A Los Angeles Times expose published on Wednesday alleges that women and people of color have been subjected to harassment and bullying at ICM Partners.
The story spoke to 30 former and current employees at the Hollywood agency.
A rep from ICM told the Los Angeles Times, “Hr does not have any records of such allegations.”
ICM Partners CEO Chris Silbermann had been a proponent of “50/50 by 2020,” a promise — which the agency says that it met — to achieve gender parity in leadership positions.
But according to the LA Times story, almost a dozen women have submitted allegations of mistreatment to human resources department by their male bosses since 2017.
Three of ICM’s board members — Lorrie Bartlett, Jennifer Joel and Janet Carol Norton — defended the agency, saying in a statement that to the LA Times that claims that the company’s promise for 50/50 parity “was an insincere marketing ploy is utterly irreconcilable...
The story spoke to 30 former and current employees at the Hollywood agency.
A rep from ICM told the Los Angeles Times, “Hr does not have any records of such allegations.”
ICM Partners CEO Chris Silbermann had been a proponent of “50/50 by 2020,” a promise — which the agency says that it met — to achieve gender parity in leadership positions.
But according to the LA Times story, almost a dozen women have submitted allegations of mistreatment to human resources department by their male bosses since 2017.
Three of ICM’s board members — Lorrie Bartlett, Jennifer Joel and Janet Carol Norton — defended the agency, saying in a statement that to the LA Times that claims that the company’s promise for 50/50 parity “was an insincere marketing ploy is utterly irreconcilable...
- 5/5/2021
- by Variety Staff
- Variety Film + TV
Updated, with details and statement from ICM Partners: A long-in-the-works exposé in the Los Angeles Times by reporter Wendy Lee is up on the paper’s website. The crux of the story is to question the agency’s commitment to diversity and whether a toxic male culture and discrimination continues, despite public pledges to the contrary.
According to the article, “more than 30 former and current ICM employees said in interviews that the company tolerated a hostile work environment, where women and people of color were subjected to harassment, bullying and other inappropriate conduct. Since 2017, nearly a dozen women reported allegations of mistreatment by male agents and managers company wide to ICM Partners’ human resources department or senior leaders, according to interviews with the women and those with direct knowledge of the incidents.”
The agency gave specific denials on most of the allegations made against numerous agents. Some of the...
According to the article, “more than 30 former and current ICM employees said in interviews that the company tolerated a hostile work environment, where women and people of color were subjected to harassment, bullying and other inappropriate conduct. Since 2017, nearly a dozen women reported allegations of mistreatment by male agents and managers company wide to ICM Partners’ human resources department or senior leaders, according to interviews with the women and those with direct knowledge of the incidents.”
The agency gave specific denials on most of the allegations made against numerous agents. Some of the...
- 5/5/2021
- by Mike Fleming Jr
- Deadline Film + TV
ICM Partners is restructuring its senior leadership under Managing Director Chris Silbermann and Co-Managing Director Ted Chervin.
Agency veterans Kevin Crotty, Head of the Lit Department, and Sloan Harris, Co-Head of the Publishing Department, have been named Co-Presidents, ICM Partners, effective immediately. They will oversee all agent-related and client service operations, reporting to Silbermann.
Crotty and Harris are founding partners and board members, as are three others longtime ICM Partners agents/executives who have been promoted.
Adam Schweitzer has been upped to Managing Director, Talent and Branding, and Rick Levy has been elevated to Chief Operating Officer, while retaining in his role as the General Counsel.
Jennifer Joel has been named new Co-Head of the Publishing Department, succeeding Harris, where she will serve alongside longtime Publishing Department Co-Head Esther Newberg. A new head of TV Lit to succeed Crotty will be named shortly.
Crotty, based in Los Angeles, and Harris,...
Agency veterans Kevin Crotty, Head of the Lit Department, and Sloan Harris, Co-Head of the Publishing Department, have been named Co-Presidents, ICM Partners, effective immediately. They will oversee all agent-related and client service operations, reporting to Silbermann.
