EXCLUSIVE: WME has signed British actor Rosalind Eleazar for representation in all areas, with an eye toward helping her expand her mark in film, television, theater, and beyond. Most recently, Eleazar wrapped the coveted titular role opposite Chris Rock in his new A24 drama Misty Green, also starring Adam Driver, Daniel Kaluuya, and Anna Kendrick. On television, […]

EXCLUSIVE: Veteran agent Ollie Fitzgerald has joined WME as Executive, Music for Visual Media. Based in London, he will report to Bradley Rainey, Head of Music for Visual Media at WME. Fitzgerald joins from Cool Music, where he led the UK team, representing some of the UK’s most prominent composers in film, TV, and gaming, including […]

EXCLUSIVE: WME has signed Mexican comedians Ricardo Pérez and José Luis Slobotzky and their podcast La Cotorrisa for representation in all areas. The agency will work closely with the duo to continue expanding their brand’s live business, including its upcoming 2027 U.S. tour, while helping to grow its broader podcast and entertainment footprint internationally. Ranked #15 among Spotify’s […]

EXCLUSIVE: WME has signed actor, comedian, producer, and writer Josh Gad for representation in all areas. Perhaps most widely known as the voice of Olaf in Disney’s blockbuster Frozen franchise, Gad has appeared in more than two dozen film and television projects, both live-action and animated, over the last two decades and change. On stage, Gad originated the […]

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EXCLUSIVE: Last year, Rob Eric, who was previously Chief Creative Officer at Queer Eye producer Scout Productions and Bachelor in Paradise director Ramy Romany launched From The Creators Productions. The pair have followed that up by signing with WME. The agency will rep the pair across all areas. Eric and Romany previously collaborated on HBO Max’s The […]

EXCLUSIVE: WME has signed Academy Award-winning filmmaker Aaron Schneider for representation in all areas, with an eye toward expanding his imprint in large-scale filmmaking. Schneider and producer Andrew J. Sacks won the Oscar for Best Live Action Short Film for Two Soldiers, an adaptation of the short story by William Faulkner. The filmmaker is best […]

EXCLUSIVE: Actress Kaitlyn Dever has signed with WME for representation. Most recently, Dever has been seen playing Abby in the second season of HBO’s award-winning series The Last of Us, starring alongside Pedro Pascal and Bella Ramsey. Her performance last year earned her an Emmy nomination for Outstanding Guest Actress in a Drama Series, and […]

Talent agent Elizabeth Wiederseim has found a new home at Paradigm, Variety has learned exclusively. Wiederseim was formerly an agent at WME, but was impacted in a round of layoffs at that agency in March. She will be based in Paradigm’s LA office. Many of the clients she repped at WME are expected to follow […]

EXCLUSIVE: Sophia Lillis, the actress who broke out with a starring role in Andy Muschietti’s It films for New Line, has signed with WME for representation in all areas, with an eye toward expanding her work in film and television and beyond. Coming off the Peacock miniseries All Her Fault, which earned her a Critics […]

EXCLUSIVE: WME has signed Saturday Night Live cast member Jane Wickline, with an eye toward helping her scale in television, comedy, digital, and beyond. An actress, comedian, and writer with an online following of over 1.2 million across platforms, Wickline joined SNL during its landmark 50th season, breaking out through her deadpan delivery and multiple […]

Blake Lively made very clear today: the lady is not for turning. That’ seems especially true when it comes to taking Justin Baldoni to trial for what may have gone down on It Ends With Us and in the aftermath. “Don’t be distracted by the digital soap opera,” the actress proclaimed Friday. A day after […]

Other recent executive hires and promotions include moves at CAA, ATG, Shore Fire Media and Spirit Music.

The William Morris Endeavor Agency has taken world sales on “Reeling,” a first feature from Italian-American Yana Alliata. The film is executive produced by Werner Herzog and premiered in March at the SXSW Film Festival. “Reeling,” which bowed in the narrative feature competition at SXSW, takes place during a birthday luau weekend on the Hawaiian […]

EXCLUSIVE: Mikayla Starrels has joined WME as a digital agent. Based in the Los Angeles office, the agent will work closely with WME’s digital department to provide clients with a nuanced perspective on how creators drive culture, engage audiences, and build long-term brand value. Starrels brings extensive brand-side experience in creator partnerships, spanning integrated programs […]

