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Actor Chris Cooper Leaves Paradigm After Decade

By DOMINIC PATTEN | Friday November 30, 2012 @ 2:15pm PSTTags: CAA, Chris Cooper, Paradigm

EXCLUSIVE: Chris Cooper has left Paradigm, Deadline has learned. The actor is said to be in talks with CAA, according to a source but will remain agentless for the time being. This comes after a decade at Paradigm for the Oscar winner, who will continue to be repped by his managers at Untitled Entertainment. (Cooper’s manager Michael Lazo was his agent at Paradigm before leaving for Untitled in 2010; Jack Kingsrud had been handling Cooper since then.) Cooper is currently shooting August: Osage County with Meryl Streep, Julia Roberts and Ewan McGregor.

Related: Al Pacino Returns To CAA

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Paradigm Signs Showrunner Jim O’Doherty

By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Monday November 5, 2012 @ 11:25am PSTTags: Paradigm
Nellie Andreeva

Veteran comedy writer-producer Jim O’Doherty has signed with Paradigm. O’Doherty is the creator/executive producer of Disney XD’s martial arts comedy Kickin’ It, which was just renewed for a third season. He also recently created/exec produced Nickelodeon’s … Read More »

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Toronto: Paradigm Signs ‘Still’ Helmer Michael McGowan

By MIKE FLEMING JR | Friday October 5, 2012 @ 8:33am PDTTags: Paradigm, Still, Toronto Film Festival
Mike Fleming

EXCLUSIVE: Last month’s Toronto Film Festival resulted in a lot of distribution deals, and also a lot of agency signings of new talent with films there. After the Paradigm Motion Picture Finance Group handled the James Cromwell/Genevieve Bujold-starrer Still and made a deal with Samuel Goldwyn Films, the agency has … Read More »

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Paradigm Signs ‘Tai Chi 0′ Helmer Stephen Fung

By MIKE FLEMING JR | Thursday October 4, 2012 @ 1:35pm PDTTags: Paradigm, Stephen Fung
Mike Fleming

EXCLUSIVE: Paradigm has signed Hong Kong actor-director Stephen Fung, whose film Tai Chi 0 played at the Venice and Toronto Film Festivals and just opened number one at the Chinese box office last weekend. The film is a mesh … Read More »

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Top Agency Count: Primetime Emmys 2012

By NIKKI FINKE, Editor in Chief | Friday September 28, 2012 @ 9:12am PDTTags: APA, CAA, Gersh, Hollywood agencies, ICM, Paradigm, UTA, WME

Emmy 2012 Winners AgenciesSummary

WME – 30 Winners
CAA – 29 Winners
UTA – 15 Winners
ICM - 10 Winners
APA – 4 Winners
Paradigm – 2 Winners
Gersh – 2 Winners
Innovative Artists – 1 Winner

Names of Winners

WME - 30
Writing For A Drama Series: Homeland
Written by Alex Gansa, Howard Gordon, Gideon Raff

Lead Actor In A Drama Series
Damian Lewis, Homeland

Lead Actress In A Drama Series
Claire Danes, Homeland

Supporting Actress in a Miniseries or A Movie
Jessica Lange, American Horror Story

Directing For a Miniseries Or A Movie
Jay Roach, Game Change

Lead Actor In A Miniseries Or A Movie
Kevin Costner, Hatfields & McCoys

Miniseries or Movie: Game Change
Jay Roach, Executive Producer

Outstanding Drama Series: Homeland
Alex Gansa, Executive Producer
Howard Gordon, Executive Producer
Michael Cuesta, Executive Producer
Gideon Raff, Executive Producer
Avi Nir, Executive Producer
Ran Telem, Executive Producer
Alexander Cary, Co-Executive Producer
Meredith Stiehm, Consulting Producer
Cindy Chupack, Co-Executive Producer

Outstanding Children’s Nonfiction, Reality or Reality-Competition Program: Sesame Street: Growing Hope Against Hunger (PBS)
Kevin Clash, Producer

Outstanding Nonfiction Special: George Harrison: Living In The Material World (HBO)
Emma Tillinger Koskoff, Executive Producer For Sikelia Productions
Produced by Martin Scorsese

Outstanding Special Class: Short-format Live-Action Entertainment Programs: Children’s Hospital (Cartoon Network)
Rob Corddry, Executive Producer
David Wain, Executive Producer

Outstanding Variety Series: The Daily Show With Jon Stewart
Jill Katz, Producer

Outstanding Writing for a Variety Series: The Daily Show With Jon Stewart (Comedy Central)
Kevin Bleyer, Writer
John Oliver, Writer
Jason Ross, Writer
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Paradigm Signs Tony-Winning Playwright David Henry Hwang

By MIKE FLEMING JR | Monday August 13, 2012 @ 10:19am PDTTags: Paradigm
Mike Fleming

