British singer James Blunt said that his friend Carrie Fisher’s death in 2016 came as she was “mistreating her body” to reprise her iconic role as Princess Leia and allegedly receiving pressure about her weight for her Star Wars return.
Blunt was at the Hay Festival in Hay-on-Wye, Wales over the weekend discussing his memoir, Loosely Based on a Made-Up Story, when he began to discuss Fisher, a close friend who he’d at one point lived with while writing his smash-hit debut album, 2004’s Back to Bedlam. The singer told the crowd about seeing Fisher the day before her death; she was found unresponsive on a plane, having had a heart attack and died days later on Dec. 27, 2016.
“I was with her the day before she died, when she came down to my house,” Blunt told the crowd. “And she’d been really mistreating her body, and she’d...
Blunt was at the Hay Festival in Hay-on-Wye, Wales over the weekend discussing his memoir, Loosely Based on a Made-Up Story, when he began to discuss Fisher, a close friend who he’d at one point lived with while writing his smash-hit debut album, 2004’s Back to Bedlam. The singer told the crowd about seeing Fisher the day before her death; she was found unresponsive on a plane, having had a heart attack and died days later on Dec. 27, 2016.
“I was with her the day before she died, when she came down to my house,” Blunt told the crowd. “And she’d been really mistreating her body, and she’d...
- 5/29/2024
- by Kevin Dolak
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Reflecting the breadth of Mediawan CEO Pierre-Antoine Capton’s vast network and friendships, an impressive roster of film industry players flocked to celebrate him as he received Variety‘s International Visionary Award at the Cannes Film Festival on Thursday.
Attendees included CAA’s co-chairman and CEO Bryan Lourd, who said a few words about Capton on stage, as well as AGC Studios’ Stuart Ford, SPC’s Tom Bernard, Netflix’s Larry Tanz and Pauline Dauvin, and Mediawan executives including Elisabeth d’Arvieu and Justine Planchon. The event also gathered star producers within Mediawan’s galaxy, from Hugo Selignac (Chi-Fou-Mi) to Dimitri Rassam (Chapter 2), Matthias Weber (2425 Films) and Federica Sainte-Rose (Blue Morning Pictures), and entertainment attorney Elsa Huisman. There were also leaders from the various streamers, such as Sahar Baghery and Thomas Dubois from Amazon Prime Video in France and Anne-Gabrielle Dauba-Pantanacce from Netflix, among others.
The Variety award coincides...
Attendees included CAA’s co-chairman and CEO Bryan Lourd, who said a few words about Capton on stage, as well as AGC Studios’ Stuart Ford, SPC’s Tom Bernard, Netflix’s Larry Tanz and Pauline Dauvin, and Mediawan executives including Elisabeth d’Arvieu and Justine Planchon. The event also gathered star producers within Mediawan’s galaxy, from Hugo Selignac (Chi-Fou-Mi) to Dimitri Rassam (Chapter 2), Matthias Weber (2425 Films) and Federica Sainte-Rose (Blue Morning Pictures), and entertainment attorney Elsa Huisman. There were also leaders from the various streamers, such as Sahar Baghery and Thomas Dubois from Amazon Prime Video in France and Anne-Gabrielle Dauba-Pantanacce from Netflix, among others.
The Variety award coincides...
- 5/17/2024
- by Elsa Keslassy
- Variety Film + TV
Exclusive: Kaya Scodelario (The Gentlemen) and Billie Lourd (Booksmart) have signed on to star alongside Josh Gad, Anthony Carrigan and Alex Winter in Winter’s darkly comic modern noir Adulthood.
Details as to their roles are under wraps.
Currently shooting in Ottawa, Canada, Adulthood is about a sister and brother, Megan and Noah, who are barely hanging on in present-day America, like all of us. When they discover a dead body, long buried in their parents’ basement, the siblings are pulled back to the hometown they ran away from and into a rabbit hole of crime and murder.
Novelist Michael M.B. Galvin wrote the script. In addition to Winter, producers on the project include Scott Kroopf (Limitless), Lisa Wolofsky (Tow) and Russell Hollander (Flight Risk), as well as Olive Hill Media’s Michael Cho and Tim Lee, and Fresh Fish Films’ Danny Roberts, H.S. Naji and Jackie Langelier. Connie Tavel is exec producing alongside Mimi Rode for Olive Hill Media and Thorsten Schumacher for Rocket Science. Olive Hill Media and Fresh Fish Films are financing, with Rocket Science arranging finance for international sales.
Currently starring as Susie Glass in Guy Ritchie’s acclaimed Netflix crime drama The Gentlemen, based on his same-name film, Scodelario is otherwise best known for roles in films like Crawl, Extremely Wicked, Shockingly Evil and Vile, The Maze Runner franchise, Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales, Moon and more. Up next, she’ll be seen in Netflix’s limited series Senna on the Formula 1 champion of the same name.
Most recently seen in numerous seasons of American Horror Story, Lourd’s other notable credits include the rom-com Ticket to Paradise, Olivia Wilde’s Booksmart, three Star Wars films and Fox’s Scream Queens. Among her other upcoming projects is Gia Coppola’s film The Last Showgirl with Pamela Anderson.
Scodelario is repped by CAA, Curtis Brown, Group, Anonymous Content and Johnson Shapiro Slewett & Kole; Lourd by CAA.
Details as to their roles are under wraps.
Currently shooting in Ottawa, Canada, Adulthood is about a sister and brother, Megan and Noah, who are barely hanging on in present-day America, like all of us. When they discover a dead body, long buried in their parents’ basement, the siblings are pulled back to the hometown they ran away from and into a rabbit hole of crime and murder.
Novelist Michael M.B. Galvin wrote the script. In addition to Winter, producers on the project include Scott Kroopf (Limitless), Lisa Wolofsky (Tow) and Russell Hollander (Flight Risk), as well as Olive Hill Media’s Michael Cho and Tim Lee, and Fresh Fish Films’ Danny Roberts, H.S. Naji and Jackie Langelier. Connie Tavel is exec producing alongside Mimi Rode for Olive Hill Media and Thorsten Schumacher for Rocket Science. Olive Hill Media and Fresh Fish Films are financing, with Rocket Science arranging finance for international sales.
Currently starring as Susie Glass in Guy Ritchie’s acclaimed Netflix crime drama The Gentlemen, based on his same-name film, Scodelario is otherwise best known for roles in films like Crawl, Extremely Wicked, Shockingly Evil and Vile, The Maze Runner franchise, Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales, Moon and more. Up next, she’ll be seen in Netflix’s limited series Senna on the Formula 1 champion of the same name.
Most recently seen in numerous seasons of American Horror Story, Lourd’s other notable credits include the rom-com Ticket to Paradise, Olivia Wilde’s Booksmart, three Star Wars films and Fox’s Scream Queens. Among her other upcoming projects is Gia Coppola’s film The Last Showgirl with Pamela Anderson.
Scodelario is repped by CAA, Curtis Brown, Group, Anonymous Content and Johnson Shapiro Slewett & Kole; Lourd by CAA.
- 5/10/2024
- by Matt Grobar
- Deadline Film + TV
Whatever fate befalls Paramount Global after the smoke clears, one of the Hollywood Trivial Pursuit questions someday will be which heavy hitters have issued statements of support for Skydance’s proposed acquisition of Paramount’s holding company, National Amusements Inc. — and which didn’t.
Even as the Paramount special committee passed on the offer from David Ellison’s company May 4, sources say the Skydance-RedBird alliance has not given up. The premise, a source with knowledge of the situation tells The Hollywood Reporter, is that the rival Apollo/Sony Pictures offer now up for Paramount’s consideration will fail for multiple reasons, with Skydance still waiting in the wings.
So despite much Wall Street skepticism over a proposed deal that favors controlling shareholder Shari Redstone over other investors, “Skydance has been on an extremely aggressive PR campaign in the last month to convince everyone how legitimate they are,” says a prominent media mogul.
Even as the Paramount special committee passed on the offer from David Ellison’s company May 4, sources say the Skydance-RedBird alliance has not given up. The premise, a source with knowledge of the situation tells The Hollywood Reporter, is that the rival Apollo/Sony Pictures offer now up for Paramount’s consideration will fail for multiple reasons, with Skydance still waiting in the wings.
So despite much Wall Street skepticism over a proposed deal that favors controlling shareholder Shari Redstone over other investors, “Skydance has been on an extremely aggressive PR campaign in the last month to convince everyone how legitimate they are,” says a prominent media mogul.
- 5/6/2024
- by Kim Masters
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Creative Artists Agency has reintroduced managing directors, naming nine today, and announced a big expansion of its agency board as its leadership structure evolves.
Managing directors, a group reintroduced after years, include leaders across select areas, who will work alongside CAA Co-Chairman and CEO Bryan Lourd, Co-Chairmen Kevin Huvane and Richard Lovett, and President Jim Burtson on a wide range of strategic business and operational matters.
Named Managing Directors are: Rob Light (music), Howard Nuchow (sports), Joe Cohen (TV), Michael Levine (sports) , Joel Lubin (motion picture), Maha Dakhil (motion picture), Chris Silbermann (TV), Tiffany Ward (TV), and Paul Danforth (sports). Of the nine, all but Silbermann come from the CAA side of the company.
CFO Carol Sawdye and Chief Legal Officer Hilary Krane continue to serve in their leadership roles.
CAA’s expanded Agency Board will now hone in on specific goals. It will work with the CAA Co-Chairmen and...
Managing directors, a group reintroduced after years, include leaders across select areas, who will work alongside CAA Co-Chairman and CEO Bryan Lourd, Co-Chairmen Kevin Huvane and Richard Lovett, and President Jim Burtson on a wide range of strategic business and operational matters.
Named Managing Directors are: Rob Light (music), Howard Nuchow (sports), Joe Cohen (TV), Michael Levine (sports) , Joel Lubin (motion picture), Maha Dakhil (motion picture), Chris Silbermann (TV), Tiffany Ward (TV), and Paul Danforth (sports). Of the nine, all but Silbermann come from the CAA side of the company.
CFO Carol Sawdye and Chief Legal Officer Hilary Krane continue to serve in their leadership roles.
CAA’s expanded Agency Board will now hone in on specific goals. It will work with the CAA Co-Chairmen and...
- 4/11/2024
- by Jill Goldsmith
- Deadline Film + TV
Creative Artists Agency has appointed nine managing directors and changed up its agency board membership.
The new managing directors include Rob Light, Howard Nuchow, Joe Cohen, Michael Levine, Joel Lubin, Maha Dakhil, Chris Silbermann, Tiffany Ward and Paul Danforth. CFO Carol Sawdye and chief legal officer Hilary Krane will continue in their roles.
The managing directors will work alongside CAA co-chairman and CEO Bryan Lourd, co-chairmen Kevin Huvane and Richard Lovett and president Jim Burtson on varying strategic business and operational matters.
The agency board will work with the CAA co-chairmen and president “on ensuring the continued strength of the company’s highly regarded culture of service, collaboration, and opportunity, built for personal client service,” including dealmaking, training and development and innovation. The move marks the latest rework for the agency since its sale to Artémis, the investment firm controlled by François-Henri Pinault, last September.
Members of the agency board include Katie Anderson,...
The new managing directors include Rob Light, Howard Nuchow, Joe Cohen, Michael Levine, Joel Lubin, Maha Dakhil, Chris Silbermann, Tiffany Ward and Paul Danforth. CFO Carol Sawdye and chief legal officer Hilary Krane will continue in their roles.
The managing directors will work alongside CAA co-chairman and CEO Bryan Lourd, co-chairmen Kevin Huvane and Richard Lovett and president Jim Burtson on varying strategic business and operational matters.
The agency board will work with the CAA co-chairmen and president “on ensuring the continued strength of the company’s highly regarded culture of service, collaboration, and opportunity, built for personal client service,” including dealmaking, training and development and innovation. The move marks the latest rework for the agency since its sale to Artémis, the investment firm controlled by François-Henri Pinault, last September.
Members of the agency board include Katie Anderson,...
- 4/11/2024
- by Caitlin Huston
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Bill Maher has fired CAA.
Sources say the host of HBO’s Real Time fired CAA, his reps for more than two decades, on Monday after he was not invited to CEO Bryan Lourd’s private Oscar party at his home on Saturday night.
Maher, according to sources, was furious that he was snubbed for the event — which was scheduled opposite the Motion Picture & Television Fund’s Night Before bash. The party at Lourd’s home drew the likes of J.J. Abrams, Barry Diller, Kamala Harris, Margot Robbie, Bob Iger, Alan Bergman, Dana Walden, Brian Robbins, Jason Blum, Brian Grazer, Donna Langley, Pam Abdy and such CAA clients as Julia Roberts and Jennifer Aniston, among others, according to industry newsletter Puck.
Lourd’s private party came a day after CAA toasted nominees including Robbie, Ryan Gosling, Cillian Murphy, Jeffrey Wright, Annette Bening, Carey Mulligan, Emily Blunt, Danielle Brooks, Jodie Foster and Da’Vine Joy Randolph,...
Sources say the host of HBO’s Real Time fired CAA, his reps for more than two decades, on Monday after he was not invited to CEO Bryan Lourd’s private Oscar party at his home on Saturday night.
Maher, according to sources, was furious that he was snubbed for the event — which was scheduled opposite the Motion Picture & Television Fund’s Night Before bash. The party at Lourd’s home drew the likes of J.J. Abrams, Barry Diller, Kamala Harris, Margot Robbie, Bob Iger, Alan Bergman, Dana Walden, Brian Robbins, Jason Blum, Brian Grazer, Donna Langley, Pam Abdy and such CAA clients as Julia Roberts and Jennifer Aniston, among others, according to industry newsletter Puck.
Lourd’s private party came a day after CAA toasted nominees including Robbie, Ryan Gosling, Cillian Murphy, Jeffrey Wright, Annette Bening, Carey Mulligan, Emily Blunt, Danielle Brooks, Jodie Foster and Da’Vine Joy Randolph,...
- 3/15/2024
- by Kim Masters and Lesley Goldberg
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Amid a very busy week of Oscar events, Sean Penn’s relief organization Core took a moment to shift the focus from toasting this year’s top films to raising money for ongoing crises around the world.
At Core’s Pre-Oscars Benefit on Tuesday — sponsored by The Hollywood Reporter and Dodge — $1.4 million was raised to finance the group’s humanitarian work, with support from a star-studded group of attendees. Penn, Core CEO Ann Lee and CAA’s Bryan Lourd (who is both Penn’s agent and a Core board member) co-hosted the event, held at a private residence in Laurel Canyon, while Bill Burr served as the night’s emcee.
“This is such a wonderful organization — I’ve done so many benefits in my stand-up career where the charity was B.S., like 10 percent of 10 percent went to something,” Burr told guests at the beginning of the night. “This is actually...
At Core’s Pre-Oscars Benefit on Tuesday — sponsored by The Hollywood Reporter and Dodge — $1.4 million was raised to finance the group’s humanitarian work, with support from a star-studded group of attendees. Penn, Core CEO Ann Lee and CAA’s Bryan Lourd (who is both Penn’s agent and a Core board member) co-hosted the event, held at a private residence in Laurel Canyon, while Bill Burr served as the night’s emcee.
“This is such a wonderful organization — I’ve done so many benefits in my stand-up career where the charity was B.S., like 10 percent of 10 percent went to something,” Burr told guests at the beginning of the night. “This is actually...
- 3/6/2024
- by Kirsten Chuba
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Carrie Fisher died on December 27, 2016, from a drug overdose on a flight from London to Los Angeles. Although she was sent to the Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center, she died only a couple of days later at age 60.
Her daughter, actress Billie Lourd, shared a post on Instagram reflection on her mother’s seventh anniversary of her death.
Lourd honors her mother on every anniversary.
The post consisted of a photo of Lourd and Fisher when they were younger, sitting down and buried from the waist down in the sand. Lourd shared her feelings in the caption.
“It has been 7 years since my mom died (but who’s counting?? Me I guess?),” she wrote. “Every anniversary brings a different iteration of my grief. Some infuse me with rage, some make me cry all day long, some make me feel dissociated and empty, some make me feel nothing, some make me feel guilty for feeling nothing,...
Her daughter, actress Billie Lourd, shared a post on Instagram reflection on her mother’s seventh anniversary of her death.
Lourd honors her mother on every anniversary.
The post consisted of a photo of Lourd and Fisher when they were younger, sitting down and buried from the waist down in the sand. Lourd shared her feelings in the caption.
“It has been 7 years since my mom died (but who’s counting?? Me I guess?),” she wrote. “Every anniversary brings a different iteration of my grief. Some infuse me with rage, some make me cry all day long, some make me feel dissociated and empty, some make me feel nothing, some make me feel guilty for feeling nothing,...
- 1/4/2024
- by Casey Rivera
- Uinterview
Billie Lourd paid tribute to her mother, Carrie Fisher, seven years following her death with a touching tribute about the emotions of grief.
“It has been 7 years since my mom died Every anniversary brings a different iteration of my grief,” Lourd shared in a social media post on X, the platform formerly known as Twitter. “Some infuse me with rage, some make me cry all day long, some make me feel dissociated and empty, some make me feel nothing, some make me feel guilty for feeling nothing, and some make me feel all of those things all at once.”
She continued, “This year when I woke up I felt grateful – or griefull, if you will. Grief has infused my life with a sense of appreciation I had never had before. It makes me soak up every moment of joy as if it were my last.
“It has been 7 years since my mom died Every anniversary brings a different iteration of my grief,” Lourd shared in a social media post on X, the platform formerly known as Twitter. “Some infuse me with rage, some make me cry all day long, some make me feel dissociated and empty, some make me feel nothing, some make me feel guilty for feeling nothing, and some make me feel all of those things all at once.”
She continued, “This year when I woke up I felt grateful – or griefull, if you will. Grief has infused my life with a sense of appreciation I had never had before. It makes me soak up every moment of joy as if it were my last.
- 12/27/2023
- by Armando Tinoco
- Deadline Film + TV
On the seven-year anniversary of her passing, actress Billie Lourd shared a heartfelt tribute to her late mother Carrie Fisher via Instagram. Lourd captioned the photo, showing her as a young girl alongside her mother on the beach, with “It has been 7 years since my mom died (but who’s counting?? Me I guess?) Every anniversary brings a different iteration of my grief.”
