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Magnolia Manager Vs UTA, Round Two

By NIKKI FINKE, Editor in Chief | Friday May 17, 2013 @ 2:50pm PDTTags: Joel Kinnaman, Magnolia Entertainment, Noomi Rapace, UTA

Previous: Magnolia Client Rachel McAdams Fires UTA

UPDATE: Magnolia Entertainment manager Shelley Browning’s inexplicable and one-sided battle against UTA co-owner Tracey Jacobs rages on. Last month, Browning was behind Rachel McAdams firing UTA after a seven-year stint with Jacobs. Now two Swedish actors who are both Magnolia clients follow McAdams out the door for no reason: Joel Kinnaman and Noomi Rapace. Since becoming Browning’s client, Rapace has bounced between Hollywood agencies: first UTA, then WME, then back to UTA, and now out of UTA. Among the only Magnolia clients left at UTA is Daniel Espinosa (Safe House) who is directing Kinnaman and Rapace with Tom Hardy in Child 44.

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UTA Signs Chernin Entertainment In TV

By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Tuesday May 14, 2013 @ 9:34am PDTTags: Chernin Entertainment, UTA
Nellie Andreeva

After a year without an agency representation in television, Peter Chernin’s production company has landed at UTA. Chernin Entertainment was signed by UTA Managing Director Jay Sures and partner/head of the TV department Matt Rice who … Read More »

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UPDATE: UTA & ‘Scrubs’ Star Donald Faison Settle Unpaid Commissions Lawsuit

By DOMINIC PATTEN | Saturday May 11, 2013 @ 2:53pm PDTTags: Donald Faison, Lawsuit, UTA

UPDATE, 2:53 PM:  United Talent Agency and Donald Faison have settled their dispute over $73,000 in unpaid commissions. The former Scrubs actor supposedly had no idea that … Read More »

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UTA Signs Actor Michael Vartan

By THE DEADLINE TEAM | Wednesday May 8, 2013 @ 9:49am PDTTags: Michael Vartan, UTA

EXCLUSIVE: Alias alum Michael Vartan has signed with UTA. He most recently co-starred for three seasons on TNT’s Hawthorne opposite Jada Pinkett Smith. On the big screen Vartan starred in the … Read More »

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UTA Signs ‘Jackass’ Producers

By DOMINIC PATTEN | Friday May 3, 2013 @ 11:23am PDTTags: Bobby Pura, Jackass, The Uprising, Trip Taylor, UTA

EXCLUSIVE: Trip Taylor and Bobby Pura have signed with UTA. The agency will represent the duo’s company The Uprising in … Read More »

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EXCLUSIVE: Rachel McAdams Fires UTA

By NIKKI FINKE, Editor in Chief | Friday April 19, 2013 @ 6:52pm PDTTags: Hollywood agencies, Rachel McAdams, UTA

EXCLUSIVE… UPDATE: Rachel McAdams and her Magnolia Entertainment manager Shelley Browning today fired UTA after a seven-year stint together. Browning met with Tracey Jacobs and other members of Rachel McAdams’ agency team this afternoon. Howard Fishman remains her attorney. … Read More »

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‘Luther’ And ‘Pacific Rim’ Star Idris Elba Is In Play At The Big Agencies

By MIKE FLEMING JR | Tuesday April 16, 2013 @ 12:47pm PDTTags: Idris Elba, Luther, Pacific Rim, UTA
Mike Fleming

After quietly leaving UTA last week, Idris Elba is the hot actor in play, and it’s suspected he’ll either land at WME or CAA. Elba seems poised to finally make that transition from great actor to movie star, … Read More »

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UTA Partners With USC, VC Firm Kleiner Perkins For LA-Based Tech Accelerator

By THE DEADLINE TEAM | Tuesday March 26, 2013 @ 10:03am PDTTags: Kleiner Perkins, USC, UTA, Viterbi Startup Garage

The goal of the Viterbi Startup Garage is to keep early-stage engineering companies and their entrepreneurs spawned from USC‘s engineering program in the region via the first LA-based accelerator backed by a big university. It’s the … Read More »

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UTA Signs Tony Mendez; Ben Affleck Played The CIA Operative In Oscar-Winning ‘Argo’

By MIKE FLEMING JR | Friday March 8, 2013 @ 9:08am PSTTags: Argo, CIA, Jonna Mendez, Tony Mendez, UTA
Mike Fleming

Tony MendezEXCLUSIVE: UTA has signed Tony Mendez, the retired CIA operative played by Ben Affleck in Argo as he smuggled six diplomatic workers out of Iran. The agency has actually signed Mendez and his wife, Jonna, also … Read More »

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UTA Signs Barbra Streisand

By MIKE FLEMING JR | Wednesday March 6, 2013 @ 10:13am PSTTags: Barbra Streisand, UTA
Mike Fleming

BREAKING: Barbra Streisand has signed with UTA for representation as an actress, director and producer. UTA will also represent her film and television shingle Barwood Films. Streisand continues to be represented by her longtime manager Marty Erlichman. Streisand, who certainly stopped the show singing The Way We Were in tribute to Marvin Hamlisch, has won 2 Oscars, 5 Emmys, 10 Grammys and 12 Golden Globes. The three films directed by Ms. Streisand have garnered 14 Academy Award nominations. Streisand is the only artist ever to receive Oscar, Tony, Emmy, Grammy, Directors Guild of America, Golden Globe, National Medal of Arts and Peabody Awards as well as France’s Legion d’Honneur and the American Film Institute’s Lifetime Achievement Award. She is also the first female film director to receive the Kennedy Center Honors. Read More »

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UTA Signs ESPN’s Matthew Berry

