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EXCLUSIVE: Anna Sawai, who was recently cast in Universal’s upcoming Fast & Furious 9 opposite Vin Diesel, Charlize Theron and Helen Mirren, has signed with WME. The move comes after Sawai, who made her feature film debut in 2009 with a co-starring role in Warner Bros’ Ninja Assassin, co-starred this fall on Season 1…

Jovanka Vuckovic has signed with Dan Rabinow, Jordan Berg, Wilhelmina Ross, Ruby Kaye and Hannah Wright at CAA. Vuckovic recently directed the teen punk apocalypse feature Riot Girls which was released by Good Deed Entertainment in the U.S. She is the co-creator, writer and director of XX, an all-women horror…

Endeavor on Friday said that it has acquired The Harry Walker Agency, one of the preeminent speakers rep agencies in the industry. Its client roster includes former presidents Barack Obama and Bill Clinton, as well as Nobel laureates, prominent corporate executives, journalists, activists and celebrities. "The Harry…

Bret Just, who has been instrumental in brokering jobs for NBA and college coaches and front office executives, is joining WME’s Sports department. "We have long admired Bret for the business he has built. There is simply no one with his reputation, level of relationships and caliber of clients in the basketball…

EXCLUSIVE: WME has signed JD Pardo for representation in all areas. He is currently starring in the second season of FX's Sons of Anarchy spinoff, Mayans M.C., which premiered last month. Mayans M.C. rode into Season 2 strong with 1.4 million viewers in the adults 18-49 demographic and 2.8 million total viewers in…

WME has signed Condé Nast Entertainment, the studio and distribution network that produces content across film, television, premium digital video, social, virtual reality and OTT channels. CNE mines material from its publishing brands, including Vogue, Vanity Fair, The New Yorker, GQ, and Wired. Currently, the company…

EXCLUSIVE: WME has signed Jada Pinkett Smith for representation in all areas. Pinkett Smith’s Facebook Watch talk show Red Table Talk, which she hosts and executive produces, is the social media site’s #1 show and received an Emmy award nomination for Outstanding Talk Show as well as a Critics’ Choice Real TV Award…

The WGA East and West have filed a motion to dismiss a consolidated antitrust lawsuit brought by three of Hollywood's biggest talent agencies – WME, CAA and UTA. That suit, which was filed in federal court in Los Angeles last month, alleges that "WGA leadership has engaged in an unprecedented abuse of union authority…

Seasoned WME agent Jennifer Rudolph Walsh is shifting to a new role at the agency. She will focus on live events and continue developing Together Live, a separate business she founded and co-owns with the agency. Walsh, who rose through the lit department and has branched out into representing speakers and conferences…

Endeavor Group Holdings, the company led by CEO Ari Emanuel and executive chairman Patrick Whitesell, will launch its initial public offering on September 27. The news of the first day of trading on the New York Stock Exchange came Friday via a video obtained by Deadline. The company, whose holdings include Hollywood…

EXCLUSIVE: Tulsea, a leading talent and content management company in India, has hired WME business affairs executive Suchir Batra as SVP to lead the company’s expanded international business based in Los Angeles. Suchir, who previously worked at Fullscreen and Greenberg Traurig, was also an agent at William Morris…

WME has upped Becky Gardenhire to co-head of the Nashville office where she will work alongside current co-heads Scott Clayton, Joey Lee and Jay Williams. The new position makes Gardenhire the highest-ranking female leader at any Nashville based agency. In her new role, she will oversee WME's day-to-day operations in…