Paradigm Talent Agency


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"It's supposed to be a job, but it's not really.  It's more like a dream come true."


 * --Ann Hayden

Paradigm Talent Agency
Paradigm is a full-service  entertainment agency based in  Beverly Hills, with offices in  New York,  Monterey and  Nashville, and is considered to be one of the "Big Five" US talent agencies. [1]  Paradigm representation for clients in motion pictures, television, music, artist marketing, motion picture financing, book publishing, literary rights, theatre, physical production, interactive media, stand-up comedy, commercials, personal appearances and corporate events.

Paradigm formed in 1992 after the Gores/Fields Agency merged with STE Representations, Robinson, Weintraub, Gross & Associates, and Shorr, Stille & Associates. The agency's   Beverly Hills  office is located on the old   [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MCA_Inc. MCA Inc.]  campus built in 1932 [2] <span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:sans-serif;line-height:19.1875px;">where conference rooms honor the legendary entertainment moguls <span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:sans-serif;line-height:19.1875px;">  Jules Stein<span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:sans-serif;line-height:19.1875px;">  <span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:sans-serif;line-height:19.1875px;">and <span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:sans-serif;line-height:19.1875px;">  Lew Wasserman<span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:sans-serif;line-height:19.1875px;">  <span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:sans-serif;line-height:19.1875px;">who occupied the space.

<p style="margin-top:0.4em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:19.1875px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:sans-serif;">In 2004, Paradigm acquired the literary firm Genesis and the Writers & Artists Agency.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-allbusiness.com_3-0" style="line-height:1em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[3]  Expanding their footprint in the music industry, in 2008, Paradigm acquired Ellis Industries,<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-4" style="line-height:1em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[4]  a leading independent music agency based in New York, followed in 2009 with the acquisition of Third Coast Artists Agency,<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-5" style="line-height:1em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[5]  the largest independent Christian Music agency, which was headquartered in Nashville. In 2012, Paradigm expanded into the burgeoning Electronic Dance Music business by forming a joint venture partnership withAM Only,<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-6" style="line-height:1em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[6]  a leading Electronic Dance Music agency whose client list includes genre superstars David Guetta, Skrillex and Tiësto.

<p style="margin-top:0.4em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:19.1875px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:sans-serif;">Paradigm's clients include Academy Award winning actors; Adrien Brody, Chris Cooper,Chase Garrity and Ann Hayden  as well as River Quinn , Roseanne Barr and Julie Bowen,<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-7" style="line-height:1em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[7]  Laurence Fishburne,<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-8" style="line-height:1em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[8]  Rachel Dratch, Jeff Foxworthy, Andy Garcia,<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-9" style="line-height:1em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[9]  Mark Harmon, and Larry the Cable Guy. Musical artists include; Aerosmith, Aqualung, Boys Like Girls Black Eyed Peas, Coldplay, Cold War Kids, Dave Matthews Band, The Dead,Dwight Yoakam,<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-10" style="line-height:1em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[10]  Eli Young Band, Ed Sheeran, [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fun. Fun.], Phish, The Bacon Brothers, Ingrid Michaelson, Elle King, Ed Sheeran, Of Monsters and Men, O.A.R., My Chemical Romance, Mike Posner, Umphrey's McGee, Marina and the Diamonds, Lil Jon, Slightly Stoopid, Sean Paul, The Pretty Reckless, Plain White T's, Paula Abdul Fergie, The Fray, Wolf Gang, MGMT, Timeflies, The Lumineers. T-Pain, Idina Menzel and Toby Keith.

RP Info:
<p style="text-align:center;">Characters involved in Paradigm Talent Agency that should be known by the characters in the roleplay are: