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Sam Adams, a literary agent whose career began in the postwar years at Warner Bros. and ended with the deal to bring The Handmaid’s Tale to the big screen, has died, according to multiple reports. He was 94. Adams’ client list included Handmaid’s author Margaret Atwood, the recently-deceased Peter Bogdanovich, Saturday…

EXCLUSIVE: Sylvee Legge has been promoted to Agent, Below-the-Line at Gersh. Legge entered the agency via its mailroom in 2018 and swiftly climbed the ranks to Assistant, Coordinator, and Agent Trainee, prior to her latest promotion. She worked most recently under below the line agent Tara Kromer, and is the first…

EXCLUSIVE: The Ernest Hemingway estate has inked with Gersh for representation as the agency will look to explore opportunities for the author’s work across film, TV and digital media. Gersh Partner Joe Veltre tells Deadline, “We are thrilled to be working with the Hemingway Estate. Hemingway is a twentieth century…

EXCLUSIVE: Gersh has signed Ted Lasso‘s Keeley Hazell for representation in all areas. Hazell is coming off her second season of the Emmy-winning Apple TV+ series in the recurring role of Bex, the new girlfriend of Rupert (Anthony Head). She also is a staff writer on the hit comedy. Hazell began her career as a model…

EXCLUSIVE: Gersh has promoted three women and hired a fourth, all within its Television Literary Department, while tapping Alternative TV vet Collin Reno for the agency’s division in the nonfiction TV space. The move aims to continue Gersh's mission to provide opportunities for traditionally underrepresented…

EXCLUSIVE: Demetrius Grosse has signed with Gersh for representation. Grosse recently wrapped the upcoming feature Boon with Neal McDonough, and is recurring in Fear the Walking Dead. He also recently had a role in the Paramount feature Bodycam alongside Mary J. Blige. He is recurring on Lovecraft Country for HBO…

Sam Masaru Sekoff, formerly a TV literary agent at Gersh, has joined Range Media Partners as a manager. Sekoff spent five years at Gersh, starting in the mailroom before being promoted to agent at the end of 2018. The Japan-born, Florida-bred Sekoff has focused on fostering and advocating for underrepresented and…

Ensuring that hair and makeup departments are inclusive in their ability to work effectively with actors of color will be explored during a virtual panel discussion next month hosted by the Producers Guild of America in collaboration with the SAG-AFTRA Foundation, the Gersh talent agency and Management 360. The panel…

EXCLUSIVE: Zoey’s Extraordinary Playlist breakout actor John Clarence Stewart has signed with The Gersh Agency for representation. Now in its second season, Zoey’s Extraordinary Playlist, created by Jake in Progress creator Austin Winsberg, stars Jane Levy as Zoey Clarke, a whip-smart computer coder forging her way in…

EXCLUSIVE: Desmond Chiam, the Australian-born actor who can currently be seen as Flag Smashers member Dovich in the Marvel and Disney+ series, The Falcon and the Winter Soldier, has signed with The Gersh Agency for representation. Chiam’s break-out role in Australia was playing the villainous General Riga in the…

EXCLUSIVE: Maggie Grace, who currently stars in The Walking Dead spinoff Fear the Walking Dead, has signed with Gersh for representation. Grace joined the series in its fourth season as journalist Althea Szewczyk-Przygocki. She’ll reprise her role when the seventh season premieres later this year on AMC. Grace is also…

EXCLUSIVE: Crazy Rich Asians co-star Pierre Png has signed with Luber Roklin Entertainment and Gersh for representation in the U.S. The Singaporean actor broke out in the U.S. with his co-starring role in the critically acclaimed film Crazy Rich Asians, playing Michael Teo, the husband of Astrid Leong (Gemma…