By DOMINIC PATTEN | Thursday February 14, 2013 @ 10:35am PSTTags: Agency Signing, ESPN, Matthew Berry, UTA

EXCLUSIVE: ESPN Fantasy Sports Analyst Matthew Berry has signed with United Talent Agency. UTA will be representing Berry, who was previously with CAA, in all areas. As well as appearing on ESPN 2’s Fantasy Football Now, the … Read More »

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UTA Signs ‘A Late Quartet’ Helmer Yaron Zilberman

By MIKE FLEMING JR | Tuesday February 5, 2013 @ 12:22pm PSTTags: A Late Quartet, UTA
Mike Fleming

EXCLUSIVE: After making his narrative feature directing debut on A Late Quartet, Yaron Zilberman has signed with UTA, marking his first agency representation. Zilberman helmed the drama that stars Philip Seymour Hoffman, Christopher Walken, Catherine Keener, Mark … Read More »

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Rob Kim Leaves Untitled Entertainment, Joins APA As VP

By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Tuesday January 29, 2013 @ 3:32pm PSTTags: APA, UTA
Nellie Andreeva

EXCLUSIVE: Former UTA agent Rob Kim is joining APA as a VP after a five-month stint at Untitled Entertainment. At Untitled, Kim served as a literary and talent manager, and … Read More »

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Vet Lit Agent Rich Green Leaving CAA For Jeff Berg’s New Agency

By MIKE FLEMING JR | Saturday January 26, 2013 @ 1:49pm PSTTags: CAA, Rich Green, UTA
Mike Fleming

EXCLUSIVE: Veteran lit agent Rich Green has left CAA, and he has joined the new agency being launched by former ICM chief Jeff Berg. The well respected Green has been there nine years, and his last day was Friday. Among … Read More »

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UTA Signs ‘Ted’ Scribes Alec Sulkin And Wellesley Wild

By MIKE FLEMING JR | Tuesday January 22, 2013 @ 6:44pm PSTTags: Alec Sulkin, Family Guy, Ted, UTA, Wellesley Wild
Mike Fleming

EXCLUSIVE: Ted co-writers writers Alec Sulkin and Wellesley Wild have signed with UTA. This comes as FBC picked up their untitled pilot and moved it right to series, one of the few large commitments of the … Read More »

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WME Reality Agent Chris Newman Joins UTA

By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Tuesday January 15, 2013 @ 4:10pm PSTTags: UTA, WME
Nellie Andreeva

I’ve learned that veteran reality agent and WME partner Chris Newman has left to go to UTA, where he has joined the agency’s alternative department. UTA has been looking to bring in a senior reality … Read More »

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UTA Signs Zooey Deschanel

By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Friday December 21, 2012 @ 10:35am PSTTags: New Girl, UTA, Zooey Deschanel
Nellie Andreeva

EXCLUSIVE: Zooey Deschanel has signed with UTA. She was with CAA. Indie film darling Deschanel stars on Fox’s comedy series New Girl, which has earned her Emmy and Golden Globe nominations. Deschanel is also a Grammy-nominated … Read More »

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‘Pawn Stars’ Former Agents Sue A&E, History Channel & Michael Camacho

By DOMINIC PATTEN | Tuesday December 11, 2012 @ 7:06pm PSTTags: A&E, History Channel, Michael Camacho, Pawn Stars, UTA

UPDATE: In response, Michael Camacho tells Deadline: “I was in charge of unscripted television at UTA when his agency signed several of the principal characters of Pawn Stars. I have never met or spoken to the former agents or the clients and was unaware of any claim.”

The former agents of the stars of History’s Pawn Stars today sued the network, executives Nancy Dubac and Mary Donahue, A&E and former UTA agent Michael Camacho for allegedly poaching their clients. Citing $5 million in lost commissions and damages (read complaint here), Venture IAB claims that it set up Pawn Stars’ Richard B. Harrison, Richard K. Harrison, Richard C. Harrison and Austen Russell on the reality show. The agents say they signed the group as clients in 2007 and again in 2009. Pawn Stars debuted on History on July 19, 2009. It was not long after that things started to go sour between the staff of Las Vegas’ World Famous Gold & Silver Pawn Shop and their agents. “In or about January 2010, the Harrisons and Russell terminated the Agency agreements, and thereafter entered into agency contracts with Michael Camacho and UTA. As a result of the intentional interference with the Agency Agreements, Plaintiff has lost millions of dollars of income,” says the complaint. Venture IAB claims it’s “entitled to 10% of all compensation received by the Harrisons and Russell” from Pawn Stars.

Related: A&E’s ‘Storage Wars’ Sued; Former Cast Member Calls Reality Show A “Fraud”

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ICM Partners Hires UTA Talent Agent Ruthanne Secunda

By MIKE FLEMING JR | Tuesday December 4, 2012 @ 1:13pm PSTTags: ICM Partners, UTA
Mike Fleming

BREAKING: ICM Partners has hired Ruthanne Secunda, the longtime UTA talent agent whose client roster includes Piper Perabo, Alicia Silverstone and Meg Ryan, Jon Cryer, Lucy Liu and Jane Krakowski, Marcia Gay Harden, Nathan Fillion, Poppy Montgomery, Rebecca Romijn, Zachary Knighton, Jerry O’Connell, Tori Spelling, Michael Imperioli, Tom Cavanaugh and Thomas Sadoski. This all just happened, and there will certainly be a skirmish for clients between Secunda’s new agency and her former haunt. Insiders at ICM Partners said Secunda will fit in perfectly with the culture that the revamped agency is trying to instill. In a joint statement, the partnership said, “Ruthanne has played a vital role over the last decade in cultivating talent and developing and packaging successful television shows. We are thrilled to have Ruthanne as part of the team at ICM Partners.” Read More »

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