Latest in APA

Hollywood talent agencies are getting into a cost-cutting mode amid a second industry work stoppage in three years. Many have implemented extra scrutiny/cuts in travel and expenses and some are also contemplating/planning temporary salary reductions. The measures are being taken as the WGA strike is…

EXCLUSIVE: Stand-up comedian and actress Dulcé Sloan has signed with APA. Sloan is a longtime correspondent on Comedy Central's The Daily Show who will serve as a guest host for the series for a week beginning Monday, May 1. Additionally, she currently brings to life the character of Honeybee…

EXCLUSIVE: APA has announced its signing of David Hayter, the award-winning screenwriter, actor, director and producer best known for scripting films that have pulled in well over $1B at the worldwide box office. Related Story 'The Enforcer' Star Alexis Ren Signs With…

EXCLUSIVE: Mayan Lopez has signed with APA. Lopez is the co-creator, writer, producer, and star of the NBC comedy series Lopez vs Lopez. Lopez and her real-life father George Lopez, who also co-created the series with Debby Wolfe, play fictionalized versions of themselves in the multi-cam, which…

EXCLUSIVE: APA on Thursday announced its signing of actress Madison Iseman. Iseman is one of a number of emerging stars to have inked with the agency of late, joining a list that includes Rosa Salazar, Brianna Hildebrand, Trevor Jackson and Michael Rainey Jr. APA’s recent signing momentum has also…

EXCLUSIVE: Jill Alexander, who featured on HBO’s Silicon Valley for four seasons, has signed with APA. The agency has signed Alexander, who has been writing for Disney's Pixar, in all areas. It comes after APA's growth with over a dozen new agents following the CAA/ICM merger. Alexander is the…

A sexual assault and harassment lawsuit filed in 2019 by a former APA employee against CEO Jim Gosnell, two other employees at the agency and a former executive at production company Collins Avenue has been dismissed. The matter was resolved in arbitration after the case was referred there by an LA…

EXCLUSIVE: Writer, director and producer Ariel Vromen has signed with APA for representation. Vromen most recently directed and produced the forthcoming L.A. riots drama April 29, 1992, starring Tyrese Gibson, Scott Eastwood and the late Ray Liotta. Deadline understands that the film, marking one of…

EXCLUSIVE: Actor Mike Manning (Days of Our Lives) has signed with APA for representation.  Manning is best known for his recent two-year arc as Charlie Dale on the long-running soap Days of Our Lives, appearing in 65 episodes of the series which recently migrated from NBC to Peacock. The actor…

EXCLUSIVE: APA on Wednesday announced the promotion of Talent Department Coordinators Lindsey Wirkus and Joe Amato to Agents in the department. The elevations come at a time of major growth for the agency, which has in the last year vastly expanded its agent ranks, while bolstering the strength of…

EXCLUSIVE: John Cusack has signed with APA for representation after less than half a year with Gersh.  The signing of the iconic actor, writer and producer continues the agency’s momentum under the leadership of President Jim Osborne and Head of Global Talent Andrew Rogers, who came to APA from ICM…

EXCLUSIVE: Trevor Jackson, known for his role as Aaron Jackson, the male lead opposite Yara Shahidi on Freefom’s Grown-ish, has signed with APA for representation. Jackson’s Aaron Jackson character was introduced as a recurring guest star in mothership ABC series Black-ish. He has been with the…