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EXCLUSIVE: Ellen DeGeneres And Manager Eric Gold Part After She Tried To Cap Him

By NIKKI FINKE, Editor in Chief | Sunday April 21, 2013 @ 8:25pm PDTTags: Big Deals TV, Ellen DeGeneres, Hollywood managers

EXCLUSIVE: Eric Gold has been manager to the popular TV daytime talk show star Ellen DeGeneres since after her ABC sitcom was cancelled in 1998 and she was out of work. I’ve learned today they parted ways after the first of the year but kept the news quiet. But it leaked out through rival reps to me. There are two sides to every story like this, but I’m told Ellen tried to cap Gold – and he said no, so they no longer work together. (‘Capping’ is an agreement to put a maximum dollar or percentage number on a rep’s earnings from a client.) Over the last decade DeGeneres has earned a reported half a billion dollars from her hugely successful 10-year-old TelePictures syndicated daytime talk show Ellen, endorsements (JC Penney reportedly paid her $20M for the two-year campaign), and other activities. “After her sitcom ended and Ellen was out of work, Eric is credited with helping put together her comeback,” one source explains. “When she tried to cap him about four months ago, he wouldn’t accept what she wanted to do so they parted. America’s sweetheart ain’t such a sweetheart.” Others claim Gold “did nothing for her, didn’t deliver guests, didn’t make the show better, wasn’t on set, and didn’t create any showbiz opportunities outside the show for her.” Ellen remains with ICM Partners agent Eddie Yablans and Morris Yorn Barnes & Levine attorney Kevin Yorn. Gold still manages Jim Carrey with Jimmy Miller (though Gold/Miller are no longer in business together).) He has also produced Scary Movie, She’s Out Of My League, My Wife And Kids, and In Living Color. He is currently producing a Broadway musical based on the music and life of the late Tupac Shukar’s music, Holla if You Hear Me, written by August Wilson protégé Todd Kreidler.

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Federal Judge Throws Out Lawsuit By Managers Challenging Talent Agencies Act

By THE DEADLINE TEAM | Wednesday March 6, 2013 @ 1:37pm PSTTags: Hollywood agencies, Hollywood managers

Personal managers took it on the chin Tuesday in U.S. District Court when Judge Dean Pregerson wouldn’t touch California’s Talent Agencies Act. Instead the judge threw out an outrageously broad lawsuit filed by the National Conference of Personal Managers seeking to overturn the state’s … Read More »

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Keanu Reeves And Longtime Manager Erwin Stoff Hit Bumpy Road: Actor Almost Left 3 Arts But Instead Others There Repping Him

By NIKKI FINKE, Editor in Chief | Thursday October 25, 2012 @ 10:43am PDTTags: Big Deals Film, Erwin Stoff, Hollywood managers, Keanu Reeves

Keanu Reeves Erwin Stoff ManagerEXCLUSIVE: This is a cautionary tale for every Hollywood manager who’s spending a lot of time producing. Such is the case with Erwin Stoff. The 3 Arts Entertainment president has repped Keanu Reeves for something like 32 years (ever since the actor was 16 years old). The Stoff-Reeves relationship has long been considered one of Hollywood’s most enduring. Until recently. I’ve learned it’s now very much on the rocks. ”Keanu Reeves very quietly left 3 Arts. Then he was recently convinced to stay at 3 Arts but with different reps,” says one of my sources. “Handling him now are Tom Lasally, Nick Frenkel, and David Miner. It’s an attempt to save the client.” I’ve confirmed this with several other insiders, too, even though Stoff denied any rift to me. I am told independently that ”there’s no rancor”.

Stoff of course has been a producer or executive producer on many of Reeves’ films dating back to 1991 — including Bill & Ted’s Bogus Journey, Feeling Minnesota, The Devil’s Advocate, The Matrix, The Replacements, Sweet November, Constantine, A Scanner Darkly, The Lake House, Street Kings, The Day The Earth Stood Still, and most recently as exec producer of Universal’s troubled 47 Ronin. That Keanu starrer from first-time feature director Carl Rinsch has been plagued by a swelling budget, a reshoot, two release date delays, and bad publicity — prompting the studio to work side by side with Rinsch in the editing room which is highly unusual these days.

Related: Despite Reports, Carl Rinsch Is Still Working On ’47 Ronin’

But increasingly Stoff is producing a lot of films not starring Reeves – credits and paychecks Stoff probably never would have enjoyed without Keanu as leverage over the years. Right now, for instance, he’s in London producing All You Need Is Kill and that’s where I reached the manager. I’m told that Reeves’ principal problem stemmed from Stoff’s producing time commitments. “Keanu for 20 years was so used to talking to Erwin all the time. But Erwin is very busy producing now,” one insider explains. But another source also tells me, “Keanu has been frustrated with Erwin for a while, with the massive 47 Ronin problems and lack of material for him. Also Reeves’ sister is now in the actor’s life in a big way, and she did not like Stoff.”

The result is that, according to one insider, Read More »

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The Black List 2011: By Managers

By NIKKI FINKE, Editor in Chief | Monday December 12, 2011 @ 11:10am PSTTags: Hollywood managers, The Black List 2011

The Black List 2011: Screenplay Roster
The Black List 2011: By Agencies

MANAGERS – by number of scripts
Management 360 5
Mosaic 4
Kaplan/Perrone 4
Benderspink 3
H2F 3
Circle of Confusion … Read More »

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Penny Marshall Back In Biz With New Reps

By NIKKI FINKE, Editor in Chief | Thursday July 21, 2011 @ 6:51pm PDTTags: APA, Hollywood agencies, Hollywood managers

EXCLUSIVE: Director and actress and producer Penny Marshall has signed with Shelter Entertainment Group President Alan Iezman for management, and with APA for agency representation in all area.  The helmer of such classics as Big, Awakenings (an Oscar Best Picture contender), and A League Of Their Own was the first female director to gross … Read More »

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Management 360 Hires Scott Lambert

By THE DEADLINE TEAM | Thursday July 21, 2011 @ 3:59pm PDTTags: Hollywood managers, Management 360

LOS ANGELES, CA – July 21, 2011 – Management 360 today announced the addition of Scott Lambert as a manager and producer, effective immediately. With more than twenty years of entertainment industry experience, Lambert has held influential posts

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Management 360 Hires Benderspink Exec

By NIKKI FINKE, Editor in Chief | Friday May 27, 2011 @ 10:21am PDTTags: Benderspink, Hollywood managers, Management 360

EXCLUSIVE: Jill McElroy is joining Management 360 as a literary manager from Benderspink where she was a manager and producer for over a decade. Joining her are writing clients including John Hlavin, Karl Gajdusek, Andrea Berloff, Kyle Ward, Stacey Harman, Marc Haimes, Tom Smuts, among others. Many of … Read More »

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Mosaic Manager Ann Blanchard Joining CAA

By NIKKI FINKE, Editor in Chief | Saturday March 19, 2011 @ 2:22pm PDTTags: Alexa Junge, Amy Brenneman, Ed Redlich, Hollywood managers, Michael Dinner, TV producers, TV showrunners, TV Writers, William Morris Agency

EXCLUSIVE (UPDATED BELOW): There’s been no announcement yet. But Ann Blanchard is already being accused of breaking Hollywood protocol by not first informing those agents repping her Mosaic Media Group’s TV management clients of her change of employment. Instead, she’s calling … Read More »

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