United Talent Agency – UTA – is a big Hollywood agency, representing actors and creators like Charlize Theron, Wes Anderson, the Coen brothers, M. Night Shyamalan and Harrison Ford. UTA’s CEO is a man named Jeremy Zimmer, and Zimmer is in the South of France this week, attending the Cannes Lions event. Zimmer used his time at the festival to diss the Duchess of Sussex:
In 2020, Spotify’s stock spiked on the news that Meghan Markle and Prince Harry signed an exclusive deal with the streaming platform. But when the deal fizzled last week, the leader of one of the biggest global talent agencies, whose business is increasingly focused on audio, said he wasn’t surprised.
“Turns out Meghan Markle was not a great audio talent, or necessarily any kind of talent,” United Talent Agency CEO Jeremy Zimmer said over coffee at La Majestic during the Cannes Lions advertising festival. “And, you know, just because you’re famous doesn’t make you great at something.”
It continues to astound me how often Meghan is solely being criticized for the end of the Sussexes’ Spotify contract. Meghan actually produced a massively popular and award-winning podcast, and Spotify still refused to give Archetypes a second season (luckily, Archewell owns the rights to Archetypes, so she can shop it somewhere else). But my point is, all of these nasty old men are so insanely focused on Meghan, meanwhile Harry didn’t produce any pods. Reportedly, he did have some good ideas, ideas which were rejected for some reason. Anyway, of course Meghan is talented – that’s why UTA was trying to sign her, before Ari Emmanuel and WME signed her.
United Talent Agency CEO Jeremy Zimmer may have blasted Meghan Markle as “not a great … talent“ — but a stream of his own agents still tried to sign her, sources told Page Six.
Zimmer hit out after the Duke and Duchess of Sussex’s deal with Spotify imploded last week and it was revealed the audio giant won’t be making another series of Markle’s “Archetypes” podcast. “Turns out Meghan Markle was not a great audio talent, or necessarily any kind of talent,” Zimmer told Semafor at the 2023 Cannes Lions advertising festival last week.
But an industry source sniped to Page Six: “So then why did Jeremy have multiple agents trying to sign Meghan? They were in serious pursuit. One of their agents was recently actively pursuing her.”
Page Six has reached out to UTA for comment. A source familiar with the situation said Markle never met or spoke with UTA agents.
Yeah, that was my first instinct too – that this wasn’t even about Meghan or Spotify, it was about professional jealousy between UTA and WME, Jeremy Zimmer vs. Ari Emmanuel. I imagine there are many Hollywood power brokers who are salty that Meghan didn’t choose them. Still, the sheer amount of crusty old men who are publicly taking potshots at Meghan and Harry these days… how unprofessional.
That Page Six story also added some new information – a rumor that Meghan might sign on to a brand ambassadorship with Cartier (I wouldn’t be mad about that) and that Meghan is about to announce something big – this is the “calm before the storm” and “Meghan has an ace up her sleeve.” Well, get to it, Meghan!! Announce your sh-t on your terms, before Rupert Murdoch’s machinery scoops you!!
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What a jerk. All these butt hurt older white men being toxic she rejected them
You go Meghan. I’m looking forward to your next moves.
I bet he made a pass at her and shut him down.
He probably wanted to discuss dinner over dinner at some out of town hotel the sleaze.
Serious Piers Morgan vibes.
Pretty personal attack. Another one with an ego that was hurt. I hope she burns them with success.
Well I have a theory as to why some people for some reason “spin out” when it comes to the Sussexes. No doubt, they are two extremely charismatic and very attractive people. Being very public figures at the time of their engagement and wedding, we the public were allowed a glimpse of their union and the magic that Harry alluded to when he said ‘the stars were aligned’. The reason a lot of these detractors are old is that they came of age when a union like this was often if not strictly verboten. It’s not that they are against such a union but that they themselves were restricted and wonder if there was some soulmate or at least a pleasing partner they could have been with if only…
I say this because of something in my own personal life. I am black and my husband is white. We’ve been together for a couple of decades. I’ve noticed that a few men (white), acquaintances of my husband, seem to pick a partner of color after they had (i think) only had white partners before. This has happened 5 times over the last 5 to 7 years. These 40-is to 50-ish men subsequently married (second marriages) women who were Afro-Caribbean, African-American or Indian-American. But this particular person in the article could be just chewing on sour grapes because he missed out on such a star power client!
