Comments on: UPDATE: Many UTA Partners Are in Play; Tracey Jacobs Not Leaving UTA For Now

By: brooke ellen

brooke ellen — Sun, 27 Apr 2008 23:06:11 +0000

mr berkus is a gentleman and you should all be ashamed of yourselves you’re all just poor and unsuccessful and you know it..so am i….thats why im even on this dumb blog because i, myself am unemplyed and haggle with my maid….so let this be a lesson to you all look at jim berkus as a shining beacon of hope and the american dream! Thank you all for your time
Remember greed is the antichrist
GOD BLESS

By: The Dude

The Dude — Wed, 23 Apr 2008 21:43:52 +0000

I LOVE Nikki’s writing, reporting etc. but this sounds like a UTA bashing and it’s gone over the deep end.

UTA bashing? Please. No one’s bashing — they’re merely conjecturing on the situation.

As for Nikki being duped, I followed her reporting during the strike and, in hindsight, her accounts of the goings-on of the strike were 80 percent or higher in accuracy. Don’t know what her method is, but it appears to be the case that she confirms and/or backs up her sources/tips.

By: bionda

bionda — Wed, 23 Apr 2008 18:59:59 +0000

I think when three such talented people leave UTA something is wrong with a top person Mr Berkus

he had such talent there and blew it as for NIkki
don’t sell her short ever. Very very smart no one will be getting anything over on her ever

And when all the UTA stars follow there agents
its sooo long Mr berkus

By: Ron Johnson

Ron Johnson — Wed, 23 Apr 2008 06:26:00 +0000

Has anyone taken a step back from all of this and really analyzed the situation? I LOVE Niki’s writing, reporting etc. but this sounds like a UTA bashing and it’s gone over the deep end. Something doesn’t smell right to me. I’m just interested to see how this plays out. Nothing against Niki but something is a little odd here. I think someone might be playing her and that would annoy me.

By: Charlotte A. Cavatica

Charlotte A. Cavatica — Wed, 23 Apr 2008 04:45:35 +0000

Personally, I’d rather deal with Zimmer than with Berkus but that’s just my own two cents.

I’m indifferent to the UTA bust-up…and certainly not moralistic. It’s not like, on a human level, Jim Wiatt, Richard Lovett, or Ari Emmanuel have embraced some higher and kinder calling than, say, Jeremy Zimmer has.

As humans, they’re all the same…some have been more savvy in their recent business development that others.

In the end, UTA is dying, no one cares about WMA and ICM, CAA isn’t really losing anything, and Endeavour is only moving up.

In the end, it’s all cyclical…move the calendar forward, say, 5 years and the CAA “young turks” will being at each other throats and dodging the Judases from below…as will those at Endeavour.

As for some UTA/Endeavour lawsuit? There’s not enough money in the world that would make it worthwhile for those clowns to risk their internal workings (and finances!) becoming part of a court docket.

By: The Comet

The Comet — Wed, 23 Apr 2008 03:01:21 +0000

I hope this all bodes well for Paradigm. I know a lot friends there, all good folks.

By: neutral

neutral — Wed, 23 Apr 2008 00:22:33 +0000

To “agreew/theboredguy”

How do you know “bored” is a guy?

By: Matteo Cashman

Matteo Cashman — Wed, 23 Apr 2008 00:21:13 +0000

Anyone who thinks Jim Berkus is a good guy is seriously delusional. Even Berkus himself doesn’t think he’s a good guy. For a time, he did use to be a good agent, but that was a long time ago. His antipathy towards people has finally caught up with him and it’s over, much like Eisner. I will give him credit, he has Harrison Ford as a client, so he should be able to guide the two or three years left on that career before the expiration date hits.

By: agreew/theboredguy

agreew/theboredguy — Tue, 22 Apr 2008 23:43:51 +0000

jeremy zimmer kills all that is good. jim berkus is a good guy but with zimmer trying to expose his every weakness for his own gain; well, it wears on a guy like jim. so he gets on a bus. im sure jay sures has put himself in play; he lies on spec. i think it will be hard for him to get a job running anything. sue naegle was his savior, gavin palone before that. all alone, jay doesnt look very promising.

By: bored

bored — Tue, 22 Apr 2008 23:12:03 +0000

berkus should retire already. zimmer is slowly eating his flesh. there is a long history of uta losing its best and brightest. it’s sad that they had so much and lose it all. i wonder what the throughline is

By: Joe Green

Joe Green — Tue, 22 Apr 2008 23:10:24 +0000

The meltdown at UTA couldn’t happen to a nicer guy: Big Jim Berkus. I hear he gives money to the homeless and asks for change back.

By: Furious D

Furious D — Tue, 22 Apr 2008 22:10:04 +0000

With the madcap musical chairs going on with agents and clients these days he was probably making a guess figuring he had a 50/50 chance of being right.

Or somebody planted the story as a trial balloon. Not an unheard of practise in certain parts of the world.

By: P.J.

P.J. — Tue, 22 Apr 2008 21:47:17 +0000

Whoa! You mean Defamer went back to posting unsubstantiated industry gossip? Maybe I should give the website a look for the first time in over a year.

Alas, I was once a fan of Defamer until it appeared to morphing into a mimic of the bilious Perez Hilton and asinine TMZ.

I’ve felt that the change was due to pressure by demagogic blogging despot, Gawker’s Nick Denton thinking this was the path to more clicks.