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EXCLUSIVE: Talent agency KMR Talent has left the Association of Talent Agents (ATA), the trade organization of talent agencies that negotiates agency franchise agreements with the major entertainment guilds and does legislative lobbying on behalf of its members. The exact timing of the exit is…

EXCLUSIVE: Talent agency KMR Talent is grappling with a “talent payment breakdown,” a set of logistical and staffing issues that have resulted in late payments to clients, owner and President Mark Measures tells Deadline. The revelation come following outreach to Deadline on the part of multiple…

EXCLUSIVE: Emmy-nominated Beef actor and artist Joseph Lee has signed with Gersh for representation in all areas. Lee most recently starred opposite Steven Yuen and Ali Wong in A24/Netflix’s Emmy-winning series Beef as George Nakai, a performance which earned him an Emmy nom for outstanding…

EXCLUSIVE: Christina Diamantas has been promoted to partner at Thruline Entertainment on her 15-year anniversary at the company, where she started in 2009 as an assistant and became a manager in 2015. She becomes Thruline’s ninth manager/partner. Diamantas was based in Los Angeles before relocating…

EXCLUSIVE: "Quite a can of worms," observed a British casting director of a scandal that, until February, was unknown to his profession. The 30-year industry veteran was talking about the practice of agents sending clients fake invitations to record self-tape auditions. Deadline first exposed the issu…

EXCLUSIVE: Cait Ferreira has been promoted to manager at Artists First. She will continue to work out of their New York offices. Ferreira began at Artists First in NYC, working for Randi Michel in April 2018. She was promoted to Theater Coordinator in August 2021. In that time, Ferreira has…

EXCLUSIVE: Michael Irby (Barry, Mayans M.C.) has signed with Brillstein Entertainment Partners for representation. Irby is coming off two hit shows that ended their runs in 2023, FX’s Mayans M.C. and HBO’s Barry. In the Kurt Sutter and Elgin James-co-created motorcycle drama Mayans. M.C., Irby…

EXCLUSIVE: Buchwald has hired Brian Sacripanti and Sam Yabrow, a pair of talent agents most recently working at the now-shuttered A3 Artists Agency. Both are expected to bring several clients to Buchwald, with Sacripanti to work out of the agency’s Los Angeles offices, and Yabrow to be based in New…

EXCLUSIVE: Paradigm has signed Kim Coates, the actor and producer best known for a major role on FX’s Emmy-nominated crime drama Sons of Anarchy, for representation. In Kurt Sutter’s series focused on the lives of outlaw motorcycle club members, which ran for seven seasons between 2008 and 2014…

EXCLUSIVE: Julianne Hough has signed with UTA for representation in all areas. A singer, dancer, actor, entrepreneur, host and judge, as well as an Emmy-winning choreographer and two-time champion on Dancing with the Stars, Hough is set to return to latter competition series as its new co-host when…

The Curtis Brown Group is pushing into the UK unscripted space. The UTA-owned agency, best known for its literary department, has created Curtis Brown Group Unscripted and Entertainment (CBG U&E). Former YMU agent Marta Atack has been hired to run the unit, which launches with several…

EXCLUSIVE: 2 Broke Girls and Thor actress Kat Dennings has signed with Gersh for representation. She recently headlined the Hulu series Dollface, playing Jules, a vibrant young woman who was dealing with the aftermath of being dumped by her boyfriend. The comedy aired for two seasons. Dennings…