Patrick Whitesell have come through with the story of 2013 (and probably 2014, as well). WME, along with private equity partner Silver Lake, has arranged to purchase international sports powerhouse IMG for
a price reported to be between $2.2 and $2.5 billion.
WME rival CAA has been very
aggressive with its sports business over the past decade, and, in fact,
took over some of IMG's key athlete representation divisions (notably
the football division that represents such stars as Peyton Manning and
Drew Brees). While the IMG acquisition could be seen as a move by WME to
level the playing field in the sports arena, they are buying an IMG
that has already begun the process of redefining itself. Still known
for representing top golfers and tennis players, as well as models and
TV hosts, IMG's greatest revenue comes from negotiating marketing deals
for sports teams and venues, and packaging sporting events and then
selling the TV rights.
In effect, WME has done nothing to bite into
CAA's player representation business--but they may have found a way to
change the nature of the agency industry, by putting A-list talent
together with global marketing reach, for good. Emanuel and Whitesell
will serve as co-CEOs of the new company. We will have more as this
story continues to develop in the new year.*Agency Notes:
At CAA:
Arrow star Stephen Amell has signed with Kevin Huvane. His manager is Michael Garnett at Leverage.
William Petersen, former star of CSI, has signed with Chris Andrews after leaving WME earlier this month.
Actor and crooner Tony Danza is now represented by a team that includes Jimmy Darmody and Matt DelPiano. He is managed by Dan Farah at Farah Films and Management.
At WME:
As many predicted, Blake Lively is now a client, signing with Elyse Scherz.
Her manager is Justin Grey Stone at Management 360. This represents a
very different look for Lively, who this time last year was with CAA and
Untitled.
Rising director Gary Shore has signed with Rich Cook.
Management Notes
Actress Lynn Collins has signed with Stephanie Simon at Untitled. Collins is overhauling her reps, having left both WME and longtime manager Nick Frenkel of 3 Arts.
PR Notes
Actress/musician Hilary Duff and actress Alexis Knapp (Pitch Perfect), as well as YouTube personality Bethany Mota, have all signed with PMK*BNC.
Actors Stephanie Ellis (The Sleepwalker), Nicky Whelan (Left Behind) and Chyna Layne (We Are Family) are new signs for Platform PR.
HAVE A WONDERFUL HOLIDAY SEASON AND A HAPPY 2014!
*Includes information from Variety and Deadline Hollywood.
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WhoRepresents?com: Notes From the Rep Biz January 10, 2014
Notes From the Rep Biz, Jan. 10, 2014
Agency Notes
At CAA:
EGOT winner (that's Emmy, Grammy, Oscar, Tony) Whoopi Goldberg has signed with Bryan Lourd after leaving WME. Her manager is Randi Michel of Principato Young, who was at one time Goldberg's agent at William Morris.
Kyra Sedgwick has signed with Michael Katcher, parting ways with UTA. Her manager is Jill Littman at Impression Entertainment.
Actor David Oyelowo has signed with CAA. His team is still being finalized, but he is managed by Glen Rigberg at Inphenate.
At WME:
Portia de Rossi is now a client, signing with Nancy Josephson.
Bond producer Barbara Broccoli has signed with Graham Taylor.
Italian writer/director/producer Luca Guadagnino is now represented by Rich Cook.
At UTA
The biggest news of the holiday season came when it was announced that veteran talent agent Brian Swardstrom was leaving WME to join UTA's New York office. Shortly after that news broke, it was announced that NYC-based WME agent Danie Streisand,
who shared clients with Swardstrom, would be joining him at UTA. We
will keep you updated on which of their clients, who include Patrick Stewart, Tilda Swinton and Damian Lewis, will be making the move.
Football Notes
This
is the time of year that college football's stars declare their
eligibility for the NFL draft, which means signing with an agent. Some
notable signings thus far are:
Past Heisman Trophy winner Johnny Manziel with Select Sports Group for contract representation, and LRMR for marketing
Rising QB Blake Bortles with Rep1 Sports
Defensive star Jadeveon Clowney with Bus Cook Sports
PR Notes
Actors Noah Emmerich, Melissa Fumero and David Walton are all new signs for ID PR.
