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EXCLUSIVE: WGA West executive director David Young has acknowledged that he told WME partner Rick Rosen that he "should kick his ass" during a heated phone call in August, but denied that he ever threatened to "kill" him, as Rosen alleged in a declaration filed in federal court last month. Young's version of the phone…

WME and CAA have filed objections to the WGA's request to cross-examine several of their top officials at a December 18 court hearing on the agencies' motions for a preliminary injunction that would force the guild to drop its group boycott against them. The ongoing legal dispute arose in April 2019 when the WGA East…

EXCLUSIVE: A few hours after WGA West executive director David Young allegedly threatened to "kill" WME partner Rick Rosen during a heated phone conversation on August 11, Rosen fired off an email to WME attorney Courtney Braun that memorialized the phone call. Deadline has reviewed the email, which supports Rosen's…

WME partner Rick Rosen claims in court documents filed Wednesday that WGA West executive director David Young "repeatedly threatened to 'kill' me" during a heated phone conversation in August, as the guild and the agency were trying to work out a deal to end their ongoing legal standoff. Rosen said that he was so…

Veteran dealmaker Rick Rosen, WME’s head of television, broadcast and sports, dropped a few intriguing hints about future projects during a fast-paced and wide-ranging Paley Dialogues conversation at Paley Center in Beverly Hills Tuesday night. In answering a question about the trend toward rebooting hit shows (Will…

The TV Academy’s Executive Committee added a number of new members today, with Academy Chairman/CEO Bruce Rosenblum appointing five: Bela Bajaria, EVP of Universal Television; David Nevins, President of Showtime Networks; Roy Price, head of Amazon Studios; Kevin Reilly, President of TBS and TNT; and Rick Rosen, head…

Like many of its predecessors, including Pinkberry: The Movie, Yom Kippur At WME and Staff Meeting: The Movie and The Transfer, another department video from the latest WME quarterly meeting is making the rounds online. It is pilot season-themed and features the head of the agency’s TV department, Rick Rosen, as a…

2ND UPDATE, FRIDAY 3 PM: This morning after being intro’ed by Patrick Whitesell, John Fogelman stood up at WME’s quarterly meeting inside the Beverly Wilshire Hotel and gave a small “I-was-lucky-to-work-here” speech. He received a standing ovation. Love him or hate him (and those laid-off Morris agents who weren’t…

EXCLUSIVE: WME is the victor in the very lucrative Dick Wolf sweepstakes. After taking a month and a half following his surprising exit from UTA to ponder his top agency options, the Law & Order creator has signed with WME. I hear he made the decision just before Thanksgiving. Wolf has strong personal ties with top…

UPDATE From Nikki Finke: “Dick has been unhappy for a while,” one source is telling me as the reason behind Dick Wolf leaving UTA, his agency of 11 years. (Deadline TV Editor Nellie Andreeva broke the news today. See below.) Wolf was close with Peter Benedek and had a friendship with Tracey Jacobs there. But in the…