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The director behind the short Feast which played before Big Hero 6, Patrick Osborne, has signed with WME. It was the filmmaker’s feature directorial debut. He was supervising animator on the Oscar-winning short Paperman and an animator on Wreck-It Ralph. He continues to also be repped by Anonymous and Hirsch Wallerstein.
ICM Phil Casey has returned to the concerts department at ICM Partners as a senior agent, after spending the last few years at Resolution. Casey worked in the department for two decades and made a name for himself booking urban music concerts. Casey has represented Sean “Puff Daddy” Combs, the Notorious B.I.G. and Jennifer Lopez, to name just a few. He brings several clients with him, including Chris Brown.
UTA How to Get Away with Murder’s Charlie Weber has signed with UTA. The actor plays Frank Delfino on the show and has had recurring roles on 90210, MTV’s Underemployed, Burn Notice and Everwood. He also played Ben on Buffy the Vampire Slayer fans as Ben. He continues to be repped by Vanguard Management Group.
CAA The agency has terminated agent Ben Dogra, who repped more than 35 NFL players, including Adrian Peterson, Mario Williams, Richard Sherman and Patrick Willis. “I want to thank CAA for the great time we have had together,” Dogra said in a statement.
ICM Partners signed Karl Urban, who played Detective John Kennex in Almost Human and who first gained recognition in the Lord Of The Rings films. Urbanalso starred in The Bourne Supremacy and Red. His legal rep is McCuin Frankel Whitehead LLP. Publicists
Dillon Lane has signed with publicist Nicole Miller. The actor starred in the Nickelodeon comedy Bucket and Skinner’s Epic Adventures and will be seen in History’s upcoming miniseries Texas Rising, playing Yancey Burns, a young Texas Ranger, alongside Bill Paxton, Jeffrey Dean Morgan, and Chad Michael Murray.