Selena Gomez Signs With WME, Brillstein

The actress and singer, who released her parents as managers last month, is seeking to move past her teen idol image.

Selena Gomez has found a new representation team. After she relieved her mother and stepfather of their managerial duties in early March, The Hollywood Reporter has confirmed that the actress and singer, who previously was with CAA, has signed with WME as well as Brillstein for management.

The rep changes are a crucial piece of the Disney alum's strategy, long in the works, to move on into more adult-oriented fare in film and music. After getting her start on the Disney Channel's Wizards of Waverly Place, Gomez recently starred in Harmony Korine's girls-gone-wild crime drama Spring Breakers, and as a mysterious street urchin in the action thriller Getaway, opposite Ethan Hawke.

Gomez, 21, recently completed shooting on the comedy Behaving Badly opposite Nat Wolff and Mary-Louise Parker and appeared opposite Billy Crudup in the musical dramedy Rudderless, William H. Macy's directorial debut. Her other screen credits include Hotel Transylvania and Monte Carlo.

Gomez's first solo album, Stars Dance, debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 last summer on the strength of triple-platinum lead single "Come and Get It." She previously released three albums as part of her band, Selena Gomez and The Scene, all on Disney's Hollywood Records.

Roger
Going to be an interesting couple of years for the Texan. Make or break period for Selena to seriously push forward as an actress. But she needs to make a choice soon: Acting or Music. She can't have it both ways.
I can see her do a project similar to Anne Hathaway's Havoc rather than playing the usual PG-character in R-rated flicks. She's 22 this year. It's time to establish herself, before it's too late in a fickle industry.