Powerhouse

The Untold Story of Hollywood's Creative Artists Agency

De: James Andrew Miller

Narrado por: James Andrew Miller, Kirby Heyborne, Ann Richardson

An astonishing—and astonishingly entertaining—behind-the-curtain history of Hollywood’s transformation over the past five decades as seen through the agency at the heart of it all, from the #1 bestselling co-author of Live from New York and Those Guys Have All the Fun.

In 1975, five young employees of a sclerotic William Morris agency left to start their own, strikingly innovative talent agency. In the years to come, Creative Artists Agency would vault from its origins in a tiny office on the last block of Beverly Hills to become the largest, most imperial, groundbreaking, and star-studded agency Hollywood has ever seen—a company whose tentacles now spread throughout the world of movies, music, television, technology, advertising, sports, and investment banking far more than previously imagined.

Powerhouse is the fascinating, no-holds-barred saga of that hot-blooded ascent. Drawing on unprecedented and exclusive access to the men and women who built and battled CAA, as well as financial information never before made public, acclaimed author James Andrew Miller spins a tale of boundless ambition, ruthless egomania, ceaseless empire building, drugs, sex, greed, and personal betrayal. Powerhouse is also a story of prophetic brilliance, magnificent artistry, singular genius, entrepreneurial courage, strategic daring, foxhole brotherhood, and how one firm utterly transformed the entertainment business. Here are the real Star Wars—complete with a Death Star—told through the voices of those who were actually there. Packed with scores of stars from movies, television, music, and sports, as well as a tremendously compelling cast of agents, studio executives, network chiefs, league commissioners, hedge fund managers, tech CEOs, and media tycoons, Powerhouse is itself a Hollywood blockbuster of the most spectacular sort.

Good info..bad structure

Some cool stories and behind the scenes info on Hollywood agencies and the players. Slow structure with tons of short quotes from pieces of interviews and very repetitive.

This. Was. AMAZING.

What a remarkable book. I couldn't stop listening--in the car, while eating, in the shower. A fascinating look at the rise of CAA. Of power, business, the entrepreneurial spirit, and human psychology. Where you're interested in entertainment, film, TV, acting, or business this is a must read/listen.

Some of the audiobook was off from the hard copy

Some of the audiobook was off from the hard copy but it didn’t take away too much from my experience.

Great story - needed more voices

This was an interesting and entertaining story, told in the words of those involved via interviews. I very much enjoyed it.

The one challenge was that with the large number of people involved, 1-3 narrator voices made it hard to distinguish who was speaking. They always say the name before they launch in... but with an audiobook, its easy to miss that and annoying to go back and check. More voices would have helped.

Wow

What an epic, fascinating account of the real behind the scenes of how the deals get made and how the business is run!