Interesting idea.
Being the natural cynic that I am I hope you’re right but I can’t help but wonder if the matches, though non-bigoted and multicultural, might be these guys discarding their December/ December relationships and children for more of a December/ May relationship. Don’t throw caution to the wind here, ladies and gents, as most of us don’t show our real stripes til after the ‘I do’.
@Justjan None of the people I was referring to left anyone for anyone else. They were all single at the time (or already divorced). They just sort of expanded there options of who they would normally date. Of the 3 out of 5 we are still in contact with, 2 are still together and happy as far as I know but the other didn’t work out. Whatever races the partners are it is just a matter of compatibility and commitment just as if the partners were the same ethnicity/race. Oh and the 2 that did work out were within a few years apart in age. The one that didn’t work out he was 39 and she was 25 when they married.
They were all unattached at the time and most were within a few years of each other in age.
The way he takes it so hard that she rejected him. These people are scary.
And I’m sure H&M were more than happy not to continue with Spotify. Might have even been their request. Then what?
That’s what I think, H&M decided Spotty wasn’t a good fit so left them.
@THATSNOTOKAY Agreed. We see how Netflix is riding for H&M, because H&M are sticking with Netflix. I think the decision to leave Spotify isn’t as mutual as previously reported. I think H&M followed that Obama blueprint and Spotify is big mad. After all Kim Kardashian also signed a contract with Spotify at the same time as H&M and she only produced 8 episodes to Meghan’s 12. Where is the deep dive into Kim’s work ethics? The British press already branded Meghan as a work horse with extremely high work ethics. This campaign to rebrand her as “lazy” is frankly just racist.
I can only hope that the time of old, crusty old white men is coming to an end. So exhausted by their whiny, snowflake selves.
First, its so disheartening to hear yet another person bash Meghan just because they can. Like I am so TIRED of it, and its not about me personally. I can’t imagine how she feels.
Second – I do love how this story was very quickly twisted to “UTA tried to sign Meghan and couldn’t.” It takes the bashing and just makes it look petty and personal and unprofessional.
Yes, I wonder if the “industry source” wasn’t someone from WME. Its such an obvious battle between agencies.
Still, it’s bizarre that an industry professional would publicly disrespect any potential client – there’s no upside to that.
If you look at it from the lense that they’re owned by Murdoch now, then it’s not odd. Murdoch is losing the lawsuit badly. They want issues for Meg and H as payback for not acquiescing to the invisible contract and for not taking a settlement. This man is going to lose a lot of talent bc of this one act.
Why was there any need for him to mention her at all if she is so talentless? I’m sure he could find plenty of people to level that charge at. Himself, for one. He’s just someone who lives off the talent of others. It’s amazing how everyone manages to ignore the fact that the podcast topped the charts and won awards. I wish I were that bad at something (sarc).
Meghan is just a magnet for guys like this. Guys who spend all night hitting on you and trying to buy you drinks, but when you finally give them a firm “no”, they call you an ugly stuck-up bitch. Isn’t that kinda what happened with Piers Morgan, too?
Exactly this. At the risk of being censored, I would like to add the reason (so I was told) that Meghan elicits such a response from certain men is that she is “so f—able”. A rejection hits hard.
This is exactly what is happening. They realized she and H are the real deal and they have zero chance (not like they had one even with no H in the picture but many men lack a lot of self awareness).
Why do they even care? There are many not so talented people, why do the focus on her? (We all know why).
Or like the guys who call you a slut after you turn them down for sex. I mean, the sheer mental gymnastics to call me a slut after I REFUSED to sleep with you? I can still remember in college one time when I was walking out of a bar with a couple girlfriends and two guys were hitting on me and trying to get my attention. I politely brushed them off and kept walking and that immediately turned into them yelling that I was an “ugly bitch”. Like, huh?? If I’m so ugly then why were you desperately trying to pick me up 30 seconds ago?
Something about Harry and Meghan, but particularly Meghan make people go FERAL. Like, lose their gawt dayum MINDS.
