EXCLUSIVE: Creator management biz CMG Talent has unveiled ten hires, including new talent managers.

Kelsey Brown and Paige Biundo been named Senior Talent Manager, with Sandra Ortiz, Ryan Rodriguez and Katie McElveen coming onboard as Talent Managers, and Gabriela Kukura, Reese Amador, Ally Philips, and Juanita Cortés hired at coordinator level. Taylor Kiesel has also joined as Senior Director of Publicity.

CMG Talent Group CEO Joey Roesler said the hires were reflective of the changing face of creator talent management.

“Modern talent representation requires far more than negotiating inbound brand deals,” he added. “We are investing in the people and infrastructure to proactively build careers — through business development, publicity, legal and licensing expertise, brand strategy, and holistic talent management. These additions are another major step in that direction.” 

Brown joins following a spell at Dulcedo, with Biundo joining after a spell at Neon Rose Agency. Ortiz has worked art Dulcedo and Whalar, while Rodriguez had roles at Untitled Secret and A24. McElveen previously advised on IP and licensing matters and provided counsel at CMG Worldwide.

CMG’s has a roster of more than 100 clients, including Alessandra Yarleque, Alyssa Jaffe, Zoë Ferguson, Nabihah Ahmad and Jordan Smikle.

The company, which launched in 2024, is part of CMG Worldwide, the international licensing company that represents the estates of many dead celebrities, sports players and entertainment stars.

Wanda (Gail Bean) and Leon (Isaiah John) are back to the hustle in the first trailer (above) for FX‘s The Drop: A Snowfall Saga, and they have their sights on the music industry this time around. The series follows the duo as they fight to reinvent themselves in ’90s Los Angeles, where the fallout from the crack epidemic is fueling a new game: the rise of West Coast rap. 

Wanda starts the series driven by the clear belief that West Coast rap has the power to reshape American culture. She will work to put together a ragtag group of geniuses and lead them to the realization of all their dreams. To do it, she must navigate the dangerous overlap of music and street politics, pulling in those closest to her including her cousins Lamar Kinsey (Asante Blackk) and James Kinsey (Peyton Alex Smith), and pursuing volatile local rapper Artillery (Simmie “Buddy” Sims III), who is already in a tangle with law enforcement. 

Her internship with former D-boy-turned-label-owner Darryl “DG” Grant (Brandon Mychal Smith) creates opportunities but also deepens tensions between Wanda and Leon, who has vowed to leave the streets for good and chase down his own atonement through his free legal clinic. 

One key thing to always remember about Wanda: she is a survivor. She beat addiction and now, she’s focused on climbing the latter and being legit. But the streets are still as dangerous as ever.

“I’m unstoppable, baby,” Wanda says in the trailer.

Watch the trailer above.