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When Georgia B. Smith recently walked into the Metropolitan Museum of Art on June 24, she felt nervous. The 34-year-old wasn’t there to admire 18th-century paintings alongside New York City’s summer ...

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Although he’s employed by one of the most powerful talent agencies in the country, L.A.’s United Talent Agency (UTA), and he is a veteran of executive roles at the Gap, HSN and Kohl’s, Arthur Lewis, ...