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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…

EXCLUSIVE: CAA has announced its plans to weather the coronavirus pandemic that brought Hollywood to a screeching halt. The agency announced this to staff this morning. The broad strokes: no layoffs, but companywide paycuts up to 50%, on a progressive scale. CAA toppers Richard Lovett, Bryan Lourd & Kevin Huvane will…

EXCLUSIVE: The end of Sen. Kamala Harris' bid for the White House today had bicoastal fallout that includes some of the most powerful people in Hollywood, including Donald Trump's former agent. Endeavor co-CEO Ari Emanuel was among the co-hosts for an A-lister fundraiser for California's junior senator that was set to…

CAA partner Bryan Lourd has gone the unusual route and issued to Deadline a statement on behalf of himself and daughter Billie Lourd disavowing Carrie Fisher: A Life On The Edge, an upcoming book by Sheila Weller published through the Farrar, Straus and Giroux imprint Sarah Crichton Books. This came after the family…

EXCLUSIVE: Michelle Obama isn't running for any office but the former First Lady can sure draw a well heeled crowd that would be the envy of any politician, as was the case last night at Bryan Lourd's place. Just 48 hours after appearing on-stage with Gayle King at this year's Essence Festival in Atlanta, the…