Actresses Hilary Duff and Alexis Knapp are now with PMKBNC.
Veronica Mars' Jason Dohring is now with Persona PR.
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2013-2014 Awards Season Overview
From 12 YEARS A SLAVE
Steve McQueen, Director
CAA - Beth Swofford, Maha Dakhil
Casarotto Ramsey and Associates (UK) - Jenne Casarotto
Academy Awards - Nominee
Golden Globes - Nominee
Critics Choice - Nominee
DGA Awards - Nominee
NYFCC - WINNER
John Ridley, Screenwriter
CAA - John Campisi
Brillstein Entertainment Partners - Missy Malkin
Academy Awards - Nominee (Best Adapted Screenplay)
Golden Globes - Nominee
Critics Choice - WINNER (Best Adapted Screenplay)
Chiwetel Ejiofor, Leading Actor
CAA - Michael Cooper
Markham, Froggatt and Irwin (UK) - Alex Irwin
Premier PR - Laura Symons
Academy Awards - Nominee
Golden Globes - Nominee
Critics Choice - Nominee
SAG Awards - Nominee
Lupita Nyong'o, Supporting Actress
Innovative Artists - David Lederman
D2 Management - Didi Rea
ID PR - Annick Muller, Rebecca Sides Capellan
Academy Awards - Nominee
Golden Globes - Nominee
Critics Choice - WINNER
SAG Awards - WINNER
Michael Fassbender, Supporting Actor
CAA - Michael Cooper
Troika (UK) - Connor McCaughan
Academy Awards - Nominee
Golden Globes - Nominee
Critics Choice - Nominee
SAG Awards - Nominee
From AMERICAN HUSTLE
David O. Russell, Writer/Director
CAA - John Campisi
Strategy PR - Cynthia Swartz
Academy Awards - Nominee (Original Screenplay and Director)
Golden Globes - Nominee (Screenplay and Director)
Critics Choice - Nominee (Original Screenplay and Director)
DGA Awards - Nominee
WGA Awards - Nominee (Best Original Screenplay)
NYFCC - WINNER (Screenplay)
Eric Warren Singer, Writer
CAA - Stuart Manashil
Sunshine Sachs - Brooke Blumberg
Academy Awards - Nominee (Best Original Screenplay)
Golden Globes - Nominee
Critics Choice - Nominee (Best Original Screenplay)
WGA Awards - Nominee (Best Original Screenplay)
NYFCC - WINNER
Christian Bale, Leading Actor
WME - Patrick Whitesell
Viewpoint - Jennifer Allen
Academy Awards - Nominee
Golden Globes - Nominee
Critics Choice - Nominee
Amy Adams, Leading Actress
WME - Michelle Bohan
Brillstein Entertainment Partners - Stacy O'Neil
ID PR - Megan Moss Pachon
Academy Awards - Nominee
Golden Globes - WINNER (Musical/Comedy)
Bradley Cooper, Supporting Actor
CAA - David Bugliari
WKT PR - Nicole Caruso, Annett Wolf
Academy Awards - Nominee
Golden Globes - Nominee
Critics Choice - Nominee
Jennifer Lawrence, Supporting Actress
CAA - Tracy Brennan
ID PR - Bryna Rifkin, Liz Mahoney, Annick Muller
Academy Awards - Nominee
Golden Globes - WINNER
Critics Choice - Nominee
SAG Awards - Nominee
NYFCC - WINNER
From GRAVITY
Alfonso Cuaron, Director
UTA - Steve Rabineau, Tracey Jacobs
ID PR - Bebe Lerner
Academy Awards - Nominee
Golden Globes - WINNER
Critics Choice -WINNER
DGA Awards - Nominee
Sandra Bullock, Leading Actress
CAA - Kevin Huvane
PMK*BNC - Cheryl Maisel
Academy Awards - Nominee
Golden Globes - Nominee
Critics Choice - Nominee
SAG Awards - Nominee
From BLUE JASMINE
Woody Allen, Writer/Director
