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ONCE upon a time in Hollywood, a band of rebels left a lumbering old talent agency to start a hot little company of their own — and in a dozen years or so managed to reach the top of the heap.
Rahm, Zeke, and Ari Emanuel have become very successful in different fields—politics, medicine, and Hollywood. But it’s hard not to notice the similarities among the brothers. They’re all intense, pugnacious, and in perpetual motion.
A discussion about healthcare with Ezekiel, Ari, and Rahm Emanuel at the desk of Charlie Rose. The brothers also discuss the dynamics of family and why they believe they have all managed to be successful.
Ari Emanuel thinks before answering a question during Tuesday’s panel discussion, “What’s Up Hollywood,” at the Traverse City Film Festival. Michael Moore's agent and the agent who Jeremy Piven's character is modeled after on HBO's "Entourage."
The reptilian Hollywood talent agent in the HBO series "Entourage" is named Ari. And even Ari Emanuel, one of Hollywood's top agents and a partner at Endeavor, acknowledges, with a faint grin, that the agent is more or less based on him.
Of the three brothers, Rahm is the most famous, Ari is the richest and Zeke, over time, will probably be the most important. Zeke is also, according to his brothers, the smartest. Rahm, naturally, gets the most press attention.
When a ragtag band of ICM emigres opened Endeavor almost a decade ago, few of the town's insiders predicted survival for the upstart talent agency.Sure, Creative Artists Agency and its zealous young agents, led by Michael Ovitz, had made an almost instant success when it bowed in 1975.