Lourd continued, “This year when I woke up I felt grateful – or griefullif you will. Grief has infused my life with a sense of appreciation I had never had before. It makes me soak up every moment of joy as if it were my last.”
Fisher died in 2016 at the age of 60 of cardiac arrest. Just one day after her passing Fisher’s mother, and Lourd’s grandmother, actress Debbie Reynolds passed away at the age of 84.
Since that time Lourd has gone to cultivate her own career and raise two children.
Lourd continued, “This year when I woke up I felt grateful – or griefullif you will. Grief has infused my life with a sense of appreciation I had never had before. It makes me soak up every moment of joy as if it were my last.”
Fisher died in 2016 at the age of 60 of cardiac arrest. Just one day after her passing Fisher’s mother, and Lourd’s grandmother, actress Debbie Reynolds passed away at the age of 84.
Since that time Lourd has gone to cultivate her own career and raise two children.
- 12/27/2023
- by Kristen Lopez
- The Wrap
Billie Lourd is remembering her mother Carrie Fisher seven years after her death and opening up about how she has processed grief over time.
Fisher, best known for her role as Star Wars’ Princess Leia, died Dec. 27, 2016, at age 60. On Wednesday, her daughter took to social media to pay tribute to Fisher by sharing a photo of herself as a child with her mom, playing in the sand at the beach.
“It has been 7 years since my mom died (but who’s counting?? Me I guess?),” she wrote in the post’s caption. “Every anniversary brings a different iteration of my grief. Some infuse me with rage, some make me cry all day long, some make me feel dissociated and empty, some make me feel nothing, some make me feel guilty for feeling nothing, and some make me feel all of those things all at once.”
Lourd continued, “This year...
Fisher, best known for her role as Star Wars’ Princess Leia, died Dec. 27, 2016, at age 60. On Wednesday, her daughter took to social media to pay tribute to Fisher by sharing a photo of herself as a child with her mom, playing in the sand at the beach.
“It has been 7 years since my mom died (but who’s counting?? Me I guess?),” she wrote in the post’s caption. “Every anniversary brings a different iteration of my grief. Some infuse me with rage, some make me cry all day long, some make me feel dissociated and empty, some make me feel nothing, some make me feel guilty for feeling nothing, and some make me feel all of those things all at once.”
Lourd continued, “This year...
- 12/27/2023
- by Carly Thomas
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Exclusive: Two months after Julia Ormond sued CAA, Disney and Harvey Weinstein for negligence, breach of fiduciary duty, battery and more over an alleged 1995 sexual assault by the now incarcerated Weinstein, the agency and the Bob Iger-led corporation say they shouldn’t be a part of the suit and want out.
“Accepting the allegations in the Complaint as true, Harvey Weinstein’s alleged misconduct is disturbing and deplorable,” a filing Tuesday by Disney’s New York lawyers Cravath, Swaine & Moore asserts of Ormond’s October 4 complaint. “But the question is whether Plaintiff’s allegations are sufficient to state a claim for negligent supervision against Twdc,” it adds, in respect to the company’s ownership of the Weinstein’s’ Miramax from 1993-2010.
“They are not, with respect to any of the four elements of that cause of action. Therefore, Twdc respectfully requests that the single claim against it be...
“Accepting the allegations in the Complaint as true, Harvey Weinstein’s alleged misconduct is disturbing and deplorable,” a filing Tuesday by Disney’s New York lawyers Cravath, Swaine & Moore asserts of Ormond’s October 4 complaint. “But the question is whether Plaintiff’s allegations are sufficient to state a claim for negligent supervision against Twdc,” it adds, in respect to the company’s ownership of the Weinstein’s’ Miramax from 1993-2010.
“They are not, with respect to any of the four elements of that cause of action. Therefore, Twdc respectfully requests that the single claim against it be...
- 12/19/2023
- by Dominic Patten
- Deadline Film + TV
Among the many cameos of The Flash, the one that nobody seemed to have any issues with was a joke that punctuated the ending. In the scene, Barry seemingly finds himself back home in his right time with no changes caused to the present after altering the past. When he gets a call from Bruce Wayne, expects either Ben Affleck or Michael Keaton to show up. Then, it is revealed to be George Clooney from the infamous Batman & Robin. It was perhaps the most harmless cameo of the movie as audiences had torn apart the CGI recreations of late actors like Christopher Reeve and George Reeves, as well as the de-aged Nicolas Cage, which he claims was nothing like what he filmed.
Clooney, the movie star-turned-director, has a new film coming out called The Boys in the Boat. While the director spoke with The Hollywood Reporter at the premiere of his movie,...
Clooney, the movie star-turned-director, has a new film coming out called The Boys in the Boat. While the director spoke with The Hollywood Reporter at the premiere of his movie,...
- 12/12/2023
- by EJ Tangonan
- JoBlo.com
George Clooney shocked the DC Universe this summer when he returned to the role of Bruce Wayne, after 25 years, for a cameo appearance in The Flash — and is now confirming that was a one-and-done reprisal.
Clooney infamously played Bruce Wayne/Batman in Joel Schumacher’s Batman & Robin, the 1997 movie that was considered one of the worst superhero films of all time. The actor has repeatedly spoken out against the film, telling Howard Stern in 2020, “Akiva Goldsman — who’s won the Oscar for writing since then — he wrote the screenplay. And it’s a terrible screenplay, he’ll tell you. I’m terrible in it, I’ll tell you.”
But in June, Clooney made a surprise return to the role in the final moments of The Flash, as Ezra Miller’s Barry Allen is on the phone with Bruce Wayne after finally returning to his own Earth and timeline. Wayne...
Clooney infamously played Bruce Wayne/Batman in Joel Schumacher’s Batman & Robin, the 1997 movie that was considered one of the worst superhero films of all time. The actor has repeatedly spoken out against the film, telling Howard Stern in 2020, “Akiva Goldsman — who’s won the Oscar for writing since then — he wrote the screenplay. And it’s a terrible screenplay, he’ll tell you. I’m terrible in it, I’ll tell you.”
But in June, Clooney made a surprise return to the role in the final moments of The Flash, as Ezra Miller’s Barry Allen is on the phone with Bruce Wayne after finally returning to his own Earth and timeline. Wayne...
- 12/12/2023
- by Kirsten Chuba
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Dua Lipa, Camila Cabello, Lily Gladstone and Billie Lourd presented $1 million in college scholarships to high school students from underserved communities across Los Angeles on Thursday.
The announcement was made at The Hollywood Reporter’s 2023 Women in Entertainment breakfast gala, presented by Lifetime, which was held at the Beverly Hills Hotel. The event is also held in conjunction with the publication of this year’s Women in Entertainment Power 100 list.
Lipa first took to the stage to kick off the presentation of the scholarships, which were handed out to participants in The Hollywood Reporter‘s Mentorship Program, a partnership with Big Brothers Big Sisters of Greater Los Angeles. Lipa remarked that she was “so fortunate” to be a part of a film, Greta Gerwig’s Barbie, that not only was a “global phenomenon” but empowered “women and girls across the globe.”
Following a heartfelt mentorship program video produced by A+E Studios,...
The announcement was made at The Hollywood Reporter’s 2023 Women in Entertainment breakfast gala, presented by Lifetime, which was held at the Beverly Hills Hotel. The event is also held in conjunction with the publication of this year’s Women in Entertainment Power 100 list.
Lipa first took to the stage to kick off the presentation of the scholarships, which were handed out to participants in The Hollywood Reporter‘s Mentorship Program, a partnership with Big Brothers Big Sisters of Greater Los Angeles. Lipa remarked that she was “so fortunate” to be a part of a film, Greta Gerwig’s Barbie, that not only was a “global phenomenon” but empowered “women and girls across the globe.”
Following a heartfelt mentorship program video produced by A+E Studios,...
- 12/7/2023
- by Carly Thomas
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
James Blunt revealed that Carrie Fisher’s daughter, Billie Lourd, blames him for her mother’s death in 2016.
In his new memoir, Loosely Based On A Made-Up Story, Blunt detailed how he and Fisher were close friends who began using drugs together, which led him and Lourd to have a falling out.
Blunt and Fisher were last together the night before she was found unresponsive while on a flight to Los Angeles.
While there was no definitive cause of death, it was found that Fisher had a mixture of drugs in her system that led her to have a cardiac arrest while on the flight and she died a few days later. According to the toxicology report, Fisher had taken cocaine, Mdma, methadone and heroin.
Fisher had openly spoken about her struggles with drugs and substance abuse before her death. A few days after she passed away, her mother Debbie Reynolds also died.
In his new memoir, Loosely Based On A Made-Up Story, Blunt detailed how he and Fisher were close friends who began using drugs together, which led him and Lourd to have a falling out.
Blunt and Fisher were last together the night before she was found unresponsive while on a flight to Los Angeles.
While there was no definitive cause of death, it was found that Fisher had a mixture of drugs in her system that led her to have a cardiac arrest while on the flight and she died a few days later. According to the toxicology report, Fisher had taken cocaine, Mdma, methadone and heroin.
Fisher had openly spoken about her struggles with drugs and substance abuse before her death. A few days after she passed away, her mother Debbie Reynolds also died.
- 11/25/2023
- by Nina Hauswirth
- Uinterview
Oops, he did it again.
