• Hollywood writers’ guild exec allegedly threatened to ‘kill’ WME agent

    Hollywood writers’ guild exec allegedly threatened to ‘kill’ WME agent

    The protracted legal battle between Hollywood’s writers and its agents just got uglier. The executive director of the guild that represents Hollywood screenwriters has been accused of
  • Hollywood’s Endeavor eyes more cost-cutting, asset sales amid COVID

    Hollywood’s Endeavor eyes more cost-cutting, asset sales amid COVID

    Hollywood superagent Ari Emanuel, desperate to survive the pandemic, is quietly hatching plans to trim the fat at Endeavor, his already slimmed down entertainment conglomerate, The Post has
  • Hollywood talent agency CAA cuts 90 agents and execs due to COVID-19

    Hollywood talent agency CAA cuts 90 agents and execs due to COVID-19

    Glitzy Hollywood talent agency, CAA, which reps the likes of Brad Pitt, Reese Witherspoon and Meryl Streep, announced a significant round of layoffs and furloughs on Tuesday. The Los Angeles-based firm said it plans to layoff approximately 90 agents and executives this week and to furlough roughly 275 assistants and other staff. A CAA spokeswoman …
  • Ari Emanuel takes a $5 million hit on LA mansion

    Ari Emanuel takes a $5 million hit on LA mansion

    Even super agent Ari Emanuel loses sometimes. Emanuel, who runs Endeavor, the parent company of Hollywood talent agency WME and half of Ultimate Fighting Championship, reportedly took a $5 million hit on the sale of his LA mansion. The 4,330-square-foot property — located in LA’s tony Brentwood neighborhood where A-listers like Gwyneth Paltrow and Trent …
  • The Killers restart Zoom performance after someone scribbles over broadcast

    The Killers restart Zoom performance after someone scribbles over broadcast

    In what must surely be a rock ’n’ roll first, the Killers had to restart a performance Saturday night because someone — presumably a kid — began scribbling over their broadcast. The band performed on the famed weekly Zoom party hosted by WME agent Richard Weitz, contributing a cover of Tom Petty’s “The Waiting.” But …
  • Ari Emanuel’s Hollywood talent agency WME to cut 300 jobs

    Ari Emanuel’s Hollywood talent agency WME to cut 300 jobs

    The bad news keeps on coming at WME, Ari Emanuel’s glitzy Hollywood talent agency. Formerly known as William Morris Endeavor, the agency that represents stars like Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson, Rihanna, Matt Damon and Christian Bale will slash about 300 jobs, or 20 percent of its workforce, the company said late Thursday. The job cuts, …