Inside the WME Film Staff Meeting
UPDATE: The officers were promoted to Alec Botnick (TV Lit), Justin Ongert (TV Alt), Matthew Horowitz (TV Alt), Simon Faber (MP Lit), Derek Zasky (Theatre), Josh Bider (Branded lifestyle ), Andrew Finkelstein (talent), Andrew Dunlop (talent), Annabel Gualazzi (talent), Bethany Dick (PA / Conferences), Nick Cave (Music), Keiser Cameron (Music)
Now I’ve learned that film staff meeting yesterday established to promote better relations between the rest of the staff of the two agencies combined as the year closespost-merger pains WME following mass layoffs have been in the news for most of 2009 on my website.
“And we have our own Iron Man, Ed Limato,” segued Whitesell. Everyone knows that Patrick Whitesell Endeavor is a longtime fan of the Green Bay Packers. However, it seems strange that opened the meeting talking about what a great season that the veteran quarterback Brett Favre MVP, also known as Iron Man, is that it has with the Minnesota Vikings right now. But the former William Morris agent (that representatives of Denzel Washington, Steve Martin, Richard Gere and Mel Gibson, among others) bravely accepted the shirt and said, “I can not wait to use it on Saturday night.Now, if you know Ed, you also know that wanted to go to the symphony of a football game. With this, there arose a Minnesota Vikings T-shirt with the name “Limato” on the back and handed it to the veteran tenpercenter as everyone stood and applauded.
UPDATE: The next day, the rest of the business meeting to be held at the Beverly Hotel, Wilshire WME seen a video made by WME client Jim Cramer of CNBC fame. Cramer said the company “should be the promotion of their best and brightest.” Mad Money’s A He sent a call from a Phoner want to know “what the trends for 2010 are for an entertainment company recently merged.” With this, about half a dozen photos of WME staff began to flash on the screen, and, one by one, Cramer announced his promotion to the status of agent