At 62, Ari Emanuel is now lord and master (or more precisely, CEO) of not one but two publicly held companies. Still, he could not resist bashing his longtime rivals at CAA when presented with a mic at the Bloomberg Screentime conference. And those weren’t the only comments that made some of his associates cringe.
Emanuel is credited with leading his company into expansion, often with pricey acquisitions. The logic of some of these deals escaped observers — Professional Bull Riders? Ok, but overcoming the odds, he transformed Endeavor into a public company in 2021. And in September, Tko Holdings, the combined UFC and WWE, began trading on the New York Stock Exchange.
Other agents — Mike Ovitz comes to mind — yearned to transcend their client-servicing roles. Emanuel has achieved that dream, yet all these deals later, he is still apparently in the grip of his inner agent.
At 62, Ari Emanuel is now lord and master (or more precisely, CEO) of not one but two publicly held companies. Still, he could not resist bashing his longtime rivals at CAA when presented with a mic at the Bloomberg Screentime conference. And those weren’t the only comments that made some of his associates cringe.
Emanuel is credited with leading his company into expansion, often with pricey acquisitions. The logic of some of these deals escaped observers — Professional Bull Riders? Ok, but overcoming the odds, he transformed Endeavor into a public company in 2021. And in September, Tko Holdings, the combined UFC and WWE, began trading on the New York Stock Exchange.
Other agents — Mike Ovitz comes to mind — yearned to transcend their client-servicing roles. Emanuel has achieved that dream, yet all these deals later, he is still apparently in the grip of his inner agent.
- 10/16/2023
- by Kim Masters
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Creative Artists Agency chief executive officer Bryan Lourd shot back at eyebrow-raising comments by longtime rival agency CEO Ari Emanuel on Thursday, regarding recent litigation brought on to CAA by actor Julia Ormond.
Emanuel, CEO of the parent company to WME, attended Bloomberg’s Screentime conference this week and called for Lourd and his longtime partner, Kevin Huvane, to “take a leave of absence” amid a lawsuit from Ormond. That suit charges The Walt Disney Company and CAA with compliance in abuse that Ormond says she suffered at the hands of disgraced movie mogul Harvey Weinstein.
“We all know Ari Emanuel to be an incredibly performative and erratic and, in my mind, a self-serving human, I think much to the detriment of not just his colleagues, but his clients — the few that he’s got left. More importantly, his investors,” Lourd said during his own session at the Bloomberg conference.
Emanuel, CEO of the parent company to WME, attended Bloomberg’s Screentime conference this week and called for Lourd and his longtime partner, Kevin Huvane, to “take a leave of absence” amid a lawsuit from Ormond. That suit charges The Walt Disney Company and CAA with compliance in abuse that Ormond says she suffered at the hands of disgraced movie mogul Harvey Weinstein.
“We all know Ari Emanuel to be an incredibly performative and erratic and, in my mind, a self-serving human, I think much to the detriment of not just his colleagues, but his clients — the few that he’s got left. More importantly, his investors,” Lourd said during his own session at the Bloomberg conference.
- 10/13/2023
- by Matt Donnelly and J. Kim Murphy
- Variety Film + TV
CAA CEO Bryan Lourd encouraged early negotiations between IATSE and AMPTP before the current guild’s contract expires next summer on July 31, 2024.
“I’ve been very careful, as you know, to not insert myself into this in any way and tell people what they should or shouldn’t do, but one thing I and a lot of my colleagues and a lot of my associates across town at other agencies and management firms have done is to try and force communication,” Lourd said at the Bloomberg Screentime conference in Los Angeles on Thursday. “What I hope happens is that everyone learns from this.”
Lourd continued by stating that “the minute” the current SAG-AFTRA strike reaches a resolution, he hopes that discussions between the AMPTP and IATSE “begin immediately.”
“We cannot leave the union out until June of next year with the rest of the positioning that has to occur...
“I’ve been very careful, as you know, to not insert myself into this in any way and tell people what they should or shouldn’t do, but one thing I and a lot of my colleagues and a lot of my associates across town at other agencies and management firms have done is to try and force communication,” Lourd said at the Bloomberg Screentime conference in Los Angeles on Thursday. “What I hope happens is that everyone learns from this.”
Lourd continued by stating that “the minute” the current SAG-AFTRA strike reaches a resolution, he hopes that discussions between the AMPTP and IATSE “begin immediately.”
“We cannot leave the union out until June of next year with the rest of the positioning that has to occur...
- 10/12/2023
- by Loree Seitz
- The Wrap
“We all know Ari Emanuel to be an incredibly performative, erratic, and in my mind, always self-serving [person].”
This was CAA cochairman Bryan Lourd wasting little time responding to comments made by Endeavor CEO Ari Emanuel concerning Lourd’s agency being named alongside imprisoned former Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein and the Walt Disney Company in a civil suit filed by actress Julia Ormond. Her suit includes allegations of sexual harassment, battery and retaliation. Lourd responded in the opening moments of his panel while speaking at the Bloomberg Screentime conference in Los Angeles on Thursday.
“The idea that he, in any way, could say that he could hold himself out as morally superior to anyone, but specifically around the issues that are so challenging for women, is odd,” Lourd said. “It’s ironic that the companies that he’s led his group into and the men that he’s partnered with … [are] his advisers on women’s issues.
This was CAA cochairman Bryan Lourd wasting little time responding to comments made by Endeavor CEO Ari Emanuel concerning Lourd’s agency being named alongside imprisoned former Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein and the Walt Disney Company in a civil suit filed by actress Julia Ormond. Her suit includes allegations of sexual harassment, battery and retaliation. Lourd responded in the opening moments of his panel while speaking at the Bloomberg Screentime conference in Los Angeles on Thursday.
“The idea that he, in any way, could say that he could hold himself out as morally superior to anyone, but specifically around the issues that are so challenging for women, is odd,” Lourd said. “It’s ironic that the companies that he’s led his group into and the men that he’s partnered with … [are] his advisers on women’s issues.
- 10/12/2023
- by Scott Mendelson
- The Wrap
CAA chairman and CEO Bryan Lourd has responded to his longtime agency competitor Ari Emanuel.
Emanuel on Wednesday criticized CAA — and specifically Lourd and his colleague Kevin Huvane — over a lawsuit accusing the agency of being complicit in Harvey Weinstein’s crimes. Emanuel said that Lourd should step aside pending an independent investigation.
“Look, we all know Ari Emanuel to be an incredibly performative, erratic, and, in my mind, always self-serving human, I think, much to the detriment of not just his colleagues, but his clients — the few that he’s got left — and, more importantly, his investors,” Lourd said Thursday, speaking to Bloomberg’s Lucas Shaw in day two of the news organization’s Screentime conference.
“The idea that he in any way could think that he could hold himself out as morally superior to anyone — but specifically around the issues that are so challenging for women — is odd,...
Emanuel on Wednesday criticized CAA — and specifically Lourd and his colleague Kevin Huvane — over a lawsuit accusing the agency of being complicit in Harvey Weinstein’s crimes. Emanuel said that Lourd should step aside pending an independent investigation.
“Look, we all know Ari Emanuel to be an incredibly performative, erratic, and, in my mind, always self-serving human, I think, much to the detriment of not just his colleagues, but his clients — the few that he’s got left — and, more importantly, his investors,” Lourd said Thursday, speaking to Bloomberg’s Lucas Shaw in day two of the news organization’s Screentime conference.
“The idea that he in any way could think that he could hold himself out as morally superior to anyone — but specifically around the issues that are so challenging for women — is odd,...
- 10/12/2023
- by Alex Weprin
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
The war of words between agencies bosses continues.
CAA Co-Chairman & CEO Bryan Lourd hit back after Endeavor boss Ari Emanuel said that Lourd and Kevin Huvane should take a leave of absence for their involvement in issues related to Harvey Weinstein and said that his company has more morals.
“We all know Ari Emanuel to be an incredibly performative and erratic and in my mind self-serving human, I think much to the detriment of not just his colleagues, but his clients, the few that he’s got left. More importantly, his investors. The idea that he in anyway could hold himself out as morally superior to anyone, but specifically around challenges to women, it’s ironic that the comapnies that he’s let his group into and the men that he’s partnered with and defends are maybe his advisors on women’s issues, but these are very serious issues,...
CAA Co-Chairman & CEO Bryan Lourd hit back after Endeavor boss Ari Emanuel said that Lourd and Kevin Huvane should take a leave of absence for their involvement in issues related to Harvey Weinstein and said that his company has more morals.
“We all know Ari Emanuel to be an incredibly performative and erratic and in my mind self-serving human, I think much to the detriment of not just his colleagues, but his clients, the few that he’s got left. More importantly, his investors. The idea that he in anyway could hold himself out as morally superior to anyone, but specifically around challenges to women, it’s ironic that the comapnies that he’s let his group into and the men that he’s partnered with and defends are maybe his advisors on women’s issues, but these are very serious issues,...
- 10/12/2023
- by Peter White
- Deadline Film + TV
Endeavor CEO Ari Emanuel said on Wednesday that rival CAA agency bosses Bryan Lourd and Kevin Huvane should step aside in light of Julia Ormond’s lawsuit against disgraced mogul Harvey Weinstein, Disney and their own agency.
