Tough times at Metropolitan

March 18, 2008 Metropolitan Talent Agency is laying off the majority of its staff and might close its doors. The Los Angeles-based company, which counts as clients such actors and writers as Peter Fonda, Michael York, Debbie Reynolds, Parker Stevenson and Levar Burton, is negotiating the exit of eight employees, who will leave by week's end. Sources said that Metropolitan had a tough time weathering the writers strike and that the upsurge in work -- be it in acting or writing -- that was expected when scribes returned has not materialized.

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