EXCLUSIVE: Brian Wittenstein has left the Hyperion Talent Agency. According to multiple sources, it all came down quickly this week. I hear a client of his approached the leadership of Hyperion, launched and run by former UTA agent Ryan Bartlett, with a complaint about inappropriate behavior by Wittenstein. Details are … Read entire story.
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EXCLUSIVE: A beloved title from Paramount’s movie library is eying a TV comeback. CBS is developing The Bad News Bears, a single-camera comedy based on the 1976 movie which starred Walter Matthau as an alcoholic ex-baseball pitcher who becomes a coach for a youth baseball team of misfit … Read entire story.
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EXCLUSIVE: Sunu Gonera has been let go from AMC Networks’ series Parish, on which he was co-creator, executive produced and director. “We recently became aware of some very serious allegations against an individual working on this production, who was immediately suspended and then terminated at the conclusion of … Read entire story.
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Jeremy Zimmer, co-founder and CEO of United Talent Agency, is the latest prominent Hollywood figure to speak out against Kanye West’s controversial claims of alleged mistreatment by Jewish people, which he has been doubling down on in media interviews. Zimmer addressed the subject Sunday In an email to … Read entire story.
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UPDATED: Longtime talent agent Tyler Grasham died Friday, Oct. 21, of cancer, surrounded by loved ones, his business partner Chris Solomon confirmed to Deadline. He wa 54. Until October 2017, Grasham was a top agent at APA specializing in child actors whose list of 50-some clients included Finn Wolfhard of Stranger Things and … Read entire story.
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