ICM Partners Close to Agreement With WGA to End Packaging Fee Dispute

Also Read: '30 Rock' Reunion: Liz Lemon Shames Maskless New Yorker in First Teaser for NBC Special (Video)The lyrics for the song were provided by “X-Files” fans Jennifer Large and Rebecca MacDonald as part of a charity contest to raise funds for World Charity Kitchen, which has provided tens of millions of packaged meals to families across America during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Alexandra Del Rosario Associate Editor/Nights & WeekendsEXCLUSIVE: Black Lives Matter co-founder Alicia Garza has signed with ICM Partners.The Oakland-based writer and public speaker is also the Principal at the Black Futures Lab and the Black to the Future Action Fund. Garza has been featured a in number of outlets ranging Politico and The New York Times to Essence and Time.

New York Times report, five writers have left the CBS drama All Rise over the show's depictions of race and gender, behind-the-scenes treatment of staff members of color, and disputes with showrunner and executive producer Greg Spottiswood, who is white.

HBO Max has unveiled the new trailer for the upcoming documentary “Class Action Park”.

Jake Kanter International TV EditorEXCLUSIVE: Osi Umenyiora, who won two Super Bowls with the New York Giants, has signed with ICM Partners as he looks to further his second career in the entertainment business.The former defensive end moved back to his native London in 2015 and has been a fixture on the BBC’s NFL coverage, including headlining NFL This Week and The NFL Show.Umenyiora has won two Royal Television Society awards for his punditry and established his company, Uprise, in 2017 to

David Robb Labor EditorA federal judge has denied WME’s and CAA’s motions to dismiss the remainder of the WGA’s fraud and price-fixing allegations, sending the case to trial to determine whether agency packaging fees are legal.In his 17-page ruling today (read it here), U.S. District Court Judge Andre Birotte Jr.

Dominic Patten Senior Editor, Legal & TV CriticBryan Lourd stepped out today from behind the CAA curtain to express both hope for 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.

told the New York Times, “As we progress through the pandemic and as needs change, we will reconsider our need for physical offices.

Gene Maddaus Senior Media WriterThe trial in the battle between the Writers Guild of America and the two largest talent agencies will be postponed to August 2021 due to the pandemic.The packaging fee trial was originally set to start on March 23, 2021, but will be moved to Aug.

While the US festival season has been in a bit of disarray since SXSW was canceled back in March, it appears that some events will actually take place before the end of 2020, led by the New York Film Festival in September.

The New York Film Festival just now unveiled the final selection of their annual big three titles, naming Azazel Jacobs’ French Exit as the 2020 incarnation of the fest’s Closing Night pick. We now know the festival’s Opener in Lovers Rock, Centerpiece in Nomadland, and Closer, so all that’s left is the Main Slate, which should be headed our way shortly.

Brent Lang Executive Editor of Film and MediaAzazel Jacobs’s “French Exit,” the story of a New York socialite who jettisons her old life for a new one in Paris, has been selected as the closing night feature of the 58th New York Film Festival.The film, which stars Oscar-nominees Michelle Pfeiffer and Lucas Hedges, will make its world premiere at the festival, which is expected to be a mixture of physical and virtual events due to the coronavirus pandemic.

NEW YORK -- Jay-Z’s Roc Nation entertainment company is partnering with Brooklyn’s Long Island University to launch the Roc Nation School of Music, Sports & Entertainment. The new school will begin enrolling students for the fall 2021 semester, and 25% of the incoming freshmen class will receive Roc Nation Hope Scholarships.

Peter White Television EditorEXCLUSIVE: ABC gameshow The $100,000 Pyramid is returning to the studio in the last week of August.The Michael Strahan-hosted series shoots in New York and it is thought that it is one of the first major non-scripted entertainment shows to return to the studio in New York, where Strahan films Good Morning America.It comes after The Tonight Show starring Jimmy Fallon moved back into 30 Rock a couple of weeks ago with The Late Show with Stephen Colbert planning to

Patrick Hipes, Dominic Patten The WGA on Wednesday provided details of its deal with ICM Partners on a new franchise agreement, a pact pretty much in line with one the guild inked last month with UTA.The deal that will also allow ICM to again represent WGA members for covered writing services also satisfies a clause that will end TV packaging by all franchised agencies by June 30, 2022.In a letter to its members, the WGA Agency Negotiating Committee said today that “the agreement protects

The Flight Attendant had just begun filming episode six of eight when they abruptly stopped production in early March. Thankfully, all international filming had been completed, with remaining filming left in New York. Yockey explained why he was confident enough to have production resume by the end of the month, saying there have been strict guidelines and processes the cast and crew have and will adapt to ensure everyone's health and well-being.