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Bill Maher Fires CAA After Oscar Party Snub (Exclusive)
The Hollywood Reporter ^ | MARCH 15, 2024 | Kim Masters, Lesley Goldberg

Posted on 03/15/2024 4:56:29 PM PDT by nickcarraway

Sources say the ‘Real Time’ host was furious after he wasn’t invited to Bryan Lourd’s Academy Awards bash.

Sources say the host of HBO’s Real Time fired CAA, his reps for more than two decades, on Monday after he was not invited to CEO Bryan Lourd’s private Oscar party at his home on Saturday night.

Maher, according to sources, was furious that he was snubbed for the event — which was scheduled opposite the Motion Picture & Television Fund’s Night Before bash. The party at Lourd’s home drew the likes of J.J. Abrams, Barry Diller, Kamala Harris, Margot Robbie, Bob Iger, Alan Bergman, Dana Walden, Brian Robbins, Jason Blum, Brian Grazer, Donna Langley, Pam Abdy and such CAA clients as Harrison Ford, Julia Roberts and Jennifer Aniston, among others, according to industry newsletter Puck.

Lourd’s private party came a day after CAA toasted nominees including Robbie, Ryan Gosling, Cillian Murphy, Jeffrey Wright, Annette Bening, Carey Mulligan, Emily Blunt, Danielle Brooks, Jodie Foster and Da’Vine Joy Randolph, among others, on Friday night at Sunset Tower.

Maher had been repped at CAA by Steven Lafferty, who also serves as the agency’s head of television.

News of Maher ditching CAA comes after the agency recently negotiated a two-year extension for Real Time, which takes the weekly talk show through its 24th season in 2026. The series is one of HBO’s longest-running originals. It launched in 2003 and is second in the premium cable network’s history, behind only the recently concluded Real Sports With Bryant Gumbel, in terms of the number of seasons it has run.

Reps for Maher did not immediately respond to THR‘s request for comment.


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To: nickcarraway

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21 posted on 03/15/2024 6:09:12 PM PDT by Chode (there is no fall back position, there's no rally point, there is no LZ... we're on our own. #FJB)
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They probably excluded Maher because Kamala Harris was there and Maher called for Biden to drop her from the ticket.

-PJ

22 posted on 03/15/2024 6:12:33 PM PDT by Political Junkie Too ( * LAAP = Left-wing Activist Agitprop Press (formerly known as the MSM))
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The 2 year extension is done so they’ll get their pay. Am curious if he’ll end up at WME or UTA.


23 posted on 03/15/2024 6:34:21 PM PDT by peggybac (My will is what I wanted. God's will is what I got.)
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Sounds like high school. Maher in a tizzy because the mean girls wouldn’t let him into the party. Isn’t he a little old and male to be upset about not being in the cool person Hollywood clique.


24 posted on 03/15/2024 7:08:38 PM PDT by chuckee
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To: Pox

I saw him on an episode of Murder She Wrote. He did a decent job despite being fairly homely.


25 posted on 03/15/2024 8:05:15 PM PDT by Aria
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To: AdmSmith; AnonymousConservative; Arthur Wildfire! March; Berosus; Bockscar; BraveMan; cardinal4; ...
The party at Lourd's home drew the likes of J.J. Abrams, Barry Diller, Kamala Harris, Margot Robbie, Bob Iger, Alan Bergman, Dana Walden, Brian Robbins, Jason Blum, Brian Grazer, Donna Langley, Pam Abdy and such CAA clients as Harrison Ford, Julia Roberts and Jennifer Aniston, among others... a day after CAA toasted nominees including Robbie, Ryan Gosling, Cillian Murphy, Jeffrey Wright, Annette Bening, Carey Mulligan, Emily Blunt, Danielle Brooks, Jodie Foster and Da'Vine Joy Randolph, among others, on Friday night at Sunset Tower.
Kamala Harris was there, so naturally Bill Maher wasn't invited.

26 posted on 03/15/2024 10:54:25 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (Putin should skip ahead to where he kills himself in the bunker.)
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You know you really gotta be a POS to not be invited to that den of iniquity.

Or a conservative Christian Trump supporter.


27 posted on 03/16/2024 12:36:46 AM PDT by Organic Panic (Democrats. Memories as short as Joe Biden's eyes.)
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To: nickcarraway
Billy Bob Maher has not changed his spots, in all this time, and never will.

BBM is now representing the Angry Barking Dog bloc of the Democrat Party. Perhaps a sizeable chunk of the (D) party is angry, but remember that the Party represents a spectrum (same as the (R) party).

