--- product_id: 42942400 title: "Powerhouse: The Untold Story of Hollywood's Creative Artists Agency" price: "VT7631" currency: VUV in_stock: true reviews_count: 9 url: https://www.desertcart.vu/products/42942400-powerhouse-the-untold-story-of-hollywoods-creative-artists-agency store_origin: VU region: Vanuatu --- # Powerhouse: The Untold Story of Hollywood's Creative Artists Agency **Price:** VT7631 **Availability:** ✅ In Stock ## Quick Answers - **What is this?** Powerhouse: The Untold Story of Hollywood's Creative Artists Agency - **How much does it cost?** VT7631 with free shipping - **Is it available?** Yes, in stock and ready to ship - **Where can I buy it?** [www.desertcart.vu](https://www.desertcart.vu/products/42942400-powerhouse-the-untold-story-of-hollywoods-creative-artists-agency) ## Best For - Customers looking for quality international products ## Why This Product - Free international shipping included - Worldwide delivery with tracking - 15-day hassle-free returns ## Description desertcart.com: Powerhouse: The Untold Story of Hollywood's Creative Artists Agency: 9780062441386: Miller, James Andrew: Books Review: Fascinating especially for people who are pop culture junkies - I'm an entertainment and pop culture junkie so this book was already right up my alley. I know about agencies and heard the names CAA and Endeavor and so forth but didn't have any idea what agencies were or what they did for people. The book is a history from the very beginning of CAA in the 70s right up to the present day. It includes interviews from all the principle founders of CAA, CAA agents, agents from other competitive agencies, executives and celebrities. It is organized in an oral history fashion which is a format that I happen to like. Each section has a narrative introduction but otherwise it is all an oral history. I've read other reviews that accuse the book of being biased towards CAA or sugarcoating the events but I didn't get that feeling as I was reading it. There are plenty of dissenting views and not very flattering descriptions from quite a few people directed at CAA. There are a few people that you can tell still work there and need to toe the company line and sound like an infomercial but they're pretty easy to identify. It is a long book but it kept my interest from beginning to end. It goes into some extreme detail that might be boring to some but which I found fascinating (especially the parts about sports representation). Review: Interesting Look Into the CAA world - The reason I chose to read this is due to having really enjoyed the books on ESPN and SNL. This one was definitely a dryer subject matter for me, and I can’t say that I enjoyed it as much as the other books. That is not to say that the book is not very well done, as it is of the same general quality of the other books. The advantage the other books had for me was being more familiar with the subject matter. I found the CAA story sometime hard to keep track of just who was who in the book, especially in the 2nd half. There were times where it really dragged for me. On a positive note, it was certainly an interesting look into a world totally alien to me. The bottom line for me is that I did enjoy reading it, but nearly as much as the two other books. ## Technical Specifications | Specification | Value | |---------------|-------| | Best Sellers Rank | #84,708 in Books ( See Top 100 in Books ) #95 in Movie History & Criticism #107 in Biographies of Business & Industrial Professionals #351 in Actor & Entertainer Biographies | | Customer Reviews | 4.2 4.2 out of 5 stars (999) | | Dimensions | 6 x 1.23 x 9 inches | | Edition | Reprint | | ISBN-10 | 0062441388 | | ISBN-13 | 978-0062441386 | | Item Weight | 2.31 pounds | | Language | English | | Print length | 768 pages | | Publication date | May 16, 2017 | | Publisher | Mariner Books | ## Images ![Powerhouse: The Untold Story of Hollywood's Creative Artists Agency - Image 1](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/71YG7GyWDlL.jpg) ## Customer Reviews ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Fascinating especially for people who are pop culture junkies *by T***N on October 4, 2016* I'm an entertainment and pop culture junkie so this book was already right up my alley. I know about agencies and heard the names CAA and Endeavor and so forth but didn't have any idea what agencies were or what they did for people. The book is a history from the very beginning of CAA in the 70s right up to the present day. It includes interviews from all the principle founders of CAA, CAA agents, agents from other competitive agencies, executives and celebrities. It is organized in an oral history fashion which is a format that I happen to like. Each section has a narrative introduction but otherwise it is all an oral history. I've read other reviews that accuse the book of being biased towards CAA or sugarcoating the events but I didn't get that feeling as I was reading it. There are plenty of dissenting views and not very flattering descriptions from quite a few people directed at CAA. There are a few people that you can tell still work there and need to toe the company line and sound like an infomercial but they're pretty easy to identify. It is a long book but it kept my interest from beginning to end. It goes into some extreme detail that might be boring to some but which I found fascinating (especially the parts about sports representation). ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐ Interesting Look Into the CAA world *by S***Y on October 7, 2016* The reason I chose to read this is due to having really enjoyed the books on ESPN and SNL. This one was definitely a dryer subject matter for me, and I can’t say that I enjoyed it as much as the other books. That is not to say that the book is not very well done, as it is of the same general quality of the other books. The advantage the other books had for me was being more familiar with the subject matter. I found the CAA story sometime hard to keep track of just who was who in the book, especially in the 2nd half. There were times where it really dragged for me. On a positive note, it was certainly an interesting look into a world totally alien to me. The bottom line for me is that I did enjoy reading it, but nearly as much as the two other books. ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Very interesting view of the power players in Hollywood! *by R***S on September 17, 2016* This book covers the period from the time that the some of the CAA founders worked at William Morris, how CAA was created, how it functioned in it's long heyday, and how it changed when the Young Turks took over after Ovitz left. If you've never seen the inside of the book or read any excerpts, it is not a narrative by the author; instead, it is a compilation of narratives by the founders of CAA, some of the agents, some actors, the Young Turks, and people on the periphery. If you don't know at least who these people are, this book may be very confusing to read. It does provide an interesting insight into the mindset of agents, how they function, what the job entails, and the "it's-good-to-be-King" philosophy of the major power brokers in Hollywood. Yes, they eat their young for breakfast in that town! Since the narratives are provided by the individuals themselves, I found that there was a lot of back-patting, and "he was so nice", "everybody loved him" etc. etc. etc. That was not genuine and clouded some of the book for me. Come on...this is Hollywood. If you're an agent, and a successful one, you would throw your mother off of a cliff or sell your firstborn to get the best client and/or deal. Having most of the people praise Ovitz when, in reality, he was to the right of Ghengis Khan, was feeble. But I suppose that most of the people in the book are still active in Hollywood so you never burn your bridges - especially in Tinseltown where the powers-that-be NEVER forget ANYTHING. Comments on the Kindle edition: BAD, BAD, BAD.....in what world do booksellers think they can just copy/paste a hardcover into a Kindle versionn?? It doesn't work. The formatting was terrible in many places; there were "bookmarks" already in the book - what's that about? and....there are photos but 99% of the photos are on one page and captions are either on the page before the photo or after the photo. So if you want to know who's-who in the photo to have to keep going back a page or forward to next page. Ugh!!! I find this is an issue with other Kindle versions of books and it astounds me that we can land a man on the moon but someone can't spend the time to format a hardcover book into a reader-version. ## Frequently Bought Together - Powerhouse: The Untold Story of Hollywood's Creative Artists Agency - The Mailroom: Hollywood History from the Bottom Up - Who is Michael Ovitz? --- ## Why Shop on Desertcart? - 🛒 **Trusted by 1.3+ Million Shoppers** — Serving international shoppers since 2016 - 🌍 **Shop Globally** — Access 737+ million products across 21 categories - 💰 **No Hidden Fees** — All customs, duties, and taxes included in the price - 🔄 **15-Day Free Returns** — Hassle-free returns (30 days for PRO members) - 🔒 **Secure Payments** — Trusted payment options with buyer protection - ⭐ **TrustPilot Rated 4.5/5** — Based on 8,000+ happy customer reviews **Shop now:** [https://www.desertcart.vu/products/42942400-powerhouse-the-untold-story-of-hollywoods-creative-artists-agency](https://www.desertcart.vu/products/42942400-powerhouse-the-untold-story-of-hollywoods-creative-artists-agency) --- *Product available on Desertcart Vanuatu* *Store origin: VU* *Last updated: 2026-05-10*