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Memoir from agent to the stars, Michael Ovitz. I love books about behind-the-scenes of Hollywood, & this gives the inside scoop on being an agent.

I enjoyed most of it, except the last few chapters which became bogged down in talking about takeovers. 4🌟

Thanks to NetGalley & publishers, Penguin Random House UK / Ebury, for the opportunity to review an ARC. #NetGalley

PTB after about 85 pages; it just became a slog to even pick up the book. Life‘s too short to try and finish something I just am not enjoying.

Part 1
A fascinating and fast read. It‘s all here, the growth of CAA, decline of Lew Wasserman, MGM and MCA, his departure from CAA, the Picasso Eisner had to give Robin Williams, being fired from Disney, David Letterman‘s battle for the Tonight Show, the “gay mafia” and his third act as a wildly successful Silicon Valley investor.

Part 2. Ovitz is certainly an egotist but there‘s no denying his hard work, vision and success. If you worked in entertainment between 1988 - 2006 no doubt you will get some juicy details on a story you were attached to and enjoy hearing Ovitz‘ POV on the rest. And he names names.
Memoirs are often criticized for not being objective. But that‘s part of the fun of it and also tells you something about the subject that no one else can.