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May, 2012

• WhoRepresents?com Newsletter May 21, 2012 Sent Monday, May 21, 2012 whoRepresents?com May 21, 2012 Notes From the Rep Biz After leaving Paradigm last week, Katherine Heigl has signed with CAA's Joel Lubin. This should come as a surprise to no one, as Heigl had spent years as one of Paradigm's only above-the-title names, and her longtime agent there, Norman Aladjem, is now a manager at Levity. Music agent Joe Brauner has left CAA and joined WME. Clients Amos Lee and Norah Jones, among others, will be joining him. Writer Pat […]
• WhoRepresents?com Newsletter May 14, 2012 Sent Monday, May 14, 2012 whoRepresents?com May 14, 2012 Notes From the Rep Biz Author and Justified executive producer Elmore Leonard has signed with UTA's Howard Sanders. Leonard continues to be represented by manager Michael Siegel at Michael Siegel and Associates, and by literary agent Andrew Wylie at the Wylie agency. The Flowers of War and House of Flying Daggers director Zhang Yimou has signed with Spencer Baumgarten at CAA. Gimme the Loot […]
• WhoRepresents?com Newsletter May 7, 2012 Sent Monday, May 7, 2012 whoRepresents?com May 7, 2012 Notes From the Rep Biz Musician and actor Dwight Yoakam has signed with Paradigm, where he'll be repped by Brad Schenk theatrically, and Brian Hill on the music side. Brenton Thwaites, star of the Lifetime Network's Blue Lagoon remake, has signed with Megan Silverman at WME. He continues to be represented by manager Daniel Spilo at Industry Entertainment. WME has also signed Matt Barr, a star of the upcoming History Channel series […]

April, 2012

• WhoRepresents?com Newsletter April 30, 2012 Sent Monday, April 30, 2012 whoRepresents?com April 30, 2012 Notes From the Rep Biz Norman Aladjem, the agent who has long represented Katherine Heigl at Paradigm, has joined Levity Entertainment Group as a manager. It is unclear who among his former clients might be following him, but the real question will be whether or not Heigl, who doesn't currently have a manager, will stay with Paradigm or jump to a larger agency. Broadcasting agent Nick Khan has left ICM and joined CAA. It is […]
• WhoRepresents?com Newsletter April 23, 2012 Sent Monday, April 23, 2012 whoRepresents?com April 23, 2012 Notes From the Rep Biz Val Kilmer has signed with CAA's Jeremy Plager. Kilmer continues to be managed by Stephanie Simon at Untitled. For the first time in a long while, there are grumblings at the mighty CAA. Or rumored grumblings, anyway. Several agents have departed in recent months (including Dan Aloni, who jumped to WME), and now Deadline has reported that Jeff Speich and Isabella Brewster will be next to leave the agency. […]
• WhoRepresents?com Newsletter April 16, 2012 Sent Monday, April 16, 2012 whoRepresents?com April 16, 2012 Notes From the Rep Biz This week has seen a few reps either exiting the business or looking for greener pastures within. Agent Sara Ramaker is one, leaving her position at Paradigm. It is unclear where she is headed at this time, or who of her clients will be following her, but her theatrical list includes Fergie, Juliette Lewis, and Snoop Dogg. New signs for CAA: Oscar nominee for The Social Network, Jesse Eisenberg has […]
• WhoRepresents?com Newsletter April 9, 2012 Sent Monday, April 9, 2012 whoRepresents?com April 9, 2012 Notes From the Rep Biz Will Lovelace and Dylan Southern, directors of the LCD Soundsystem music doc Shut up and Play the Hits, have signed with Gersh's Mira Young. UTA has built a solid roster of indie directors (like Angelina Jolie), and are adding to it with Kill Your Darlings writer/director John Krokidas (signed with Andrew Cannava) and Brazillian filmmaker Alfonso Poyart (signed with Jason Burns). Soul music legend Aretha […]
• WhoRepresents?com Newsletter April 2, 2012 Sent Monday, April 2, 2012 whoRepresents?com April 2, 2012 Notes From the Rep Biz Agent Bernie Spektor and manager Will Lowery, formerly of Gersh and Generate, respectively, have joined the APA literary department. Spektor's list includes: JT Jackson, Stephen Lynch, and Wendy Liebman. Lowery's list includes David Alcade, Jay Russell, and Michael D. Olmos. Basketball star Dwight Howard has signed with David Wirtschafter at WME for off-the-court work. His sports agent […]

March, 2012

• WhoRepresents?com Newsletter March 26, 2012 Sent Monday, March 26, 2012 whoRepresents?com March 26, 2012 Notes From the Rep Biz Is WME the new place to be? We were pretty impressed that they snatched up Jean Dujardin right before his Oscar win, and now they've landed another hot European import, Prometheus star Noomi Rapace, who just recently left UTA. She has signed with WME's David Wirtschafter, and will continue to be managed by Shelley Browning at Magnolia Entertainment. Red hot actor/writer/comedian Hannibal Buress is another […]
• WhoRepresents?com Newsletter March 19, 2012 Sent Monday, March 19, 2012 whoRepresents?com March 19, 2012 Notes From the Rep Biz CAA has had a slew of signings recently: 2012 Oscar nominee Demian Bichir has signed with Tracy Brennan (he continues to be repped by manager Sekka Sher). Actor/comedian Chris Tucker has signed with Michael Cooper. Star of the upcoming Judge Dredd and Star Trek 2, Karl Urban, has also signed with Michael Cooper, while he continues to be managed by Principato Young's Jennifer Rawlings, who was once a CAA […]

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