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HBO’s docuseries, “The Mortician Season 1,” excavates the chilling true story of the Lamb Funeral Home in 1980s Pasadena, California, a name that became synonymous with an almost unimaginable betrayal of trust. This is not a comforting historical piece; it is an investigative plunge into the disturbing practices that festered within a family-run mortuary, establishing from its outset an atmosphere thick with unease.

The series fixes its unflinching gaze primarily upon David Sconce, the scion who inherited the family business and proceeded to implement methods driven by a pursuit of profit so extreme they defy common decency. Viewers are thus prepared for a grim recounting, one that promises to lay bare a litany of morally repugnant and inhumane activities, all under the guise of providing final respects, painting a stark picture of commerce corrupting care during life’s most vulnerable moments.

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CAA and Bellevue Productions topped the list of agencies and management companies representing the most scripts on The Black List, the annual compilation of the year’s most liked unproduced screenplays.

The 2022 list, which was released Monday, was topped by Catherine Schetina’s Pure, which received a leading 25 mentions among the more than 300 film executives who contributed up to 10 favorite scripts that have not begun principal photography during the calendar year.

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Pure, repped by Housefire Management’s Jon Hersh, centers on Hannah, who is obsessed with food purity. Her trip to her sister’s destination wedding descends into madness when...

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CAA has upped eight to agent and executive.

Kate Arenson, who joined CAA as an intern in 2017, has been elevated to agent in the Music Touring department.

Jessica Brown, Emmett Gordon and Peter Morton have been promoted to executives in CAA Sports Property Sales and will advise clients that include Major League Baseball, Formula 1, the Atlanta Braves and the L.A. Clippers.

Sydney Chance has been promoted to executive in Baseball, where she will advise the agency’s MLB clients on their digital media strategies and off-the-field brand architecture.

Ron Jordan has been promoted to agent in the Music Touring department and will continue working with Ardn, Jean Deaux and tobi lou, among others.

Sydney Lipsitz, who joined CAA in 2018 as a mailroom clerk, has been upped to executive and chief of staff for the Sports Broadcasting department, led by Matt Kramer and Tom Young.

CAA has promoted eight employees to agent or executive ranks, including Kate Arenson, Jessica Brown, Sydney Chance, Emmett Gordon, Ron Jordan, Sydney Lipsitz, Peter Morton and Andi Wong.

Arenson has been elevated to agent in the music touring department and will be based in New York. She began her career at CAA as an intern in 2017, and joined the agency as a full-time assistant the following year. She was promoted to coordinator and entered the CAA Elevate training program in 2022. Arenson works with Glass Animals, Leon Bridges, Yoke Lore, Mumford & Sons, The Head and the Heart, The 502s and more. She is a graduate of the University of Alabama.

New York-based Brown, Gordon and Morton have all been promoted to executives in CAA sports property sales.

Brown, who works on behalf of clients MLB, Formula 1 and the Atlanta Braves, started at CAA as a receptionist in 2019. She later served as a mailroom clerk,...

Entertainment and sports agency Creative Artists Agency (CAA) today announced that it has promoted eight to agent/executive, including Kate Arenson, Jessica Brown, Sydney Chance, Emmett Gordon, Ron Jordan, Sydney Lipsitz, Peter Morton, and Andi Wong.

Arenson has been elevated to Agent in the Music Touring department. She began her career at CAA as an intern in 2017 and later joined fulltime as an assistant in 2018. She was promoted to a Coordinator role, and entered the Elevate program in 2022. She works with Glass Animals, Leon Bridges, Yoke Lore, Mumford & Sons, The Head and The Heart, and The 502s, among others. Arenson earned her Bachelor’s degree in Business Marketing from The University of Alabama. She will be based in New York.

New York-based Jessica Brown, Emmett Gordon, and Peter Morton have been promoted to Executive in CAA Sports Property Sales. Brown, who works on behalf of clients Major League Baseball, Formula 1,...