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EXCLUSIVE: CAA has signed Matt Mathews, a stand-up comedian, social media star, multi-award-winning boudoir photographer, and author based in Birmingham, Alabama. Mathews rose to social media fame during the pandemic with candid posts and hilarious short-form videos, garnering more than eight million…

In a sign of the times, Creative Artists Agency has inked a deal with an artificial intelligence company to store clients’ digital assets. CAA and Veritone announced their partnership on Tuesday, leading to the creation of the “CAAVault” — a synthetic media vault that will store all intellectual…

EXCLUSIVE: Manager Quinn Crum has joined the Talent department at Echo Lake Entertainment, Deadline has learned. Crum joins from Grandview, where she worked as a manager for more than two years, honing her skills in talent representation and fostering valuable industry connections. Prior to her…

EXCLUSIVE: Veteran literary agent David Lubliner is switching to management and has joined Untitled Entertainment. Lubliner, who starts in his new role as manager effective immediately and will be based out of Untitled’s Los Angeles office, was most recently a literary agent at UTA. "We are thrilled…

EXCLUSIVE: Veteran manager Leonard Torgan, formerly of Cohn Torgan management, has joined forces with Brett Carducci as a partner in his new shingle, Aligned Entertainment Group, which will both manage and produce projects alongside clients. Joining Leonard at Aligned are longtime clients Russell…

EXCLUSIVE: Cassandra Blair has signed with CESD for representation. Blair is coming off a busy awards season following her success portraying Vanessa Jenkins in a series regular role on the critically acclaimed Amazon Freevee show Jury Duty. Her performance, alongside her fellow cast members, was…

EXCLUSIVE: Florent Lamy and Daniel Blanc's Paris-based talent agency Elevate Management is expanding into sports and digital and is also opening offices in Miami and London. The French management firm has carved out a niche for itself over the past decade as one of the only management companies…

EXCLUSIVE: Verve has signed Tracie Laymon, the filmmaker whose debut solo feature Bob Trevino Likes It won both the Grand Jury and Audience Award at SXSW 2024. Inspired by true events and drawing heavily from Laymon’s own life, Bob Trevino Likes It follows a people-pleasing young woman (Barbie…

EXCLUSIVE: Former WME TV agent Julia Bodner has joined Envisionary Management, the company launched in January by another WME alum, Jon Rosen, who was a senior partner and board member at the agency. Bodner is his first major hire. Based in New York, Bodner will be a talent manager and partner at…

EXCLUSIVE: UTA has signed filmmakers Ryan J. Sloan & Ariella Mastroianni for representation in all areas, with UTA Independent Film Group coming aboard to handle domestic sales for Sloan’s feature directorial debut, Gazer, which is set to premiere as part of Directors’ Fortnight and compete for the…

EXCLUSIVE: Julie Plec has signed with CAA for representation.  Plec is a creator, showrunner, executive producer, and director who is most notably responsible for the complete Vampire Diaries Universe (The Vampire Diaries, The Originals, and Legacies), which has spanned 13 years and more than 300…

Endeavor Group Holdings posted a 16% increase in total revenue in the first quarter thanks to the WWE-UFC merger, though the company’s divisions outside of Owned Sports Properties each saw downturns. Total revenue came in at $1.85 billion, with the rise from a year ago largely due to the influx from…