from: http://www.aci.net/kalliste/ Click Here: <A HREF="http://www.aci.net/kalliste/">The Home Page of J. Orlin Grabbe</A> ----- Two Weeks in Philadelphia Hackers Scramble Tom Clancy's Brain! Or, the evil Michael Ovtiz takes more revenge on the godly Michael Eisner. TOM CLANCY, the godfather of the techno-thriller, surprised the publishing world yesterday by switching his £138 million fiction empire to the care of Michael Ovitz, once Hollywood's most powerful wheeler-dealer. In what insiders said was "a shock" to his long-time agent, Robert Gottlieb, the author defected to Ovitz, notorious for his dealings with film studios and wooing of star clients. Clancy joins Robin Williams, the actor, Minnie Driver, the actress, and the directors, Martin Scorsese and Sydney Pollack. Ovitz was the first agent to package actors, directors and producers from his own stable and sell them to the studios. He cultivated an image of ruthless omnipotence in helping celebrities such as Tom Cruise, Barbra Streisand and Tom Hanks. After changing the way Hollywood did business, Ovitz moved to a $5 million-a-year (£3.5 million) job as Walt Disney president, replacing Frank Wells, who was killed in a helicopter crash. However, studio boss Michael Eisner fired him after 14 months. Ovitz is now stirring up a storm, using his £69 million severance pay to pursue a multi-media dream with his fledging Artists Management Group to represent actors, directors and writers. The move is creating alarm among established agents who view it as a thinly-disguised agency bent on stealing their top talent. The deal with Clancy is likely to add to the paranoia of rivals as Gottlieb had represented the writer at the William Morris organisation since spying the galleys of his first novel The Hunt for Red October. The agent did much to build Clancy into a brand name, securing a £27 million contract for his last novels, Rainbow Six two years ago, and The Bear and The Dragon, out later this month. Gottlieb also secured a £17 million deal three years ago for the author's Red Storm Entertainment, set up to specialise in computer gaming. The American, Ben Affleck, is taking the role of Clancy's long-time hero, Jack Ryan, in the latest movie of his work, The Sum of All Fears. Clancy, a postman's son and a former insurance salesman, is noted for doing what he "damn well pleases", as is Ovitz. His move reflects what Variety, the trade paper, calls current "migratory habits of hugely successful writers". The London Telegraph, August 5, 2000 ----- Aloha, He'Ping, Om, Shalom, Salaam. Em Hotep, Peace Be, All My Relations. Omnia Bona Bonis, Adieu, Adios, Aloha. Amen. Roads End <A HREF="http://www.ctrl.org/">www.ctrl.org</A> DECLARATION & DISCLAIMER ========== CTRL is a discussion & informational exchange list. Proselytizing propagandic screeds are unwelcomed. Substance—not soap-boxing—please! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory'—with its many half-truths, mis- directions and outright frauds—is used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRLgives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. ======================================================================== Archives Available at: http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html <A HREF="http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html">Archives of [EMAIL PROTECTED]</A> http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ <A HREF="http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/">ctrl</A> ======================================================================== To subscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SUBSCRIBE CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To UNsubscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SIGNOFF CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Om
