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EXCLUSIVE: Sidetalk is a one-minute Instagram interview show that has gone viral, clocking up over 30M views and celebrities fans including Bella Hadid, A$AP Rocky and Sophie Turner. The duo behind the series – 19 year old NYU students Trent Simonian and Jack Byrne – are now planning to take their gonzo act to the…

EXCLUSIVE: WME and Brillstein Entertainment Partners have inked Indian actor Adarsh Gourav, who stars in the upcoming Netflix movie The White Tiger opposite Priyanka Chopra Jones. In the movie directed by Ramin Bahrani, Gourav plays Balram, a poor driver who yearns to break free from servitude to his rich masters and…

EXCLUSIVE: George Freeman, who saw a 20-year run at WME end in June and continued to represent most of his clients independently as manager, has landed at Brillstein Entertainment Partners. He has brought a lengthy list of clients with him. Freeman’s list includes Russell Crowe; Dennis Quaid; director Ramin Bahrani…

EXCLUSIVE: Former presidential candidate Pete Buttigieg has signed with CAA and Brillstein Entertainment Partners, which will work with him to amplify his series of public policy initiatives. CAA and Brillstein represented Buttigieg in the deal for his next book, Trust: America's Best Chance, which he announced on…

EXCLUSIVE: Emmy-winning writer-producer Danny Zuker has signed with Brillstein Entertainment Partners. Zuker, an executive producer on the 11th and final season of ABC’s Modern Family, has been with the series since its launch, quickly emerging as one of the key writer-producers under creators/executive…

EXCLUSIVE: Writer and producer Evan Mirzai, who has been featured four times on the Black List has signed with Brillstein Entertainment Partners. While doing so, Mirzai launched House of M, his new production banner that will focus on producing features and TV projects in both the scripted and unscripted space as well…

Brillstein Entertainment Partners has hired two new managers, Andy Farag and Isabel Frost, and promoted Natalie Covault and Jackie Gardner to Manager in the ongoing expansion of the company's comedy, talent and literary representation business. Farag joins Brillstein from CAA, where he started as an assistant and…

Kehinde Wiley, the artist who painted the official Presidential portrait of Barack Obama, has signed with Brillstein Entertainment Partners for representation in film, TV, unscripted, and endorsements. Wiley will work closely with Brillstein to identify directing opportunities, option books, produce, develop his own…

Innovative Artists veteran Ken Lee is leaving the talent agency to become a manager. He will be joining Brillstein Entertainment Partners in March, working out of the company’s New York office in Tribeca. "Ken has a great eye for developing talent and has cultivated a fantastic network in the New York creative…

Elizabeth Cantillon's The Cantillon Company has teamed with Brillstein Entertainment Partners to develop a drama series adaptation of the book I Was Told to Come Alone: My Journey Behind the Lines of Jihad, by Washington Post correspondent Souad Mekhennet, based on her life and career as a German-born Muslim…

W. Kamau Bell, host of the Emmy-winning CNN docuseries United Shades of America, has signed with Brillstein Entertainment Partners. In United Shades, Bell travels around the U.S. exploring different subcultures, interviewing everyone from Ku Klux Klan members to spring breakers to prison inmates, bringing his unique…

Brillstein Entertainment Partners is bolstering its digital presence, hiring digital media veteran Seth Jacobs as a Manager. In his new role, Jacobs will help guide the company's rapidly growing digital practice. Prior to joining Brillstein, Jacobs spent three and a half years as an early executive and Vice President…