Michael B. Jordan is directing and starring in a new version of The Thomas Crown Affair. Trailer landed a few weeks ago, cinemas next March. It's the third time this story has been filmed. Steve McQueen in 1968. Pierce Brosnan in 1999. Now Jordan.
At the height of his fame, Prince stopped using his own name. He was one of the biggest artists on the planet. He could have spent the next decade doing exactly what was working, same sound, same formula, money printing itself.
Law Roach used to sell second-hand clothes out of the boot of his car. Chicago, no money, no name, no permission.
A recruiter told me last month he'd get onto retained work "once he'd proven himself" to a few more clients. He'd been saying a version of that for nine years.