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EXCLUSIVE: Television agent Brandon Finkelstein is leaving CAA to join Drew Comins' Creative Engine Entertainment as VP of Production and Development. He is one of multiple executives Comins is bringing in as he is building out Creative Engine under the company’s first-look deal with Fifth…

EXCLUSIVE: Cole Webley, director of the acclaimed Sundance drama Omaha, starring John Magaro, has signed with Artists First for management. Marking Webley’s feature directorial debut, Omaha follows a father (Magaro) who after a family tragedy, takes his two young children Ella (Molly Wright) and…

EXCLUSIVE: Ahead of the April 4th theatrical release of his latest film, The Luckiest Man in America, Samir Oliveros — writer, director, producer, and co-founder of filmmaking collective Plenty Good — has signed with Cinetic Media for management. A Colombia-born, U.S.-based talent who has…

EXCLUSIVE: Brandee Evans has signed with Innovative Artists for representation. Evans is widely recognized for her portrayal of 'Mercedes Woodbine' in P-Valley, the hit Starz series created by Katori Hall. For her contributions to the show’s first two seasons, Evans received two NAACP Image…

EXCLUSIVE: Actor and singer-songwriter Cheyenne Jackson has signed with Buchwald across the board. A Grammy and Emmy nominee, Jackson most recently starred opposite Mayim Bialik on the Fox comedy Call Me Kat, which ran for three seasons. Recently, he also returned to the stage in the Pasadena…

EXCLUSIVE: Following the Sundance world premiere of her feature directorial debut, East of Wall — a drama that won the NEXT Audience Award — filmmaker Kate Beecroft has signed with UTA for representation in all areas. Recently acquired by Sony Pictures Classics, which will distribute the film to…

EXCLUSIVE: Jessica Lee Gagné, one of the breakout talents behind Apple TV+’s pop culture sensation Severance, has taken on new reps at Sugar23 and CAA at a pivotal moment in her career. Recently making her directorial debut on Severance Season 2 with Episode 7, “Chikhai Bardo,” Gagné began her…

EXCLUSIVE: Frida Perez has signed with CAA for representation.  Perez co-created the new Apple TV+ comedy series The Studio starring Seth Rogen, Kathryn Hahn, Ike Barinholtz, and Chase Sui Wonders. The satire, co-created by Rogen and longtime partner Evan Goldberg— along with Perez, Pete Huyck (V…

EXCLUSIVE: After launching a literary department at the end of last year and appointing Rachel Mathias to run it, the UK-based Insight Management & Production has brought on industry veteran Luke Speed as a partner. Speed comes to the company with 25 years of experience brokering global film…

EXCLUSIVE: In a competitive situation, Anonymous Content has signed Tony Benna, director of the A24 documentary André Is an Idiot, which won multiple awards at this year’s Sundance Film Festival. Marking Benna’s feature directorial and editorial debut, André Is an Idiot watches as André, an…

EXCLUSIVE: Liam Francis Quigley has joined Entertainment 360 as a literary manager. Quigley began his career in WME's London mailroom before joining 42 in 2017. He became a manager and worked out of the London office until moving to Los Angeles in 2021. He has continued to build an impressive…

Comedian Chris Rock has signed with WME for representation in all areas including acting, directing, comedy touring, books, and more. Rock had been in play since December when his longtime agent Eddy Yablans was impacted by the CAA layoffs. (Yablans subsequently joined management company LBI Ente…