How many decades has this man been in the business? He should know better than to publicly go on record with his feelings. It’s beyond unprofessional. Why should his clients trust him now?
That said, the way these men are FURIOUS at losing their opportunities to work with them shows how high value they are. He wouldn’t have given them another thought if they weren’t EXTREMELY bankable.
I think Meghan raises the hackles of a lot of older, successful men because she doesn’t fall into line with a conventional “easy-going” female trope, and they are terrified on a primal, physiological level that she is a bellwether for their time ending. Meghan didn’t just fall into line, and she asserted herself vocally. That just… doesn’t work for a lot of those men. They’re accustomed to women currying favor and coddling feelings to compensate for their own ambition, so who is this nasty harlot who refuses those concessions?
And that is why she’s so goddamned inspiring to so many of us women. Because she is still nice, and awesome, and sparks great conversation — but doesn’t sacrifice elements of herself to appease the ego of her male counterparts.
Yes to all of this AND she’s beautiful. Men react with rage when a beautiful women has no use for them and refuses to placate them. Especially the rich, powerful men because they have been made to believe that every beautiful woman will fall at their feet because they have money and status.
The other woman who gets this reaction is AOC. I think men hate her more because she’s attractive.
Honestly, these powerful white men usually still think women are things, not people. It’s their disgusting conviction of their own privilege talking, where they believe all women and people of color are their subjects – double whammy for Meghan. Harry gives Meghan a huge umbrella of privilege of her own – she’s a f*king royal duchess, although a nonworking one. Those men just cannot wrap their minds around that, they’re still trying to find ways to beat Meghan back down into what they think is her place.
You nailed it. All those crusty old men are so used to “nice girls” who will care what they think about them and Meg simply doesn’t. She Carrie’s on like they don’t exist and they want her reaction so bad that they are willing to say the most vile things in a hole they she will finally respond. I love this for them and raise my girl to be just like that – not pay attention where is doesn’t matter and do her thing
“Harlot” is an interesting choice of words. Harlots had their own money and did not have to depend on men – similar to witches. It’s part of why both groups are still so extremely vilified, centuries later.
Sour grapes isn’t supposed to be so obvious.
Word, Snuffles. If I was this man’s client, I would rapidly be looking for a different place for representation. This is SUCH a dumb move, for him.
If I were this man’s client, AND a person of color, I would be exiting from his firm. I cannot/do not believe he would represent me truthfully and honestly.
God, I am so tired of everyone and their brother taking pot shots at MM.
I’m glad people spoke out about how unprofessional his comments were though. All this prick had to do was not say anything but god knows when it comes to MM, everyone loses their ability to be a professional in their desperate need to take a swipe at her.
I hope MM gets huge deals and they’re announced soon.
lol usual old white men needing to have the last say. of course they will bad mouth her after losing her to WME. as much as i want meghan to have financial success in whatever she does…i hope she’s not gonna be the face of cartier…especially as they’re getting called out for greenwashing by using images of amazonian tribe devastated by illegal gold mining and promoting an initiative to help indigenous people that never happened. she can rep better labels.
What is it about Meghan that makes these people lose their minds?
Beside the fact that she is beautiful and intelligent, she is profoundly happy and that drive nut unhappy people, men and women.
She has all the things they want (but can’t have) that they think she doesn’t deserve. And she didn’t have to do too much/sell her soul to get them.
@AMYBEE, jealousy and greed. Jealous that she didn’t sign with his agency and greed, because he knows the money that Megan can make for any company
Amy Bee–Cinderella is supposed to be passive, unthreatening…and white. Meghan shattering this archetype (heh!) goes straight to the core of some of the most “beloved” racist/cultural fantasies about women, royalty, and success. Racists get _incredibly_ crazy when anyone “threatens” their dreams. Heck, fanboys are whining that the new Indiana Jones is all “wrong” because of one plot development and its ending.
It’s the perfect firestorm, for them. The media and the old men, rising up to take down a woman who stays at home raising her kids with her husband, most of the time. This is their extinction burst, and it truly couldn’t happen to more revolting people.
This is just getting ridiculous. The more people pile on Meghan, the more it just looks like bitter haters hating. Both this guy and the Spotify guy are being massively unprofessional. Archetypes won awards and viewers from countries around the world. Spotify was name-checking it up until the break-up. At this point, I’m questioning what went down at Spotify. Something happened to cause this acrimony bc they’re acting like a dumped boyfriend. And this guy should be fired. The people he reps should be mortified.
