agents
People
Ed Limato, Hollywood Talent Agent, Dead At 73
7:23AM jeff neumann | Hollywood talent agent Ed Limato – who represented stars such as Steve Martin, Mel Gibson, Robert Downey Jr and Denzel Washington during a 44 year career – died in his home today. He was 73 years old.
People
Gary Coleman’s Former Agent Exists, Has Opinion
4:10AM Hamilton Nolan | With the news of Gary Coleman’s tragic death and the subsequent sad spectacle of his deathbed photos being sold to the media, the world has wondered: What does Gary Coleman’s former agent Victor Perillo think about this? At last – answers! More »
People
Ari Emanuel Will Rule Hollywood As Its New Jesus
5:30PM the cajun boy | Superagent Ari Emanuel, brother of Rahm, has been getting lots of glowing press lately. Remember when the New York Times genuflected at his altar on their front page? Now The Independent is breathlessly touting his plans to single-handedly reinvent Hollywood. More »
People
Rahm Emanuel Will Send You To Gitmo If You Cross Ari
1:04AM Pareene | Superagent Ari Emanuel is the most powerful man in Hollywood, according to the New York Times. More »
Big Screen
Agent Stunned Man Has Nerve To Have Seizure During Film Screening
5:09AM Richard Lawson | At the Tribeca screening of wretched-sounding horror flick Tell-Tale, some lady in the back started shrieking, interrupting the screening and angering an agent. Why was the rude lady yelling? Her husband was having a seizure. More »Today On Martha: Puppy Yoga!
8:30AM Seth | So Martha’s pissed at Gawker, but as far as we know she still loves Defamer and wants us on her show just as soon as her schedule allows. Meanwhile: Puppy Beagle Yoga! ZOMG! More »
Hey, Ari: Hope You’re Enjoying That Power-Breakfast Bagel!
6:45AM Seth | Behold the splendour that is Mark “The Cobrasnake” Hunter, splayed in nothing but skivvies and white loafers across the fabled Endeavour conference table. (40-foot long Corian, white laminated glass, stainless steel, hand-carved by an ancient order of Unicorn Panda craftsmen—you know the one.) More »
20 Rahm Emanuel Fun Facts For A New, Ari-Friendly White House
7:03AM Seth | With news that Rep. Rahm Emanuel—fourth-ranking Democrat and brother to Endeavor head and sporadic HuffPo grump Ari Emanuel—is mulling President-elect Barack Obama’s offer to be his chief of staff, we thought we’d help you cram with this list of some essential and less-essential Rahm knowledge: More »
UTA Riles Some With Its ‘Black Boy Chained To Monkey’ Lobby Portrait
4:20AM Seth | Nikki Finke ran a story yesterday about a controversial portrait hung in UTA’s new 4th floor gallery. The project is the brainchild of partner Jeremy Zimmer—whom, she points out, has courted controversy before, back in the days when he’d ignore “the complaints of women…when he used to urinate out the window of UTA’s old offices.” (Is that an issue? We’ve never heard a peep out of the smog-test facility guys beneath Defamer HQ.) The photograph in question, “Dayaba Usman With The Monkey Clear, Nigeria 2005″ (pictured above), was taken by a South African photographer of some renown, Pieter Hugo. Some staffers were offended, and demanded it come down: More »