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EXCLUSIVE: Maria Bello has signed with Gersh for representation in all areas. For the past three seasons, Bello has been starring opposite Mark Harmon on CBS’ long-running procedural drama series NCIS. The actress, who joined at the start of Season 15 with a three-year contract, will be leaving the show during the…

EXCLUSIVE: Vera Herbert, a key writer-producer on NBC’s flagship drama series This Is Us, has signed with the Gersh Agency. Herbert is a co-executive producer on This Is Us where she has been since after the pilot. The first episode she wrote on the show, Season 1’s The Trip, earned her a WGA Award for Episodic Drama…

EXCLUSIVE: Former Orange Is the New Black star Taylor Schilling is back with The Gersh Agency for representation. Schilling starred on all seven seasons of Netflix’s critically praised series Orange is the New Black, earning Emmy and Golden nominations for her role as Piper Chapman. She was most recently seen…

How To Live With Your Parents (For the Rest of Your Life) creator Claudia Lonow has signed with Gersh. Lonow, who is under an overall deal at Universal Television, has created four shows that have gone to air: Accidentally On Purpose for CBS, Rude Awakening for Showtime, Good Girl's Don't for Oxygen and How To Live Wit…

EXCLUSIVE: Film and TV writers-producers Bob and Rick Orci have signed with Gersh. This represents another high-profile new writer signing for Gersh, which earlier this year became the first major full-service talent agency to enter a franchise agreement with the WGA. The agency also recently signed longtime The Simpso…

EXCLUSIVE: Longtime The Simpsons executive producer/showrunner Al Jean has signed with the Gersh Agency. This represents the highest-profile new writer signing since Gersh earlier this year became the first major full-service talent agency to sign a franchise agreement with the WGA. Jean has been on Fox’s The Simpsons…

Gersh has become the latest Hollywood talent agency to impose salary reductions in an effort to mitigate the devastating impact the coronavirus pandemic has had on the entertainment business as the death toll worldwide continues to rise. Like other companies that have resorted to pay cuts, Gersh Agency’s biggest…

EXCLUSIVE: Emmy winner Dan Bucatinsky has signed with Gersh for acting. The move comes as Bucatinsky, who won a guest actor Emmy for his portrayal of James Novak on ABC’s Scandal, returns to the network as a series regular on comedy series The Baker and the Beauty. Actor, writer, producer and author Bucatinsky…

EXCLUSIVE: Gersh has signed TV writer-producer Joy Gregory, whose credits include Madam Secretary, Switched At Birth and Jericho. Gregory worked on close to 100 episodes of CBS drama Madam Secretary, which ran 2014-19. She was a co-executive producer on 84 episodes and executive producer on the final 10. Tea Leoni…

EXCLUSIVE: Gersh has signed Sidney Flanigan, the star of Eliza Hittman’s Sundance Film Festival breakout Never Rarely Sometimes Always. The pic made its world premiere in the U.S. Dramatic Competition section and received a special jury Neorealism prize. The film will next screen in competition at the Berlin Film…

EXCLUSIVE: Former Gersh talent agent Ana Bedayo has joined Grandview as a talent manager. Before Gersh, Bedayo was at Management 360. She transitioned to entertainment from politics, where she was at consulting firm Dewey Square Group. It is unclear at this time which actors she will bring with her. Bedayo said, “I…

EXCLUSIVE: The Crow, I, Robot and Gods Of Egypt director Alex Proyas has signed with Gersh. Sydney-based Proyas, also well known for movies Dark City, Garage Days and Knowing, started out as a music video director working with artists including Crowded House, Fleetwood Mac, Sting, James Reyne and INXS. The Australian…