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EXCLUSIVE: Former A3 Artists Agency Partner and President Brian Cho has started Arise Artists Agency, with former A3 agents Ashley Partington, Abbie Waters and Nic Frascino joining the newly launched company. The news comes a month and a half after the abrupt shutdown of A3 Artists Agency last month…

EXCLUSIVE: After spending 21 years at A3 Artists Agency — and Abrams Artists Agency, as it was formerly known — veteran talent agent Sharon Paz has transitioned to management with the launch of the L.A.-based Paz Talent. Clients joining her at her new company include Peri Gilpin (Frasier), Luke…

EXCLUSIVE: CESD Talent Agency is expanding its Emerging Talent Division with the hires of Domina Holbeck and Sloane Fitzgerald, both formerly with A3. Holbeck joins CESD as Senior VP and Head of its L.A. Emerging Talent Department, and Fitzgerald joins as Emerging Talent agent. Their new roles are…

EXCLUSIVE: Buchwald has hired Brian Sacripanti and Sam Yabrow, a pair of talent agents most recently working at the now-shuttered A3 Artists Agency. Both are expected to bring several clients to Buchwald, with Sacripanti to work out of the agency’s Los Angeles offices, and Yabrow to be based in New…

EXCLUSIVE: CESD Talent Agency has expanded its theatrical talent agent roster with two new hires from the former A3 Artists Agency. Aron Giannini has joined CESD as Co-Head of its L.A. Theatrical Talent Department and Ross Silver as an Agent in its New York Theatrical Talent Department. Their new roles…

EXCLUSIVE: Talent agent Marisa Patella has joined Prototype Talent Agency. Formerly with A3, Patella joins Prototype following the recent closure of the agency. Patella was a fast-rising star at A3 where she began in 2019 as an assistant in the Talent division before being promoted to Coordinator…

EXCLUSIVE: Veteran rep Pietra Ingenito has joined Prototype Talent Agency as a senior talent agent. Ingenito comes to Prototype following a 5-year stint with A3 Artists Agency, which recently ceased operations. Ingenito began her career as an assistant at Greene and Associates, before spending…

Stewart Talent is expanding its literary footprint with the hires of A3 veterans Ron Gwiazda and Amy Wagner, who will launch the agency’s New York literary division. “We at Stewart Talent are thrilled to welcome Ron Gwiazda and Amy Wagner to our organization,” the Agency said in a statement. “Their…

EXCLUSIVE: Former A3 agent Rob Cassandro has joined the talent department at Innovative Artists. Cassandro will be based out of the agency’s Los Angeles office. Cassandro spent the past seven years as a talent agent at A3, and he is expected to bring a number of his former clients with him to…

EXCLUSIVE: Little more than a month after finalizing the sale of its digital and alternative divisions to Gersh, A3 Artists Agency is closing its doors for good, Deadline has learned. In a Friday afternoon email to staff reviewed by Deadline, A3 COO Todd Quinn said, “After careful consideration and…

EXCLUSIVE: A3 Artists Agency has signed Mary Lynn Rajskub, the veteran comedian, actress and writer known for turns in Fox’s hit action drama 24, Paul Thomas Anderson’s Punch-Drunk Love and FX’s It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia, for representation. In 24, which ran for nine seasons, Rajskub played…

Innovative Artists, the agency that represents the likes of Amanda Seyfried and Elsbeth star Carrie Preston, is bolstering its unscripted division. The company has hired two former A3 agents; Marc Kamler and Derek Blum. This comes after Gersh acquired the alternative and digital divisions of A3 A…