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  1. agents
    How Ten Percent Briticised Call My Agent!Creator John Morton reimagined the beloved French movie-industry comedy as a U.K. version, complete with David Oyelowo and Helena Bonham Carter.
    By Jackson McHenry
  2. sure
    Pete Buttigieg Has an Agent NowMaybe they’ll help him build out his late-night hosting résumé.
    By Justin Curto
  3. writers vs. agents
    More Than 7,000 WGA Writers Officially Fire Their AgentsThe battle centers on the agency practice of “packaging.”
    By Jackson McHenry
  4. hollywood
    What’s the Difference Between an Agent and a Manager?As the WGA-ATA dispute continues, let’s break down these two similar but separate gigs.
    By Priyanka Mattoo
  5. surveys
    How Do Hollywood Writers Feel About Leaving Their Agents? 8 Weigh In.“We’re just going to be floating, and people aren’t going to give a fuck. There are going to be casualties for sure.”
    By Lila Shapiro
  6. the industry
    WME Agent Adam Venit Takes Leave Following Terry Crews Groping AccusationDays after the first Harvey Weinstein exposé, Terry Crews said a “high-level Hollywood executive” groped him.
    By Hunter Harris
  7. the industry
    New Accuser Says Fired APA Agent Offered Career Help for SexAfter Blaise Godbe Lipman and Jordan Gavaris, two other men have accused fired APA agent Tyler Grasham of misconduct.
    By Hunter Harris
  8. the industry
    Hollywood Agent Accused of Sexual Assault Fired From AgencyHollywood agent Tyler Grasham has been fired from talent agency APA following multiple allegations of sexual misconduct.
    By Dee Lockett
  9. the industry
    Orphan Black’s Jordan Gavaris: Agent Accused of Sexual Assault Is ‘Dangerous’APA’s Tyler Grasham is accused of sexually assaulting two other men.
    By Dee Lockett
  10. the industry
    Finn Wolfhard, Cameron Boyce Fire Agent Accused of Sexual AssaultThe Stranger Things star left the agency entirely, while Boyce has not decided whether he will stay with talent agency APA.
    By Hunter Harris
  11. How Does One Become an Agent? As a former comedy agent at UTA and WME, Priyanka represented numerous big-name writers and performers before leaving to start a TV […]
    By Priyanka Mattoo
  12. crimes
    How Much Did Bill Cosby’s Agents Know?We’ll probably never know for sure.
    By E. Alex Jung
  13. How Does an Aspiring TV Writer Get Discovered by an Agent?So you want to be a TV writer but you’ve written pilot scripts that haven’t really gone anywhere. Here’s how to get an agent’s attention.
    By Priyanka Mattoo
  14. Kale’s Agent Convinces It To Do a Soup for Olive Garden, by Steven AnListen Kale, I know you’re not gonna like this, but it’s a good opportunity, and it’s good pay, and if you do this one then the next one will […]
    By Brian Boone
  15. The Ugly Truth About Comedy and Talent RepsHow often do you think about comedy on a given day? If you’re a reader of this site, chances are that it permeates a sizable chunk of your […]
    By Splitsider Editors
  16. making the sausage
    Polone: Why I Don’t Miss My Life As a Ruthless AgentIt was a gladiatorial, kill or be killed life of big money, but not good for the psyche.
    By Gavin Polone
  17. clickables
    Watch Aspiring Actor Doug Hughs’s Music Video, ‘Lights, Camera, Agent!’You’ll definitely want to wait for the bathroom Oscar presentation/’American Psycho’ reenactment.
    By Amanda Dobbins
  18. the industry
    Is Warner Bros. Closed for the Rest of the Year?Agents tell Deadline that the studio isn’t taking any new pitches until 2011.
    By Avi Zenilman
  19. the take
    No Advances, No Returns: Lit Agent Jennifer Rudolph Walsh Shows Great RestraintHow booksellers and agents will respond to HarperCollins’s new no-advances, no-returns imprint.
  20. the take
    Lit Siblings Lorin and Anna Stein Live the Life You Dream OfApple-picking and chocolate-brown velvet jackets.
  21. the best part
    ‘Fortune’ Profiles the Happy Little Worker Bees at CAAThe magazine writes at length about the super-agency, and Hollywood blogger Nikki Finke weighs in.
  22. the industry
    ‘In the Heights’ Salsas Onto the Great White Way