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EXCLUSIVE: Following her critically acclaimed role in the Sundance pic Bedford Park, Moon Choi has signed with Gersh for representation. Written and directed by Stephanie Ahn, the film won the Special Jury Award for Debut Feature and has since been acquired by Sony Pictures Classics, with plans for a…

EXCLUSIVE: Comedian and actress Tiffany Haddish has signed with CAA. An Emmy, Grammy, and NAACP Image Award winner, Haddish broke out with the hit Universal Pictures comedy Girls Trip, for which she was nominated for two Critics Choice Awards and won the New York Film Critics Circle Award and an…

EXCLUSIVE: Innovative Artists Entertainment has signed actor, director, and screenwriter Sam Jaeger for representation in all areas. Jaeger will next appear opposite Vince Vaughn in the upcoming second season of Bill Lawrence’s comedy Bad Monkey for Apple TV. Previously, he was a series regular…

EXCLUSIVE: Next-generation talent management firm Select Management Group has elevated Brittany Maxwell to Partner. With Select for nearly six years, Maxwell specializes in 360-degree representation for digital-first talent, overseeing strategy for clients across all verticals including…

EXCLUSIVE: Screenwriter and television creator Ben York Jones has signed with Paradigm for representation.  Jones co-created, co-showran, executive produced, and co-starred in Netflix's 90s-set Everything Sucks! in 2018. The coming-of-age series followed two groups of high school misfits, an A/V…

Casey Wasserman has hired boutique investment bank Moelis & Company to explore the sale of his eponymous talent and marketing agency, Deadline has confirmed. He put on the firm on the auction block recently as he deals with fallout from the Epstein Files. “This organization, its leadership and…

EXCLUSIVE: Manager Nick McCabe has joined Anonymous Content. He starts in his new role effective immediately and will be based out of the company’s Los Angeles office. Prior to joining Anonymous Content, McCabe was a manager at The Gotham Group for nearly eight years. He began his career at…

EXCLUSIVE: Filmmaker and writer Eric Appel has signed with WME for representation in all areas. Appel follows his agent Matt Martin, Senior Partner in Motion Pictures, who was announced as moving over from CAA to WME in December. Most recently, Appel directed The Breadwinner, TriStar’s…

EXCLUSIVE: Craig Conover, star of Southern Charm, has signed with Innovative Artists Entertainment for representation in all areas. The entrepreneur and reality TV personality has starred on the Bravo reality series since its premiere in 2014. Conover has been a fan favorite through 11 seasons…

EXCLUSIVE: Stephanie Piza, M88’s Head of Emerging & Interactive Talent, has exited to launch Piza, her own management company that will rep a curated roster of digital-first entrepreneurs while expanding into venture incubation and brand co-builds. Operating out of Los Angeles, the company…

EXCLUSIVE: Josh Kesselman, Amy Zvi, and Katrina Escudero have joined Mgmt. Entertainment, with Kesselman and Zvi being named partners, Deadline has learned. Industry veterans, each with their own powerhouse roster, Kesselman, Zvi, and Escudero come to Mgmt. from Sugar23, which as we told you…

EXCLUSIVE: Buchwald has promoted Sophia Rebaza and Chris Brio to talent agents, “underscoring the agency's ongoing commitment to cultivating the next generation of leaders shaping the film and television representation industry, the agency touted in a press release. Rebaza launched her…