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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…

EXCLUSIVE: Paradigm on Wednesday announced its hiring of Craig Bernstein and Lindsay Samakow who will respectively oversee new Physical Production and Speakers departments for the agency. Both will work out of Paradigm’s Los Angeles office. Bernstein joins from A3, where he oversaw the Physical…

UTA has signed Southern comedian, writer, and actor Fortune Feimster for representation in all areas. Becoming a household name through her Netflix specials Sweet & Salty and Good Fortune, both of which were nominated for a Critics Choice Award, Feimster just filmed her third for the streamer in…

EXCLUSIVE: Emmy and DGA Award-winning actor, director, writer and producer Ben Stiller has signed with WME in all areas. Stiller’s breakthrough came with his Emmy-winning sketch comedy program The Ben Stiller Show (1992-1995), which helped launch the careers of Judd Apatow, David Cross, Janeane…

EXCLUSIVE: Off the heels of the recent growth capital investment, Range Media Partners has announced a flurry of activity including ten promotions across the company and hiring of four seasoned industry veterans. "We are very disciplined in our growth strategy from who we hire to who we promote…

Mexican musician Peso Pluma has signed with CAA in all areas. His debut album, Génesis, won the "Best Música Mexicana Album" award at the 2024 Grammys and landed No. 3 on the U.S. Billboard 200 chart, marking the highest-charting Mexican music album in the chart's history. The album has also…