Latest in Agencies

French billionaire Francois-Henri Pinault is in final talks to buy a majority stake in CAA in a $7 billion deal, according to an unconfirmed Bloomberg News report. Pinault, who is married to Mexican actress Salma Hayek, is the CEO of luxury fashion group Kering and president of its parent holding…

EXCLUSIVE: Buchwald has signed Nordland ‘99 creator Kasper Møller Rask. The Danish auteur will be represented by the New York and LA-headquartered agency in all areas. Rask wrote and directed young adult breakout series Nordland ’99 for Danish public broadcaster DR’s SVoD platform. Nordl…

SAG-AFTRA has agreed to federal mediation in order to break the bargaining deadlock with the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers, but said that “we are not confident that the employers have any intention of bargaining toward an agreement.”  The deadline for reaching an agreement…

EXCLUSIVE: Actor Nadji Jeter has signed with talent management company Cultivate Entertainment Partners for representation. Jeter made his film debut in the 2006 feature Dirty Laundry, written and directed by Maurice Jamal. He went on to appear in films including Grown Ups 1 and 2, The Fifth Wave…

EXCLUSIVE: Writer and director Sheridan O'Donnell, has signed with CAA for representation.  Born in Texas and raised in New Mexico, O’Donnell is a Korean-American filmmaker based in Los Angeles. As a creator, his work is known for exploring family, identity, and human connection through…

EXCLUSIVE: Alana Haim has signed with Entertainment 360 for acting representation. Alana and her sisters, Este and Danielle, founded HAIM, their award winning all-female rock band, in 2007. A dynamic artist, Alana, sings as well as plays the piano, guitar, and drums for the band. She made her…

EXCLUSIVE: A3 Artists Agency has signed Alex Hall, a luxury real estate agent on Netflix’s Selling the OC, for representation. Hall will return for season two of the series, which returns this fall. Hall is an original cast member of Selling the OC, which follows elite agents as they sell lavish…

EXCLUSIVE: UTA has signed breakout actress Arsema Thomas for representation in all areas. Thomas captured global audiences with her lead role as Lady Agatha Danbury in Netflix’s Queen Charlotte: A Bridgerton Story, written and produced by the renowned Shonda Rhimes. The series debuted at #1 on…

CAA returned to Ojai to celebrate and discuss diversity, intersectionality and social justice initiatives across the entertainment industry as part of the agency’s sixth annual CAA Amplify summit. Organized by a multicultural staff of CAA agents and executives, the daylong event Tuesday featured…

A3 Artists Agency has signed Ain’t That Something Entertainment founder Matt Solomon for representation. Solomon has cast some of the biggest reality TV hits, including Bravo’s Real Housewives franchise, Netflix’s Buying Beverly Hills, The Hills: New Beginnings, and TLC’s Dr. Pimple Popper, which led…

Shortly after being named CEO of Independent Artist Group, the full-service agency resulting from the merger of APA and music touring agency Artist Group International, Jim Osborne has named Jarred Arfa, Executive Vice-President, Head of Global Music. Arfa comes to IAG from AGI, where he was Chief…

EXCLUSIVE: Seoul Searching director Benson Lee has signed with Verve. He was previously with WME, having signed on the eve of Seoul Searching‘s premiere at the Sundance Film Festival in 2015, as we told you at the time. The Korean-American is currently attached to direct Kpop Superstar for…