
Powerhouse
The Untold Story of Hollywood's Creative Artists Agency
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Narrated by:
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James Andrew Miller
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Kirby Heyborne
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Ann Richardson
An astonishing - and astonishingly entertaining - behind-the-curtain history of Hollywood's transformation over the past five decades as seen through the agency at the heart of it all, from the number-one best-selling author of Live from New York and Those Guys Have All the Fun.
In 1975, five young employees of a sclerotic William Morris agency left to start their own strikingly innovative talent agency. In the years to come, Creative Artists Agency would vault from its origins in a tiny office on the last block of Beverly Hills to become the largest and most imperial, groundbreaking, and star-studded agency Hollywood has ever seen - a company whose tentacles now spread throughout the world of movies, music, television, technology, advertising, sports, and investment banking far more than previously imagined.
Powerhouse is the fascinating, no-holds-barred saga of that hot-blooded ascent. Drawing on unprecedented and exclusive access to the men and women who built and battled CAA as well as financial information never before made public, acclaimed author James Andrew Miller spins a tale of boundless ambition, ruthless egomania, ceaseless empire building, drugs, sex, greed, and personal betrayal. Powerhouse is also a story of prophetic brilliance, magnificent artistry, singular genius, entrepreneurial courage, strategic daring, foxhole brotherhood, and how one firm utterly transformed the entertainment business. Here are the real Star Wars - complete with a Death Star - told through the voices of those who were actually there. Packed with scores of stars from movies, television, music, and sports as well as a tremendously compelling cast of agents, studio executives, network chiefs, league commissioners, hedge fund managers, tech CEOs, and media tycoons, Powerhouse is itself a Hollywood blockbuster of the most spectacular sort.
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Solid Story, Questionable Voice Work
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Epic. The history of CAA
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Good info..bad structure
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This. Was. AMAZING.
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Some of the audiobook was off from the hard copy
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The one challenge was that with the large number of people involved, 1-3 narrator voices made it hard to distinguish who was speaking. They always say the name before they launch in... but with an audiobook, its easy to miss that and annoying to go back and check. More voices would have helped.
Great story - needed more voices
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Wow
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Great read. A little long especially near thre end
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What made the experience of listening to Powerhouse the most enjoyable?
Not much - did not like any of the readers, particularly the authorWho was your favorite character and why?
Ovitz, of courseWhat three words best describe the narrators’s performance?
TerribleWas there a moment in the book that particularly moved you?
The end - signifying the end of the entertainment business as we know itAny additional comments?
Whoever produced this recording should lose their job immediately. Did no-one listen to it?Numerous mis-pronunciations, like Sue Menjers, Guy McELLwaine, etc., and what on earth is Variety Fair?
Interesting inside look at "the biz"
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Makes you miss a non corporate Hollywood
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