EXCLUSIVE: Paradigm has signed Tony Award-winning playwright David Henry Hwang, in all areas. He had been a longtime client of the agency’s Theater Lit department and moved over from CAA in film and TV. This comes as Hwang is scripting … Read More »

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Sharon Stone Joins ‘Mother’s Day’

By DOMINIC PATTEN | Tuesday July 3, 2012 @ 1:00pm PDTTags: Mother's Day, Movie Casting, Paradigm, Sharon Stone

Sharon Stone Mother's DaySharon Stone is celebrating Mother’s Day. She joins Andie MacDowell and her real-life daughter Rainey Qualley, who were announced yesterday, in the indie drama about the relationship between 12 mothers and their daughters. … Read More »

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Philip Seymour Hoffman Leaves Paradigm, Goes Agentless

By MIKE FLEMING JR | Monday June 11, 2012 @ 5:12pm PDTTags: Paradigm, Philip Seymour Hoffman
Mike Fleming

BREAKING: Phil Seymour Hoffman is going to go without an agent. He’s leaving Paradigm after an 18-year run at the agency, repped by Sarah Fargo. From the breakout role in Boogie Nights, to the Oscar turn in Capote, the recent tour … Read More »

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Paradigm Signs Smokewood Producers; Repping Domestic On ‘Long Time Gone’

By NANCY TARTAGLIONE, International Editor | Friday May 18, 2012 @ 12:44pm PDTTags: Lee Daniels, Paradigm

EXCLUSIVE: Film and TV company Smokewood Entertainment and co-founders, Sarah Siegel-Magness, Gary Magness and Bobbi Sue Luther, develop and produce projects with positive messages. The company and director Siegel-Magness have been signed by Paradigm for representation in all areas. Magness … Read More »

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Katherine Heigl Leaves Longtime Agency

By NIKKI FINKE, Editor in Chief | Thursday May 10, 2012 @ 11:31am PDTTags: Katherine Heigl, Paradigm

EXCLUSIVE: The following announcement just went out internally at Paradigm about Katherine Heigl and her momager. “With Norm Aladjem’s departure last week, this was inevitable, as they were very close,” an insider tells me.

Related: Senior Agent Norm Aladjem Leaving Paradigm For Levity Entertainment Group

From: Sam Gores
Sent:

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Dwight Yoakam Signs With Paradigm

By DOMINIC PATTEN | Thursday May 3, 2012 @ 10:51am PDTTags: Dwight Yoakam, Paradigm

Dwight Yoakam ParadigmDwight Yoakam has signed with Paradigm. The multi-platinum country star and actor will be repped by the agency in all areas. Yoakam’s film credits include Wedding Crashers, Panic Room and Sling Blade. Yoakam, previously repped by WME, … Read More »

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Senior Agent Norm Aladjem Leaving Paradigm For Levity Entertainment Group

By MIKE FLEMING JR | Friday April 20, 2012 @ 5:52pm PDTTags: Paradigm
Mike Fleming

UPDATE: Levity Entertainment Group, known as a generator of comedy programming, has issued a press release on Norm Aladjem’s arrival from Paradigm. At Paradigm, owner Sam Gores will be overseeing the talent department and has set veteran agent Andrew Ruf to replace Aladjem. Ruf is a 15-year vet of Paradigm who ran the motion picture finance department, and whose clients include Laurence Fishburne, Andy Garcia, Adrien Brody and Kim Basinger. Ruf will work closely with Sarah Fargo, who runs the New York talent department and has clients including Philip Seymour Hoffman and Gabriel Byrne. Erwin Moore continues as head of Paradigm’s TV talent department. Levity’s release is at the bottom:

EXCLUSIVE: Norm Aladjem has just announced his exit from Paradigm, where he was a member of the management committee and head of the agency’s talent department. He is going to Levity Entertainment Group. At Paradigm, he was a key piece of the agency’s talent manpower, and repped such clients as Katherine Heigl, Julie Bowen, Peter Facinelli, Sharon Stone, Gabrielle Union and Kim Basinger. He also reps Larry the Cable Guy, Jeff Foxworthy and Bill Engvall, who will continue with their long-time manager J.P. Williams. Here’s his statement to Paradigm staffers:

To my Paradigm family,

I have a friend who doesn’t like to say goodbye. Instead, he always says “see you in a minute”.

I am writing to let you all know that I am leaving the agency business to become President of Levity Entertainment Group.

Levity is a vertically integrated entertainment company with production, digital, management, and branding/licensing divisions. Its partners also own numerous comedy clubs around the country.

I have been an agent for almost seventeen years, eight of them here at Paradigm. Sam has been a wonderful mentor and friend and I leave with more than a little sadness. Yet the opportunity to help guide a cutting edge company involved in content creation and distribution across multiple platforms of traditional and digital media was simply too exciting a challenge for me to ignore. In my new position I will get to flex very different muscles than one does as an agent.

