Michael Green - FishbowlLA

Meet Annoying Orange’s Talent Agent

Richard Horgan — Fri, 13 Apr 2012 10:15:32 +0000

In the heyday of scripted network television, before the medium was trampled by the reality genre, Michael Green represented stars like Roseanne Barr and Martin Lawrence. With YouTube quickly taking over the realm of connecting up-and-coming talent with a mass audience, Green has a modified shingle – The Collective – and a new mandate.

As such, he is front and center in a USA Today look at the growing ranks of talent agencies focused on feeding the Internet universe’s 500,000-plus broadcast channels. Green is working with some of the video site’s leading click-getters:

Dane Boedigheimer steps into his Los Angeles garage most days to churn out YouTube videos for his Annoying Orange series, about a high-pitched citrus that cracks bad jokes. This summer, the series makes its debut on cable TV’s Cartoon Network, part of a deal Green put together.

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John Travolta’s Classic Mercedes Dismembered by Thieves

Pandora Young — Wed, 25 Jan 2012 15:31:07 +0000

Actor John Travolta‘s 1970 Mercedes 280SL convertible has gone to classic car heaven. The vehicle, which was stolen from a Santa Monica neighborhood back in September, was gutted by thieves for parts. The car’s remains were discovered by police in an illegal “chop shop.” Santa Monica police Sergeant Richard Lewis said today of the Mercedes:

It was not recovered in whole, it was chopped. We have numerous pieces recovered but not the entire car.

Thanks to police, the streets of Los Angeles are now a little safer for classic automobiles. Two men, believed to be running a classic car theft ring, were arrested for the theft in December. D.L. Rayford Jr., 52, was sentenced to 16 months in jail and ordered to pay Travolta $50,000. Michael Green, 58, remains in custody awaiting trial.

Car pictured is similar to the one stolen. Photo via the Santa Monica Police Department.

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