Bill Maher ‘fires his long-time talent agency after he was snubbed from its Oscars
Bill Maher has reportedly fired his long-time reps Creative Artists Agency (CAA) which have represented him for more than 20 years after he was left off the guest list for a pre-Oscars party hosted by CAA’s CEO last weekend.
The Hollywood Reporter claims Maher felt slighted after not receiving an invitation to Bryan Lourd’s exclusive Oscar party, held at his LA mansion.
The party was a who’s who of Hollywood A-listers and fellow CAA clients including Julia Roberts and Jennifer Aniston. which only served to incense Maher further, after being left out in the cold.
CAA have not commented officially on the parting of ways but another rep for Maher at the Wasserman (Brillstein Entertainment Partners) Agency told DailyMail.com there was no truth to the news of him leaving CAA.
‘It’s not at all true. He is still at CAA and has made no decisions about his representation at this time,’ they said on Saturday night.
Bill Maher has reportedly parted ways with CAA, his representatives for over twenty years, after allegedly failing to receive an invite to CEO Bryan Lourd’s private Oscar party
The party was a who’s who of Hollywood A-listers and fellow CAA clients held at CAA CEO Bryan Lourd’s LA mansion
Matt Bomer and Simon Halls at the Vanity Fair Oscar Party with their friends restauranteur Bruce Bozzi and his husband Bryan Lourd
Jennifer Aniston is seen at an Oscars watch party with Bruce Bozzi and writer Derek Blasberg
From left, Bruce Bozzi, Salma Hayek, Kevin Huvane, Fracois-Henri Pinault, and Bryan Lourd attend the CAA pre-Oscar party at Sunset Tower in Los Angeles where Maher was a no-show
The event Maher was supposedly snubbed was held at Lourd’s home in the Holmby Hills and also coincided with the Motion Picture & Television Fund’s Night Before bash.
It saw 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 and Pam Abdy all in attendance.
Maher’s was also a no-show at a more ‘official’ CAA-hosted event at the Sunset Tower Hotel the previous night.
Maher was nowhere to be seen only fueling rumors that all was not well between the HBO talk show host and CAA.
Instead, he showed up at rival agency William Morris Endeavor WME’s Oscar party at Hearst Estate in Beverly Hills.
The agency reps Margot Robbie, Ryan Gosling, Cillian Murphy, Jeffrey Wright, Annette Bening, Carey Mulligan, Emily Blunt, Danielle Brooks, Jodie Foster, Da’Vine Joy Randolph, America Ferrera, Justin Triet and Yorgos Lanthimos, among others.
Actress Julia Roberts and her husband, Danny Moder, were spotted leaving a glamorous pre-Oscar party in Beverly Hills
J.J. Abrams, Maha Dakhil, and Katie McGrath are seen at last year’s CAA Pre-Oscar Party
Margot Robbie attends the 2024 Vanity Fair Oscar Party Hosted By Radhika Jones at Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts in Beverly Hills following the Oscar ceremony
From left, author Diana Nyad, Netflix CEO Ted Sarandos, actor Jon Hamm, and his wife Anna Osceola attend the CAA pre-Oscar party at Sunset Tower
Kelly Ripa and Andy Cohen are seen at the CAA pre-Oscar party at Sunset Tower
From left, Jeffrey Wright, Vin Diesel, and Cord Jefferson attend the CAA pre-Oscar party
Maher has been represented at CAA by Steven Lafferty, who also holds the position of the agency’s head of television.
The agency recently secured a two-year extension for Maher’s HBO show, ‘Real Time,’ which, by 2026, would see it embarking on its 24th season.
His show has been on air since 2003 and is one of the network’s longest-running original series.