I’m not sure if UTA is still repping them, this is from 2009.
https://deadline.com/2009/12/wall-street-journal-signs-with-uta-20345/
So many Murdoch “coincidental” relationships bleating out!
Oooh! Excellent find!! Yup, Murdoch called in a favor.
Omg. You’ve got to be kidding me. Excellent work. Dots are connecting.
Wow! The media and entertainment industry is a web where there are numerous interconnected people and businesses. I usually check the publication owners or parent company and journalists of the articles I read about the Sussexes to find connections. I wouldn’t have made this connection you shared. Thank you.
Seems to me Semafor (small shop publication) broke the story and the Murdoch machine – Page Six – amplified it then others picked up the story. Semafor was likely elated to run a story (maybe a journalist was within vicinity, maybe the spoke to the guy) that included the Sussexes expecting such a story would globally elevate the publication.
With Harry’s cases against the tabloids working themselves through the UK courts and the global profile the Sussexes have, it’s a huge “get” for Semafor. I firmly believe the Sussexes will continue to survive these media smears. Go team Sussex.
Well, lookey here, Zimmerman has beef with Emanuel
https://deadline.com/2021/10/hollywood-mergers-uta-jeremy-zimmer-ari-emanuel-wme-agencies-caa-icm-adweek-nyc-panel-1234860027/
Looks like Emanuel rejected Zimmerman in 2021 when he said he had no interest in acquiring them.
OMFG!
What are the judges doing over there!? Why is this allowed? At the bare minimum these media companies should be made to disclose they have legal disputes with H&M when they write about them! This is ridiculous!
Christ on a cracker.
The fragility of men is on exhibit everywhere.
@MSTJ, yep, that’s what I do too. How is this person connected to..fill in the blank..and WHY are they talking about Meghan. I’m disappointed Semafor ‘broke’ the story. I shared a link to them the other day re: Spotify/Gimlet that The Squeeze shared. Why, How and Who brought up Meghan at this event is mind boggling. Was there a Q&A session? I will no not give Semafor any more attention. Disappointment @Max Tani and cohorts.
Zimmer is CEO of UTA. Not the first time he shot his mouth off that got him into trouble. He won’t in this situation.
https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1995-07-23-op-26902-story.html
Jeremy Zimmer is the grandson of Dore Schary. Jeremy’s grandfather worked hard in Hollywood and battled with PTBs. Zimmer’s comments about Meghan are not only wrong, but they kind of disparage how hard his grandfather fought to get to where he got. Maybe to Zimmer, Meghan being a WOC isn’t as important? A good article about Dore Schary.
http://www.hollywoodsgoldenage.com/moguls/dore-schary.html for further information, look up WaPo’s obit on Dore Schary.
Yes, the interconnectedness/spider web of people connected to Murdoch/BM is astoundingly creepy. Derangers have frequently shared radaronline stories. Radaronline is owned by Dylan Howard. Along with Howard now owning Knewz, a previously owned Murdoch site. Murdoch was/is a mentor to Howard. Dylan Howard himself has said he wanted to bring Murdoch’s way of doing things to America. puke, puke, puke
Apparently, Zimmer, started out as a ‘mailboy’ at William Morris when he was 19. I’m guessing he didn’t make the cut to move up in the ranks.
This guy is absolute trash. Just like all the other old, crusty, racist white men who are obsessed with Meghan.
But I love how Variety immediately published an article with quotes saying how unprofessional this guy is and why would anyone want to work with him if he’s going to talk shit about people. Hoping that’s WME at work and hoping they start to do a better job of slamming anyone and everyone who is badmouthing Meghan and Archewell. Enough is enough.
At first I didn’t think the Dior or other brand partnerships were a good idea. But now, screw aaaaalllll of them. Yes to the Dior partnership. And hells yes to the Cartier partnership. In her first ad she can wear Diana’s watch and all the heads on Salty Isle can explode. I want Meghan in the megastar stratosphere. I want new projects announced. And new partnerships and honors and awards. And huge new contracts. And all those nasty old white men can kiss my black ass!
