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One of Hollywood's top talent agents on this summer's promising box office lineup

CAA's Maha Dakhil is optimistic about this summer's box office.

Fortune

Tom Cruise’s very surreal summer has only added to his oddball mystique

Hollywood’s most enigmatic movie star has been spotted at Glastonbury, at Wimbledon, at Posh Spice’s birthday party and will, this weekend, perform one of his trademark death-defying stunts at the Olympics closing ceremony. Why the sudden flash of appearances, asks Adam White – and what does it mean for Cruise’s…

The Independent UK

The double standard in the opinion war

Sharing opinions about Gaza and Israel has led to some people being castigated or demoted. Others keep working

Salon

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‘People are being penalised’: Hollywood divided over Israel-Hamas conflict

Stars like Susan Sarandon and Cynthia Nixon are raising their voices in support of Palestine, but many others are paying a steep price for speaking up

The Guardian - US

‘Silence is not an option’: Melissa Barrera responds to being fired from Scream VII over Israel-Hamas posts

The actor said she condemned antisemitism and Islamophobia, after being dropped from the horror film franchise for social media posts interpreted as antisemitic

The Guardian - UK

Tom Cruise ‘saves agent from being fired’ over pro-Palestine posts

Maha Dakhil, one of Hollywood’s most important agents, sparked controversy over her language describing Israel-Hamas war

The Independent UK

Companies drop Barrera, Sarandon after their Israel-Hamas war comments

‘Scream’ producers kick Melissa Barrera out of the horror franchise, and talent agency lets Susan Sarandon go.

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Susan Sarandon, Melissa Barrera dropped from Hollywood companies after comments on Israel-Hamas war

Oscar-winning actor Susan Sarandon and “Scream” star Melissa Barrera were each dropped by Hollywood companies after making comments on the Israel-Hamas war that some deemed antisemitic

The Independent UK

Tom Cruise ‘saves agent from being fired’ over pro-Palestine posts

Maha Dakhil, one of Hollywood’s most important agents, sparked controversy over her language describing Israel-Hamas war

The Independent UK

Susan Sarandon dropped by talent agency after remarks at pro-Palestine rally

UTA lets Oscar-winning actor go after she spoke at several pro-Palestine rallies

The Guardian - US

‘McCarthyite backlash’: response to criticism of Israel alarms rights groups

Civil rights groups say critics of the Israeli assault on Gaza have lost jobs and students who support Palestine have been blacklisted

The Guardian - US

Prominent US figures face backlash and firings for pro-Palestinian statements

From magazine editors to Hollywood agents, supporters of Palestinians experiencing widespread rebuke

The Guardian - US

Cultural figures find perils to speaking out and staying silent about Mideast crisis

Cultural figureheads are expected to speak out about world events. But some are facing real-world consequences for making public declarations about the present conflict.

WEKU

Aaron Sorkin drops talent agency after agent’s Israel ‘genocide’ comments

‘The West Wing’ writer said that his agent ‘isn’t an antisemite, she’s just wrong’

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Why these top agents are optimistic about the future of movies

LOS ANGELES — It's an uncertain time in the movie business, with box office, streaming and corporate consolidation all in a state of flux. That's kept life interesting for Hollywood talent agents like Joel Lubin and Maha Dakhil, the co-heads of Creative Artists Agency's motion picture group.

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