Two weeks ago, Deadline revealed that New York-based TV Lit agent Jacquie Katz would be leaving CAA after more than 15 years, including a stint as Co-Head of TV Lit, to pursue a master's degree in social work from New York University and become a therapist. The story of someone successful like…

EXCLUSIVE: Ahead of the holidays, Oscar-nominated actress Ana de Armas has switched agencies, moving to WME for representation, Deadline has learned. De Armas became one of the film industry’s most sought-after actresses after her breakout with 2019’s Knives Out, earning her first Golden Globe…

CAA said Wednesday that it has promoted 13 to agents or executives from its Elevate program, the entertainment and sports agency's next-gen training portal. The promotions include: Ally Brzezinski, to Motion Picture Literary Agent, based in Los Angeles. Becca Clemmons, to executive in…

EXCLUSIVE: Hudson Williams has signed with CAA. The Canadian actor is one of the leads of Heated Rivalry, the Crave and HBO Max series. Williams became a breakout star headlining the Jacob Tierney-created series playing the role of hockey player Shane Hollander. The show, based on the…

UTA on Wednesday announced 105 promotions across 22 departments. The promotions elevate colleagues across Comedy Touring, TV Literary, Creators, Music, Endorsements & Voiceover, Klutch Sports Group, News, Production Arts, Publishing, Talent, Speakers, Theatre, Entertainment Marketing, Finance…

EXCLUSIVE: Gianni Paolo has signed with Atlas Artists for management representation. Paolo is best known for his role as Brayden Weston on the Starz hit series Power and its spin-off Power Book II: Ghost, which recently concluded its run after four seasons. The Providence, Rhode Island, native…

EXCLUSIVE: Three agents are departing Verve amid restructuring, Deadline has learned. Reps for the agency declined to name names. But according to multiple well-placed sources, longtime TV lit agent Chase Northington has been laid off, with MP lit agents Sara Nestor and Viviane Telio set to…

EXCLUSIVE: Ray Mendoza, the former Navy SEAL turned award-winning filmmaker behind A24’s Warfare, has signed with Underground for representation in all areas. Mendoza most recently teamed with Alex Garland to write and direct Warfare, an unflinching action drama inspired by his own combat…

EXCLUSIVE: Dharma Productions is relaunching its talent agency after officially splitting with Cornerstone. The Karan Johar- and Adar Poonawalla-led Dharma confirmed it has acquired Cornerstone’s stake in Dharma Cornerstone Agency and is relaunching the business as Dharma Collab Artists Agency…

EXCLUSIVE: Hot on the heels of our scoop that John Francis Daley and Jonathan Goldstein, two of today’s most in-demand studio filmmakers, will write, direct and produce a new Star Trek movie for Paramount, we’ve learned that the duo has signed with WME for representation in all areas. No word…

EXCLUSIVE: Talent Manager Andrew Lee has departed 3 Arts Entertainment to launch management and production company Combo Breaker. Lee tells Deadline that the company “will focus on the intersection of the traditional and the new entertainment landscape, making bold choices on new ideas, whether…

EXCLUSIVE: Madeleine McGraw, one of the breakout stars of Universal and Blumhouse’s supernatural horror franchise The Black Phone, has signed with UTA for representation in all areas. Directed by Scott Derrickson from scripts written with C. Robert Cargill, The Black Phone films adapt the short…