Entertainment & Arts
Arnold Rifkin rethinks how to care for himself and his clients.
Oct. 10, 1999
Movies: The film unit chief’s promotion marks a further shake-up in the Hollywood agency elite.
April 15, 1997
Entertainment: Arnold Rifkin tells staff that he is interested in job as head of Columbia and TriStar studios.
Sept. 12, 1996
William Morris Agency on Monday hired Jim Wiatt, the just-departed co-chief of International Creative Management, as president and co-chief executive, a move that is expected to set off a war among Hollywood’s major talent agencies.
Aug. 10, 1999
In one pocket of his Armani trousers, Arnold Rifkin always carries something that undoubtedly sets him apart from most Hollywood agents: paper clips.
Aug. 5, 1994
Movies
Sly Move: Only four months after dumping Creative Artists Agency in favor of International Creative Management, Sylvester Stallone has switched agents again.
Feb. 27, 1996
Technology and the Internet
* Carlton Jenkins, former chairman, president and chief executive of Founders National Bank of Los Angeles, has been named chief executive of OneNetNow.com, a Web site that is billed as the first to provide online content for multiethnic users.
Jan. 6, 2000
Lakers
Lakers center Kareem Abdul-Jabbar--fresh from dominating the National Basketball Assn. for the better part of 20 years--cemented his move as a player in the entertainment industry at a press conference Wednesday at which the Laker captain announced his signing with high-profile agent Arnold Rifkin, one of the founders of Triad Artists, and his involvement with two upcoming projects.
Aug. 18, 1988
The Lampoon folks set comedies back an eon or two in a misguided bid to mimic early films of Woody Allen.
July 11, 2008
Archives
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar has announced that he has signed an agreement with agent Arnold Rifkin, of Triad Artists Inc., to represent him in all entertainment fields.