Day: October 21, 2022

In an industry that has long been dominated by men, Cheryl Baglierani is among the female agents entering a new generation of leaders. Recently appointed as partner at UTA, where her clients include Post Malone, Dominic Fike, Flo Milli and Offset, Paglierani has emerged under the leadership of Cara Lewis, another female music pioneer. Since her debut in 2008, Paglierani spent many years at leading agencies WME and CAA, before landing at Agency Group before being bought by UTA. Paglierani couldn’t be better off at UTA today, as the agency’s…

In 1808, the United States banned the import of slaves, effectively putting an end to the transatlantic slave trade. Or so the history writes, though the residents of Mobile, the African neighborhood of Ala know otherwise: Human trafficking continued for decades to come. More than half a century later, in 1860, many of their ancestors were smuggled into the port city on a ship called the Clotilda by white men who gambled they could get away with it — and they did, destroying the evidence. With no ship or statement…

Nearly 10 years ago, the nonprofit Exclusive Minds Academy was founded with the goal of creating a pathway for young people on the autism spectrum to explore the creative arts. Since then, the organization has gone even further, with many former graduates going on to secure competitive jobs in their field of interest after graduation. “We are looking to build a pipeline of job-ready talent that will provide Disney with access to a broader pool of talent and help them diversify their overall hiring practices,” David Siegel, CEO and Program…