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Harvey Litwin, the former MCA publicity executive who co-founded Agency for the Performing Arts (APA), died of heart failure Dec. 16 in New York City. He was 89. His death was announced by APA. "I will truly miss my dear friend and mentor," said Jim Gosnell, CEO of APA, in a statement. "Harvey was an extraordinarily…

Janet Tamaro, who has sold nine pilots that include originals, adaptations of novels, and foreign formats, has signed with APA. Tamaro is a television writer, series creator, executive producer and showrunner. She created and served as showrunner on the award-winning TNT series Rizzoli & Isles, which ran for seven…

Color Farm Media has signed with APA for representation. Established in 2017 by Erika Alexander, who is best known for 90s hit sitcom Living Single, and media/tech entrepreneur Ben Arnon, the multi-platform content company is behind the recently released crucially acclaimed documentary John Lewis: Good Trouble, which…

EXCLUSIVE: APA has signed Jamal Hill, the writer and director behind the Queen Latifah-produced drama Brotherly Love. Hill recently directed True To The Game 2, the sequel to the 2017 drama starring Vivica A. Fox, Andra Fuller, Erica Peeples, Niatia "Lil Mama" Kirkland, Iyana Halley, and Jeremy Meeks. The pic is due…

Blindspot‘s Audrey Esparza has signed with APA. The actress, who has appeared as Tasha Zapata in the NBC crime drama, has a number of TV and film credits to her name. Additional titles include Blue Bloods, The Americans, Black Box, Public Morals and Amateurs. Esparza, a New York Tisch graudate, also acted in…

EXCLUSIVE: APA has signed writer-producer and creator David McKenna. McKenna’s feature writing credits include such notable pics as New Line’s Oscar-nominated American History X and Blow, the Warner Bros. Sylvester Stallone movie Get Carter, Sony’s 2003 reboot of SWAT starring Samuel L. Jackson, Colin Farrell…

APA has signed Mary Lambert, the director of the original Pet Sematary. Lambert, whose additional credits include Pet Sematary Two, Siesta, The In Crowd and Face of Evil;  is currently helming the Netflix holiday romantic comedy A Castle For Christmas starring Brooke Shields and Cary Elwes. Lambert’s 1989 film…

Robert L. Lasky, attorney and cofounder of Agency of the Performing Arts whose clients once included Liberace, Johnny Cash and Harry Belafonte, died Sept. 16. He was 91. His death was announced by APA. A cause was not immediately available. Lasky played an integral role in APA’s 1962 founding in New York, with David…

EXCLUSIVE: Academy Award-winning actor, director, producer and screenwriter Mel Gibson has signed with APA. Gibson had been at CAA, but left after the exit of his primary agents Jack Whigham and Michael Cooper. They went to Range Media Partners. Gibson moved to APA to join president Jim Osborne, who started his career…

EXCLUSIVE: Screenwriter and producer Shea Mirzai has signed with APA for representation. Mirzai has made the Black List four times and graduated from RespectAbility’s Annual 2020 Summer Lab For Entertainment Professionals as a Mid-Career/Mentor. He serves as Executive Producer for the female-driven horror pic Clickbait…

A major shakeup is in the works at APA, the boutique talent agency. A Zoom call is in the offing soon to explain to staff, we hear. Part of the shakeup involves Jim Osborne taking the president post. Investor Ron Burkle's investment firm The Yucaipa Companies has made a major non-equity investment in APA, one of the…

EXCLUSIVE: APA has signed up Jose Luis Moreno’s Spanish production company YouMore TV as it looks to expand its operations in the U.S. YouMore TV, which also owns a multi-channel network and produces live concerts, is currently in production on Jane Seymour and Denise Richards’ Glow And Darkness, a three-season…