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You know the drill: Every time an agent throws off his ten-percent shackles (the cuffs always seem shinier on the other side of Wilshire), Endeavor's Ari Emanuel twinkles that winning smile. Rumors are circulating that agents Alan Gasmer, Mike Sheresky, Ramses Ishak, David Lubliner and a player to be named later have served their notice at William Morris and are headed to parts unknown. If they're still hanging around the office, the WMA gang better pat them down when they check out for lunch—staplers, Post-It notes, and client files hastily stuffed down pants aren't acceptable parting gifts. Developing...

UPDATE: A William Morris insider assures us that the rumor isn't true. Nobody likes it when a rumor is denied, so we've used the magic of Photoshop to flip Ari Emanuel's smile upside down. (And yes, we find the new pic every bit as unsettling as the original is happy-making.)