ICM Partners - John Burnham
MBST Entertainment - Stephen Tennenbaum
42 West - Leslee Dart
Academy Awards - Nominee (Best Original Screenplay)
Critics Choice - Nominee (Best Original Screenplay)
WGA Awards - Nominee (Best Original Screenplay)
Cate Blanchett, Leading Actress
CAA - Hylda Queally
RGM Artists (AU) - Robyn Gardiner
WKT PR - Lisa Kasteler, Christine Tripicchio
Academy Awards - Nominee
Golden Globes - WINNER (Drama)
Critics Choice - WINNER
SAG Awards - WINNER
NYFCC - WINNER
Sally Hawkins, Supporting Actress
ICM Partners - Lorrie Bartlett
Conway Van Gelder Grant (UK) - John Grant
Premier PR - Laura Symons
Academy Awards - Nominee
Golden Globes - Nominee
From DALLAS BUYERS CLUB
Craig Borten and Melisa Wallack, Writers
ICM Partners - Eric Horine (Wallack)
UTA - Blair Kohan (Borten)
Academy Awards - Nominee (Best Original Screenplay)
WGA Awards - Nominee (Best Original Screenplay)
Matthew McConaughey, Leading Actor
CAA - Bryan Lourd
PMK*BNC - Nicole Perez
Academy Awards - Nominee
Golden Globes - WINNER (Drama)
SAG Awards - WINNER
Gotham Awards - WINNER
Jared Leto, Supporting Actor
CAA - Josh Lieberman
Untitled Entertainment - Jason Weinberg
SLATE PR - Robin Baum
Academy Awards - Nominee
Golden Globes - WINNER
SAG Awards - WINNER
NYFCC Awards - WINNER
From HER
Spike Jonze, Writer
CAA - Bryan Lourd
Academy Awards - Nominee (Best Original Screenplay)
Golden Globes - WINNER (Screenplay)
Critics Choice - WINNER (Best Original Screenplay)
WGA Awards - Nominee (Best Original Screenplay)
National Board of Review - WINNER (Director)
From THE WOLF OF WALL STREET
Martin Scorsese, Director
WME - Chris Donnelly
LBI Entertainment - Rick Yorn
42 West - Michelle Benson, Leslee Dart
Academy Awards - Nominee
DGA Awards - Nominee
Terence Winter, Screenwriter
CAA - John Campisi
Academy Awards - Nominee (Best Adapted Screenplay)
Critics Choice - Nominee (Best Adapted Screenplay)
WGA Awards - Nominee (Best Adapted Screenplay)
National Board of Review - WINNER (Best Adapted Screenplay)
Leonardo DiCaprio, Leading Actor
LBI Entertianment - Rick Yorn
Sunshine Sachs - Shawn Sachs
Academy Awards - Nominee
Golden Globes - WINNER (Musical/Comedy)
Jonah Hill, Supporting Actor
WME - Sharon Jackson
LBI Entertainment - Rick Yorn
Independent PR - Jodi Gottlieb
Academy Awards - Nominee
From CAPTAIN PHILLIPS
Paul Greengrass, Director
CAA - Beth Swofford
Golden Globes - Nominee
Critics Choice - Nominee
DGA Awards - Nominee
Billy Ray, Writer
CAA - Todd Feldman, Brian Kend
Academy Awards - Nominee (Best Adapted Screenplay)
WGA Awards - Nominee (Best Adapted Screenplay)
Tom Hanks, Leading Actor
CAA - Richard Lovett
42 West - Leslee Dart, Michelle Benson
Golden Globes - Nominee
Critics Choice - Nominee
SAG Awards - Nominee
Barkhad Abdi, Supporting Actor
SMS Talent - Donna Massetti
Academy Awards - Nominee
Golden Globes - Nominee
Critics Choice - Nominee
SAG Awards - Nominee
From NEBRASKA
Alexander Payne, Director
CAA - Craig Gering
Academy Awards - Nominee
Golden Globes - Nominee
Critics Choice - Nominee
Bob Nelson, Writer
WME - Jason Spitz
Academy Awards - Nominee