Speaking at the Bloomberg Screentime conference Wednesday in Los Angeles, Emanuel said that “they should take a leave of absence. And investigators should come in and they should look at what they did. They didn’t apologize. They didn’t deny it.”
Emanuel is bitter rivals with CAA, and is long known for disrespecting his industry competitors, though usually in private. But even so, his broadside against two respected industry veterans was shocking in its directness.
The Tko Group head went so far as to say that Lourd and Huvane’s role in Weinstein’s abuses of vulnerable actresses mirrored Ghislaine Maxwell’s for Jeffrey Epstein — that “they were leading them in to...
Speaking at the Bloomberg Screentime conference Wednesday in Los Angeles, Emanuel said that “they should take a leave of absence. And investigators should come in and they should look at what they did. They didn’t apologize. They didn’t deny it.”
Emanuel is bitter rivals with CAA, and is long known for disrespecting his industry competitors, though usually in private. But even so, his broadside against two respected industry veterans was shocking in its directness.
The Tko Group head went so far as to say that Lourd and Huvane’s role in Weinstein’s abuses of vulnerable actresses mirrored Ghislaine Maxwell’s for Jeffrey Epstein — that “they were leading them in to...
- 10/12/2023
- by Stephanie Kaloi
- The Wrap
Ari Emanuel took some shots during his latest public appearance.
The Endeavor CEO took aim at CAA over their handling of issues related to Harvey Weinstein, calling for Bryan Lourd and Kevin Huvane to “take a leave of absence” while the matter is investigated.
He also urged the studios and actors to get a deal done even if it means getting “half a loaf”, saying that, “You’re not winning an Oscar for this negotiation”.
Speaking at the Bloomberg Screentime event, he also talked up interest in the rights to WWE’s Raw and teased deals with Netflix for Tyler Perry and David Ellison.
He also took aim at Benjamin Netanyahu over the terror attacks in Israel.
It was a short, but, as ever, wildly entertaining conversation with Emanuel.
On CAA, which along with Disney and Miramax, is being sued by Julia Ormond over an alleged sexual assault by Weinstein...
The Endeavor CEO took aim at CAA over their handling of issues related to Harvey Weinstein, calling for Bryan Lourd and Kevin Huvane to “take a leave of absence” while the matter is investigated.
He also urged the studios and actors to get a deal done even if it means getting “half a loaf”, saying that, “You’re not winning an Oscar for this negotiation”.
Speaking at the Bloomberg Screentime event, he also talked up interest in the rights to WWE’s Raw and teased deals with Netflix for Tyler Perry and David Ellison.
He also took aim at Benjamin Netanyahu over the terror attacks in Israel.
It was a short, but, as ever, wildly entertaining conversation with Emanuel.
On CAA, which along with Disney and Miramax, is being sued by Julia Ormond over an alleged sexual assault by Weinstein...
- 10/12/2023
- by Peter White
- Deadline Film + TV
Endeavor and Tko Group Holdings CEO Ari Emanuel appeared at Bloomberg’s Screentime conference to talk business — and a lawsuit impacting rival CAA — but it was impossible to ignore the story dominating geopolitics.
Emanuel was asked by Bloomberg’s Lucas Shaw for his thoughts on the attacks in Israel, given his status as one of the most high-profile Jewish executives in the U.S., and he did not hold back.
“It’s not the same as 9/11, but I had that same feeling,” Emanuel said, noting that his grandmother escaped the Bolsheviks. “As a Jew, what happened in Israel this past weekend was one of the worst pogroms in history, not including the Holocaust.”
Emanuel called the Hamas attacks “heinous” and Hamas and Hezbollah “terrorists,” but he also heaped criticism at Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, calling the politician “morally corrupt.”
“In my opinion, a morally corrupt Bibi Netanyahu exposed Israel and its people to rape,...
Emanuel was asked by Bloomberg’s Lucas Shaw for his thoughts on the attacks in Israel, given his status as one of the most high-profile Jewish executives in the U.S., and he did not hold back.
“It’s not the same as 9/11, but I had that same feeling,” Emanuel said, noting that his grandmother escaped the Bolsheviks. “As a Jew, what happened in Israel this past weekend was one of the worst pogroms in history, not including the Holocaust.”
Emanuel called the Hamas attacks “heinous” and Hamas and Hezbollah “terrorists,” but he also heaped criticism at Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, calling the politician “morally corrupt.”
“In my opinion, a morally corrupt Bibi Netanyahu exposed Israel and its people to rape,...
- 10/12/2023
- by Alex Weprin
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Endeavor CEO Ari Emanuel opened Bloomberg Media’s Screentime conference Wednesday evening with a strong condemnation of Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu, saying that he left the country vulnerable to the heinous terrorist attacks that began Oct. 7.
“A morally corrupt Bibi Netanyahu exposed Israel to rape and beheadings of babies, children,” Emanuel said in measured tones after moderator Lucas Shaw, Bloomberg’s managing editor of media and entertainment, asked him for his thoughts on the devastation in Israel. Emanuel has been an outspoken advocate on issues of Jewish identity and antisemitism.
“I don’t think this man deserves to be in power,” Emanuel said, to strong applause from the crowed gathered at Hollywood’s Nya Studios. He detailed the recent events in Israel and Netanyahu’s battles with the country’s judicial system “to keep himself out of jail,” he said. “It’s time to we get rid of this man.
“A morally corrupt Bibi Netanyahu exposed Israel to rape and beheadings of babies, children,” Emanuel said in measured tones after moderator Lucas Shaw, Bloomberg’s managing editor of media and entertainment, asked him for his thoughts on the devastation in Israel. Emanuel has been an outspoken advocate on issues of Jewish identity and antisemitism.
“I don’t think this man deserves to be in power,” Emanuel said, to strong applause from the crowed gathered at Hollywood’s Nya Studios. He detailed the recent events in Israel and Netanyahu’s battles with the country’s judicial system “to keep himself out of jail,” he said. “It’s time to we get rid of this man.
- 10/12/2023
- by Cynthia Littleton
- Variety Film + TV
Julia Ormond has been “living in fear.” The British actress known for her roles in films like Legends of the Fall, First Knight and Sabrina, as well as an Emmy-nominated turn on television’s Mad Men, alleges that in December of 1995, at the height of her stardom, she was sexually assaulted by film producer Harvey Weinstein. Though she says she’d confided in family, friends, and her powerful CAA agents at the time — Bryan Lourd and Kevin Huvane — about what transpired, she’s been reluctant to come forward publicly about that horrifying night,...
- 10/9/2023
- by Marlow Stern
- Rollingstone.com
CAA had been silent all day Wednesday since Julia Ormond named the uber-agency and Disney in her sexual battery lawsuit against the imprisoned Harvey Weinstein, but tonight the Bryan Lourd-led company is calling its inclusion in the action “baseless.”
In fact, CAA stopped just short of citing the claim of breach of fiduciary duty by their former client as a shakedown of sorts.
“CAA takes all allegations of sexual assault and abuse seriously, and has compassion for Ms. Ormond and the experience she described in her complaint,” an agency spokesperson said tonight. “However, the claims that Ms. Ormond has levied against the agency are completely without merit. Through counsel, Ms. Ormond approached CAA in March with these allegations about the agency. Knowing these allegations to be untrue, the agency then retained attorney Loretta Lynch and her law firm, Paul Weiss, to defend the company. Their review found nothing to support Ms.
In fact, CAA stopped just short of citing the claim of breach of fiduciary duty by their former client as a shakedown of sorts.
“CAA takes all allegations of sexual assault and abuse seriously, and has compassion for Ms. Ormond and the experience she described in her complaint,” an agency spokesperson said tonight. “However, the claims that Ms. Ormond has levied against the agency are completely without merit. Through counsel, Ms. Ormond approached CAA in March with these allegations about the agency. Knowing these allegations to be untrue, the agency then retained attorney Loretta Lynch and her law firm, Paul Weiss, to defend the company. Their review found nothing to support Ms.
- 10/5/2023
- by Dominic Patten
- Deadline Film + TV
Actress Julia Ormond has accused Harvey Weinstein of sexual assault in a new lawsuit that also accuses her agents at Creative Artists Agency, Walt Disney Pictures, and Miramax with failing to protect her and enabling Weinstein’s alleged abuse.
Ormond said the disgraced producer forced her to perform oral sex on him in December 1995 after a business dinner. Afterwards, she allegedly told her agents at CAA — Bryan Lourd and Kevin Huvane — what had happened, only to have them dissuade her from pressing the issue further. In the aftermath, the lawsuit...
Ormond said the disgraced producer forced her to perform oral sex on him in December 1995 after a business dinner. Afterwards, she allegedly told her agents at CAA — Bryan Lourd and Kevin Huvane — what had happened, only to have them dissuade her from pressing the issue further. In the aftermath, the lawsuit...
- 10/4/2023
- by Jon Blistein
- Rollingstone.com
CAA has been named in a lawsuit filed by Julia Ormond against Harvey Weinstein accusing her former agency and the former movie mogul’s employers at Miramax and Disney of turning a blind eye to his history of sexual assault.
Ormond, who rose to prominence in the 90s after starring in Legends of the Fall, First Knight and Sabrina, faults CAA for failing to “look out for her well-being, to not place her in danger, and to warn her about Weinstein’s predations” despite high-level agents allegedly knowing about his “propensity for sexually assaultive and exploitative behavior,” as well as “multiple confidential settlements that Weinstein reached to keep his conduct hidden from public exposure.”
