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Casey Wasserman today unveiled Wasserman Music, an amalgamation of his existing business that has been bolstered by the acquisition of Paradigm Talent Agency's North American live music representation business. The deal has been in the works for a while. The grandson of Hollywood legend Lew Wasserman, Casey Wasserman…

Paradigm has named Shakira Gagnier vice president of the agency’s diversity and inclusion section. “Today is only the first of many steps that the leadership at Paradigm will take to stress diversity and inclusion as a core value of our agency,” said Paradigm chairman and CEO Sam Gores, who announced the news…

EXCLUSIVE: Golden Globe- and two-time SAG Award-nominated actor Dennis Haysbert has signed with Paradigm Talent Agency. Haysbert is best known for his role as President David Palmer on Fox's hit Emmy-winning series 24, for which he received his first Golden Globe nomination, and two Screen Actors Guild award…

(UPDATED WITH SAM GORES’ MEMO) The future of the Paradigm Talent Agency could lay in Casey Wasserman's hands. While we hear talks for the LA28 Olympics chair to take over the once lucrative music assets of the Sam Gores-run company are still pretty fluid, there is no doubt that conversations are being had that would…

(UPDATED WITH KLEIN LAWYER STATEMENT) EXCLUSIVE: A week after former Paradigm agent Debbee Klein smacked her old employer with a $2 million breach of contract lawsuit, the Sam Gores-led company has hit back today with a searing court multi-million dollar filing of its own denying all allegations of impropriety as…

EXCLUSIVE: UPDATE, 11:48 AM: It took almost half a day, but Paradigm Talent Agency has finally responded to the more than $2 million lawsuit that Debbee Klein launched like a cruise missile late last night at the Sam Gores-run company for being unceremoniously axed last month after over two decades in the trenches…

Paradigm has promoted four agents across the company’s New York and Los Angeles offices, the agency announced today. The new agents are Melisa Baloglu, Len Chenfeld, Brittany Miller and Ryan Theobalt. The company additionally announced that Natalia Williams, an LA-based Content Dept. agent, will now work across both…

Writer-director Elle Callahan's next film will be Witch Hunt, a supernatural thriller about an America where fugitive witches try to evade callous authorities. Production will get underway this summer in Los Angeles. Paradigm and UTA Independent Film Group are handling sales for the film. Callahan’s follow-up effort…

Paradigm Talent Agency has named Marty Diamond the head of Global Music, leading the agency’s representation of artists worldwide. Diamond has been an architect of the music division’s expansion while shepherding the careers of artists and agents alike. Diamond’s personal client roster includes Ed Sheeran, Coldplay…

Paradigm Talent Agency has hired new agents, Nikita Adams, who joins the company’s Unscripted department, and William Rodriguez, who joins as a Comedy Touring agent. Rodriguez’s clients include Keenen Ivory Wayans, Piff The Magic Dragon, Tommy Davidson, Chad Prather, Aries Spears and April Macie. Both Adams and…

Paradigm Talent Agency’s formidable music roster is continuing to grow with the hiring of two more agents — Ali Hedrick and Trey Many who bring in  such artists as Sufjan Stevens, Death Cab for Cutie, Neko Case, Beach House, Glen Hansard, Fleet Foxes and Lord Huron. Hedrick will be based in Seattle and Many in Los…

Paradigm has just added eight new agents across multiple offices by promoting off desks. They are: Zac Bluestone and Madi Daigle in New York, Brewster Lee in Los Angeles, Kylie Doyle, Zach Hartley and Jeremy Shpizner in Nashville, and tour marketing agents Dani Barrett in Los Angeles and Andrew Whitaker in New…