A former agent and assistant to APA chief Jim Gosnell has sued the agency and four individuals, including Gosnell, for sexual harassment and battery, wrongful termination and other alleged misconduct. The plaintiff, identified in court papers only as Jane Doe, filed the suit Wednesday in LA Superior Court (read it HERE…

CeeLo Green, a five-time Grammy-winning performer, TV personality, actor and original coach on NBC’s The Voice, has signed with APA in all areas, the agency said Monday. Green came onto the music scene as a member of the Southern hip-hop group Goodie Mob, and reunited with them for the 2013 album “Age Against the…

Mark McKinney, who currently stars on Superstore, has signed with APA. The multi-hyphenate plays Glenn on the NBC sitcom, which is now in its fifth season. McKinney previously co-created, wrote and starred in the acclaimed Canadian series, Slings & Arrows; and was both story editor and a recurring character on Aaron…

UPDATED with WGA statement, 6:17 PM: The Agency for the Performing Arts has added its name to the list of mid-level agencies saying they won’t sign the WGA's new Code of Conduct. "APA has no intention of signing the WGA's Code of Conduct, which in its current form will have a negative impact on our clients by limiting…

EXCLUSIVE: Jeremy Teicher and Alexi Pappas, the multi-hyphenate duo whose Olympic Dreams, starring Nick Kroll and Pappas, premiered at this year's SXSW film festival, have signed with APA. Olympic Dreams was shot on location at the 2018 Winter Olympics and tells the story of an athlete (played by Pappas) and a…

Tiffany Tenille, the star of coming-of-age film Jezebel from writer/director Numa Perrier, has signed with APA in all areas. Premiered at SXSW, Jezebel is based on a true coming-of-age story that follows 19-year-old Tenille as she deals with extreme adversity during the last days of her mother's life in a small Las…

APA has signed Devon Shepard, the current showrunner and executive producer of Will Packer's Bigger on BET. Shepard's other recent credits include serving as co-executive producer on The Neighborhood, serving as showrunner on Comedy Central’s Legends of Chamberlain Heights, as well as BET’s Being Mary Jane starring…

One of comedy’s “it” girls, Tiffany Haddish, has left her long-time agents at APA and is currently meeting with top agencies for theatrical representation, fielding strong interest from everywhere. Haddish departed APA just before the recent Oscar weekend and is expected to settle on a new agency home by the end of…

The comedy department at APA has added two agents to their ranks. Megan McWaters and Katie Edwards have joined the team that boasts a roster of influential comedians in the industry including Tiffany Haddish, Dulcé Sloan, Eddie Izzard, Leslie Jones, Lewis Black, and Ronny Chieng. "We're very pleased to have Megan and…

APA is upping three in its Literary Group. The agency has promoted Sheryl Petersen and Ryan Saul to co-head the agency's Motion Picture Literary department, and Lindsay Howard Parker to co-head the Television Literary department. "Sheryl, Ryan and Lindsay have done a tremendous job in positioning APA as a major player…

EXCLUSIVE: Writer-director Dallas Jackson, whose Blumhouse feature film Thriller made its world premiere at this year's Los Angeles Film Festival, has signed with APA. Jackson's current slate of film projects include The System with Ludacris attached to star, RZA directing/producing alongside Divide/Conquer and XYZ…

APA has promoted Sheva Cohen to Senior Vice President in the agency’s Talent department. A Los Angeles native, Cohen began her career during her junior and senior years of college, interning for producer-writer Mike Fleiss, working on the daily syndicated show Extra, and for top youth agent Bonnie Liedtke. Shortly…