Ovitz, 71, and Mellon, 51, are both in the throes of successful second acts. Since leaving CAA in 1995 for a short-lived (and famously contentious) job as Michael Eisner’s deputy at Disney and a ...

Today, when Michael Ovitz looks back, it is with both pride and regret. "I felt that we were very kind to the people that were on our team and on our side," he told Braver.

GEORGETOWN, Del. – Walt Disney Co.’s former general counsel testified that Michael Ovitz never ripped off the company when questioned about Ovitz’s lavish gift-giving and company … ...

Michael Ovitz says he was worth every penny of his $140 million severance from Walt Disney, because he solved studio problems that Chairman Michael Eisner couldn’t handle.

Michael Ovitz and actor Dustin Hoffman attend the premiere of “Wag The Dog” on December 17, 1997. And then Ovitz shoehorned Murray into the cast at the last minute, ...

Michael Ovitz was ever the master of both confession and concealment — the shared confidence that really wasn’t, or the backdoor whisper that had to be denied. When I was pursuing him, in a ...

It was an event that felt more like a prizefight than a book promotion: Ovitz. Meyer. One night only at DGA headquarters with the central figures of James Andrew Miller’s new book, “Powerhouse.” ...

And Michael Ovitz surely wasn’t alone in understanding that the most expensive employees are the ones who feel they’re undervalued by virtue of being underpaid.

Michael Ovitz, who once controlled the careers of Hollywood's biggest stars as the town's premier deal maker, yesterday lost his pass to the Magic Kingdom. Ovitz, who stage-managed the careers of ...

Vanity Fair has catapulted a Wrap scoop about Michael Ovitz's failed takeover of IMG this fall into the realm of tragi-comedy. In a lengthy piece in the magazine's upcoming issue, author William ...

Had the ex-president stayed, CEO Michael Eisner would have had difficulty replacing him, Gary Wilson testifies. Firing Ovitz Was Better Than Demoting Him, Director Says - Los Angeles Times ...

Michael Ovitz lorded over Hollywood at CAA. His fiancee Tamara Mellon created a shoe empire. On the occasion of his memoir 'Who Is Michael Ovitz?' and her new L.A. store, ...