Agency giants get political
The dawn of the Trump era has spurred WME, UTA and Paradigm into action, with the former moving into lobbying and the latter two donating to those fighting the travel ban
News By | 10 February 2017
Three of the world’s largest booking agencies, WME-IMG, United Talent Agency (UTA) and Paradigm Talent Agency, have waded into the political arena as controversy continues to rage in the entertainment industries over US president Donald Trump’s controversial ‘Muslim ban’.
UTA, whose roster includes Guns N’ Roses, Muse and Mariah Carey, as well as a host of film and TV stars, has cancelled its traditional pre-Oscars party in favour of a rally “to express the creative community’s growing concern with anti-immigrant sentiment…
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