As a political "relief valve," being seen as being allowed to be skeptical of the Party, is a way for the Party at large to channel that angryEnergy, in to more constructive efforts at Party unity and solidarity.

"Oh, they're not angry at Democrats or Democrat policies, they are Angry that a certain [spit] demographic (insert: Republican/RNC/family/country/MAGA/conservative), are standing in the way of "democracy" or "equity" or whatever the Sacred Cows are currently in vogue, with the Democrat Party and the glorious Transformative Revolution that we are ushering in for America and the World."

Cue "Saint"Greta: "How dare you!!"

28 posted on 03/16/2024 1:12:40 AM PDT by Miguk
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Creative Artists Agency LLC (CAA) is an American talent and sports agency based in Los Angeles, California. With more than 3,000 employees in 25 countries worldwide in June 2022,[1] CAA is regarded as an influential company in the talent agency business, and manages numerous clients.[2][3]


29 posted on 03/16/2024 1:57:24 AM PDT by central_va (I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn...)
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The party at Lourd’s home drew the likes of J.J. Abrams, Barry Diller, Kamala Harris, Margot Robbie, Bob Iger, Alan Bergman, Dana Walden, Brian Robbins, Jason Blum, Brian Grazer, Donna Langley, Pam Abdy and such CAA clients as Harrison Ford, Julia Roberts and Jennifer Aniston, among others, according to industry newsletter Puck.

Maher has been known to give both sides to issues... that's a 'no no' among WOKE idiots. Good for Maher - CAA sucks ...

30 posted on 03/16/2024 3:30:25 AM PDT by GOPJ (Question: What are the two things Biden finds at ice cream shops? A. Ice cream and young children.)
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Not gonna assume these sources are telling the truth. Dishonest hit pieces sometimes hit people I don’t particularly care for. And Mahr though a leftist has said a few things that Leftism does not currently permit.


31 posted on 03/16/2024 6:00:23 AM PDT by AndyTheBear (Certified smarter than average for my species)
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Translation:

Bill was


32 posted on 03/16/2024 6:08:37 AM PDT by bert ( (KE. NP. +12) Hamascide is required in totality)
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CEO Bryan Lourd>>>>>>>>> Gay as an Ungaro spring frock. Bill Maher left this clown’s CAA agency. Bill Maher has been around long enough to hire a lawyer to represent him. And not pay the 15-20% fees to CAA
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Wikipedia
Personal life
Lourd and actress Carrie Fisher were in a relationship from 1991 to 1994.[2] Their relationship ended when he left her for a man after realizing he was gay.[9] They have one daughter, actress Billie Lourd, born in 1992.[4][10]

Lourd married Bruce Bozzi, the former co-owner of The Palm (later owned by Landrys Restaurants),[4] on October 12, 2016, and Lourd legally adopted Bozzi’s daughter, Ava.[11][12] They divide their time between an apartment in the West Village, in Lower Manhattan, New York City,[4] and a house in Beverly Hills, California.


33 posted on 03/16/2024 6:08:37 AM PDT by dennisw (Why is the rabbit unafraid? Because he's smarter than the panther.)
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To: nickcarraway

Fourteen years ago, I summed up Maher as a kid who sat alone at the lunch table in junior high. He didn’t fit in with the jocks and he had contempt for the nerds. Regardless, the kids didn’t like him and he knew it. He’s programmed to avoid popular trends but, at the same time, grew to be a bitter, smug outsider who longed to be included. Not inviting him to this party is probably the most painful thing anyone could have done to him.


34 posted on 03/16/2024 6:13:50 AM PDT by LittleBillyInfidel (This tagline has been formatted to fit the screen. Some content has been edited.)
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To: peggybac
The 2 year extension is done so they’ll get their pay. Am curious if he’ll end up at WME or UTA.

This is the real reason BM left CAA. Them getting 15-20% of his paycheck for the next two years, Same as CAA has done for the last 20+ years. Bill M will hire a solid Hollywood lawyer to negotiate his deals. Much less expensive than CAA vultures. That need mega cash to fund their gay Hollywood lifestyles.

35 posted on 03/16/2024 6:26:21 AM PDT by dennisw (Why is the rabbit unafraid? Because he's smarter than the panther.)
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Who are all those people they list. I recognize the name Kamala Harris and that’s about it.


36 posted on 03/16/2024 6:29:54 AM PDT by ladyjane
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To: nickcarraway
Would you want this thing hanging around at your party?

Hollywood is all about looking good.

37 posted on 03/17/2024 4:17:23 PM PDT by x
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