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(UPDATED WITH SAM GORES’ MEMO) The future of the Paradigm Talent Agency could lay in Casey Wasserman's hands. While we hear talks for the LA28 Olympics chair to take over the once lucrative music assets of the Sam Gores-run company are still pretty fluid, there is no doubt that conversations are being had that would…

EXCLUSIVE: As part of the continued expansion of its literary department, Buchwald has added former Entertainment One executive, Angela Nikas, to its television literary agent roster. Nikas, who began her career at Playtone Productions working for Tom Hanks and Gary Goetzman, has spent the last four years as Director…

EXCLUSIVE: Rachel Mason, artist and director of the Netflix Original documentary Circus of Books, has signed with UTA in all areas. Executive produced by Ryan Murphy,?Circus of Books?puts the titular West Hollywood gay porn book store in the spotlight. Run by her parents Karen and Barry Mason, Rachel Mason chronicles…

EXCLUSIVE: Writer-producer Zahir McGhee, creator, executive producer and showrunner of ABC’s drama pilot Harlem’s Kitchen and known for his work on Shondaland series Scandal, Private Practice and For the People, has signed with Verve. Harlem’s Kitchen, starring Delroy Lindo, marks the first pilot order for McGhee…

CAA is launching "Screening Room With The Stars," a weekly series that will feature a livestream of a Hollywood movie hosted by talent from the film exclusively on Facebook. The initiative, to benefit organizations helping communities impacted by the coronavirus crisis, kicks off Thursday with Rocky and will be hosted…

EXCLUSIVE: UTA has signed faith-based writers, producers and directors Andrew and Jon Erwin. The agency will also rep Kingdom Story Company, the production shingle they co-founded alongside Kevin Downes and Tony Young. The Erwins are best known for helming I Can Only Imagine, the $7 million-budget pic that grossed $83…

EXCLUSIVE: APA has signed executive producer-writer-creator Brian Nelson. He was formerly with CAA. Nelson recently served as executive producer on Stephen King's 11.22.63 at Hulu, on Syfy's Nightflyers based on the novella by George R.R. Martin, DaVinci's Demons at Starz, and as co-executive producer on Altered Carbon…

EXCLUSIVE: CAA has signed filmmaker Mona Fastvold. Fastvold made her directorial debut with?The Sleepwalker.?The Norwegian-American drama premiered at the Sundance Film Festival in 2014 in the U.S. Dramatic Competition and was acquired by IFC Films. The film was written by Fastvold and Vox Lux director Brady Corbet…

EXCLUSIVE: Veteran manager Nick Damiano is segueing to the agency world. Damiano has been tapped to head up Stewart Talent’s gaming/esports department on the West Coast. Prior to joining Stewart Talent, Damiano was a manager at Tact Media and One Entertainment. He brings with him a roster of creators operating on the…

EXCLUSIVE: Former WME motion picture literary agent Mike Fera has joined Kaplan/Perrone Entertainment as a manager. He starts today. Fera was among a number of seasoned WME agents in play amid the recent cuts at the Hollywood agency. He met with multiple agencies and management companies before making a deal with…

How To Live With Your Parents (For the Rest of Your Life) creator Claudia Lonow has signed with Gersh. Lonow, who is under an overall deal at Universal Television, has created four shows that have gone to air: Accidentally On Purpose for CBS, Rude Awakening for Showtime, Good Girl's Don't for Oxygen and How To Live Wit…

Gravitas Ventures has secured the North American distribution rights to Happy Happy Joy Joy: The Ren & Stimpy Story, a feature docu directed by Ron Cicero and Kimo Easterwood. It premiered at the 2020 Sundance Film Festival and will release in theaters and on-demand sometime in August. The doc offers a…