Shelly Palmer

Hollywood Agents Join App Frenzy

Hollywood

One of Hollywood’s biggest talent agencies is joining the ranks of programmers hoping to create the next “Angry Birds.” That’s right: Creative Artists Agency is going into the mobile-apps business. The agency, whose clientele includes Will Smith, James Cameron and Natalie Portman, is a partner in publisher Moonshark Inc., whose first release arrives in Apple Inc.’s App Store on Thursday. In the iPad game “DancePad,” players use their hands to simulate breakdance moves like moonwalks, spinning windmills and robotic popping and locking. Read the full story at The Wall Street Journal.