They tried to bury her, but they forgot she was a seed!
“ Hoping that’s WME at work and hoping they start to do a better job of slamming anyone and everyone who is badmouthing Meghan and Archewell. Enough is enough.”
Oh, definitely. Although I doubt WME would go attack dog on anyone and everyone, this one was easy. No doubt everyone in the business knew that agencies were pursuing Meghan.
I absolutely hate unprofessional professionals, and wouldn’t want to do business with them.
I also despise people bringing up others for clout. Add a dash of misogynoir, plus the fact that this guy probably only knows M&H via Murdoch rags or Faux Noise, and it’s the same old, haters showing their true colors.
And while UTA may deny because of sour grapes, the fact is that WME clearly wasn’t the only agency interested in repping Meghan. Because they all know what she will bring to the table.
From the initial report at Variety it sounded like a bidding war for Meghan:
“The signing represents a crown jewel for WME, one might say, as numerous agency rivals have tried to land the public figure formerly known as Meghan Markle since she and husband Prince Harry moved to California in 2020.”
I guess if the fail starts randomly praising some actors we can assume the are represented by this ass.
Some want attention so they criticize Meghan and get positive clicks from bots and derangers. Just disgusting
Meghan dodged a missile if UTA was trying to sign her. This is beyond unprofessional.
This is the point where i do think Ari needs to take action and bring back the a**hole Ari from the 90s/00s that made him so famous because you can NOT allow a rival agency to publicly trash your talent because their bitter she signed with you and not them. There are lines and Zimmer crossed pretty much all of them with this stunt to the point that even Variety put out an article about people in Hollywood being shocked and dismayed that he would say something like this publicly. It’s one thing for a sports guy like Bill Simmons who is known for being a racist a** to talk stupid it’s another for the head of one of the biggest talent agencies in Tinsel town to say something.
The Cartier rumor is interesting; for some reason I’d never even thought of her doing a watch endorsement but that would make a lot of sense for her since she’s always been a fan and when Suits took off she bought herself one with the intent of passing it on to her daughter. It could very well be BS but while Page Six,like all Murdoch rags, is very bias and works a clear agenda they do have better Hollywood sources than the UK tabloids do( though that’s not saying a lot).
Ari doesn’t need to get into a public pissing contest with this asshole. But I could see him poaching some of his clients as payback.
I smell a turn-down from Meghan when UTA approached her but she subsequently signed with WME. None of these guys play nicely in the Hollywood sandbox. I’m including a link to the Variety article slamming Zimmer, it’s well worth a read. https://variety.com/2023/film/news/meghan-markle-uta-jeremy-zimmer-spotify-backlash-1235655103/
Has anyone watched Girls 5 Eva? The character, “Lou” is all these guys
A case of sour grapes that Meghan signed up with WME instead of UTA.
Is Priyanka Chopra under UTA?
UTA is number 2 and WME is number 4 (this number changes daily) and UTA currently has
6,452 clients versus WME has 5,489. Priyanka is with UTA. CAA (Creative Artists Agency) has over 7k clients. The “Big” three have always been incredibly competitive. And Clients are always switching in between. All of them are cut-throat.
@Marietta2381, where are you getting your information from? I looked at several articles from this year and last year – WME & CAA have consistently been the top 2. WME is the largest and the oldest.
https://www.axios.com/pro/media-deals/2023/06/22/apa-agency-agi-merger
“The Hollywood representation agency industry has been a hotbed of M&A activity as smaller and mid-sized firms attempt to compete with twin giants WME and CAA.”.
My only comment on this and all other spotify related comments , is spotify need to pay the full deal of the contracts regardless of it be cut short, because the back lash of this with their own staff bad mouthing her which then opened door for others to abuse she needs to be compensated. Mean while Spotify keep sending me emails as part of their marketing to listen to Archetypes, i listened when it came out i would have listened again when season came out so i could get a refresher and do a comparison
This is white supremacy (and jealousy) at work. Meghan’s rejection of the BaRF is seen as a rejection of whiteness and all the shit they think people aspire to, hence the hyper attacks on her (and not Harry). They weren’t saying all these things about her until she got with Harry and told his family to suck it. They have to knock her down because her rejection is an affront to them and they have to right the “order of things”.
