Tracy Morgan paid tribute to his longtime business manager Mark Landesman on Wednesday, admitting, “I don’t know where I’d be without you, bro.”
Landesman was recognized with THR‘s Business Manager Icon Award at its annual Power Business Managers breakfast, where Morgan, his client of 20 years, presented him with the honor.
At the podium, Morgan joked, “Whenever I want to buy a new Ferrari, Mark is always here to say, ‘No, Tracy.’ If it wasn’t for Mark, I would’ve had 26 Ferraris and a terrible tax problem.” He also teased he’s previously asked if he could buy the Brooklyn Bridge, the Empire State Building and the Staten Island Ferry — the last of which he was told, “No Tracy, my other client Pete Davidson already owns it.”
Though the Ml Management founder has a long list of star clients, the two have a particularly deep bond, as...
Landesman was recognized with THR‘s Business Manager Icon Award at its annual Power Business Managers breakfast, where Morgan, his client of 20 years, presented him with the honor.
At the podium, Morgan joked, “Whenever I want to buy a new Ferrari, Mark is always here to say, ‘No, Tracy.’ If it wasn’t for Mark, I would’ve had 26 Ferraris and a terrible tax problem.” He also teased he’s previously asked if he could buy the Brooklyn Bridge, the Empire State Building and the Staten Island Ferry — the last of which he was told, “No Tracy, my other client Pete Davidson already owns it.”
Though the Ml Management founder has a long list of star clients, the two have a particularly deep bond, as...
- 10/25/2023
- by Kirsten Chuba
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
CAA’s Ted Chervin joined The Hollywood Reporter senior business editor Ashley Cullins on Wednesday for a keynote conversation at THR’s annual Power Business Managers event to discuss the intertwining of Hollywood and the sports world.
Chervin acknowledged that there’s been a breakdown of barriers between sports and entertainment, and even within entertainment itself, because of “a combination of the democratization of information with social media and other ways that people have of accessing both information and opportunities,” as well as the realization that sports is, essentially, entertainment.
The success of Ted Lasso and the resulting increased American interest in soccer was one such example, as Chervin — who counts Ted Lasso co-creator Bill Lawrence as his first client — recalled that when trying to sell the show they encountered “a lot of skepticism.”
“Nobody wanted it: Netflix passed, Amazon passed, HBO Max passed, Apple bought it I would say reluctantly.
Chervin acknowledged that there’s been a breakdown of barriers between sports and entertainment, and even within entertainment itself, because of “a combination of the democratization of information with social media and other ways that people have of accessing both information and opportunities,” as well as the realization that sports is, essentially, entertainment.
The success of Ted Lasso and the resulting increased American interest in soccer was one such example, as Chervin — who counts Ted Lasso co-creator Bill Lawrence as his first client — recalled that when trying to sell the show they encountered “a lot of skepticism.”
“Nobody wanted it: Netflix passed, Amazon passed, HBO Max passed, Apple bought it I would say reluctantly.
- 10/25/2023
- by Kirsten Chuba
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
The entertainment industry’s Power Business Managers will gather Oct. 25 for The Hollywood Reporter‘s 13th annual celebratory breakfast.
Mark Landesman of Ml Management, who has advised some of the biggest names in entertainment for nearly 40 years, is being honored as THR‘s 2023 Business Manager Icon, an award created in 2018 to spotlight the achievements of someone who is outstanding and highly respected in the field.
CAA’s Ted Chervin will be featured in a keynote conversation about the increasingly intertwined businesses of entertainment and sports at the breakfast, which coincides with THR‘s annual Money feature (on newsstands Oct. 25) that highlights Hollywood’s top business managers.
City National Bank — which has been a go-to bank for Hollywood for 70 years, working with clients in business management, film, television, music and sports industries — is the presenting sponsor of the breakfast.
The 2022 event, which returned to an in-person format after years of virtual celebrations amid the pandemic,...
Mark Landesman of Ml Management, who has advised some of the biggest names in entertainment for nearly 40 years, is being honored as THR‘s 2023 Business Manager Icon, an award created in 2018 to spotlight the achievements of someone who is outstanding and highly respected in the field.
CAA’s Ted Chervin will be featured in a keynote conversation about the increasingly intertwined businesses of entertainment and sports at the breakfast, which coincides with THR‘s annual Money feature (on newsstands Oct. 25) that highlights Hollywood’s top business managers.
City National Bank — which has been a go-to bank for Hollywood for 70 years, working with clients in business management, film, television, music and sports industries — is the presenting sponsor of the breakfast.
The 2022 event, which returned to an in-person format after years of virtual celebrations amid the pandemic,...
- 10/20/2023
- by Ashley Cullins
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Exclusive: Wanda Sykes has signed with ICM Partners in all areas except personal appearances and comedy touring . She joins after her production company Push It Productions signed with the agency in June 2020.
The Emmy-winning stand-up comic, writer, actress and producer can be seen beginning May 12 in the Netflix comedy The Upshaws, in which she serves as co-showrunner, executive producer and has a supporting role. The series centers on a working-class African American family in Indiana struggling to make it work without any blueprints.
Sykes has been entertaining audiences for over 20 years, exemplified by her extensive résumé that touches nearly every corner of the industry.
In 2020, she received Emmy nominations for both her role as real-life comic Moms Mabley in The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel as her voice work as in Crank Yankers. Her guest-starring role on ABC’s Black-ish also brought her back-to-back guest actress Emmy nominations in 2017 and 2018.
Sykes’ fifth and latest stand-up special,...
The Emmy-winning stand-up comic, writer, actress and producer can be seen beginning May 12 in the Netflix comedy The Upshaws, in which she serves as co-showrunner, executive producer and has a supporting role. The series centers on a working-class African American family in Indiana struggling to make it work without any blueprints.
Sykes has been entertaining audiences for over 20 years, exemplified by her extensive résumé that touches nearly every corner of the industry.
In 2020, she received Emmy nominations for both her role as real-life comic Moms Mabley in The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel as her voice work as in Crank Yankers. Her guest-starring role on ABC’s Black-ish also brought her back-to-back guest actress Emmy nominations in 2017 and 2018.
Sykes’ fifth and latest stand-up special,...
- 3/25/2021
- by Justin Kroll
- Deadline Film + TV
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