UTA Signs Author Harlan Coben

EXCLUSIVE: Mandy Patinkin has inked with ICM Partners.

Brent Lang Executive Editor of Film and MediaJean-Rene Zetrenne has been named chief people officer at UTA, where he will lead human resources operations across the company. He will also serve as a partner at the talent agency.

It’s dining with the stars. Almost.  Audrey Hepburn, Jimmy Fallon and Jon Hamm are just a few famous figures you’ll see at legendary New York steakhouse Peter Luger while dining during the pandemic: The Brooklyn chophouse partnered with wax museum Madame Tussauds to give a host of Hollywood heavyweights a seat at its open tables.

Diners returning for indoor dining at Brooklyn’s iconic Peter Luger Steakhouse will see some familiar faces helping the restaurant enforce coronavirus safety protocols. Audrey Hepburn, Jon Hamm, Jimmy Fallon and Al Roker are among the celebrity wax figures who will fill Peter Luger’s empty seats when the restaurant opens up for indoor dining on Friday.

NEW YORK -- Author and editor Nadja Spiegelman is heading a new literary magazine that will highlight writing from around the world. Astra Quarterly will likely release its first issue later this year.“It feels like the ideal moment for a publication whose primary focus is on international literature.

Matt Donnelly Senior Film WriterMcKayla Maroney is evidently impressed with United Talent Agency, having signed in all areas with the representation firm, Variety has learned exclusively.The Olympic gold medalist rose to fame as part of the “fierce five” team of gymnasts to compete in the 2012 Summer Olympics in London.

EXCLUSIVE: Whoopi Goldberg and Jasmine Guy are set for recurring roles in Amazon’s Harlem (fka Untitled Tracy Oliver Project) comedy series from Tracy Oliver (Girls Trip), Amy Poehler’s Paper Kite Productions and Universal TV.

UTA has inked Academy and Emmy Award-winning director, producer, and writer Roger Ross Williams and his production banner, One Story Up, in all areas.

Joe Otterson TV ReporterHarlan Coben has signed on for representation with UTA.He will continue to be represented by literary agent Lisa Erbach Vance of The Aaron Priest Literary Agency and attorney Michael Gendler of Gendler & Kelly.Coben has penned over thirty novels, includingNew York Times bestsellers “The Boy From The Woods,” “Run Away,” “Fool Me Once,” “Tell No One,” and the Myron Bolitar series.

EXCLUSIVE: WME has signed writer-director Tina Mabry, who is best known for helming the 2009 critically acclaimed film Mississippi Damned starring Tessa Thompson.

IQ.Fans will also have their temperature checked upon entering a venue and will be required to wear face coverings while in attendance.As part of the move, the city will host concerts for the first time in a year as part of the New York Arts Revival programme announced in January.More than 300 pop-up gigs will take place between 20 February and 6 September at venues including the Apollo Theater, Harlem Stage, La Mama, and Alice Busch Opera Theatre.The governor says the gigs will be staged at

EXCLUSIVE: WME has signed writer-director Tiny Mabry, who is best known for helming the 2009 critically acclaimed film Mississippi Damned starring Tessa Thompson.

Last month rapper CJ signed a record deal with Warner Records. Now he’s signed a publishing deal with Warner Chappell.

The Dallas Mavericks have decided to stop playing the National Anthem before home games.

Harlem's legendary Apollo Theater is set for a cross-platform close-up after signing for representation of its IP in all areas with UTA. Long known as a gathering place for New York City's African-American community, including during its famed amateur night, the Apollo adapted Ta-Nehisi Coates' Between the World and Me memoir as a stage play before a TV special was produced for HBO.

UTA has signed cultural landmark the Apollo Theater in all areas.

Joseph Sikora, best known as Tommy Egan on Starz'sPower franchise, has signed a first-look deal for his Black Fox Productions banner with Lionsgate TV. The deal follows Sikora's character being pegged as the focus of the upcoming new installment of the franchise, Power Book IV: Force.