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Brillstein Entertainment Signs ‘Downton Abbey’ Co-Star Amy Nuttall

By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Tuesday January 8, 2013 @ 5:21pm PSTTags: Brillstein Entertainment Partners, Downton Abbey
Nellie Andreeva

Downton Abbey co-star Amy Nuttall has signed with Brillstein Entertainment Partners. This marks the first U.S. representation for the British actress who has played housemaid Ethel since Season 2 of the hit ITV period drama. Later this month she will be attending the SAG Awards as part of the Best Drama Ensemble-nominated cast of Downton Abbey. Nuttall, repped in the UK by Oriana Elia at The Rights House, previously spent five years on the long-running ITV soap Emmerdale and has an extensive musical theater resume.

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Brillstein Entertainment Partners Taps Young Canadian Comedy Exec As Manager

By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Wednesday September 5, 2012 @ 12:00pm PDTTags: Brillstein Entertainment Partners
Nellie Andreeva

Brillstein Entertainment Partners has brought in Jake Labow as a manager. The Toronto native, 29, who will move to Los Angeles, comes from Canadian entertainment conglomerate Bell Media where he most recently served as a production executive in comedy, overseeing development and production across all Bell Media networks including flagship CTV and The Comedy Network, Canada’s first 24-hour comedy-focused net. Read More »

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Brillstein Entertainment Signs ‘American Idol’s Randy Jackson

By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Wednesday July 25, 2012 @ 1:56pm PDTTags: American Idol, Big Deals TV, Brillstein Entertainment Partners, Randy Jackson
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Randy Jackson Brillstein EntertainmentEXCLUSIVE: American Idol judge Randy Jackson has signed with Brillstein Entertainment Partners, where Marc Gurvitz and Jon Liebman will manage him and his Dream Merchant 21 and Randy Jackson Prods. for future film and television … Read More »

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Anthony Zuiker Sells First Project To ABC: FBI Drama Written By Andrea Berloff

By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Wednesday September 28, 2011 @ 5:30pm PDTTags: ABC, ABC Studios, Andrea Berloff, Anthony Zuiker, Brillstein Entertainment Partners
Nellie Andreeva

EXCLUSIVE: In his first sale under the 3-year overall deal with ABC Studios he signed in July, CSI creator Anthony Zuiker has set up a drama project at ABC from World Trade Center writer Andrea Berloff. … Read More »

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It’s Official: Jim Belushi/Diane English Multicamera Comedy Goes To ABC

By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Monday September 12, 2011 @ 2:56pm PDTTags: ABC, ABC Studios, Brillstein Entertainment Partners, Diane English, Jim Belushi
Nellie Andreeva

Jim Belushi Teams With ‘Murphy Brown’ Creator For New Comedy Series Project

ABC has closed a deal … Read More »

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Jim Belushi Teams With ‘Murphy Brown’ Creator For New Comedy Series Project

By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Tuesday August 16, 2011 @ 10:17am PDTTags: ABC Studios, Brillstein Entertainment Partners, Diane English, Jim Belushi
Nellie Andreeva

EXCLUSIVE: After taking a stab at light drama with CBS’ The Defenders, former According to Jim star Jim Belushi is returning to comedy with a new … Read More »

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Topher Grace Signs With ICM’s Toni Howard

By NIKKI FINKE, Editor in Chief | Monday August 8, 2011 @ 3:30pm PDTTags: Brillstein Entertainment Partners, ICM, Lionsgate, Scott Wexler, That '70s Show, The Big Wedding, The Double, Topher Grace, WME

Topher Grade, the That ’70s Show actor from In Good Company and Spider-Man 3, had been repped by WME. He’s presently starring in Lionsgate’s The Big Wedding with Amanda Seyfried and Katherine Heigl and recently wrapped The Giant Mechanical Man and The … Read More »

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Brillstein Entertainment Signs Josh Gad

By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Tuesday July 26, 2011 @ 12:37pm PDTTags: Brillstein Entertainment Partners, Josh Gad
Nellie Andreeva

Josh Gad, the star of Broadway smash The Book of Mormon, has signed with Brillstein Entertainment Partners for management. He continues to be represented by ICM and the law firm of Ziffren Brittenham. Gad, who first rose to prominence in … Read More »

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JoAnn Alfano To Run Brillstein Entertainment’s Television Division

By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Wednesday June 8, 2011 @ 2:30pm PDTTags: Brillstein Entertainment Partners, JoAnn Alfano, Lifetime
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Brillstein Entertainment Partners has tapped former Lifetime head of development JoAnn Alfano as new President of Television. She will succeed Peter Traugott, who is leaving after 15 years at Brillstein to launch his own production company, which will be based … Read More »

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Brillstein Reups With ABC Studios & Reorganizes TV Unit, Peter Traugott Exits

By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Tuesday May 31, 2011 @ 12:25pm PDTTags: ABC Studios, Brillstein Entertainment Partners, Peter Traugott
Nellie Andreeva

EXCLUSIVE: Brillstein Entertainment Partners has signed a new two-year deal with ABC Studios, which will bring the company’s current tenure at ABC to eight years. Under the new pact, Brillstein Entertainment is reorganizing its TV division. Peter Traugott, who has run the TV unit for the past five years, will leave to form his own production company, which I hear will be based at NBC. Brillstein is coming off one of its strongest development seasons since setting up shop at ABC Studios in 2005. (Brillstein Entertainment’s predecessor, Brillstein-Grey, also had a TV financing deal with ABC in the mid-1990s). The company landed three pilot orders, for comedies My Freakin’ Family and Other People’s Kids at ABC and drama Ringer at CBS, which stars Brillstein client Sarah Michelle Gellar. Ringer went to series at the CW, with ABC Studios pulling out as an active co-producer but retaining passive interest. “We’ve enjoyed a long and close relationship with ABC Studios,” said Brillstein Entertainment Partners CEO Jon Liebman. “We love working with the people there and appreciate the studio’s continued commitment to building our television company.” Brillstein’s most recent series were ABC’s According to Jim, which continues to air in syndication, and Samantha Who?, both of which ended their runs in 2009. While known mainly as a comedy series producer, Brillstein has been looking to branch out, and Ringer marks its second drama series after HBO’s The Sopranos.

As for the ongoing reorganization of Brillstein’s TV division, the decision for TV president Traugott to leave was amicable. “Peter has been part of our company for many years,” Liebman said. “He is a talented producer and our good friend, and we genuinely wish him the best.” Read More »

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Brillstein Hires Manager Alex Murray

By MIKE FLEMING JR | Friday November 12, 2010 @ 10:52am PSTTags: Brillstein Entertainment Partners, Managers
Mike Fleming

Alex Murray has ended his partnership with John MacDonald in MacDonald-Murray Management and has become a manager at Brillstein Entertainment Partners. Murray reps standup comics, personalities and comedy writers, and is bringing clients that include Jim Gaffigan, G4′s Web Soup … Read More »

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