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Ranked by Los Angeles Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850.  County agents

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

There was little overall movement among the 15 largest talent agencies in Los Angeles County, with 11 firms holding their respective positions, including the top six.

But as is typical in the agency business, there were lots of comings and goings--most of it involving top-ranked Creative Artists Agency Creative Artists Agency (CAA) is a talent and literary agency which represents a vast array of actors, musicians, writers, directors, and athletes, as well as a variety of companies and their products. , which recruited several prominent agents from No. 2 William Morris Agency Founded in 1898, the William Morris Agency is the largest diversified talent and literary agency in the world, with offices in New York City, Beverly Hills, Nashville, Miami, London, and Shanghai. , No. 3 International Creative Management Inc., No. 4 United Talent Agency and No. 6 Endeavor See Endevor.  Agency LLC (Logical Link Control) See "LANs" under data link protocol.

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The 15 largest agencies reported a combined 941 L.A. County-based agents, up 2.3 percent over the past 12 months. As for rankings, the Gersh Agency and Innovative Artists Talent & Literary Agency Inc. flip-flopped Flip-Flopped is the fourteenth episode of Shorty McShorts' Shorts. Plot
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 at Nos. 7 and 8, respectively. The Broder-Webb-Chervin-Silber Agency, No. 10 this year, and Abrams Abrams may refer to:

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 Artists Agency, No. 11 this year, also swapped spots.

Overall, the 15 largest talent agencies employ more than 2,400 people in Los Angeles County.

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THE PACESETTER

CREATIVE ARTISTS AGENCY

BEVERLY Beverly, city (1990 pop. 38,195), Essex co., NE Mass., on Massachusetts Bay; inc. as a city 1894. Its chief manufactures are electronic and scientific equipment, consumer goods, and chemicals.  Hills-based CAA Caa

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 remained the largest talent agency in Los Angeles County for the fourth consecutive year. The agency added 20 L.A.-based agents over the past 12 months, bringing its total to 220 agents.

CAA also signed up numerous clients, including Angelina Angelina may refer to: People
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    Kate Elizabeth Winslet (born October 5, 1975) is a five-time Academy Award-nominated, Emmy Award-nominated, BAFTA, Grammy and Screen Actors Guild Award-winning English actress.
     and Cate Blanchett Catherine Élise Blanchett (born May 14, 1969), better known as Cate Blanchett, is an Academy Award- and Golden Globe Award-winning Australian actress. She has also won various awards, most notably including two SAGs and two BAFTAs, making her one of a few actors who won all . They join a roster that includes Tom Cruise, Steven Spielberg Noun 1. Steven Spielberg - United States filmmaker (born in 1947)
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    , Tom Hanks Noun 1. Tom Hanks - United States film actor (born in 1956)
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    , Nicole Kidman Kidman may refer to:
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     Roberts. Its marketing department has added Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide Inc. and Song Airlines, operated by Delta Air Lines Inc.

    CAA will move its headquarters into the new 2000 Avenue of the Stars complex in Century City. The facility is expected to be ready by fall 2006. CAA was founded in 1975 by a group of former William Morris Noun 1. William Morris - English poet and craftsman (1834-1896)
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     agents and now employs 597 people in its Beverly Hills Beverly Hills, city (1990 pop. 31,971), Los Angeles co., S Calif., completely surrounded by the city of Los Angeles; inc. 1914. The largely residential city is home to many motion-picture and television personalities.  office. It currently has four offices worldwide, including its newest office, in Beijing Beijing (bā-jĭng) or Peking (pē-kĭng, pā–), city (1994 est. urban pop. 6,093,300; 1994 est. total pop. 7,240,700), capital of the People's Republic of China. It is in central Hebei prov. , that was opened during the past year. It also has offices in New York New York, state, United States
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    --David Nusbaum
    Rank    Agency (Ranking in 2004)                       Employees
            * name                                     * number of agents
            * address                                   * in L.A. County
                                                     * total L.A. employees
    