Golden Globes - Nominee
Critics Choice - Nominee
Bruce Dern, Leading Actor
CAA - Fred Specktor
Pure Arts Entertainment/The Rose Group - Alan Somers
Academy Awards - Nominee
Golden Globes - Nominee
Critics Choice - Nominee
SAG Awards - Nominee
National Board of Review - WINNER
June Squibb, Supporting Actress
BRS/The Gage Group - Martin Gage
Academy Awards - Nominee
Golden Globes - Nominee
Critics Choice - Nominee
SAG Awards - Nominee
From PHILOMENA
Steve Coogan and Jeff Pope, Writers
CAA - Chris Andrews (Coogan)
Independent Talent Group (UK) - Duncan Heath (Coogan)
WKT PR - Jessica Kolstad (Coogan)
WME - Phil D'Amecourt (Pope)
United Agents (UK) - Tim Corrie, Natasha Galloway (Pope)
Academy Awards - Nominee (Best Adapted Screenplay)
Golden Globes - Nominee
Critics Choice - Nominee (Best Adapted Screenplay)
Judi Dench, Leading Actress
Julian Belfrage Associates (UK) - Victoria Belfrage
Parseghian/Planco - Gene Parseghian
Academy Awards - Nominee
Golden Globes - Nominee
Critics Choice - Nominee
SAG Awards - Nominee
From AUGUST: OSAGE COUNTY
Meryl Streep, Leading Actress
CAA - Kevin Huvane
42 West - Leslee Dart, Michelle Benson
Academy Awards - Nominee
Golden Globes - Nominee (Drama)
Critics Choice - Nominee
SAG Awards - Nominee
Julia Roberts, Supporting Actress
CAA - Richard Lovett
Engleman and Company - Marcy Engleman
Academy Awards - Nominee
Golden Globes - Nominee
Critics Choice - Nominee
SAG Awards - Nominee
From ALL IS LOST
Robert Redford, Leading Actor
WME - Graham Taylor
PMK*BNC - Cindi Berger
Golden Globes - Nominee (Drama)
NYFCC - WINNER
From SAVING MR. BANKS
Emma Thompson, Leading Actress
WME - Michelle Bohan
Hamilton Hodell Ltd. (UK) - Christian Hodell
PMK*BNC - Catherine Olim
Golden Globes - Nominee (Drama)
Critics Choice - Nominee
SAG Awards - Nominee
National Board of Review - WINNER
From RUSH
Daniel Bruhl, Supporting Actor
WME - Jerome Duboz
Golden Globes - Nominee
Critics Choice - Nominee
SAG Awards - Nominee
From SHORT TERM 12
Brie Larson, Leading Actress
Gersh - Chris Fioto
Authentic Talent and Literary - Anne Woodward
Rogers and Cowan - Paul Bloch
Critics Choice - Nominee
Gotham Awards - WINNER
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WhoRepresents?com: Notes From the Rep Biz January 24, 2014
Notes From the Rep Biz, Jan. 24, 2014
Agency Notes
At UTA:
UTA has been very busy in 2014.
After landing former WME partner Brian Swardstrom, as well as WME agent
Danie Streisand, UTA has acquired the entirety of broadcasting
specialty agency NS Bienstock. This is a major get for UTA, who now count Anderson Cooper, Bill O'Reilly, Megyn Kelly and a host of non-scripted producers as clients. NS Bienstock will retain its name, NY offices and principal leadership for now.
Speaking of Swardstrom,
the majority of his top-tier clients followed him over to UTA (Edward
Norton, Jessica Lange, Frances McDormand, to name a few) and now he's
lured another former WME client to UTA, Michael Douglas. The Oscar-winning actor and producer cleaned up this awards season for his work in Behind the Candelabra.
