Agent and agency founder Don Buchwald, shown in New York City in 2008, died July 22 in the Berkshires in Massachusetts. Don Buchwald, who founded bicoastal talent agency Buchwald and notably represented Howard Stern in industry-altering negotiations with Sirius XM, died July 22 in the Berkshires in Massachusetts, an agency publicist confirmed. “Don was a true industry trailblazer,” daughter Julia …
The behind-the-scenes power of a Hollywood superagent such as Bryan Lourd manifests in different ways, depending on the day. One minute, he’s putting the world’s most influential entertainment company, Walt Disney Co., on blast for, in his words, “shamelessly and falsely” criticizing Scarlett Johansson after she sued the company for the way it released her movie “Black Widow” online during …
NEW YORK — Mort Janklow, a colorful former corporate attorney who raised high the power of the literary agent as he brokered big advances for publishing, political and entertainment leaders, from Ronald Reagan and Al Gore to David McCullough and Barbara Walters, has died. “Mort brought publishing people into the space age,” Simon & Schuster executive Joni Evans told New …
Endeavor CEO Ari Emanuel, center, with Executive Chairman Patrick Whitesell to his right, gestures after ringing the New York Stock Exchange opening bell to celebrate the company’s highly anticipated IPO on Thursday. Superagent Ari Emanuel, Endeavor’s chief executive, rang the bell to commemorate the company’s stock market debut with Executive Chairman Patrick Whitesell and other executives. As much as we …