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Troy Zien Minted Manager At 3 Arts

By MIKE FLEMING JR | Tuesday February 14, 2012 @ 10:24am PSTTags: Ed Limato, WME
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EXCLUSIVE: Troy Zien has become a talent manager at 3 Arts Entertainment. He most recently worked on the Hasbro account for former WME agent John Fogelman’s venture, and certainly has a familiarity with handling talent. Zien spent eight years as an agent, working his way from the ICM mailroom–where he trained under the late Ed Limato–and transitioned to WMA/WME in 2005. He was part of the agent team that repped Richard Gere, Robert Downey Jr., Thomas Haden Church, Kevin Connolly, Winona Ryder, Josh Holloway, Olivia Wilde, Ray Liotta and Thomas Jane.

“Troy’s relationships and unique business experience will position him well to be a valued talent manager,” said 3 Arts’ Michael Rotenberg. “He has a reputation of being extremely hands on with the artists he has worked for and we are excited to have him here.” Zien’s client list is yet to be determined.

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Elaine Goldsmith-Thomas Returns To Rep Biz As Manager/Producer At 3 Arts

By MIKE FLEMING JR | Monday September 26, 2011 @ 9:47am PDTTags: 3 Arts, Ari Emanuel, Bryan Lourd, Darren Star, Ed Limato, Elaine Goldsmith-Thomas, Erwin Stoff, Jennifer Connelly, Jennifer Lopez, Julia Roberts, Kevin Huvane, Madonna, Sue Mengers, Susan Sarandon
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EXCLUSIVE: Elaine Goldsmith-Thomas is joining 3 Arts as a manager/producer, returning to the rep business after 11 years. Once a high-powered dealmaker at ICM best known for guiding Julia Roberts from unknown to $20 million a picture as the world’s biggest female star, Goldsmith-Thomas left ICM in 2000 to run Revolution Studios East for Joe Roth and supervise films under Roberts’ production deal there. She has been a full-time producer since Revolution folded. An agent for more than 15 years at WMA and ICM, Goldsmith-Thomas also repped Tim Robbins, Susan Sarandon, Jennifer Lopez, Jennifer Connelly, Madonna and Darren Star.

The obvious question is whether she will be rejoined by Roberts, who went to CAA not long after Goldsmith-Thomas left. Goldsmith-Thomas said she comes to 3 Arts without any clients. While producing, she continued to give career advice when asked, but referred talent to agencies and management companies for years even as people asked why she wasn’t building a client list. She decided months ago to explore a return but was reticent to resurface as an agent. It would be hard returning to a job she left behind, and she never liked the poaching part of that game. She also didn’t want to give up producing, which agents can’t do. After meeting with 3 Arts’ Erwin Stoff, Goldsmith-Thomas felt she’d found the right fit. She will operate out of the management/production company’s New York base, where Richard Abate manages authors and runs the book department and Avi Gilbert manages stand-up comics.

“I’ve always loved the architecture of careers, and I missed working with colleagues in breaking down walls that have gotten thicker,” Goldsmith-Thomas told me. “I think it’s a mistake when people try to re-create the same career they had. I love what I’m doing now, and I see this as a complement.” Read More »

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Reminder: Ed Limato Memorial Tonight

By NIKKI FINKE, Editor in Chief | Tuesday January 11, 2011 @ 1:03pm PSTTags: Ed Limato, Ed Limato Death, Movies

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WME Dumps Mel Gibson As Agency Client Because “He Used The N-Word”

By NIKKI FINKE, Editor in Chief | Friday July 9, 2010 @ 4:20pm PDTTags: Agent Ed Limato, Agents, Ari Emanuel, Ed Limato, Ed Limato Death, Mel Gibson, Mel Gibson Career, Oksana Grigorieva, Patrick Whitesell, WME


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4:20 PM UPDATE: I’ve just learned that WME Entertainment actually fired Mel Gibson the day before his longtime Hollywood agent Ed Limato’s death last weekend. I’m told … Read More »

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Why Ed Limato Stood Above Agent Pack

By MIKE FLEMING JR | Tuesday July 6, 2010 @ 1:57pm PDTTags: 20th Century Fox, Agent Ed Limato, Denzel Washington, Ed Limato, Ed Limato R.I.P., Richard Gere, Tony Scott, Unstoppable, WME
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UPDATE: Ed Limato’s office has set funeral service plans. This Wednesday, an open viewing will be held from 3:30-8:30 PM at Forest Lawn Memorial Park. A memorial service is being planned.

limato_edTributes to the late WME … Read More »

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R.I.P. Ed Limato

By NIKKI FINKE, Editor in Chief | Saturday July 3, 2010 @ 11:08am PDTTags: Agent Ed Limato, Ari Emanuel, Bryan Lourd, CAA, Chris Silbermann, Denzel Washington, Ed Limato, Hollywood agencies, Hollywood agency, ICM, Jeff Berg, Jim Wiatt, Kevin Costner, Mel Gibson, Michelle Pfeiffer, Mike Ovitz, Richard Gere, Steve Martin, talent agency, Talent Agent, William Morris Agency, WMA, WME

limato_chair_300x4003RD UPDATE: Ed Limato’s clients  weigh in on his passing:

Richard Gere: “Ed was my dear friend and agent for 40 years. He was the best of the best. There will never be anyone like him. The mold has been … Read More »

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