@WigletofWails
Never a truer word spoken.
This is public gaslighting. Meghan’s podcast was a hit; she has a fabulous voice made for audio success, which she knocked out of the park in her first attempt. These comments over coffee are just sour grapes from large egos that lost out. We should ignore them.
This. Her voice is AMAZING for audio in my personal uneducated opinion. It’s literally the first thing I thought when I heard her podcast.
I don’t understand all this unprofessionalism and unhinged behavior around Meghan.
Agreed, THIS. It’s like someone is ordering people to take down Meghan. The threads are easy to follow, and all of it is gross. Meghan never did anything but work, work, and work in England, and here is the fallout?
Let’s go to the recent way-back machine, for a memory…
https://www.celebitchy.com/618403/omid_scobie_the_sussexes_are_not_moving_anywhere_theyre_staying_in_the_uk/
More noise in the ethos to distract from Harry’s current court cases against British tabloids. Today the attorneys are making their closing arguments to the judge in a UK court. What Harry has done/is doing with his cases is epic and history will be on the side of the Sussexes. Standing up to the media is no small feat. Go team Sussex.
Hollywood is deal city and deals end all of the time. The bitterness of these people is astounding. You would think Meghan stole their kids college fund or something. Anyway, next! Also, I bet this Cartier rumor is just like the Dior rumor. I’m not believing anything until it’s officially announced.
This idiot was unprofessional and may cost UTA current and future clients. I hope it costs him his job. I’m intrigued by a Meghan collaboration with Cartier.
Sadly the consequences of the British press declaring “open season” on a former senior royal is that all these bottom feeders see it as an opportunity to attack Meghan with impunity.
I am hopeful that all these angry, disturbed hate-mongers will not break Meghan’s spirit. This is just a very dark season for her but there are much brighter seasons ahead for her and her family.
That amazing 🔥 Duchess Meghan energy tho!! confounds and astounds 💗
So apparently the WSJ is represented by UTA. Coincidence? This guy obviously does not respect talent and if I was represented by his firm, I’d be reviewing all my contracts. There is always more to the story than what’s on the surface when it comes to the Sussexes. A thing is rarely just a thing and WME made a lot of people mad when they signed Meghan.
It’s just disgusting — and it’s bad for business. Why would a woman of color work with UTA after this unwarranted attack on Meghan?
I’ve started watching “Suits” on Netflix; Meghan steals every scene she’s in. She’s just very compelling.
Agree and Suits has now moved from top 3 to top 2. R
Meghan earning residuals every time an episode is played.
Our girl always leaves these ho’s desperate, thirsty and gagged.
PS -Spotify TRIED FOR MONTHS to negotiate for Archetypes season 2. They left b/c some needs weren’t met, NOW negotiating w/ WME. Meghan’s podcast gave them their highest new subscribers to date when she dropped her pod, had global audience, critical darling, millions of downloads and listens & many awards nominated for and many wins! This is something they did not want to lose.
Chloe, I can believe this. If Spotify is negotiating w/WME, they made a huge mistake letting Simmons say what he did without any blowback. That’s going to come back and bite them.
I pointed this out on Twitter but it’s worth saying here too: when you do a Google search for Peg’s name and “is”, the suggestions are overwhelmingly negative for him. I suspect the Squad’s work on Twitter has made those Google results problematic and that may be what is driving the pile-on against Meghan lately, at least the sources that can at all be traced to Murdoch or anyone with financial ties to the royals.
Zimmer is legit one of the biggest assholes in an industry full of assholes. I locked horns with him a few times during my NYC/media consultant days, before he was really anybody but clearly already thought he was the shit. He’s maybe the biggest mysoginist I ever met. Whatever, Jer.
Lol this guy is just mad that he couldn’t sign her. I guess just because you run a talent agency doesn’t mean you actually have any talent at anything
When H&M first came to the US, no one knew whether or not either one had talent developing content, working with highly skilled creators, etc. They were blank slates and large companies threw large amounts of money at them b/c of the connection to the BRF.
Now the execs have H& M’s record to look at.
“When H&M first came to the US, no one knew whether or not either one had talent developing content, working with highly skilled creators, etc.”
