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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…

Steven Silver has signed with A3 Artists Agency for representation. Silver, known for his role as Marcus Cole on Netflix’s 13 Reasons Why, most recently was seen at the 2019 Toronto International Film Festival, premiering The Obituary of Tunde Johnson. Silver received critical praise for his portrayal of the titular…

EXCLUSIVE: Hell on Wheels creators Joe Gayton and Tony Gayton have signed with APA. The sibling writing-producing duo created the praised historical drama series Hell on Wheels, which aired for five seasons on AMC. Together, the veteran scribes have written numerous pilots, including Southern Comfort for Fox and The No…

EXCLUSIVE: Television writer-producer, Wayne Conley, has signed with APA. Conley's recent television credits range from Showtime's White Famous to OWN's Delilah and Greenleaf, and he's currently developing a fast-tracked half-hour dramedy for FX. Conley's numerous feature film credits include Fox Searchlight's Our Fami…

EXCLUSIVE: Luisa Leschin, who is currently co-exec producer of Netflix's Mr. Iglesias, has signed with APA. Leschin is an industry vet having worked on shows such as as George Lopez, Everybody Hates Chris and East Los High.  She began her career as a ballet dancer then turned to acting, having appeared in many iconic…