KMR Talent Agency

1/6/21 Terror in our Capital. We are shaken, we will persevere, we must get through this together. With love from your KMR family. #KMRTalent

Gratitude and good wishes this Christmas from all of us at KMR. We hope you and yours enjoy a safe and restful holiday. #KMRTalent

KMR LA & NY will be on a winter break from Dec 21st - Jan 3rd, monitoring phones and emails throughout. We wish our staff, clients, colleagues and friends a safe, merry and bright holiday season. Looking forward to seeing you again in 2021! #KMRTalent

KMR will be closed Tuesday November 3rd in observance of Election Day 2020 #KMRTalent

We’re looking forward to our upcoming online Townhall Mixed Heritage in the Entertainment Industry Tuesday October 27th 2:00 PM PST/5:00 PM EST, with special guest Erica Jensen of Calleri Casting and moderator Stuart K Robinson. If you are a multi-racial KMR client and have not received an invite, please email [email protected]. This Townhall will be available for public viewing after the event on our Youtube page Kazarian/Measures/Ruskin, along with our prior Townhalls.

Los Angeles is home to the most Armenians and descendants outside of Armenia. Kazarian/Measures/Ruskin & Assoc stands with the Armenian community during this time of struggle, dislocation and conflict.

KMR congratulates Jamie Hernandez on her promotion to Head of Commercials Los Angeles! Coming up on her 10 year anniversary with KMR, Jamie brings her diverse skills as an agent, her work ethic and a passion for innovation and growth to her new position. In other news, we have posted the Equity & Inclusion Townhalls on our Youtube page Kazarian/Measures/Ruskin. Thanks again to those who participated in these events and looking forward to continuing the conversation #KMRTalent https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCcBCq_pWDyqnntrl2AO-rbA

Tuesday September 1 at 2 PM PST 5 PM EST KMR will host BIAS IN AMERICA: A Non-Judgmental and Inspiring Talk about Unconscious Bias and Its Impact We are grateful to have the time to be able to come together online and continue this important conversation and education for our staff and clients. If you are a KMR client and have not received an invite please email [email protected].

Save the Date and Join Team KMR to support this wonderful organization! #KMRTalent

To all professionals in the film, television, theatre, entertainment, and arts world - join the challenge to post a photo of you in your job. Just a picture, no description. The goal is to flood social media with our profession. Copy the text, post a pic, share the hashtag. #SavetheArts #KMRTalent

Following up to our June 25th online Townhall, KMR BIPOC commercial clients in the Los Angeles area have been invited to an online forum Tuesday July 7th at 2 PM with their commercial agents. Improving our jobs as representatives and advocates begins with listening and understanding. Those commercial clients of color who have not received an invitation please contact KMR at [email protected]. The conversation continues.

Thank you to the almost 400 clients who gave their time to participate in yesterday’s KMR Townhall. We were enlightened and moved to action by your stories, your challenges and your proposals. Our work ahead as your representatives and advocates has benefited from your honesty. More to come. #KMRTalent

Attention all KMR clients: If you have not received an invite to the June 25th KMR online Townhall (and you’ve checked your spam folder) please let us know at [email protected] and we will forward one to you. Looking forward to this important dialogue on how KMR can best represent, support and advocate for our clients of color. #KMRTalent

Juneteenth: a celebration of independence for Black Americans and commemoration of the effective end of slavery in the US, two and a half years after the Emancipation Proclamation of 1863. In honor of this holiday, KMR will be closed Friday June 19th. #Juneteenth #blacklivesmatter #KMRTalent

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KMR is proud to announce that four agents laid off in the Paradigm purge have found a home at Kazarian/Measures/Ruskin in New York City. Doug Kesten, a 23 year veteran of Paradigm and the head of their Commercial Department, joins KMR’s head of Commercials Tracey Goldblum, who joined KMR from Abrams Artists Agency. Matt Ambrosia, whose 15 year career with Paradigm ended in the layoff, comes aboard with his team (Matt Smith and Liz Klausner) and their top-notch Voice Over rost...er. They join KMR’s current VO agent Jessica Felrice. The Kesten/Goldblum alliance brings together two strong SAG/AFTRA supporters who have championed the effort to bring commercial work lost in recent years back into the union fold. At KMR, the new agents will join an agency already deeply committed to union-only commercial work. KMR President Mark Measures said Tracey and Doug are legends in this business, and I can’t think of a time in my 30-year-career where two agents with this kind of background and powerhouse talent lists have come together in this way and under one roof. At a time of great uncertainty in the industry and with so many people losing their jobs, it is remarkable that four agents of this caliber have found a new home, let alone have found it together. We are thrilled and excited to be able to bring these fantastic agents into our family here at KMR, Measures said. Kazarian/Measures/Ruskin & Associates, founded in 1957 as the Wormser Agency, is one of the oldest agencies in Los Angeles. Their NY office, under the leadership of Senior Vice President Jed Abrahams, continues to grow. Now housing 10 agents and 4 assistants, KMR NY has more than tripled in size since Abrahams took the helm in 2014. See more

The disabled community is one group at high risk from complications due to Covid-19. To help spread the word, KMR clients Marilee Talkington, Blair Williamson, Angel Giuffria, Tobias Forrest, Danny Gomez and other performers with disabilities remotely joined together to create this wonderful public service video produced by John Lawson. #KMRTalent https://vimeo.com/399690803

Within the last 24 hours, we have made the decision to close our LA offices and set up our staff to work remotely. Our talent payment department and the executive team will still be on site, so processing and mailing of all checks will continue unabated. We are reachable via e-mail; should you need to speak to someone right away in Los Angeles our main phone line (818-769-9111) will take you to a menu of departments and from there you can reach one of us. Stay dry, safe and healthy!

KMR clients went all out for the 2019 Toy Drive and we are so thankful! Can’t wait to drop everything off this weekend at the Watts Empowerment Center. http://redeye.org/ KMR will be closing Friday January 20th and re-opening Monday January 6th happy holidays and see you in 2020!