WME Ups 35 To Agent

After his game-changing cameo against Sheffield United, Oscar Bobb could earn another Manchester City start this weekend against Huddersfield in the FA Cup.

EXCLUSIVE: Adam Perry, who has been with Independent Artist Group, formerly known as APA, for nearly 13 years, has joined CAA.

EXCLUSIVE: WME has hired Allie Cohen as a scripted TV agent.

Colman Domingo is opening up about his past experiences in his attempt to break into film and television.

Zack Sharf Digital News Director Colman Domingo is having a banner year thanks to acclaimed performances in “Rustin” and “The Color Purple,” the latter of which opened to a triumphant $18 million on Christmas Day. But things were considerably different for the actor back in 2014. Despite being a Tony nominee for “The Scottsboro Boys,” Domingo couldn’t get his screen acting career off the ground.

Norby Walters, the onetime music agent who ran the annual “Night of 100 Stars” Oscar party for years and hosted an iconic low-stakes poker party for actors, died December 12. He was 91. His son, Walters Media Group founder and former Bold Films CEO Gary Michael Walters, confirmed the news but did not provide details.

Valerie Wu Intern Norby Walters, a music agent who hosted the annual “Night of 100 Stars” Oscars viewing party for more than 25 years, died Dec. 10 in Burbank. He was 91.

UTA has added veteran lit agent Max Grossman to its expanding theater department.

EXCLUSIVE: Black-Ish and Grown-Ish creator Kenya Barris has signed with WME.

Prince Harry’s “Spare” memoir release to King Charles’ coronation.While the Firm is just like any other normal family — well, of course except for their tiaras, grandeur palaces and crown jewels — they also have their fair share of family drama. From scandals to trials, tribulations and even joyous times, this year is surely one for the next Windsor biography.

Seamus Lyte, the UK agent to the late Carrie Fisher, has died at his home in Los Angeles of glioblastoma. He was 54.

New figures published by the UK Government show that at the end of March, the number of people making voluntary National Insurance (NI) contributions to top-up missing or incomplete years on their State Pension surged by 85 per cent over the 2022/23 financial year.

German production powerhouse Leonine has launched an animation studio as it ups its stake in Mia and Me producer Toon2Tango.

EXCLUSIVE: Todd Eisner, a 30-year veteran talent agent, has resigned from A3 Artists Agency, where he was a Senior Agent in the Los Angeles talent department for almost seven years, to join the Paradigm Talent Agency.

Lisseth Chavez, who heavily recurred on Season 5 of The Rookie, has been promoted to series regular on the upcoming sixth season.

Communications firm The Lippin Group has created a new management structure and elevated three company veterans to the position of managing director.

EXCLUSIVE: After starring opposite Jamie Foxx in Maggie Betts’ acclaimed legal drama The Burial, currently streaming on Prime Video, Amanda Warren has been tapped for the biggest new role in the second season of Netflix‘s smash hit series The Night Agent, from creator Shawn Ryan and Sony Pictures Television.

EXCLUSIVE: Culture Creative Entertainment, the nascent talent agency founded by former Abrams Artists Agency agents Brad Rosenfeld, Paul Weitzman and Karen Kirkland, has a new agent.

EXCLUSIVE: 101 Studios has promoted EVP of Production and Development, James Allen, to Head of Scripted Films & Television Programming. The company also upped James Gold to SVP European Operations.  From 101’s Beverly Hills headquarters, Allen will oversee and manage deals for scripted television shows, films, and development. He will continue to report to CEO David Glasser, COO David Hutkin and CFO Michele Newman.

EXCLUSIVE: Indian filmmaker Nikhil Nagesh Bhat has signed with WME.