Sunday, July 12, 2026

Hollywood Talent Agency That Had “Resist” Demonstration Promotes No Blacks to Partner, But 7 White Men, 1 White Woman, 1 Asian Woman

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I don’t know if there are black people at Hollywood agency UTA. Maybe there aren’t.

But gosh, they went all out this morning with this announcement: they’ve promoted 7 white men, 1 white woman, and 1 Asian woman to partner status. In the Hollywood Reporter story, they published pictures of all of them except the Asian woman.

There isn’t a single black person in the story.

UTA was the agency which skipped its Oscar party and threw a ‘resist’ demonstration. You can see what they resisted.

Same as it ever was, same – as – it -ever- was.

I guess really, this is so funny because no one at United Talent or the Hollywood Reporter saw the irony in this.

Are there black agents at UTA? Email me showbiz411@gmail.com

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Roger Friedman
Roger Friedman
Roger Friedman is the founder and editor-in-chief of Showbiz411. He wrote the FOX411 column on FoxNews.com from 1999 to 2009, where he covered Michael Jackson, and previously wrote the "Intelligencer" column at New York magazine in the mid-1990s, where he covered the O.J. Simpson trial. He also edited Fame magazine. His bylines have appeared in The New York Times, The Washington Post, the New York Daily News, the New York Post, Vogue, Details, and the Miami Herald. He is a voting member of the Critics Choice Awards (Film and Television branches), and his movie reviews are tracked by Rotten Tomatoes. With D.A. Pennebaker and Chris Hegedus, he co-produced the 2002 documentary "Only the Strong Survive," which screened at Directors' Fortnight at the Cannes Film Festival.

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