Douglas is not the only Oscar winner to land at UTA in recent weeks: Susan Sarandon parted ways with longtime agency ICM Partners, and is now represented by Shain Rosenzweig.
As for up-and-comers, Theresa Peters has signed young actor Josh Wiggins, who is also a new sign for Loch Powell at Leverage Management.
At CAA:
Another Oscar-winning actress, Goldie Hawn, has changed agencies, going from WME to CAA, where her point will be Fred Specktor. She is managed by former CAA agent Rick Nicita.
Writer/directors Glenn Ficarra and John Requa (Crazy, Stupid, Love) have signed with Richrd Lovett.
Castle star Nathan Fillion is now with Tracy Brennan. He was formerly with UTA.
America Ferrera has moved on from ICM Partners, signing with Rick Kurtzman. She is managed by Jon Rubinstein at Authentic.
Actress and TV personality Tamera Mowry is now repped by Ashley Mills. She is managed by Main Title Entertainment.
Director Robert Stromberg (Maleficent) has signed with Brian Kend.
At WME:
Another high-profile partner as departed WME, this time on the motion picture lit side. Chris Donnelly,
whose clients included a number of major filmmakers, from Martin
Scorsese to Steve Zaillian to Michael Winterbottom, has joined
management company LBI Entertainment. LBI, headed up by
Rick Yorn, has grown significantly in the past six months. Scorsese has
long been an LBI client, which no doubt influenced Donnelly's move. It
also makes you wonder if WME's recent acquisition of IMG, a massive
company with interests that differ from the traditional Hollywood
agency, has affected these decisions. We will be tracking which of
Donnelly's clients join him in his new role.
Oscar nominated screenwriter Bob Nelson (Nebraska) has signed with Jason Spitz.
Former chairman of the federal reserve, Ben Bernanke, has signed with Tina Bennett for representation on the book side.
TV producer David W. Zucker is now with Paul Haas.
At Paradigm:
Former CAA agent Emanuel Nunez
has joined Paradigm. He will work in film finance there, but also
represent a list of artists. The first client to follow him from CAA was Antonio Banderas.
Management Notes
Managers Antranig Balian, Cameron Kadison and Diane Perez have left Principato Young Entertainment to form Mortar Media. The new management company will have a specialty in non-scripted talent and producers.
PR Notes
Reality stars Coutrney Kerr and Ludo Lefebvre are new signs for PMK*BNC.
Comedian Ahmed Ahmed is now with Persona PR.
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WhoRepresents?com: Notes From the Rep Biz January 31, 2014
Notes From the Rep Biz, Jan. 31, 2014
Agency Notes
At WME:
Actor Taylor Kitsch,
who has leading man potential and terrible luck at the box office, has
left WME. He is managed by Untitled Entertainment, and will presumably
land at another major agency very soon.
Actor Robbie Amell, whose cousin Stephen just signed with CAA, is now represented by Esther Chang, Brandt Joel and Doug Lucterhand. He is managed by David Eisenberg at Protege Management.
Celebrated playwright and filmmaker Kenneth Lonergan has signed with David Karp. John Buzzetti will be his agent for theater.
At ICM Partners:
Another young star evidently looking for a change, Josh Hutcherson has left ICM Partners. He is managed by Ric Beddingfield.
At CAA:
Chef, author and culinary TV staple Curtis Stone has signed with Hans Schiff. He was previously with IMG and WME (even before they were the same company).
Music Management Notes
Aerosmith frontman and former American Idol judge Steven Tyler has signed with manager Larry Rudolph (Miley Cyrus, Britney Spears).
John Mayer has signed with manager Troy Carter (who just recently lost banner client Lady Gaga).
PR Notes
Actors Aimee Carrero, Billie Piper and Tim Simons, as well as singer/songwriter Sarah McLachlan, are all new signs for ID PR.
Actors Lea Michele and Elizabeth Henstridge are new signs for PMK*BNC.
Actor Jesse Lukens has signed with Person
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