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Jennifer Lopez’s Nuyorican Sued By Ex-Exec Over Demotion By Goldsmith-Thomas

By DOMINIC PATTEN | Monday May 13, 2013 @ 8:14pm PDTTags: Elaine Goldsmith-Thomas, Jennifer Lopez, Nuyorican Productions

A former senior producer at Jennifer Lopez‘s Nuyorican Productions is taking the company to court for breach of contract. In a five-claim complaint filed today in LA Superior Court, Brian Schornak is alleging that he was removed from the company’s shows like The Fosters and South Beach Tow and eventually forced out. And Schornak is very specific about who is to blame for that: former manager and producer Elaine Goldsmith-Thomas who was brought on board Nuyoricann in March but is not a defendant in the lawsuit, however. The complaint (read it here) claims she  accused him of stealing from Nuyorican and relentlessly tried to get rid of him. ”Elaine demoted Plaintiff and attempted to push Plaintiff out, or get him to quit,” the complaint claims.  Schornak says he was “compelled” to resign from Nuyorican earlier this year.  In addition to breach of contract, the complaints claims breach of implied covenant of good faith and fair dealing, as well as violations of the California labor code.  Schornak is seeking unspecified compensatory, general and special damages in a 3-day jury trial. He is represented by Stephen Kernan of Santa Monica’s Kernan Law Firm. 

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Selena Gomez And Director Dave Meyers Teaming For Endgame’s ‘Hot Mess’

By MIKE FLEMING JR | Tuesday October 18, 2011 @ 10:31am PDTTags: Britney Spears, Elaine Goldsmith-Thomas, Jennifer Lopez, Selena Gomez
Mike Fleming

EXCLUSIVE: Endgame Entertainment’s James D. Stern has put together the comedy Hot Mess with Selena Gomez in talks to star and Dave Meyers in discussions to direct. Based on the Black List script by Jenni Ross, Hot Mess revolves around … Read More »

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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
Mike Fleming

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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CW Revisits Todd Graff’s Dramedy ‘Acting Out’ For Its First Comedy Buy

By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Wednesday August 10, 2011 @ 4:09pm PDTTags: CBS TV Studios, CW, Elaine Goldsmith-Thomas, Mark Pedowitz, Todd Graff
Nellie Andreeva

EXCLUSIVE: Less than a week after new CW president Mark Pedowitz indicated that the network will be open to comedies this development season, the CW has made its first half-hour buy, Todd Graff’s summer camp comedy Acting Out, executive … Read More »

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Showtime Takes On 1970s Record Industry With Drama Project From Jason Smilovic, Elaine Goldsmith-Thomas & Barry Levinson

By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Thursday June 23, 2011 @ 10:44am PDTTags: Barry Levinson, Elaine Goldsmith-Thomas, Jason Smilovic, Showtime
Nellie Andreeva

EXCLUSIVE: Showtime is getting groovy with a drama project about the 1970s music industry. The pay cable network has bought Vinyl, a spec script written by Jason Smilovic and Todd Katzberg, with Elaine Goldsmith-Thomas on board to executive produce and Barry Levinson attached to direct, subject to availability. Smilovic will also executive produce, with Barry Grieff, Andy Meyer and Katzberg co-executive producing. The idea for the project originated with Grieff and Meyer, who were A&M Records executives in the 1970s. They took it to Smilovic, who brought in frequent collaborator (and former mentee) Katzberg. Set in 1970s Los Angeles, Vinyl explores every aspect of the music business through multiple vantage points — from the record executives and rock stars to the drug pushers and the prostitutes, from the stage to the boardroom to the DJ booth. Read More »

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CW Developing Teen Musical Dramedy

By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Tuesday October 19, 2010 @ 6:52pm PDTTags: CW, Elaine Goldsmith-Thomas, Fox Glee, Todd Graff, TV, TV Deals
Nellie Andreeva

With Fox’s Glee topping the rating and music charts, CW has teamed with Bandslam writer-director Todd Graff and the film’s producer Elaine Goldsmith-Thomas to develop its own musical and dancing dramedy. Titled Acting Out, the project is described as Glee … Read More »

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Jason Smilovic Working on TV Series & Film With Producer Elaine Goldsmith-Thomas

By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Wednesday September 22, 2010 @ 12:26pm PDTTags: Elaine Goldsmith-Thomas, Jason Smilovic, Jason Smilovic Replay, Michael Dinner, Movies, Replay, TV
Nellie Andreeva

Writer Jason Smilovic has set up a drama project at Fox. The project, titled The Detail, landed a script commitment with penalty after interest from multiple networks. It is executive produced by Elaine Goldsmith-Thomas, with Michael Dinner on board to direct. Produced by Sony TV, it is described as Ocean’s Eleven meets Revenge of the Nerds. It centers on a private detective, who, after being released from jail for a crime he didn’t commit, assembles a group of rejects, each with a unique talent, to form a detective agency and bring down his old business partner who framed him. Read More »

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