       1    Creative Artists Agency (1)                       220
            9830 Wilshire Blvd.                               597
            Beverly Hills 90212
       2    William Morris Agency (2)                         134
            151 El Camino Drive                               474
            Beverly Hills 90212
       3    International Creative Management                 104
            Inc. (3)                                          295
            8942 Wilshire Blvd.
            Beverly Hills 90211
       4    United Talent Agency (4)                           93
            9560 Wilshire Blvd., Suite 500                    291
            Beverly Hills 90212
       5    Paradigm (5)                                       67
            360 N. Crescent Drive                             151
            Beverly Hills 90210
       6    Endeavor Agency LLC (6)                            65
            9601 Wilshire Blvd., Third Floor                  WND
            Beverly Hills 90210
       7    Gersh Agency (8)                                   55
            232 N. Canon Drive                                112
            Beverly Hills 90210
       8    Innovative Artists Talent & Literary               43
            Agency Inc. (7)                                    95
            1505 Tenth St.
            Santa Monica 90401
       9    Agency for the Performing Arts                     34
            Inc. (9)                                           82
            9200 Sunset Blvd., Suite 900
            Los Angeles 90069
      10    Broder-Webb-Chervin-Silbermann                     25
            Agency (11)                                        83
            9242 Beverly Blvd., Suite 200
            Beverly Hills 90210
      11    Abrams Artists Agency (10)                         25
            9200 Sunset Blvd., 11th Floor                      55
            Los Angeles 90069
      12    Diverse Talent Group (12)                          25
            1875 Century Park East, Suite 2250                 40
            Los Angeles 90067
      13    Kazarian/Spencer & Associates                      19
            Inc. (13)                                          29
            11969 Ventura Blvd., Third Floor
            Studio City 91604
      14    Cunningham, Escott, Slevin,                        17
            Doherty (14)                                       39
            10635 Santa Monica Blvd., Suites 130
            Los Angeles 90025
      15    Agency Group Ltd. (15) (3)                         15
            9348 Civic Center Drive, Second Floor             WND
            Beverly Hills 90210
    
    Rank       Year                 Type of Agency
            Established
    
       1       1975           film/TV, literary, music,
                                       theater
       2       1898              commercial, film/TV,
                              literary, music, talent &
                                  literary packaging
       3       1975          below-the-line, commercial,
                           film/TV, literary, music, talent
                            & literary packaging, theater
       4       1991          below-the-line, commercial,
                           film/TV, literary, music, talent
                            & literary packaging, theater
       5       1993          below-the-line, commercial,
                             film/TV, literary, talent &
                             literary packaging, theater
       6       1995               film/TV, literary
       7       1949                below-the-line,
                                 commercial, film/TV,
                                       literary
       8       1986                below-the-line,
                                 commercial, film/TV,
                                       literary
       9       1962           film/TV, literary, music,
                                 talent & theatrical
                                  packaging, theater
      10       1979            below-the-line, literary
      11       1977         commercial, film/TV, literary,
                             modeling, talent & literary
                                  packaging, theater
      12       2000                below-the-line,
                                 commercial, film/TV,
                                       literary
      13       1957              commercial, film/TV,
                                   modeling, music,
                                       theater
      14       1967               commercial, film/
                                     TV, modeling
      15        WND           film/TV, literary, music,
                                 talent & theatrical
                                  packaging, theater
    
    Rank             Type of Talent Represented
                           (partial list)
    
       1         motion picture, television, music,
                     marketing, theater, games
       2       writers, directors, actors, producers,
                      musicians, corporations
       3        actors, directors, screenwriters, TV
                writers, producers, packaging, book
                         authors, musicians
       4       actors, directors, writers, producers,
               recording artists, authors, corporate
                       brands, below-the-line
       5        actors, cinematographers, comediens,
              directors, theater, producers, writers,
                   voice-over artists, musicians
       6    actors, book authors, comedians, directors,
                  producers, screenwriters, sports
            personalities, teen/young adults, TV writers
       7       actors, directors, writers, comedians,
                  producers, TV and film packaging
       8        motion picture, television, theater,
               literary, below-the-line, voice-over,
                        on camera commercial
       9            actors, writers, producers,
                      jazz artists, comedians
      10            cinematographers, composers,
                  directors, packaging, producers,
                     screenwriters, TV writers
      11       theater, literary, commercial, music,
                hosting/MC's, broadcast journalists
      12        actors, writers, commercial, youth,
                    music, packaging, producers
      13         actors, children, choreographers,
                comedians, dancers, hosts, infants,
                legitimate theater, martial artists
      14          commercial, voice-over artists,
               animation, promos/trailers/narration,
              print/fashion, young talent, puppeteers
      15          actors, book authors, comedians,
             composers, directors, music artists, music
               supervisors, producers, screenwriters
    