Crotty and Harris are founding partners and board members, as are three others longtime ICM Partners agents/executives who have been promoted.
Adam Schweitzer has been upped to Managing Director, Talent and Branding, and Rick Levy has been elevated to Chief Operating Officer, while retaining in his role as the General Counsel.
Jennifer Joel has been named new Co-Head of the Publishing Department, succeeding Harris, where she will serve alongside longtime Publishing Department Co-Head Esther Newberg. A new head of TV Lit to succeed Crotty will be named shortly.
Crotty, based in Los Angeles, and Harris,...
- 10/7/2019
- by Nellie Andreeva
- Deadline Film + TV
ICM Partners is strengthening their senior management team with several promotions, including Kevin Crotty and Sloan Harris to the roles of co-president, where they will oversee all agent related and client service operations, the agency announced Monday.
“Kevin and Sloan have demonstrated over the course of many years that they are excellent agents and tremendous leader, who have the respect of their peers as well as the wisdom and experience needed to help guide us into the next phase of our successful growth strategy,” managing director Chris Silbermann and co-managing director Ted Chervin said in a statement.
In addition, Adam Schweitzer, the New York-based longtime co-head of the talent department and founding partner, has been promoted to managing director of talent and branding.
Also Read: ICM Partners COO Justin Dearborn, Hr Chief Cindy Ballard Resign
“Adam has been a rising star at this agency since he got here 20 years ago...
“Kevin and Sloan have demonstrated over the course of many years that they are excellent agents and tremendous leader, who have the respect of their peers as well as the wisdom and experience needed to help guide us into the next phase of our successful growth strategy,” managing director Chris Silbermann and co-managing director Ted Chervin said in a statement.
In addition, Adam Schweitzer, the New York-based longtime co-head of the talent department and founding partner, has been promoted to managing director of talent and branding.
Also Read: ICM Partners COO Justin Dearborn, Hr Chief Cindy Ballard Resign
“Adam has been a rising star at this agency since he got here 20 years ago...
- 10/7/2019
- by Rosemary Rossi
- The Wrap
This story first appeared in the Dec. 12 issue of The Hollywood Reporter magazine. There have been many colorful studio presidents, but Frank Yablans — who died at age 79 on Nov. 27 in his L.A. home — practically was a peacock. "He was outrageous, aggressive, opinionated, sardonic in the extreme," says Al Ruddy, who produced The Godfather for Paramount when Yablans oversaw the studio. "But Frank was always the smartest guy in the room." Yablans, whose son is ICM agent Eddy Yablans, started in sales at Paramount; he was named president after his marketing of Love Story helped
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- 12/3/2014
- by THR Staff
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Frank Yablans was president of Paramount during some of the studio’s most golden years from 1971 to 1975. Working under notorious owner Charlie Bludhorn, Yablans’ tenure included such Oscar winners and nominees as The Godfather, The Godfather Part II, Serpico, Paper Moon, Chinatown and Murder On The Orient Express. He died peacefully in his sleep of natural causes this morning, his son, ICM Partners’ Eddy Yablans, told Deadline.
Frank Yablans worked in his early years for Warner Bros, The Walt Disney Company and Filmways and joined Paramount in the late 60s where he spearheaded marketing for Arthur Hiller’s Ryan O’Neal/Ali MacGraw tearjerker Love Story before ascending to the presidency. After leaving Paramount, he went on to a successful career as a producer/exec producer on such films as Richard Pryor/Gene Wilder comedy Silver Streak and Brian De Palma’s The Fury. He also wrote and produced such...
Frank Yablans worked in his early years for Warner Bros, The Walt Disney Company and Filmways and joined Paramount in the late 60s where he spearheaded marketing for Arthur Hiller’s Ryan O’Neal/Ali MacGraw tearjerker Love Story before ascending to the presidency. After leaving Paramount, he went on to a successful career as a producer/exec producer on such films as Richard Pryor/Gene Wilder comedy Silver Streak and Brian De Palma’s The Fury. He also wrote and produced such...
