Tina Norris of TNT Talent Management has broken trust as an agent, misused funds and appears to be little more than a con artist.
In 2010 she misrepresented herself as a legitimate talent agent to perpetrate a scam involving individuals and firms in three states, defrauding at least two performers of thousands of dollars. It is important that professionals in our industry be aware of her activities in hopes that she will never exploit performers in the Midwest again.
In brief, Ms. Norris booked me and another Chicago-based actor to perform in a non-union industrial video for John Deere in June. When the producer (Wide Awake Films, KCMO) issued its payment, Ms. Norris simply kept the entire amount for herself — her ten percent commission plus our all session and travel fees.
As Ms. Norris knows, talent agents in Iowa are neither licensed, bonded nor answerable to state oversight.
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