    Rank                 Notable Clients                       Union
                          (partial list)                  Affiliations (1)
    
       1        Tom Cruise, Steven Spielberg, Tom         AEA, AFTRA, ATA,
            Hanks, Nicole Kidman, Brad Pitt, Angelina      DGA, SAG, WGA
              Jolie, Gwyneth Paltrow, Julia Roberts
       2                       WND                          AEA, AFTRA,
                                                           DGA, SAG, WGA
       3       Mel Gibson, Denzel Washington, Jodie          AEA, AFM,
              Foster, Steve Martin, Jennifer Lopez,         AFTRA, AGVA,
                 Roman Polanski, Robert Rodriguez          ATA, DGA, WGA
       4    Johnny Depp, Jim Carrey, Ben Stiller, Dick      AEA, AFTRA,
             Wolf, M. Night Shyamalan, Coen Brothers,      DGA, SAG, WGA
                     Celine Dion, Amazon.com
       5                       WND                          AEA, AFTRA,
                                                           DGA, SAG, WGA
       6                       WND                        AAR, AFTRA, ATA,
                                                           DGA, SAG, WGA
       7                       WND                        AEA, AFTRA, ATA,
                                                           DGA, SAG, WGA
       8                       WND                          AEA, AFTRA,
                                                           ATA, DGA, WGA
       9          Dominic Monoghan, Rhys Davies,          AEA, AFM, AFTRA,
                 Michael Madsen, Bill Duke, Lenny          ATA, DGA, WGA
                 Kravitz, Fleetwood Mac, Dave Koz
      10                       WND                         ATA, DGA, WGA
      11                       WND                          AEA, AFTRA,
                                                              ATA, SAG
      12                       WND                          AEA, AFTRA,
                                                           DGA, SAG, WGA
      13                       WND                        AEA, AFTRA, ATA
      14         Tom Bosley Carol Burnett, James          AEA, AFTRA, ATA
                Garner, Burt Reynolds, Jon Cryer,
                          Camryn Manheim
      15                       WND                              WND
    
    Rank    Top Local Executive
            * name
            * title
            * phone
    
       1    Richard Lovett
            president
            (310) 288-4545
       2    Jim Wiatt
            ceo
            (310) 859-4000
       3    Jeffrey Berg
            chairman, ceo
            (310) 550-4000
       4    Jim Berkus
            chairman
            (310) 273-6700
       5    Sam Gores
            ceo, president
            (310) 288-8000
       6    N/A (2)
            N/A
            (310) 248-2000
       7    Bob Gersh/David Gersh
            co-presidents
            (310) 274-6611
       8    Scott Harris
            president
            (310) 656-0400
       9    James H. Gosnell Jr.
            ceo, president
            (310) 888-4200
      10    Bob Broder
            partner
            (310) 281-3400
      11    Harry Abrams
            chairman, ceo
            (310) 859-0625
      12    Christopher Nassif
            ceo, partner
            (310) 201-6565
      13    Cynthia Kazarian
            president
            (818) 769-9111
      14    Paul Doherty
            partner
            (310) 475-2111
      15    Andy Somers
            senior v.p.
            (310) 385-2800
    
    WND--Would Not Disclose
    
    (1) Refers to organizations with which clients might be affiliated.
    
    (2) Endeavor Agency LLC is operated by a 16-member partnership.
    
    (3) Information has been obtained from Hollywood Representation
    Directory.
    
    Note: Information on this list was provided by the Hollywood Creative
    Directory, part of The Hollywood Reporter Film & Perforing Arts Group,
    a VNU Business Media company and representatives of the agencies
    themselves. Agencies are ranked by the number of agents in L.A. County
    offices and the total number of employees in L.A. County offices,
    respectively. To the best of our knowledge, this information is
    accurate as of press time. While every effort is made to ensure the
    accuracy and thoroughness of the list, omissions and typographical
    errors sometimes occur. Please send corrections or additions on company
    letterhead to the Research Department, Los Angeles Business Journal,
    5700 Wilshire Blvd., Suite 170, Los Angeles 90036. [c] 2005 Los Angeles
    Business Journal. This list may not be reprinted in whole or in part
    without prior written permission from the editor. Reprints are
    available from Wright's Reprints, (877) 652-5295.
    
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    No portion of this article can be reproduced without the express written permission from the copyright holder.
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