The complaint filed on Wednesday in New York state court points to former agents Bryan Lourd and Kevin Huvane allegedly encouraging her to take a meeting with Weinstein that led to her being assaulted and not...
Ormond, who rose to prominence in the 90s after starring in Legends of the Fall, First Knight and Sabrina, faults CAA for failing to “look out for her well-being, to not place her in danger, and to warn her about Weinstein’s predations” despite high-level agents allegedly knowing about his “propensity for sexually assaultive and exploitative behavior,” as well as “multiple confidential settlements that Weinstein reached to keep his conduct hidden from public exposure.”
The complaint filed on Wednesday in New York state court points to former agents Bryan Lourd and Kevin Huvane allegedly encouraging her to take a meeting with Weinstein that led to her being assaulted and not...
- 10/4/2023
- by Winston Cho
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Ormond alleges sex crimes took place after business dinner in 1995.
British actress and Legends Of The Fall and Smilla’s Sense Of Snow star Julia Ormond is suing Harvey Weinstein for sexual battery and is also suing CAA, Disney and Miramax.
In a filing with New York Supreme Court on Wednesday, Ormond alleged the assault occurred in 1995 after a business dinner when the disgraced former Hollywood mogul forced her to perform oral sex.
Weinstein, 71, has denied the allegations. He is serving jail time for rape and sex crime convictions and has faced numerous allegations from other women since his criminal...
British actress and Legends Of The Fall and Smilla’s Sense Of Snow star Julia Ormond is suing Harvey Weinstein for sexual battery and is also suing CAA, Disney and Miramax.
In a filing with New York Supreme Court on Wednesday, Ormond alleged the assault occurred in 1995 after a business dinner when the disgraced former Hollywood mogul forced her to perform oral sex.
Weinstein, 71, has denied the allegations. He is serving jail time for rape and sex crime convictions and has faced numerous allegations from other women since his criminal...
- 10/4/2023
- by Jeremy Kay
- ScreenDaily
Ormond alleges sex crimes took place after business dinner in 1995.
British actress and Legends Of The Fall and Smilla’s Sense Of Snow star Julia Ormond is suing Harvey Weinstein for sexual battery and is also taking CAA, Disney and Miramax to court as “enablers”.
In a filing with New York Supreme Court on Wednesday, Ormond alleged the assault occurred in 1995 after a business dinner when the disgraced former Hollywood mogul forced her to perform oral sex.
Weinstein, 71, has denied the allegations. He is serving jail time for rape and sex crime convictions and has faced numerous allegations from other...
British actress and Legends Of The Fall and Smilla’s Sense Of Snow star Julia Ormond is suing Harvey Weinstein for sexual battery and is also taking CAA, Disney and Miramax to court as “enablers”.
In a filing with New York Supreme Court on Wednesday, Ormond alleged the assault occurred in 1995 after a business dinner when the disgraced former Hollywood mogul forced her to perform oral sex.
Weinstein, 71, has denied the allegations. He is serving jail time for rape and sex crime convictions and has faced numerous allegations from other...
- 10/4/2023
- by Jeremy Kay
- ScreenDaily
(Updated with Harvey Weinstein lawyer statement) Disney, CAA and Miramax are being sued by Julia Ormond over an alleged sexual assault by Harvey Weinstein in 1995.
While the Legends of the Fall actress does not name her then-agents Bryan Lourd and Kevin Huvane or former Disney executives Jeffery Katzenberg and Michael Eisner in the filing made Wednesday in New York State Supreme Court, the suit does reference the quartet numerous times.
Although the alleged assault occurred nearly 30 years ago after a business dinner in New York City, Ormond is able to pursue the legal action because of the state’s Adult Survivors Act.
Claiming the now-incarcerated Weinstein forced himself upon her for oral sex, Ormond alleges that CAA and Disney — the latter of which owned Weinstein’s Miramax — knew of the Oscar-winning producer’s predatory behavior and did nothing to protect her.
The now Gersh represented Ormond claims in the suit...
While the Legends of the Fall actress does not name her then-agents Bryan Lourd and Kevin Huvane or former Disney executives Jeffery Katzenberg and Michael Eisner in the filing made Wednesday in New York State Supreme Court, the suit does reference the quartet numerous times.
Although the alleged assault occurred nearly 30 years ago after a business dinner in New York City, Ormond is able to pursue the legal action because of the state’s Adult Survivors Act.
Claiming the now-incarcerated Weinstein forced himself upon her for oral sex, Ormond alleges that CAA and Disney — the latter of which owned Weinstein’s Miramax — knew of the Oscar-winning producer’s predatory behavior and did nothing to protect her.
The now Gersh represented Ormond claims in the suit...
- 10/4/2023
- by Dominic Patten and Patrick Hipes
- Deadline Film + TV
Actress Julia Ormond has filed a lawsuit to get to the “root cause” of systemic assault in Hollywood.
The “Legends of the Fall” star is suing CAA, The Walt Disney Company, and Miramax for allegedly being complicit in mega-producer Harvey Weinstein’s assault on her. Ormond is also suing Weinstein for battery.
“I am coming forward with my story now publicly because I feel as if we still need systemic change, and I feel that we need accountability from enablers, in order to get there,” Ormond told Variety, who first reported the news. “I feel that this is what happened with me.”
Weinstein is currently serving a 23-year sentence for rape convictions in New York, and is facing an additional 60 years in prison after being found guilty of three rape charges in Los Angeles. Ormond’s lawsuit is filed under the Adult Survivors Act, which operates outside the statute of limitations.
The “Legends of the Fall” star is suing CAA, The Walt Disney Company, and Miramax for allegedly being complicit in mega-producer Harvey Weinstein’s assault on her. Ormond is also suing Weinstein for battery.
“I am coming forward with my story now publicly because I feel as if we still need systemic change, and I feel that we need accountability from enablers, in order to get there,” Ormond told Variety, who first reported the news. “I feel that this is what happened with me.”
Weinstein is currently serving a 23-year sentence for rape convictions in New York, and is facing an additional 60 years in prison after being found guilty of three rape charges in Los Angeles. Ormond’s lawsuit is filed under the Adult Survivors Act, which operates outside the statute of limitations.
- 10/4/2023
- by Samantha Bergeson
- Indiewire
Julia Ormond, the English actress best known for her roles in ’90s films such as “Legends of the Fall,” “First Knight” and “Smilla’s Sense of Snow,” is suing Harvey Weinstein for sexual battery.
Ormond is additionally suing CAA, The Walt Disney Company and Miramax. While Weinstein has been named as the defendant in numerous sexual assault lawsuits since exposes published in 2017 in The New York Times and New Yorker uncovered his alleged patterns of misconduct toward dozens of women in the entertainment industry, it is rare for business partners that profited from Weinstein’s work to be named as defendants for supposedly enabling his behavior.
In a lawsuit filed Wednesday morning in New York Supreme Court, obtained by Variety, Ormond claims that Weinstein sexually assaulted her in 1995 after a business dinner when he lured her into giving him a massage, climbed on top of her, masturbated and forced her to give him oral sex.
Ormond is additionally suing CAA, The Walt Disney Company and Miramax. While Weinstein has been named as the defendant in numerous sexual assault lawsuits since exposes published in 2017 in The New York Times and New Yorker uncovered his alleged patterns of misconduct toward dozens of women in the entertainment industry, it is rare for business partners that profited from Weinstein’s work to be named as defendants for supposedly enabling his behavior.
In a lawsuit filed Wednesday morning in New York Supreme Court, obtained by Variety, Ormond claims that Weinstein sexually assaulted her in 1995 after a business dinner when he lured her into giving him a massage, climbed on top of her, masturbated and forced her to give him oral sex.
- 10/4/2023
- by Elizabeth Wagmeister
- Variety Film + TV
Creative Artists Agency and Artémis have closed their previously announced agreement for the Pinault family’s investment company to become majority stakeholders in the entertainment and sports agency, the companies said Monday.
As previously reported in TheWrap, Bryan Lourd, Kevin Huvane and Richard Lovett will remain co-chairmen of CAA. Lourd will be named chief executive officer while Jim Burtson will remain president. Singapore-headquartered global investment firm Temasek will remain a minority investor in CAA. Cmc Capital will remain a CAA strategic partner.
Artémis CEO Francois-Henri Pinault had been in discussions to buy the stake in the talent agency — which underwent company-wide layoffs in early August — since at least July.
Tpg will exit the investment of 35% of the agency that it made in 2010, which it increased to a majority stake in 2014. The secondary investment was reported to be $225 million for the 53% majority stake. It was a landmark moment for growth for CAA,...
As previously reported in TheWrap, Bryan Lourd, Kevin Huvane and Richard Lovett will remain co-chairmen of CAA. Lourd will be named chief executive officer while Jim Burtson will remain president. Singapore-headquartered global investment firm Temasek will remain a minority investor in CAA. Cmc Capital will remain a CAA strategic partner.
Artémis CEO Francois-Henri Pinault had been in discussions to buy the stake in the talent agency — which underwent company-wide layoffs in early August — since at least July.
Tpg will exit the investment of 35% of the agency that it made in 2010, which it increased to a majority stake in 2014. The secondary investment was reported to be $225 million for the 53% majority stake. It was a landmark moment for growth for CAA,...