- 11/27/2014
- by Nancy Tartaglione
- Deadline
Former Paramount Pictures president Frank Yablans has died, his son, ICM Partners agent Eddy Yablans, told The Hollywood Reporter. He was 79. He died peacefully at his Los Angeles home of natural causes on Thanksgiving Day, his son said. Read more Hollywood's 100 Favorite Films During his tenure at Paramount, Yablans worked with production chief Robert Evans, and the studio released Oscar best-picture winner The Godfather (1972) and its first sequel, as well as Serpico (1973), Paper Moon (1973), Chinatown (1974) and Murder on the Orient Express (1974). Later, Yablans served as vice chairman and COO of MGM/United Artists under Kirk Kerkorian. Yablans produced and contributed
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- 11/27/2014
- by Hilary Lewis, Mike Barnes
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
An anonymously sourced Hollywood Reporter story Wednesday headlined “Also-ran Academy Host?” in their print edition gossip column, as well as an expanded online version blatantly headlining “Neil Patrick Harris Wasn’t Academy’s First Choice To Host The Oscars,” has been flatly denied by Oscar show producers Craig Zadan and Neil Meron.
The story, credited in the online version to writer Seth Abramovich, claims 2014 host Ellen DeGeneres was “begged” by the producers to host again but refused the offer. The piece then said Chris Rock, who shares DeGeneres’ ICM Partners agent Eddy Yablans, was “next on the wish list” but a deal “failed to materialize.” The story also said the producers even approached Julia Louis-Dreyfus, who also said ‘no.’ ” THR then says that only after these rejections was Harris — a four-time Emmy winner as Tony host and two-time Emmy host — offered the gig.
Reliable sources with knowledge of the 2015 Oscar...
The story, credited in the online version to writer Seth Abramovich, claims 2014 host Ellen DeGeneres was “begged” by the producers to host again but refused the offer. The piece then said Chris Rock, who shares DeGeneres’ ICM Partners agent Eddy Yablans, was “next on the wish list” but a deal “failed to materialize.” The story also said the producers even approached Julia Louis-Dreyfus, who also said ‘no.’ ” THR then says that only after these rejections was Harris — a four-time Emmy winner as Tony host and two-time Emmy host — offered the gig.
Reliable sources with knowledge of the 2015 Oscar...
- 10/23/2014
- by Pete Hammond
- Deadline
Every studio wanted Top Five after its Sept. 6 Toronto Film Festival premiere. So as director-star Chris Rock settled into the Soho House afterparty with his agent, ICM's Eddy Yablans, the suitors began approaching one by one. Lionsgate reps made their pitch. Open Road, which is releasing Jon Stewart's Rosewater, sent Stewart over to make an overture. The Fox Searchlight team prepped its bid across the street so as not to be overheard. Offers quickly shot up to $4 million for U.S. rights, and that figure had nearly doubled by dawn thanks to rave reviews. Paramount worldwide president
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- 9/17/2014
- by Pamela McClintock
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
The more things change in Hollywood, the more they stay the same. So Sarah Michelle Gellar has left CAA and returned to ICM and Eddy Yablans. When ICM last repped her, she starred in the iconic Buffy The Vampire Slayer TV series, and feature films including Cruel Intentions and The Grudge. She's still managed by Joanne Colonna at Brillstein Entertainment Partners. Leaving CAA to go back to ICM agent Brian Bunnin is Kevin Zegers, who had a breakout performance in Transamerica and whose other credits include 50 Dead Men Walking, The Perfect Age Of Rock 'N Roll, The Jane Austen Book Club, Normal, and The Narrows. He's still managed by Jason Weinberg and Justin Grey Stone at Untitled.
- 9/14/2010
- by Nikki Finke
- Deadline Hollywood
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