California
Tragedy: Ovitz protege Jay Moloney, who had struggled with cocaine, apparently committed suicide.
Nov. 17, 1999
Entertainment & Arts
What part, if any, did Hollywood’s social excess and heady, all-consuming business play in the apparent suicide of a former star agent who appeared to have it all--money, power, status and youth?
Nov. 19, 1999
“The bad times.”
March 8, 1995
Dana Giacchetto, the boyish New York City money manager renowned for his ability to ingratiate himself with such young stars as Leonardo DiCaprio, Matt Damon and Ben Affleck and Hollywood power broker Michael Ovitz, was charged Monday with three criminal counts for allegedly stealing at least $6 million of his clients’ funds.
April 4, 2000
They’re called the Young Turks, and they are a tight-knit fraternity of five hyper-ambitious thirtysomething agents who are about to inherit the mantle of Creative Artists Agency, Hollywood’s largest talent agency.
Aug. 23, 1995
Dale Wasserman’s play adaptation of Ken Kesey’s “One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest” is designed as an act of liberation from authority, from the State, even from motherhood--with the mental asylum potentate Nurse Ratched as all three.
July 3, 1992
Music
While Dublin, the jewel of Ireland, is celebrating its millennium, the Chieftains, who are the jewel of Irish traditional music, are celebrating their silver anniversary with a worldwide tour.
March 24, 1988
Television
NBC Reprises Its Strategy of Playing Off Strongest Night
Sept. 19, 1996
Some Hollywood studio musicians, we’ve been told, dream of getting out of the studio to play classical music.
July 12, 1993
It’s the usual grim, slim field.
Dec. 1, 1986