The identical week CAA wrapped up negotiations on a two-year extension for Invoice Maher’s HBO present Actual Time, the host severed ties along with his longtime expertise company. The trigger was a snub, per the Hollywood Reporter: Maher didn’t obtain an invite to the non-public Oscars social gathering on the company CEO’s residence final weekend. Bryan Lourd did invite a number of stars, a few of them shoppers, together with Margot Robbie, Julia Roberts, Jennifer Aniston, JJ Abrams, and Vice President Kamala Harris.
Maher didn’t instantly reply to a request for remark in regards to the firing. He had sounded happy by CAA’s work final week in an announcement in regards to the Actual Time extension until 2026, per Variety. “Two extra years within the dream job of a lifetime, on the community so many dream of being on—I feel that is what we name a no brainer,” he mentioned. The company had represented Maher for greater than 20 years, per the Daily Beast. (Extra Invoice Maher tales.)
