Hollywood Agencies Look for New Ways to Brand Clients as Competition Grows

July 14, 2015
Hollywood Agencies Look for New Ways to Brand Clients as Competition Grows
By Cynthia Littleton COVER STORY: How dramatically is the world changing for Hollywood’s largest talent agencies? Three words: Professional Bull Riders. WME/IMG’s acquisition in April of the Pueblo, Colo.-based sports outfit underscores how talent agencies are searching far and wide beyond the traditional film, TV and music arenas for new profit sources. Full Story on Variety.com→
10 Comics to Watch: Gotham Sensation Ricky Velez Becomes 'Nightly' Breakout By Iain Blair With his New York-centric stoner humor (see his “finger-in-my-pocket” subway bit on YouTube) and born-and-raised Queens accent, it’s no wonder the actor (“Rapturious”) and standup is known as one of New York’s funniest. He’s a regular at clubs and was featured in the New York Comedy Festival’s fifth annual Comics to Watch list. And now, as a new correspondent on Comedy Central’s “The Nightly Show” with Larry Wilmore, Velez has also made the jump ... Full Story→	10 Comics to Watch: Guerrilla Gamers Mega64 Blew Up on Internet By Iain Blair When San Diego high school friends Rocco Botte, Derrick Acosta and Shawn Chatfield started a local public-access TV show in 2003 to showcase their comedy skit videos about classic videogames, they also unwittingly became Internet video pioneers. “Public-access was our only outlet,” Acosta recalls. “There was no YouTube back then; we thought, ‘Let’s promote our TV show by putting our clips on the Internet.’” When those clips blew up, the trio quic... Full Story→	10 Comics to Watch: MTV Star Nikki Glaser Sees 'Golden Era' for Female Comics By Iain Blair A tall blonde with a dark sense of humor, Nikki Glaser doesn’t pull any punches onstage. “I like to talk about sex, my romantic life and being a woman,” she says. “And I’m not trying to shock — I’m just being honest.” The 31-year-old Ohio native’s no-holds-barred approach is paying off big this year; first up, she’s in “best friend” Amy Schumer’s “Trainwreck,” playing a “Stepford Wife type, who’s disgusted by Amy.” Then she stars in her first one... Full Story→
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