Mike Ovitz was telling a group of people at the Grill on Thursday about the $30 Air Jordans he bought me for Christmas. “Julian,” he says, “I actually meant to buy you Prada shoes, just like my shoes that you approve of. But I called Prada myself and they said, ‘I’m very sorry, Mr. Ovitz. Read More
When exactly did the word “nanny” become synonymous with “naughty”? Wasn’t it just yesterday that nannies were dowdy, Mary-Poppins-and-Fraulein-Maria-esque models of discretion and discipline, wearing starched aprons and stern expressions and offering up comforting cups of cambric tea? This moralistic, Brit-inflected archetype still pops up on shows like ABC’s Supernanny, but these days au pairs Read More
When exactly did the word “nanny” become synonymous with “naughty”? Wasn’t it just yesterday that nannies were dowdy, Mary-Poppins-and-Fraulein-Maria-esque models of discretion and discipline, wearing starched aprons and stern expressions and offering up comforting cups of cambric tea? This moralistic, Brit-inflected archetype still pops up on shows like ABC’s Supernanny, but these days au pairs Read More
The Transom bit off more than it could chew this week–check its beard growth level for proof (Shaving? When?)–so it’s been a bit quiet around these parts. (Also, blame Brokeback Mountain.)
However, now in the quiet lull of a Thursday evening, a couple things must be shared:
· The Transom must point out Read More
The fresh-squeezed carrot juice arrived at the table in New York’s Four Seasons Hotel restaurant. There would be no lemon-ricotta pancakes with applewood-smoked sausage on the side, no two or three glasses of white wine that had once been a morning’s pre-interview pour. This wimpy Kucinich of a cocktail was big Joe Eszterhas’ breakfast.
His Read More
Great minds-our deep thinkers, brilliant intellectuals and philosopher kings-have always believed that the world can be divided into two categories:
Those blessed with the genius to recognize that everything in the world can be divided into two categories.
And everybody else.
Now admittedly, some might call this labeling naïve, simplistic and ridiculous.
When Artists Management Group founder Michael Ovitz made his
first television appearance on the Charlie Rose show on Jan. 23, he talked a
lot about his father. His dad, he said was one of the top three influences in
his life. The other two were show business visionaries, MCA founder Lew
Wasserman, and late Warner Read More
CNBC talking head Ron Insana wants to be taken seriously–as an author. So does Über- agent Mike Ovitz–as a TV producer and investor. And why shouldn’t they be? The great bull market may be staggering into its eighth year, but Mr. Insana and Mr. Ovitz are both betting that America’s love affair with the markets Read More
Dear Dave,
You don’t know me, but we go back a long way. I was one of maybe six people in the nation who caught every episode of your long-forgotten, failed but brilliant Morning Show , the one you did before you switched to late night and became a big star. I loved that morning Read More
The New York media’s front-page coverage of Michael Ovitz’s $20 million takeover of Garth Drabinsky’s Livent Inc. had to be heartening to the former head of the Creative Artists Agency. Since being pushed from the No. 2 spot at the Walt Disney Company with the help of his ex-best friend, Disney chief executive Michael Eisner, Read More
