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Zoe Saldana, Director Reed Morano Team For ‘Sabaya,’ Backstory Of The 2015 U.S. Special Forces Raid That Started ISIS Crumble
EXCLUSIVE: Zoe Saldana will star in Sabaya, a fact-based thriller that Reed Morano (The Handmaid’s Tale) will direct based on a William Monahan script about the unlikely circumstances that made possible a 2015 U.S. Special Forces raid that killed a top ISIS leader and started the downfall of the radical Islamic…
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Anthony Pellicano’s Silence Richly Rewarded By Hollywood Elite As Prison Stint Ends
EXCLUSIVE: When Anthony Pellicano walks out of a California prison tomorrow, the once notorious Hollywood P.I. will be welcomed by some of the biggest names in Hollywood with dual gifts of deep appreciation and cold hard cash.
Ending a 15-year sentence behind bars on his 75th birthday, the soon-to-be former inmate of…
Peter Bart: Oscar Season Comes With Heavy Doses Of “Spitegeist”
This week's whirl of parties celebrating awards season constitutes "an over-caffeinated exercise in suppressed schadenfreude," an analyst friend confided to me. In coming days scores of runners-up will be called upon to celebrate the triumphs of a tiny group of winners. The reality: Most of us will take greatest…
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‘Who Is Michael Ovitz?’ Review: A New Memoir From The Master Of Confession And Concealment
Michael Ovitz was ever the master of both confession and concealment — the shared confidence that really wasn't, or the backdoor whisper that had to be denied. When I was pursuing him, in a reportorial sense, for a 1986 Wall Street Journal profile, for instance, he struck a pose of complete resistance. But he also had…
Peter Bart: Michael Ovitz’s New Book A Tangle Of Conflicted Hollywood History
Book titles posing a question are considered risky in the publishing business, especially if they're widely hyped. A case in point: Who Is Michael Ovitz? published this week by Portfolio/Penguin. The book was, in fact, written by Ovitz, prompting some of his former colleagues and clients to propose an alternate title…
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By Peter Bart
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Michael Ovitz Has A Memoir, But Will We Ever Again See A Great Hollywood Book?
Heading to a book party for screenwriter-novelist Tom Epperson's latest, a South American journalistic thriller called Roberto To The Dark Tower Came, I got to wondering: Will there ever be another great Hollywood book? You know, the kind that makes you catch your breath, slap the beach chair, and gasp, "Did they…
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Michael Ovitz Suing Insurer Over His Anita Busch Lawsuit Settlement
Michael Ovitz is suing Fireman’s Fund Insurance over a legal settlement recently reached with Deadline editor Anita Busch, claiming the carrier is refusing to pay its fair share of the proceeds to end the matter.
The suit, filed in Los Angeles Superior Court today, alleges breach of contract. Ovitz agreed to the Busch…
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Anita Busch Settles Longtime Legal Battle With Michael Ovitz
Almost 16 years after Anita Busch discovered a dead fish on the shattered front window of her car, along with the threatening word “Stop”, the journalist has come to a settlement with former CAA boss Mike Ovitz.
“The matter has been resolved between our client and Michael Ovitz,” Busch attorney Evan Marshall told…
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Anthony Pellicano Re-Sentenced, Ex-P.I. Stays Behind Bars Until 2019
"I have no intention of appealing anything," Anthony Pellicano told a federal judge today as the disgraced former Hollywood private investigator was re-sentenced.
In a short hearing in front of U.S. District Judge Dale Fisher on Monday morning, Pellicano joined in via videoconference to learn he will remain in the big…
Michael Ovitz & Ron Meyer Discuss Bill Haber, Malibu And Their CAA Split
"The bottom line is the Malibu thing is completely his fault," joked Michael Ovitz, to a capacity crowd at the DGA Theatre tonight for a Live Talks Los Angeles event. Appearing for the first time in more than 20 years alongside his one-time partner in the founding of CAA, Ron Meyer, Ovitz was setting the record…
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Garth Drabinsky Sets ‘Madame Sousatzka’ Musical For His Broadway Comeback
Proving it’s possible to have not just two but three acts in the business there’s no business like, Canadian impresario Garth Drabinsky announced today that he’s coming back to Broadway next fall, following an unanticipated 15-year hiatus. His production of a new musical based on the novel behind the 1988 Shirley…
Ron Meyer & Michael Ovitz ‘Powerhouse’ Chat Postponed
A highly anticipated chat between former CAA partners and longtime rivals Michael Ovitz and Ron Meyer scheduled for September 7 has now been postponed to September 29 due to Ovitz recovering from recent back surgery.
The duo will be meeting for a live discussion of James Andrew Miller’s Powerhouse: The Untold Story Of…
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