That is not true. Both Harry and Meghan have many many projects especially promoting their humanity projects. Meghan has also experience in creating content and actually making real money on her website. Besides that, they had their story, not their connection to BRF. If the connection was sooo profitable, other royal members would get same kind of deals.
They got number 1 podcast, number 1 book, number 1 documentary. Who else got this track record of successful results? They were worth the money paid to them.
An award winning podcast. An Emmy nominated docuseries. Best selling multiple books. Invictus Games. Smartworks. Sentebale. Partnering with Jose f*cking Andres and WCK. The list goes on.
They were not blank slates. LOFL. Dream on deranger.
‘Now the execs have H&M’s record to look at’. Excellent point. Thank you for bringing this up. An award winning podcast. An Emmy nominated docuseries. Best selling books. The Together cookbook sold a lot AFTER they moved. Meghan had a very popular site with The Tig (before the BRF).
Harry & Meghan are marketable because they have charisma and true life experiences. I would love Harry to make an appearance with Cuban at a game. Would love Harry to try to make a half court shot at a game for charity.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PeaVU9KMAmA
I don’t want to limit Harry to his familial experiences. Dude has stories to tell outside of his family. Lots of stories. So, I was today years old, that I learned that Netflix is putting out a series based on one of the best well written books. Ever. Almost every sentence is perfect. Talent. It’s also a book I’ve referenced in other posts re: Harry & Meghan facing forces and their readiness.
My pitch to Netflix/Meghan/Harry. A number of episodes of reviewing the history of All the Light We Cannot See with Meghan doing a book/dinner club on the show. Food is a character. Anthony Doerr spent ten years writing this book. I would totally watch the shit out of this show multiple times. If you haven’t read All the Light We Cannot See, please do. Great book. Favorite quote? or one I’ve quoted most often (re:Harry in particular) ‘All your life you wait, and then it finally comes, and are you ready?.”. Harry was ready.
https://www.netflix.com/title/81083008
I believe the Cartier ‘rumor’ is the same as the Dior ‘rumor’. I wouldn’t lay money on it. Of course there is going to be a big announcement about Meghan is/has been doing. She’s been quiet for months. We’ll hear about it when it’s done. This is conjecture on the part of Page Six.
I said when Simmons came out with his vitriol that he was completely unprofessional. Zimmer tried to up the stakes and did more damage to UTA then anything else.
Two strikes against Meghan in their opinions. She’s a woman and she’s black. Thanks for showing us who you really are. I hope UTA has issues retaining POC talent. It’s what they deserve.
Don’t forget –
Rupert’s owns the WSJ which is repped by UTA.
It’s not a coincidence that this UTA quote came out just after the WSJ article.
This is just par for the course for Murdoch. What I can’t understand if why UTA went along with the insanity. It’s done damage to UTA. UTA better hope that Murdoch gives it a HUGE, HUGE bonus for doing this, because I wouldn’t be surprised if they lost talent over Zimmer making this statement. People will wonder what he’ll say about them in future. There isn’t a way to undo that.
Ok, Jeremy. Tell me your butt hurt, without telling me you’re butt hurt. {insert serious eye roll at this guy, here}
I can’t wait to see what’s coming for Meghan. Clearly industry insiders know it’s big & that’s why it was zany in the press last week. I’m watching the clean up this week but still no announcement yet.
I don’t understand how white men get away with insulting a black woman so publicly, so easily, so subjectively and with no push-back. How does that work?
“The most disrespected person in America, is the black woman. The most un-protected person in America is the black woman. The most neglected person in America, is the black woman.”
Malcolm X
1962
Not worried as WME represents Meghan.
Working in the entertainment industry, this is not really surprising. There’s so much backstabbing and undermining and it can be nasty at times. After a while you just put them on mute and move on with your work. As someone commented above HM has the #1 book, #1 podcast and #1 documentary. Looking forward to seeing new and exciting things from them in the very near future to expand their brand.
I hope the Cartier rumor is true. First, she’d be perfect and second, she has Diana’s watch and khate doesn’t! They thought they were gloating when they made Harry turn over the ring he inherited but they’ll be frowning when Meg gets a contract with Cartier while THEY can’t monetize their ring. They have to resort to making sure the old ball and chain is showing it off in every picture. Serves them right.