Sam Adams, a literary agent whose career began in the postwar years at Warner Bros. and ended with the deal to bring The Handmaid’s Tale to the big screen, has died, according to multiple reports. He was 94. Adams’ client list included Handmaid’s author Margaret Atwood, the recently-deceased Peter Bogdanovich, Saturday Night Fever director John
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EXCLUSIVE: Insecure and The Steve Harvey Show alum Terri J. Vaughn has signed with Buchwald in all areas. Vaughn made her debut as a small screen lead in Season 2 of The Steve Harvey Show in the role of Alizay Jenkins, which earned her three NAACP Image Awards. Vaughn followed that up with appearances on
EXCLUSIVE: Range Media Partners has signed Simon Rex, who has a promising awards season ahead of him after his star-making role in Sean Baker’s acclaimed feature Red Rocket for A24 and FilmNation. The film premiered at the Cannes Film Festival earlier this year to a rapturous response, followed by the Telluride Film Festival and the
Jenevieve Brewer, who founded her Jenevieve Brewer Talent Management in 2015, has passed away. She was an agent at About Face Talent for 10 years and a manager at Terrific Talent before setting out on her own. The news was first announced by the National Conference of Personal Managers, which posted a short tribute to
EXCLUSIVE: Maitreyi Ramakrishnan, the breakout star of Mindy Kaling’s Netflix series Never Have I Ever, has signed with ICM Partners for representation in all areas. Ramakrishnan, who portrays high school student Devi Vishwakumar on the coming-of-age comedy series, beat out 15,000 candidates to secure the starring role. Never Have I Ever was watched by 40
2ND UPDATE: Jay Baker, the longtime CAA lit agent who was let go by the agency yesterday for sending a shocking clip from the film Menace 2 Society to manager Jewerl Keats Ross, has responded to the controversy. Basically, he has fallen on his sword and owned his actions. “I deeply regret my actions and
EXCLUSIVE: Gabriel Vasquez and Roman White, country music biz mainstays and the executive producer and director, respectively, of the upcoming faith-based Netflix musical film A Week Away, have signed with UTA and launched their new banner Rove Productions. They will be based in Nashville. A Week Away, which bows on March 26, stars Kevin Quinn