WME is laying off 30 employees, as the company seeks to streamline operations amid industrywide shifts, Variety has confirmed. The job cuts represent about 3% of the talent agency’s total headcount. Richard Weitz and Christian Muirhead, the co-chairmen of WME, announced the layoffs in an internal memo Wednesday. “Our industry is undergoing profound change — […]

EXCLUSIVE: There is a round of layoffs at William Morris Endeavor today, Deadline has learned. Affected are 30 people, or 3% of the staff, across multiple offices, departments and levels of the talent agency. The staff reduction, which will be completed by the end of the week, is not believed to be predicated on an […]

An overwhelming number of Los Angeles City Council members have some serious issues with Casey Wasserman remaining in charges of the upcoming the Games of the XXXIV Olympiad, but LA28 doesn’t seem to care. “With the Board’s position on leadership established, LA28’s focus remains on delivering a fiscally responsible, privately funded Games that protects taxpayers […]

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Hoards of American and European agents, producers and executives are descending on the Kensington Olympia today for the enormous London Book Fair (LFB), but whether they can find what they were looking for is another matter. There is a quiet sense of optimism in the TV and film industry this year as distance grows between […]

(Updated with Wasserman statement) Casey Wasserman’s name is still listed as chair of LA”s 2028 Olympics, but the Epstein Files stained executive’s surname is coming off the company he founded as bidders line up for all or part of his agency empire. The circulating new name for Wasserman is “The Team.” Several monikers have been […]

EXCLUSIVE: Here’s a hotly sought-after young talent: Embreigh Courtlyn, a Gen Alpha creator and entrepreneur, has inked with three new reps (WME, Untitled, and The Loft Entertainment) for representation in all areas. While just 15 years old, Courtlyn has a rapidly growing presence across TikTok, Instagram, and YouTube. Currently, she reaches over 11 million followers […]

EXCLUSIVE: L.A.’s Content Partners has hired former WME exec Ben Kram. He is joining the film and TV distributor as Vice President, in a role that will see him focus on business development and help expand Content Partners’ portfolio of content investments and strategic partnerships. Prior to Content Partners, he was a business affairs executive […]

EXCLUSIVE: WME has signed Adrian Chiarella, the Australian filmmaker whose conversion therapy horror film Leviticus sold out of Sundance for mid-seven-figures, in the first deal of the 2026 festival. Produced by Causeway Films, the team behind Talk to Me, Bring Her Back and The Babadook, Leviticus follows two teenage boys who must escape a violent […]

EXCLUSIVE: WME has signed Grammy-nominated Brazilian artist Anitta for representation in all areas, with an eye toward helping her expand her presence across, television, and unscripted. The agency will at the same time look to help Anitta scale her global brand in fashion, beauty, partnerships, and the creator economy, with Senior Partner Brad Slater running […]

EXCLUSIVE: Filmmaker and writer Eric Appel has signed with WME for representation in all areas. Appel follows his agent Matt Martin, Senior Partner in Motion Pictures, who was announced as moving over from CAA to WME in December. Most recently, Appel directed The Breadwinner, TriStar’s family comedy starring Nate Bargatze and Mandy Moore, which releases […]

EXCLUSIVE: A $15,000 ticket that Jeffrey Epstein bought for Hollywood PR maven Peggy Siegel to attend the Motion Picture and Television Fund’s Night Before gala in 2013 has become a prime focus of a long ongoing lawsuit that is now pulling besieged LA28 chair Casey Wasserman back into court. Already facing fallout from disclosures and […]

EXCLUSIVE: WME has signed directors Hossein Keshavarz and Maryam Ataei, the duo behind Sundance winner The Friend’s House Is Here. The husband-and-wife directing team have signed for representation in all areas. The Friend’s House Is Here debuted last month at Sundance in the U.S. Dramatic Competition, where it was well received by critics. The Sundance […]

EXCLUSIVE: Lithuanian filmmaker Andrius Blaževičius has signed with WME for representation in all areas. Blaževičius is coming off the Sundance premiere of his third feature, How to Divorce During the War, which won the World Dramatic Competition’s Directing Award. Set in Vilnius in 2022, the drama follows Marija, who has a revelation that she wants […]

Get ready to witness LISA in a romcom film! On February 6 KST, Netflix stunned fans worldwide by announcing that BLACKPINK’s LISA will star in an upcoming romantic comedy inspired by the classic film ‘Notting Hill’, from writer Katie Silberman, known for her work on ‘Booksmart’ and ‘Set It Up’. LALISA ROM-COM ERA! LISA will star […]

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