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EXCLUSIVE: The Washington Post and Imagine Entertainment have entered into a strategic partnership to create scripted and non-scripted film and television properties culled from The Post's vast archives, current reporting, and ongoing investigations. The multi-year deal gives Imagine an exclusive first-look to develop…

EXCLUSIVE: Amber Heard will now be the second witness for the defense as her team shifts tactics in the $50 million defamation trial with Johnny Depp. The Aquaman star had been set as the opening witness in the defense case, as Deadline exclusively revealed last week. However, as is not unusual in such trials, events…

UPDATED, 12:59 PM: Johnny Depp lost any chance at staying in the Pirates of the Caribbean franchise because of domestic violence allegations by Amber Heard, the actor's former CAA agent testified today at the $50 million defamation trial. How To Watch The Johnny Depp-Amber Heard Trial: Livestream And Schedule "My…

There likely won’t be a red carpet rolled out in front of the Fairfax County courthouse, but some big names are coming to Johnny Depp’s now $100 million defamation battle with ex-wife Amber Heard when the long delayed trial starts next month. If the three-year old and counting case survives the latest summary…

The bombshell acquisition of ICM Partners by CAA will strengthen a collective commitment to client representation, the principals behind the deal said in an interview with Deadline on Monday morning. Among other issues, CAA's Richard Lovett, Bryan Lourd and Kevin Huvane and ICM Partners head Chris Silbermann told…

UPDATED: CAA has made it official, this blockbuster deal we have chased all weekend. Find release below the original Deadline scoop. EXCLUSIVE: Creative Artists Agency is acquiring ICM Partners, a mammoth deal that would be the biggest joining forces of two major agencies since WMA and Endeavor. Expectation is that…

UPDATED with additional details from Disney earnings call: The revenue for Black Widow wasn't to be found in Disney's last earnings report Thursday, but the fallout from Scarlett Johansson's explosive lawsuit against the House of Mouse certainly was. Showing a surge in Disney+ subscribers from the same time last year…

In what is being described as an effort to “drive transformational change across the entertainment industry for students from underserved communities,” a coalition of industry leaders spearheaded by George Clooney, Grant Heslov, Don Cheadle, Kerry Washington, Mindy Kaling, Nicole Avant, Eva Longoria, Working Title…

UPDATED with more details: CAA and WME have asked a federal judge to deny the WGA East and West's request for an eight-week continuance of the hearing date on the agencies' motion for a preliminary injunction that would force the guilds to drop their group boycott against the agencies. A hearing is currently scheduled…

Bryan Lourd stepped out Wednesday from behind the CAA curtain to express hope for both a post-COVID-19 return of movies and the theater-going experience, and an agreement with the WGA over the contentious practice of packaging – if the guild will pick up the phone. "I fully expect that at some point in the near…

CAA’s Bryan Lourd will take over as the keynote speaker for the 44th Annual UCLA Entertainment Symposium Wednesday, replacing Bob Greenblatt, the former Chairman of WarnerMedia Entertainment. In a virtual sit-down interview with powerhouse attorney Ken Ziffren, the uberagency Managing Partner and Co-Chairman will now…

EXCLUSIVE: CAA last night signed Joe & Anthony Russo, the sibling filmmakers who, after setting the all-time global box office gross record with a $2.79 billion tally for Avengers: Endgame, just saw the AGBO thriller Extraction become Netflix’s most watched movie — 90 million subscribers– and spawned a sequel that Joe…