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Apr 9, 2014 · Under pressure to name a second-in-command, Eisner would turn to chilly uber-agent Michael Ovitz, then the so-called most powerful man in Hollywood. Thus began an unhappy 14-month partnership...
Sep 23, 2018 · The memoir, due out Tuesday, traces Ovitz’s remarkable career as co-founder of Creative Artists Agency and his brief, ill-fated tenure as president of Walt Disney Co. Disney CEO Michael Eisner...
Apr 17, 2019 · In 1989, shortly after he sold his screenplay for “Basic Instinct" for $3 million, Eszterhas told his powerful agent, Michael Ovitz, he was leaving Creative Artists Agency to join a rival.
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Oct 5, 2018 · In his new book, Who Is Michael Ovitz?, the former superagent wrestles with his reputation as a ruthless negotiator. In this interview, he lives up to it.
Oct 3, 2018 · Ovitz, who was pushed out of Walt Disney in 1997 after having left CAA, tells of a nostalgic lunch with David Geffen, the music producer: “We were two guys in our seventies, looking to fix what...
Dec 5, 2011 · The most publicized blowout during Ovitz’s CAA years came when Joe Eszterhas claimed, in a series of “leaked” letters, that Ovitz had threatened him when he tried to quit the agency.
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Sep 28, 2018 · He had been brought into the fold by then chief executive Michael Eisner, but it quickly became apparent that he had made a terrible mistake: in the book he accuses Eisner of undermining him ...
