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(a talent agent, or booking agent, is a ‘person’ who finds ‘jobs’ for…)
‘actors’
‘authors’
‘film directors’
‘musicians’
‘models’
‘professional athletes’
‘writers’
‘screenwriters’
‘broadcast journalists’
(and other ‘professionals’ in various ‘entertainment’ or ‘broadcast businesses’ (but also ‘agents’ ?))
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(in addition, an ‘agent’ defends, supports, and promotes the interest of their ‘clients’)
(the way ‘old talent agencies’ specialize is either by ‘creating departments within the agency’ or ‘developing entire agencies that ‘primarily’ or ‘wholly’ represent 1 ‘specialty”)
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(for example, there are…)
‘modeling agencies’
‘commercial talent agencies’
‘literary agencies’
‘voice-over agencies’
‘broadcast journalist agencies’
‘sports agencies’
‘music agencies’
(and many more…)
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(having an ‘agent is not required, but does help the ‘artist’ in getting ‘jobs’)
(such as…)
‘concerts’
‘tours’
‘movie scripts’
‘appearances’
‘signings’
‘sport teams’
(etc)
(in many cases, ‘casting directors’ (or other ‘businesses’) go to ‘talent agencies’ to find the ‘artists’ for whom they are looking)
(the ‘agent’ is paid a ‘percentage’ of the star’s earnings)
(typically 10%)
(therefore, ‘agents’ are sometimes referred to as “10 percenters”)
(various ‘regulations’ govern different types of ‘agents’)
(the ‘regulations’ are established by artist’s ‘unions’ and the ‘legal jurisdiction’ in which the ‘agent’ operates)
(there are also ‘professional associations’ of ‘talent agencies’)
(‘talent agents’ are considered ‘gatekeepers’ to their client’s ‘careers’)
(they have the ‘ability’ to ‘reshape’ and ‘reconstruct’ their client’s image)
(they are ‘dealmakers’ and assist their ‘client’ by orchestrating ‘deals’ within the ‘entertainment industry’, more specifically in the ‘hollywood entertainment industry’)
(in ‘california’, because ‘talent agencies’ are working with ‘lucrative contracts’, the ‘agencies’ must be licensed under special sections of the ‘california labor code’, which defines an ‘agent’ as a) –>
(“‘person’ (or ‘corporation’) who engages in the ‘occupation’ of ‘procuring’, ‘offering’, ‘promising’, or ‘attempting to procure’ employment for an ‘artist’ (or ‘artists’)”)
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(as of ‘2018’, the largest agencies (by ‘size’) are..)
“william morris endeavor”
(WME)
“creative artists agency”
(CAA)
“united talent agency”
(UTA)
“ICM partners”
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