Michael Camacho, a partner at United Talent Agency and head of the agency's alternative department, has resigned from the company, a spokesman for UTA told TheWrap. UTA's managing director Jay Suresh will oversee the department, and agents Brett Hansen and Joe Labracio will run the day-to-day operations for the time being. Two weeks ago, Camacho's former client, Scott Einziger, a producer of reality television, dropped a $10 million lawsuit against UTA and Camacho. In the email to staff members Monday, Camacho said: "I have decided to resign as a Partner at UTA in order...
- 10/8/2012
- by Liza Foreman
- The Wrap
Reality television agent Michael Camacho has resigned from UTA, the agency confirms to The Hollywood Reporter. The move comes about a week after UTA settled a lawsuit against Camacho by former client Scott Einziger alleging a conflict of interest related to a romantic affair. Camacho, who served as the head of UTA's alternative department, was accused by Einziger in an April 2011 lawsuit of steering the Big Brother producer from a lucrative job on the hit CBS series to Relativity Real, a risky venture fronted by Ellen Rakieten, a producer who was engaged in a "serious personal relationship" with Camacho.
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- 10/8/2012
- by Matthew Belloni
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Exclusive: Michael Camacho, United Talent Agency partner and head of the agency’s alternative department, has resigned from UTA after five years and is leaving agenting. The move comes two weeks after Camacho’s former client, reality television producer Scott Einziger, dropped his $10-million lawsuit against UTA and Camacho as the two sides settled out of court. While Camacho did resign on his own accord, I hear he would’ve been terminated by the agency. His lieutenants Brett Hansen and Joe Labracio will take over day-to-day duties of running UTA’s alternative department under managing partner Jay Sures. Camacho just announced his resignation in a company email: Dear Colleagues: I have decided to resign as a Partner at UTA in order to pursue the next phase of my career. This was a difficult decision. My time at UTA has been incredible, and I am very proud of the department that we have built.
- 10/8/2012
- by NELLIE ANDREEVA
- Deadline TV
Just weeks before a scheduled trial, reality television producer Scott Einziger is dropping his lawsuit against United Talent Agency and agent Michael Camacho over an alleged conflict of interest related to a romantic affair. Einziger, a former producer of Big Brother, filed suit in August 2011 claiming he is owed more than $10 million from UTA and Camacho because the agent allegedly steered him from the CBS hit to a risky job at RelativityReal, which was to be operated by Ellen Rakieten, a producer who was engaged in a "serious personal relationship" with Camacho. Photos: Behind the Scenes With TV's
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- 9/28/2012
- by Matthew Belloni
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
A Los Angeles judge has denied UTA and top reality TV agent Michael Camacho's effort to escape portions of a lawsuit claiming they placed an ex-client in an unfavorable job that benefitted another client with whom the agent was having a romantic affair. A trial date has been set for Oct. 15 in Los Angeles Superior Court. Scott Einziger, a reality producer whose credits include CBS' Big Brother, filed suit in August 2011 claiming he is owed more than $10 million from UTA and Camacho because the agent allegedly steered him from a stable and lucrative job at Big
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- 8/17/2012
- by Matthew Belloni
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Former "Big Brother" executive producer Scott Einziger has filed a $10 million lawsuit against his former agent, Michael Camacho, and the United Talent Agency, claiming that Camacho steered Einziger toward inferior projects -- in part so that Camacho could seduce a married female producer. According to Einziger's suit -- which was filed in Los Angeles Superior Court Wednesday and obtained by TheWrap -- Camacho initially scored Einziger an executive-producer gig on "Big Brother" in 2008, with the intention of landing him a showrunner position at CBS. However, the suit says, Camacho later...
- 8/5/2011
- by Tim Kenneally
- The Wrap
A former executive producer on Big Brother's 10th and 11th seasons has sued his former agency and agent for more than $10 million in damages, claiming in part that he was offered a contract that would possibly lead to him becoming the CBS reality show's showrunner, but he turned that down because of bad advice from his agent. In the lawsuit, producer Scott Einziger claims he "ultimately lost millions of dollars in compensation, career momentum...
- 8/4/2011
- by Andy Dehnart
- Reality Blurred
Big Brother fans will get an extra hour of finale this season. The eyeball network has announced they will be slapping another 60 minutes of back-stabbing and treachery – all amongst friends, of course – onto the 11th season finale. Ratings wise, Big Brother has been slaying them this season. Season 12, anyone? Here is the official word from Big Brother:
"Big Brother" Finale Gets Bigger!
With On-Air and Online Audience Growing, CBS Expands Finale To Two-Hour Live Event, Sept. 15 from 9:01-11:00 Et/Tape Delayed Pt
Los Angeles, Aug. 21 – With the show's on-air and online audience growing, CBS has expanded the finale for Big Brother, live, Tuesday, Sept. 15 (9:01-11:00, Et/tape delayed Pt). The series will cap its 11th season with a live two-hour broadcast where the winner will be revealed and the houseguests will then tell-all about their explosive summer for a special season-ending event!
Big Brother 11 is averaging 6.85 million viewers,...
"Big Brother" Finale Gets Bigger!
With On-Air and Online Audience Growing, CBS Expands Finale To Two-Hour Live Event, Sept. 15 from 9:01-11:00 Et/Tape Delayed Pt
Los Angeles, Aug. 21 – With the show's on-air and online audience growing, CBS has expanded the finale for Big Brother, live, Tuesday, Sept. 15 (9:01-11:00, Et/tape delayed Pt). The series will cap its 11th season with a live two-hour broadcast where the winner will be revealed and the houseguests will then tell-all about their explosive summer for a special season-ending event!
Big Brother 11 is averaging 6.85 million viewers,...
- 8/23/2009
- by Jon Lachonis
- TVovermind.com
"Wipeout" meets "Jeopardy" in the latest broadcast network reality TV project.
In the CBS pilot for "The Whole 19 Yards," contestants race an intense obstacle course, then answer trivia questions.
The one-hour reality biathlon is hosted by Chris Hardwick ("Attack of the Show") and produced by Endemol. Scott Einziger ("Big Brother: After Dark") exec produces, and production starts next week.
"19 Yards" joins other CBS reality projects in contention for summer and fall, including "Thunder Road" (auto obstacle course), "Strongest American" (ordinary Americans in crazy strength competitions), "Arranged Marriage" (single strangers tie the knot), "Missing You" (finding missing persons) and "There Goes the Neighborhood" (neighbors compete in challenges).
CBS and other broadcasters are developing lighter and more comedic reality fare this year, inspired partly by the success of ABC's unscripted hit "Wipeout" last summer and partly by concerns that the economic recession might prevent viewers from embracing more serious shows. Yet classic...
In the CBS pilot for "The Whole 19 Yards," contestants race an intense obstacle course, then answer trivia questions.
The one-hour reality biathlon is hosted by Chris Hardwick ("Attack of the Show") and produced by Endemol. Scott Einziger ("Big Brother: After Dark") exec produces, and production starts next week.
"19 Yards" joins other CBS reality projects in contention for summer and fall, including "Thunder Road" (auto obstacle course), "Strongest American" (ordinary Americans in crazy strength competitions), "Arranged Marriage" (single strangers tie the knot), "Missing You" (finding missing persons) and "There Goes the Neighborhood" (neighbors compete in challenges).
CBS and other broadcasters are developing lighter and more comedic reality fare this year, inspired partly by the success of ABC's unscripted hit "Wipeout" last summer and partly by concerns that the economic recession might prevent viewers from embracing more serious shows. Yet classic...
- 3/19/2009
- by By James Hibberd
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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