- 10/2/2023
- by Benjamin Lindsay
- The Wrap
Updated with deal closing: CAA and Artémis on Monday said that its deal for Artemis to acquire a majority stake in CAA has officially closed.
Artemis, run by French billionaire Francois-Henri Pinault, agreed to acquire the stake (thought to be in the 50%-60% range) from investment firm Tpg on September 7 after months of talks. There were no new details about the financials on the deal today, but the sale was previously reported to be for around $7 billion.
The two sides in their joint release today also confirmed that Singapore-based Temasek will remain a minority investor in CAA, while Cmc Capital remains a strategic partner.
Previously, September 7 Am: Creative Artists Agency has a new majority owner in French billionaire Francois-Henri Pinault. After months of negotiations. Artémis, the Pinault family’s investment company, has agreed to acquire the majority stake in CAA that was previously held by global investment firm Tpg.
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Artemis, run by French billionaire Francois-Henri Pinault, agreed to acquire the stake (thought to be in the 50%-60% range) from investment firm Tpg on September 7 after months of talks. There were no new details about the financials on the deal today, but the sale was previously reported to be for around $7 billion.
The two sides in their joint release today also confirmed that Singapore-based Temasek will remain a minority investor in CAA, while Cmc Capital remains a strategic partner.
Previously, September 7 Am: Creative Artists Agency has a new majority owner in French billionaire Francois-Henri Pinault. After months of negotiations. Artémis, the Pinault family’s investment company, has agreed to acquire the majority stake in CAA that was previously held by global investment firm Tpg.
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- 10/2/2023
- by Nellie Andreeva
- Deadline Film + TV
CAA co-chair Bryan Lourd has said that the film and TV industry could be “destroyed” if there is not a proper healing process after the Hollywood strikes have been resolved.
Lourd is currently in the UK and took to the stage at the Rts Cambridge Convention to discuss the state of the creative industry with his friend Emma Thompson.
During the freewheeling conversation, Lourd — who has been on the SAG-AFTRA picket line — said the strikes were having a “terrible” impact on film and TV workers.
The super-agent said the industrial action has grown out of a dissonance between studio executives and actors, writers, and creators. “They are born from misalignment of artists, and what they do, and the businesses and what they do,” he explained.
Lourd said there is now an “urgency” to bridge this divide, resolve the strikes, and commit to a period of “healing” otherwise it...
Lourd is currently in the UK and took to the stage at the Rts Cambridge Convention to discuss the state of the creative industry with his friend Emma Thompson.
During the freewheeling conversation, Lourd — who has been on the SAG-AFTRA picket line — said the strikes were having a “terrible” impact on film and TV workers.
The super-agent said the industrial action has grown out of a dissonance between studio executives and actors, writers, and creators. “They are born from misalignment of artists, and what they do, and the businesses and what they do,” he explained.
Lourd said there is now an “urgency” to bridge this divide, resolve the strikes, and commit to a period of “healing” otherwise it...
- 9/21/2023
- by Jake Kanter
- Deadline Film + TV
Emma Thompson rallied for creatives on Thursday, saying she finds the word “content” offensive.
“I think the relationship between the executives and the creative branch just has to be much, much closer,” she said during an in-conversation with CAA boss Bryan Lourd at the Royal Television Society conference in Cambridge on Thursday afternoon.
“To hear people talk about ‘content’ makes me feel like the stuffing inside a sofa cushion,” Thompson continued.
“‘Content,’ what do you mean ‘content’?” she said. “It’s just rude, actually. It’s just a rude word for creative people. I know there are students in the audience: you don’t want to hear your stories described as ‘content’ or your acting or your producing described as ‘content.’ That’s just like coffee grounds in the sink or something. It’s, I think, a very misleading word. And I think it’s one of the things that...
“I think the relationship between the executives and the creative branch just has to be much, much closer,” she said during an in-conversation with CAA boss Bryan Lourd at the Royal Television Society conference in Cambridge on Thursday afternoon.
“To hear people talk about ‘content’ makes me feel like the stuffing inside a sofa cushion,” Thompson continued.
“‘Content,’ what do you mean ‘content’?” she said. “It’s just rude, actually. It’s just a rude word for creative people. I know there are students in the audience: you don’t want to hear your stories described as ‘content’ or your acting or your producing described as ‘content.’ That’s just like coffee grounds in the sink or something. It’s, I think, a very misleading word. And I think it’s one of the things that...
- 9/21/2023
- by K.J. Yossman
- Variety Film + TV
For those of a certain age who like to think that they’re still young — and who doesn’t? — it is sobering to realize that when Michael Ovitz bowed out of the agency business in 1995, neither Tom Holland nor Zendaya had even been born.
People who weren’t around in those days can’t begin to appreciate the fear that Ovitz inspired in Hollywood. He wielded the kind of power that no agent has mustered since and no agent ever will again. How the times and the town have changed.
One thing has remained constant in all the years since Ovitz left the building: Three then-young men who had emerged as future leaders of CAA well before Ovitz departed are still at the helm. Perhaps in spite of himself, Ovitz nailed the succession question that has led to so much drama at Disney and Paramount. But those three men — now...
People who weren’t around in those days can’t begin to appreciate the fear that Ovitz inspired in Hollywood. He wielded the kind of power that no agent has mustered since and no agent ever will again. How the times and the town have changed.
One thing has remained constant in all the years since Ovitz left the building: Three then-young men who had emerged as future leaders of CAA well before Ovitz departed are still at the helm. Perhaps in spite of himself, Ovitz nailed the succession question that has led to so much drama at Disney and Paramount. But those three men — now...
- 9/20/2023
- by Kim Masters
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Exclusive: “The UK’s role in the media multiverse” will take up plenty of airtime at the Rts Cambridge Convention, according to Theresa Wise, as the great-and-the-good of the TV industry prepare to gather for the biannual get-together.
Wise, the Rts CEO for a decade, pointed to huge international players set to keynote the two-day event including CAA Chairman Bryan Lourd and Liberty Global MD Mike Fries. With the industry experiencing tough times as the economic crisis, ad recession and U.S. strikes combine to slow production to a stutter, the UK’s “role in the media multiverse” will be up for discussion, according to Wise, who said speakers will likely tackle the American labor action and its impact on the UK head on.
Lourd will be speaking just a few weeks after French billionaire Francois-Henri Pinault agreed to buy a majority stake in CAA. Wise said the CAA Chair...
Wise, the Rts CEO for a decade, pointed to huge international players set to keynote the two-day event including CAA Chairman Bryan Lourd and Liberty Global MD Mike Fries. With the industry experiencing tough times as the economic crisis, ad recession and U.S. strikes combine to slow production to a stutter, the UK’s “role in the media multiverse” will be up for discussion, according to Wise, who said speakers will likely tackle the American labor action and its impact on the UK head on.
Lourd will be speaking just a few weeks after French billionaire Francois-Henri Pinault agreed to buy a majority stake in CAA. Wise said the CAA Chair...
- 9/18/2023
- by Max Goldbart
- Deadline Film + TV
Anna Wintour was running over an hour late. It was an anomaly for the regimented and exalted editor of Vogue, who typically works through lunch but dined that day with her old friend Bruce Bozzi. Tucked away at the Italian spot Via Carota in New York’s West Village, she was unusually candid about showing up for personal relationships while creatively navigating Condé Nast.
They weren’t alone. Beside them was Bozzi’s recorder, which captures his podcast “Table for Two.” In the series, Bozzi, a 32-year veteran of the hospitality industry and spouse of CAA super-agent Bryan Lourd, sits for languorous meals and expansive conversations with some of the boldest names in media. George Clooney, Julia Roberts, Sharon Stone and Scarlett Johansson have all been guests. Rosé is served, and so is the kind of candor displayed by Wintour. The show has quietly become an inside-Hollywood favorite — and not...
They weren’t alone. Beside them was Bozzi’s recorder, which captures his podcast “Table for Two.” In the series, Bozzi, a 32-year veteran of the hospitality industry and spouse of CAA super-agent Bryan Lourd, sits for languorous meals and expansive conversations with some of the boldest names in media. George Clooney, Julia Roberts, Sharon Stone and Scarlett Johansson have all been guests. Rosé is served, and so is the kind of candor displayed by Wintour. The show has quietly become an inside-Hollywood favorite — and not...
- 9/11/2023
- by Matt Donnelly
- Variety Film + TV
A studio head once told me that CAA’s top three leaders – Bryan Lourd, Kevin Huvane and Richard Lovett – had claws beneath their velvet gloves. It was a backhanded compliment, as the CEO was praising the trio’s devotion to their incredibly famous clients while also bemoaning their hard-driving negotiating style.
Those gloves will now be made by one of the biggest luxury fashion houses in the world, as the mega-agency sold a majority stake to Francois-Henri Pinault’s family investment fund Artemis this week. In a still-incomplete transaction, the French billionaire has snatched up controlling interest in the legendary talent shop and will nestle it in a portfolio that includes Gucci, Saint Laurent and the thousand-dollar–a-bottle winery Château Latour.
It’s impeccable brand placement for CAA, whose clients include Zendaya, Tom Cruise, Gwyneth Paltrow’s Goop and sports stars like Dwayne Wade. And in any other Hollywood...
