Saying that “acting careers are at stake,” SAG-AFTRA President Fran Drescher has sent an audio message to the guild’s members urging them to vote “Yes” for strike authorization. The guild’s often fractious national board voted unanimously last week to recommend that members authorize a strike in advance of the June…

Social Media Personality and Podcast Interviewer Joe Vore has inked a mega deal with SnapChat Spotlight. Rep’s for Snapchat and Vore announced this week that the deal had been finalized. Spotlight is a new tab in the Snapchat app that shows short-form video content, or “Spotlight Snaps.” The Snaps in…

Few actors can say that they went toe to toe with Oscar winner Viola Davis, but Thuso Mbedu has done just that in her major studio debut, The Woman King. In Gina Prince-Bythewood’s historical epic about the West African kingdom of Dahomey, Mbedu plays Nawi, a young girl who quite…

Molly Ringwald has joined the cast of “ Feud” Season 2, Medium has learned. According to sources, she will play Joanne Carson, the second wife of Johnny Carson. Reps for FX and 20th Television declined to comment. Season 2 of Ryan Murphy ‘s anthology series on FX follows the true…

Private equity firm EQT is buying a stake in United Talent Agency from investment group Investcorp in a deal expected to close later this month. UTA said the move recognizes its “artist-first approach and recent growth trajectory and will help fuel the next phase of investments in talent, innovation and…

Every year we see movement in who are the most influential Talent Agents and Managers in the entertainment industry. This year we saw the after effects of the pandemic still causing negative movement through out the industry with mergers, staff departures, layoffs still rippling through the industry. In spited of…

The merger comes as fierce rival talent agencies CAA and ICM unite in order to survive in a post pandemic Hollywood Creative Artists Agency completed its acquisition of ICM Partners, a deal that combines the two entertainment agencies at a time of tremendous change in the media and talent representation landscape. The combination of the two talent agencies is being driven in large part by the consolidation of the entertainment industry…

Warner Bros. Discovery’s Johanna Fuentes is leaving as Head of Global Communications for Studios and Networks Group after a transitional period. The departure is a result of a decision to decentralize the communications functions of the recently formed Warner Bros. Discovery whose communications teams will be announced later. Fuentes started…

Paramount+ Acquires Drama ‘Compulsion’ From Eccho Rights: Paramount+ has added a drama from its Paramount Global stablemate Channel 5 to its collection in several territories around the world. The streamer has tapped distributor Eccho Rights for Compulsion, which recently aired in the UK, for exclusive rights in Australia, Latin America…