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EXCLUSIVE: Innovative Artists is bolstering its ranks in alternative and unscripted with the hire of Rabih Gholam, who has worked at companies including 51 Minds, Ryan Seacrest Productions and Evolution Media. Gholam will head up the new Alternative and Unscripted Department and will be based in LA. The division will…

Innovative Artists and Gilbertson Entertainment have signed Jacob Hopkins, who plays Chad Kremp on ABC's comedy The Goldbergs.  Hopkins, who is also known for his previous work as the voice of Gumball on The Amazing World of Gumball, has also come on board with CESD for voiceover representation. In addition to his…

Innovative Artists has announced the signing of Adrian Martinez to its roster. Martinez was most recently a series regular on ABC's Stumptown. Other TV credits include heavy recurs on CBS All Access' No Activity and NBC's The Blacklist: Redemption. In films, Martinez will soon be seen in Disney+ Lady and the Tramp,…

Dane Morck, the co-creator of the CW series All American, has signed with Zero Gravity. He will serve as the Executive Consultant going into Season 3 of the sports drama. Prior to All American Morck worked in the unscripted space under Vin di Bona on America's Funniest Home Videos and was a development exec at di…

EXCLUSIVE: Innovative Artists and Luber Roklin have signed Rudhraksh Jaiswal, the young actor who co-starred opposite Chris Hemsworth in Netflix's most-watched original film Extraction. Directed by Sam Hargrave, the pic follows Tyler Rake (Hemsworth) a black-market mercenary who is hired to rescue, Ovi Mahajan…

EXCLUSIVE: Innovative Artists has signed actor and Taekwondo master Will Yun Lee for agency representation. Lee is currently a series regular on ABC’s The Good Doctor and can be seen on Netflix’s Altered Carbon. He has also appeared on multiple episodes of Hawaii Five-O and True Blood. Lee’s work in film includes…

UPDATE 630 PM: I have learned that the company on Monday laid off Jason Pinyan, a Senior Agent in Strategic Management and Endorsements in the LA office, as well as his assistant. I hear their employment was terminated invoking the Force Majeure clause, citing the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. Because Pinyan was force…

APA has added Grimm co-creator David Greenwalt to its client roster along with Roni Greenwalt and their Swan Song production banner.  David was also the co-showrunner on the hit NBC series, which ran for six seasons. Prior to that, David served as executive producer on Buffy The Vampire Slayer before creating and exec…

UPDATED with more details: Innovative Artists has joined the list of agencies that have signed a deal with the Writers Guild of America. With the signing, the Association of Talent Agents, which has been at loggerheads with the WGA since last April, now has three members of its 16-member board of directors whose…

It was bicoastal Promotion Day at Innovative Artists as the ageny upped a trio of assistants to agent status. The Los Angeles office saw coordinator Dara Finkel upped to agent in the talent department and Jacqueline Kim in the comedy unit. Out in New York, Christopher Stego has been promoted to agent in the talent…

EXCLUSIVE: Actors represented by Innovative Artists have recently received letters from the agency, notifying them of a possible computer breach. In response to an inquiry from Deadline, a rep for Innovative Artists provided details of the incident and the agency’s response: There was a burglary of three computers at…

Innovative Artists veteran Ken Lee is leaving the talent agency to become a manager. He will be joining Brillstein Entertainment Partners in March, working out of the company’s New York office in Tribeca. "Ken has a great eye for developing talent and has cultivated a fantastic network in the New York creative…