Those gloves will now be made by one of the biggest luxury fashion houses in the world, as the mega-agency sold a majority stake to Francois-Henri Pinault’s family investment fund Artemis this week. In a still-incomplete transaction, the French billionaire has snatched up controlling interest in the legendary talent shop and will nestle it in a portfolio that includes Gucci, Saint Laurent and the thousand-dollar–a-bottle winery Château Latour.
It’s impeccable brand placement for CAA, whose clients include Zendaya, Tom Cruise, Gwyneth Paltrow’s Goop and sports stars like Dwayne Wade. And in any other Hollywood...
- 9/8/2023
- by Matt Donnelly
- Variety Film + TV
Transaction demonstrates synergy between film and fashion worlds.
In a major move that brings the fashion and film industries closer together, French billionaire François Henri-Pinault’s Artémis has acquired the majority stake in Creative Artists Agency (CAA) previously held by global investment firm Tpg.
The founder, chairman and CEO of Kering Group’s investment company announced on Thursday that Artemis had officially signed a deal with the Hollywood superagency following months of speculation.
The deal adds to Artémis’s asset portfolio valued at $40bn. Financial terms of were not disclosed for the deal, which is expected to be completed later...
In a major move that brings the fashion and film industries closer together, French billionaire François Henri-Pinault’s Artémis has acquired the majority stake in Creative Artists Agency (CAA) previously held by global investment firm Tpg.
The founder, chairman and CEO of Kering Group’s investment company announced on Thursday that Artemis had officially signed a deal with the Hollywood superagency following months of speculation.
The deal adds to Artémis’s asset portfolio valued at $40bn. Financial terms of were not disclosed for the deal, which is expected to be completed later...
- 9/7/2023
- by Rebecca Leffler
- ScreenDaily
French billionaire Francois-Henri Pinault has completed his acquisition of a majority stake in Creative Artists Agency. Through his family investment company Artemis, Pinault replaces private equity player Tpg as the primary holder of one of Hollywood’s two talent agency superpowers.
CAA, a diversified shop that makes deals on behalf of clients from Tom Cruise to the top-selling kids toys Squishmallows, joins Artemis’ $40 billion asset portfolio which includes Kering (the luxury goods group that houses names like Gucci and Saint Laurent), Christie’s auction house and winery Château Latour. The transaction, not yet completed, will value CAA in its entirety at $7 billion. The exact size of Artemis’ stake is not clear but it is is firmly majority control.
The agency’s ruling triumvirate of Bryan Lourd, Kevin Huvane and Richard Lovett have all committed to remaining in leadership, though terms were not immediately disclosed, a formal announcement on Thursday said.
CAA, a diversified shop that makes deals on behalf of clients from Tom Cruise to the top-selling kids toys Squishmallows, joins Artemis’ $40 billion asset portfolio which includes Kering (the luxury goods group that houses names like Gucci and Saint Laurent), Christie’s auction house and winery Château Latour. The transaction, not yet completed, will value CAA in its entirety at $7 billion. The exact size of Artemis’ stake is not clear but it is is firmly majority control.
The agency’s ruling triumvirate of Bryan Lourd, Kevin Huvane and Richard Lovett have all committed to remaining in leadership, though terms were not immediately disclosed, a formal announcement on Thursday said.
- 9/7/2023
- by Matt Donnelly
- Variety Film + TV
Artémis, the Pinault family’s investment company, is buying Creative Artists Agency with the acquisition of a majority stake in the Hollywood talent agency, which was previously held by the global investment firm Tpg.
Bryan Lourd, Kevin Huvane and Richard Lovett will remain co-chairmen of CAA. Lourd will be named chief executive officer while Jim Burtson will remain president. Singapore-headquartered global investment firm Temasek will remain a minority investor in CAA. Cmc Capital remains a CAA strategic partner.
The deal has been previously reported to value CAA at $7 billion, though the companies declined to disclose the number. Artémis CEO Francois-Henri Pinault has been in discussions to buy the stake in the talent agency — which underwent company-wide layoffs in early August — since at least July.
“CAA has all the relevant characteristics to be part of the Artémis family, adding increased diversity, both in terms of geographical footprint and business activities, to our other assets,...
Bryan Lourd, Kevin Huvane and Richard Lovett will remain co-chairmen of CAA. Lourd will be named chief executive officer while Jim Burtson will remain president. Singapore-headquartered global investment firm Temasek will remain a minority investor in CAA. Cmc Capital remains a CAA strategic partner.
The deal has been previously reported to value CAA at $7 billion, though the companies declined to disclose the number. Artémis CEO Francois-Henri Pinault has been in discussions to buy the stake in the talent agency — which underwent company-wide layoffs in early August — since at least July.
“CAA has all the relevant characteristics to be part of the Artémis family, adding increased diversity, both in terms of geographical footprint and business activities, to our other assets,...
- 9/7/2023
- by Scott Mendelson
- The Wrap
CAA has a new majority owner.
The talent agency giant led by Bryan Lourd, Kevin Huvane and Richard Lovett has sold a majority stake to Artémis, the investment firm controlled by François-Henri Pinault, the CEO of fashion firm Kering and the billionaire scion of a French luxury goods fortune.
CAA’s leadership team of Bryan Lourd, Kevin Huvane and Richard Lovett will remain in place, with all three men signing “long-term commitments to continue leading the agency.” Lourd is expected to be named CEO of the company under its new ownership. Jim Burtson will remain president.
CAA has been majority owned by Tpg since 2014 (the private equity firm first took a 35 percent stake in the company in 2010). The sale is a big exit for Tpg, which valued the talent agency at $1.1 billion when it acquired its majority stake.
Terms of the deal were not disclosed, though Tpg was said to...
The talent agency giant led by Bryan Lourd, Kevin Huvane and Richard Lovett has sold a majority stake to Artémis, the investment firm controlled by François-Henri Pinault, the CEO of fashion firm Kering and the billionaire scion of a French luxury goods fortune.
CAA’s leadership team of Bryan Lourd, Kevin Huvane and Richard Lovett will remain in place, with all three men signing “long-term commitments to continue leading the agency.” Lourd is expected to be named CEO of the company under its new ownership. Jim Burtson will remain president.
CAA has been majority owned by Tpg since 2014 (the private equity firm first took a 35 percent stake in the company in 2010). The sale is a big exit for Tpg, which valued the talent agency at $1.1 billion when it acquired its majority stake.
Terms of the deal were not disclosed, though Tpg was said to...
- 9/7/2023
- by Alex Weprin
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
James Corden is to give his first industry interview since leaving the Late Late Show and returning to the UK at the Rts Cambridge Convention next month.
Corden will speak about future plans and around the theme of the annual Convention, which is Too Much to Watch.
The former Gavin and Stacey star made his name in the States in the Broadway play One Man, Two Guvnors before fronting The Late Late Show, as his star rose enormously. He left the CBS gig earlier this year after nearly a decade and almost 2,000 episodes and the show is not continuing.
Corden is the latest to join a buzzy lineup for the Channel 4-sponsored confab that includes the likes of CAA Co-Chairman Bryan Lourd, Piers Morgan, Warner Bros. Discovery international boss Gerhard Zeiler and the heads of all the major broadacsters and Sky. Lourd will speak to British star Emma Thompson.
Corden will speak about future plans and around the theme of the annual Convention, which is Too Much to Watch.
The former Gavin and Stacey star made his name in the States in the Broadway play One Man, Two Guvnors before fronting The Late Late Show, as his star rose enormously. He left the CBS gig earlier this year after nearly a decade and almost 2,000 episodes and the show is not continuing.
Corden is the latest to join a buzzy lineup for the Channel 4-sponsored confab that includes the likes of CAA Co-Chairman Bryan Lourd, Piers Morgan, Warner Bros. Discovery international boss Gerhard Zeiler and the heads of all the major broadacsters and Sky. Lourd will speak to British star Emma Thompson.
- 8/30/2023
- by Max Goldbart
- Deadline Film + TV
There was a large crowd in the room when SAG-AFTRA and Hollywood’s major studios and streamers formally began contract bargaining negotiations on June 7.
About 80 participants from both the labor and management sides gathered at the Sherman Oaks headquarters of the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers for the first day of what everyone knew would be a difficult negotiation for the performers union, which has been on strike since July 13.
One big presence in the negotiations process who was not there in person on Day One was Fran Drescher, president of SAG-AFTRA. But Drescher had no trouble making herself heard that day. She addressed the gathering via video conference call from Paris, where she was attending a family wedding. But she had no trouble getting management’s attention.
Drescher gave something of a 10 to 15 minute opening statement to the room that set off alarm bells on the management side.
About 80 participants from both the labor and management sides gathered at the Sherman Oaks headquarters of the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers for the first day of what everyone knew would be a difficult negotiation for the performers union, which has been on strike since July 13.
One big presence in the negotiations process who was not there in person on Day One was Fran Drescher, president of SAG-AFTRA. But Drescher had no trouble making herself heard that day. She addressed the gathering via video conference call from Paris, where she was attending a family wedding. But she had no trouble getting management’s attention.
Drescher gave something of a 10 to 15 minute opening statement to the room that set off alarm bells on the management side.
- 7/21/2023
- by Cynthia Littleton
- Variety Film + TV
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