Paradigm Slams Ex-Agent as a Backstabber Who Lied About Prostitutes

After a decade-plus run at Paradigm, president Greg Bestick is stepping down from his role and retiring. In an internal memo Friday, Bestick referenced the tumult facing the agency business, and Paradigm, as it navigates a Hollywood shutdown due to the novel coronavirus pandemic.

By Mike Fleming Jr

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Kobe Bryant’s death has inspired Kanye West to “bring home the trophies” and “build a paradigm shift for humanity” in honour of his late pal.

The trailer of Netflix's new thriller film Dangerous Lies dropped online and it looks like a perfect pick for breaking the monotony these days. The Camila Mendes and Jessie T.

Paradigm extended a deadline on Monday (April 13) that will allow furloughed employees more time to opt in to a relief fund the agency created to support its more than 200 employees laid off on March 20. This follows growing concerns that accepting money from the program could make affected employees ineligible for unemployment benefits. Two weeks after

Paradigm fired back at former literary agency Debbee Klein’s lawsuit filed April 2 with a fiery rebuttal on Thursday (April 9) accusing her of stabbing agency chairman Sam Gores in the back and lying about his behavior during contract negotiations. Over the course of a 20-page motion filed in Los Angeles Superior Court, Paradigm attorneys offe

By Dominic Patten, Mike Fleming Jr

Lindsie Chrisley may be estranged from her famous father, Todd Chrisley, but that doesn't mean she'll stand for such cruelty toward him. On Wednesday's episode of his Chrisley Confessions podcast, the reality star revealed he tested positive for coronavirus and was hospitalized for several days while fighting the disease.

Rosa Salazar has left Paradigm for UTA, The Hollywood Reporter has exclusively learned. A source tells THR that the move was not related to Paradigm's recent pandemic-induced agent layoffs.

Two weeks after implementing layoffs and paycuts in a companywide call and five days after former Paradigm agent Debbee Klein filed a $2 million wrongful termination suit against the agency, chairman and CEO Sam Gores has addressed his employees again.

Two weeks after implementing layoffs and paycuts in a companywide call and five days after former Paradigm agent Debbee Klein filed a $2 million wrongful termination suit against the agency, chairman and CEO Sam Gores has addressed his employees again.In a letter sent agency-wide on Monday night, Gores did not directly mention the pending litigation, which accused him of leaving the laid-off staff high and dry in economically strained times, but unveiled a number of measures that seemed to

By Mike Fleming Jr

Literary agent Debbee Klein’s lawsuit filed Thursday against Paradigm Talent Agency is full of stunning allegations, including payoffs to prostitutes and other criminal misconduct, but it’s the language around Klein’s contract termination and cuts to her compensation and health benefits that could prove to be a major liability for the agency.Without warning, Klein claims she and 200 other Paradigm employees were either temporarily laid off or had their employee contracts unilaterally suspended

Telling it like it is! Max Greenfield’s daughter, Lilly, slammed his singing voice during their homeschooling session.

By Gene Maddaus

A fired Paradigm agent has filed a breach of oral contract and whistleblower lawsuit that alleges CEO Sam Gores mismanaged the company's finances and made "vast personal gains by running Paradigm as his personal piggybank."Debbee Klein's suit, filed at the Superior Court of California by Freedman + Taitelman LLP, makes a number of incendiary allegations against Gores' management of Paradigm, including that he kept his personal driver and chef on the payroll even as the agency fired staff blaming