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Hey, Ari: Hope You’re Enjoying That Power-Breakfast Bagel!
6:45AM Seth | Behold the splendour that is Mark “The Cobrasnake” Hunter, splayed in nothing but skivvies and white loafers across the fabled Endeavour conference table. (40-foot long Corian, white laminated glass, stainless steel, hand-carved by an ancient order of Unicorn Panda craftsmen—you know the one.) More »
20 Rahm Emanuel Fun Facts For A New, Ari-Friendly White House
7:03AM Seth | With news that Rep. Rahm Emanuel—fourth-ranking Democrat and brother to Endeavor head and sporadic HuffPo grump Ari Emanuel—is mulling President-elect Barack Obama’s offer to be his chief of staff, we thought we’d help you cram with this list of some essential and less-essential Rahm knowledge: More »
5:30AM STV | Joyce Hyler Update: After spending the weekend hospitalized in critical condition when a car struck her on the Pacific Coast Highway, the inveterate, influential agent/manager/producer has reportedly stabilized in the last 24 hours. “[T]he doctors will likely proceed to obtain another CAT scan with a view to determining what needs to be addressed next,” says her family’s latest update online. “All of the above is neither good nor bad. What is good is that we avoided emergencies for the last 24 hours and are seeking to build upon that.” Meanwhile, Endeavor has organized a blood drive to take place in its screening room tomorrow from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. (Hyler required a major transfusion following the accident), marking perhaps the first time out of thousands that agency blood has been shed in the name of good. The Hollywood Reporter has the details. [CarePages] More »
New Day For Endeavor Kind Of Like the Old Days, Minus the Conference-Room Orgies
2:30AM STV | A sweeping profile of Endeavor hit The NY Times on Sunday, placing the agency’s arduous climb to power in a welcome new perspective. By virtually all accounts, ETA has “grown up” — from a puckish, oversexed boys club to a puckish, oversexed employer of Jodie Foster’s rumoured lesbian paramour (and more than a half-dozen female partners, up from zero just a few years ago). But despite all Ari Emanuel’s progressive brio, he still can’t outrun CAA or his own choppy past — Michael Ovitz gets a fun body-blow in by the eighth paragraph, Ari not-so-strenuously deflects those nagging sale and/or merger rumours, and, for those who missed it, there’s a recap of Endeavor’s somewhat experimental sexual/ethnic chemistry: More »Ellen Page Hoping Endeavor Can Make Her More Famous
6:05AM Seth | In a defection sure to cause at least one WMA partner to disembowel their assistant, then themselves, with the nearest People’s Choice Award, Ellen Page has left the agency for Endeavor’s Ariesque embrace. All-purpose power-lesbian Kelly Bush will continue to oversee management and publicity duties. [Variety] Apparently there’s a shortage of prestige material so far for the 2008 Oscar race, but that could change just as soon as the Academy drastically alters the rules to give Camp Rock full eligibility in all categories. [Variety] More »Ben Silverman Could Have Sworn His Meeting With Ari Emanuel Was Next Week
11:05AM Defamer Hollywood | What’s the bigger scandal in Kim Masters’ recent rundown of the kerfuffle between Ari Emanuel and Ben Silverman: That Slate published the whole thing with Emanuel’s name repeatedly misspelled “Emmanuel,” or that Silverman would dare stand Emanuel up not once but twice in meetings with Marvel boss David Maisel and producer/director Peter Berg? We honestly don’t know, but for sheer cafeteria-slapfight drama, we’re leaning toward the latter: More »
So Did You Hear The One About Jodie Foster And The 20-Something Endeavor Agent?
5:31AM Seth | As we combed through your touching condolences in the comments section under the post noting that Jodie Foster may have left longtime companion Cydney for Tell Me You Love Me showrunner Cynthia Mort, we came across one remark in particular that, while admittedly just a rumour, seemed to us intriguing enough a possibility to float among you, the all-knowing Defamer readership. It read: More »
Screenwriter Agency-Hopscotch For Visual Learners
4:25AM Seth | Were you, like us, rendered an incapacitated, drooling mess after trying to slog through Variety’s report on the agency-defection madness currently gripping the screenwriting trade? Perhaps you are simply a visual learner, in which case we’ve drafted for you a handy pictorial guide to the recent comings and goings of the Bedhopping Six. (We managed to find photos of all them, save the Google Image-shy husband-wife team of Cormac and Marianne Wibberley, the National Treasure writers instead represented by Nicolas Cage wielding a torch inside Mt. Rushmore’s Teddy Roosevelt nostril.) More »
Exclusive Video: Comedy Genius Robert De Niro Dazzles Us With Best Performance in Years
2:25AM Defamer Hollywood | If Robert De Niro’s appearance at last night’s Meryl Streep tribute in New York is any indication, all those haters who ridiculed the actor’s agency switch last week might have another thing coming. To wit: De Niro killed. In a cruise-ship comic kind of way, perhaps, and filing through a fistful of index-carded one-liners, but still. This guy may yet pull down $20 million a picture if his timing keeps up, and he wasted no time soliciting his former co-star Streep to join him — if only someone at CAA would return his calls. Zing! Catch our exclusive video and a few more outtakes from De Niro’s repertoire after the jump. More »
