[[tmz:video id="0_0nu89ryi"]] The city of Los Angeles got a sneak peek of the $2.5 billion Century Plaza Thursday night -- and it certainly made an impression -- with a video show that lit up the entire side of a building. Josh Duhamel, Ellen Pompeo and Darren Criss -- to name a few -- showed up for the unveiling. Industry sources say the presentation alone hovered right around $1 million to put on ... the hotel, brought together by visionary real estate developer Michael Rosenfeld,...
- 1/20/2017
- by TMZ Staff
- TMZ
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 Hollywood’s Creative Artists Agency, an oral history of the agency Ovitz and Meyer co-founded in 1975 along with Mike Rosenfeld, William Haber, and Rowland…...
- 9/2/2016
- Deadline
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 Hollywood’s Creative Artists Agency, an oral history of the agency Ovitz and Meyer co-founded in 1975 along with Mike Rosenfeld, William Haber, and Rowland…...
- 9/2/2016
- Deadline TV
Maryanne Culpepper has assumed the position of National Geographic Television's president, replacing a departing Michael Rosenfeld, the company announced on Tuesday. Culpepper is being promoted from her previous position as executive vice president of editorial and new business development for National Geographic Television. Rosenfeld, who joined National Geographic in 1993 as a writer and producer of "Explorer," and had been president of the company since 2006, is departing to pursue "his first love -- making films," a statement released by National Geographic said. National Geographic Global Media CEO Edward Prince, to whom...
- 4/26/2011
- The Wrap
Marty Baum, who helped forge CAA into a powerhouse agency when he joined the fledgling firm in 1976, died Friday. He was 86.
No cause or place of death was immediately reported.
Formed by ex-William Morris agents Mike Rosenfeld, Michael Ovitz, Ron Meyer, William Haber and Rowland Perkins in 1975, CAA started out by focusing on TV deals and needed the movie business to enter the agency big leagues.
So they hired Baum, a former Broadway talent agent who had moved to ABC to produced feature films for the network's ABC Motion Pictures arm.
Baum represented Joanne Woodward, giving CAA an in to sign her husband, Paul Newman. Dustin Hoffman, Robert Redford and others soon followed, giving CAA big-time influence in the film business.
Baum's other clients over the years included Sidney Poitier, Richard Attenborough, Blake Edwards and Julie Andrews, Gene Wilder, Bette Davis, Rock Hudson, John Cassavetes, Carol O'Connor, Richard Harris, Harry Belafonte,...
No cause or place of death was immediately reported.
Formed by ex-William Morris agents Mike Rosenfeld, Michael Ovitz, Ron Meyer, William Haber and Rowland Perkins in 1975, CAA started out by focusing on TV deals and needed the movie business to enter the agency big leagues.
So they hired Baum, a former Broadway talent agent who had moved to ABC to produced feature films for the network's ABC Motion Pictures arm.
Baum represented Joanne Woodward, giving CAA an in to sign her husband, Paul Newman. Dustin Hoffman, Robert Redford and others soon followed, giving CAA big-time influence in the film business.
Baum's other clients over the years included Sidney Poitier, Richard Attenborough, Blake Edwards and Julie Andrews, Gene Wilder, Bette Davis, Rock Hudson, John Cassavetes, Carol O'Connor, Richard Harris, Harry Belafonte,...
- 11/5/2010
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
How does Lisa Ling celebrate the 25th anniversary of National Geographic's "Explorer" series? By wielding a knife.
The journalist was on hand Tuesday night (April 13) in Washington, DC to cut a special globe-shaped cake in honor of the award-winning documentary series' milestone anniversary, and Zap2it was lucky enough to be invited for the fun.
First, guests enjoyed a screening at National Geographic headquarters highlighting the upcoming "Explorer: 25 Years" special that will air Monday, April 19 at 9 p.m. Et/Pt and then joined Ling for champagne toasts, lobster filo triangles, chicken satays and other assorted nibbles.
Ling, who's hosted the series since 2002, was in good spirits at the party, having mini reunions with cast and crew that worked on "Explorer" with her. She pointed to "China's Lost Girls" -- which featured American families as they traveled to China to meet their adopted daughters for the first time -- as the...
The journalist was on hand Tuesday night (April 13) in Washington, DC to cut a special globe-shaped cake in honor of the award-winning documentary series' milestone anniversary, and Zap2it was lucky enough to be invited for the fun.
First, guests enjoyed a screening at National Geographic headquarters highlighting the upcoming "Explorer: 25 Years" special that will air Monday, April 19 at 9 p.m. Et/Pt and then joined Ling for champagne toasts, lobster filo triangles, chicken satays and other assorted nibbles.
Ling, who's hosted the series since 2002, was in good spirits at the party, having mini reunions with cast and crew that worked on "Explorer" with her. She pointed to "China's Lost Girls" -- which featured American families as they traveled to China to meet their adopted daughters for the first time -- as the...
- 4/15/2010
- by editorial@zap2it.com
- Zap2It - From Inside the Box
Updates Shame On Mike Ovitz... This morning, Mike Ovitz tried to go through a NYC power publicist (Steven Rubenstein, who doesn't rep him) to get back to me. But I needed to hear the words directly from Mo's mouth. So he just phoned me from a plane to explain why he was a no-show at Mike Rosenfeld Sr's memorial service yesterday when the other CAA founding partners were in attendance: "I'm calling you for a simple reason. I feel horrible. I swear to God I had no idea Mike passed away until someone read me your blog an hour ago. I had no idea. I'm mostly in New York. I [...]...
- 4/9/2010
- by Nikki Finke
- Deadline Hollywood
Updates Mike Ovitz Explains: "Nobody Called Me" Today was the memorial service for Mike Rosenfeld Sr, the William Morris agent who became one of the five founders of Creative Artists Agency and then moved to Sonoma County before passing away on March 25th. All of the other original partners were there given the advance notice: Ron Meyer, Bill Haber, and Roland Perkins. But Mike Ovitz was a no-show. *2Nd Update: He told people he was out of town, supposedly the Caribbean, when Rosenfeld died. But he was in Los Angeles the day of the memorial service.* (He also didn't attend longtime CAA [...]...
- 4/8/2010
- by Nikki Finke
- Deadline Hollywood
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