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EXCLUSIVE: Simon Cowell’s agency YMU has hired Steven Bartlett’s former manager to be a director within its global entertainment division. Lauren Clark joins from InterTalent, as the buzzy London agenting scene continues to see a spate of people moves. At InterTalent, she managed the likes of Olivia…

EXCLUSIVE: Leland Douglas, the screenwriter behind the David Gordon Green comedy Nutcrackers, has signed with Thruline Entertainment for management. Marking Ben Stiller’s first star vehicle in a few years, Nutcrackers has him playing the work-obsessed Mike, who must reluctantly travel to rural Ohio…

EXCLUSIVE: The Osbrink Agency, the Los Angeles-based boutique agency which represents actors in film, television, commercials, voiceover, print, and digital, is expanding its footprint with an office in New York. Joining the team on the East Coast are NY-based Theatrical agent, Victoria Kress, and…

EXCLUSIVE: UTA has signed actor and writer John Owen Lowe for representation in all areas, Deadline has learned. Lowe recently co-created, wrote, starred in and executive produced the Netflix comedy series Unstable, alongside his father Rob Lowe and Victor Fresco. The series is loosely inspired by…

EXCLUSIVE: Obituary creator Ray Lawlor has signed with Insight Entertainment. Launched in 2023, Obituary is from APC Studios (UK) and Irish indie Magamedia for Irish pubcaster RTÉ and Hulu in the U.S. It follows Elvira (Siobhán Cullen), a young woman obsessed with death who writes obituaries for a…

EXCLUSIVE: UTA has signed comedian, actor, author, TV personality and award-winning radio host Rickey Smiley for representation. Touring as a stand-up for more than 30 years, Smiley got his start on Def Comedy Jam and as a host of BET’s Comic View and continues to light up stages across the nation…

EXCLUSIVE: Activist Artists Management has signed actor, writer, stand-up comedian and influencer Dyon “Mojo” Brooks for representation in all areas. The multi-hyphenate will be repped at the company by Bernie Cahill and Grant Pennel. Appearing in the current season of Nick Cannon’s Wild ‘n Out…

EXCLUSIVE: YMU has made another signing, this time bringing British comedian and writer Michael Dapaah into its fold. The UK agency has signed the multi-hyphenate, who is best known for his viral comedy character ‘Big Shaq,’ whose song ‘Man’s Not Hot’ has garnered 410 million YouTube views and over…

EXCLUSIVE: Rising actor Kartiah Vergara  (Ticket To Paradise, Dora the Explorer: The Lost City of Gold) has signed with The Rosenzweig Group for representation in all areas. Vergara was recently cast in the upcoming Sarah Snook-led Peacock series All Her Fault, based on the Andrea Mara novel of the…

EXCLUSIVE: True Lies star Steve Howey has signed with IAG for representation. Howey was most recently seen as Harry Tasker in CBS’ True Lies, the series reboot of James Cameron's hit 1994 action comedy movie. Howey and Ginger Gonzaga starred in the roles made famous by Arnold Schwarzenegger and Jamie…

EXCLUSIVE: James Morosini, the actor-filmmaker known for projects like I Love My Dad and It’s What’s Inside, has signed with CAA. This fall, Morosini will be seen starring in Greg Jardin’s horror thriller It’s What’s Inside, which Netflix swooped on for $17M after a bidding war at the Sundance Film…

EXCLUSIVE: Julian Jacobs rides the subway. What's more, the UTA executive can give directions. "The other day, I casually told my wife when she was heading to an appointment, 'Take the Queens-bound E and transfer to the uptown 6,'" he says with a laugh. "She sort of looked at me for a moment, taking it…