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Paradigm Loses Senior TV Talent Agent

By NIKKI FINKE, Editor in Chief | Friday January 13, 2012 @ 6:49pm PSTTags: Hollywood agencies, Paradigm

EXCLUSIVE: Senior TV talent agent Steve Small told Paradigm today that he is leaving the agency to “pursue a more creative aspect of the business”. Small told the tenpercentery he’ll announce his plans next week. He came from Writers And Artists agency … Read More »

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Principato Young Starts Alternative TV Dept

By NIKKI FINKE, Editor in Chief | Friday January 13, 2012 @ 2:53pm PSTTags: Paradigm, Principato Young

EXCLUSIVE: Paradigm sent out word to the entire agency last night that Cameron Kadison has left to go start a new Alternative TV division at Principato Young. His last day at Paradigm was Wednesday and he starts at the management company this … Read More »

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Paradigm Forms Joint Venture With Electronic Dance Music Agency AM Only

By MIKE FLEMING JR | Thursday January 12, 2012 @ 9:26am PSTTags: Paradigm, Sam Gores
Mike Fleming

Paradigm owner Sam Gores just issued this internal memo about the addition of Electronic Dance Music to its music touring business. Below is the Gores memo, followed by the formal announcement:

I’m pleased to announce that AM Only, the largest and most respected Electronic Dance Music agency in the industry is joining the Paradigm family effective today. I want to personally welcome Paul Morris, the head of AM Only, and his talented team to Paradigm. Paul and his team personify the values that we hold dearly at Paradigm and we could not be prouder to be partnering with them.

This is another significant milestone for Paradigm. Electronic Dance Music is the fastest growing genre in the touring business and already a multi-billion dollar industry worldwide. I also want to thank Chip Hooper, Marty Diamond and Greg Bestick for the great work they did to make this significant deal a reality for us.

AM Only will keep their name and continue to operate out of their Brooklyn, NY offices. Paul Morris and his agents will be joining us at the next Paradigm Now meeting this coming Tuesday, January 17th and we will give you more details at that time. You can learn more about them at www.amonly.com

Thank you

Sam

And here is the release: Read More »

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Lit Agent David Boxerbaum Joins Paradigm

By MIKE FLEMING JR | Monday January 9, 2012 @ 3:10pm PSTTags: David Boxerbaum, Paradigm
Mike Fleming

David Boxerbaum, a prolific seller of scripts at APA, has moved to Paradigm, where he has joined the Motion Picture Lit Department. The move was long expected. The agency just issued this announcement internally:

We are pleased to announce that

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SHOCKER! Ex-CAA Vet Agent Rand Holston Hired By Paradigm

By MIKE FLEMING JR | Tuesday December 6, 2011 @ 11:36am PSTTags: CAA, Paradigm, Rand Holston, Sam Gores
Mike Fleming

EXCLUSIVE: Paradigm has landed Rand Holston, the 28-year CAA veteran agent who exited that agency late last month. Holston will bolster the motion picture lit and financing departments and gives Sam Gores’ agency a well established dealmaker who played on a high level as a film agent at CAA. For Paradigm’s motion picture business, Holston is the highest-profile addition since Paradigm got close in courting the late Ed Limato when he left ICM, only to see that iconic dealmaker choose WME as a landing place for himself and his star clients.

At CAA, Holston had a strong list of writer and director clients, and the immediate question will be who stays and who goes. That list includes Stephen King, Rob Reiner, Wolfgang Petersen, Robert Towne, John Moore, Marshall Herskovitz, Jordan Kerner, Ed Zwick, Jim Ivory, Bruce Robinson and Jon Avnet. There will be a chase for those clients, and Holston’s impact will be partly measured by which ones stay with him. But he will also put Paradigm in the conversation for signings and business they might not otherwise have had a shot at in the past. Read More »

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Paradigm Hires New Marketing Dept Head

By NIKKI FINKE, Editor in Chief | Wednesday September 7, 2011 @ 1:10pm PDTTags: Paradigm, PMK*BNC

EXCLUSIVE: Paradigm just announced internally that Rick Faigin of PMK*BNC has joined the Hollywood agency as the new head of the Marketing department. “He spent the past 8 years developing, negotiating, and executing multi-platform brand partnerships for companies such as Samsung Mobile, … Read More »

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Paradigm Adds Agent In Artist Marketing

By THE DEADLINE TEAM | Monday August 8, 2011 @ 6:01pm PDTTags: Agency, Marna Palmer, Paradigm

Marna Palmer has joined Paradigm as an agent in the Artist Marketing Department, where she will focus on celebrity endorsements and marketing opportunities for the agency’s clients. She has spent the past five years as a marketing/commercial/endorsements agent at Abrams … Read More »

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