Aaron Sorkin offered his remedy for writer’s block: “I like to drive around and listen to music, and I try to start arguments with myself, talking out loud. … You’re making me sound crazy now!” But, he adds, that’s where some of the best ideas come from. “One out of every 50 times, and I’ll…
Long before he became the most famous cinematic fighter of all time, Sylvester Stallone had to fight his own battle to survive in New York. For example, he was living in places where he literally had pizza boxes for his mattress. “I did, yeah. It was very comfortable,” he said. His jobs also included cleaning…
The office is spacious, the view spectacular. Add a treadmill desk, and you’ve got the ideal setting for a Hollywood superagent, Ari Emanuel. The TV character Ari Gold from HBO’s “Entourage” was based on him. Emanuel’s rise to the top began at the bottom in – where else? – the mailroom. “You’d be picking food…
Knopf We may receive an affiliate commission from anything you buy from this article. In his memoir “Roll the Calls” (to be published Tuesday by Knopf), Hollywood superagent and mogul Ari Emanuel writes of coming to blows in the competitive entertainment universe – and, in one instance, being sidelined by the business end of a…
A month of shocks, controversy, and record chases ends with Argentina and Spain fighting for the trophy in New Jersey. There is a version of this tournament that exists only in press releases: 104 games, three countries, a halftime show with more headline acts than most music festivals manage in a weekend, a Peace Prize…
