Powerhouse Powerhouse

Powerhouse

The Untold Story of Hollywood's Creative Artists Agency

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Publisher Description

“Magisterial. ... A must read for anyone who wants to work in Hollywood or just know how Hollywood works.”
   — The Hollywood Reporter

A New York Times bestseller, now updated with an afterword and exclusive new material

From the #1 bestselling author behind acclaimed oral histories of Saturday Night Live and ESPN comes "the most hotly anticipated book [in decades]" (Variety): James Andrew Miller's irresistible insider chronicle of the modern entertainment industry, told through the epic story of Creative Artists Agency (CAA)—the ultimate power player that has represented the world's biggest stars and shaped the landscape of film, television, comedy, music, and sports.

Started in 1975, when five bright and brash upstarts left creaky William Morris to form their own innovative talent agency, CAA would come to revolutionize Hollywood, representing everyone from Tom Cruise, Meryl Streep, Robert De Niro, and Steven Spielberg to Jennifer Lawrence, J.J. Abrams, Will Smith, and Brad Pitt. Over the next decades its tentacles would spread aggressively into sports, advertising, and digital media. Powerhouse is the fascinating, no-holds-barred saga of that ascent. Drawing on unprecedented and exclusive access to the men and women who built and battled with CAA—including co-founders Michael Ovitz and Ron Meyer and rivals like Ari Emanuel of William Morris Endeavor—as well as the stars themselves, Miller spins a unique and unforgettable tale of brilliance, ambition, betrayal, and outrageous success.

GENRE
Business & Personal Finance
RELEASED
2016
August 9
LANGUAGE
EN
English
LENGTH
768
Pages
PUBLISHER
Custom House
SELLER
HARPERCOLLINS PUBLISHERS
SIZE
3.1
MB

Customer Reviews

MWK ,

At times, laborious

Great insight into the minds and cultures of agents. I think that Miller could have been much less redundant including interviews concerning CAA theory and practice. After the 30th interview elaborating their Three Musketeers practices, I had the idea. But it went on and on.

PPLS CHAMP ,

One of my favorites

What an incredible story about one of the most impactful startups of all time. It's a real page-turner, I couldn't wait to keep reading.

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