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Unedited: From Idea to Manuscript and Shelf to ScreenRick Nicita and Bob Bookman: Books and Movies at Apex HollywoodRick Nicita and Bob Bookman join us for Episode 15 of Unedited. For nearly three decades, Rick and Bob were at the top of CAA's world of talent and book to film. They represented actors including Tom Cruise, Al Pacino, Nicole Kidman, and Sir Anthony Hopkins, and namebrand authors like Michael Crichton, Anne Rice, and Thomas Harris, to name only a few. We discuss how books matriculated through one of the major agencies during the apex motion picture era of Hollywood: the 1980s, 1990s, and 2000s. We also discuss the decline of readership culture in...2025-03-241h 29
Don't Kill the Messenger with Movie Research Expert Kevin GoetzPaula Wagner and Rick Nicita (Hollywood Power Couple) on their Illustrious Careers as Agents and ProducersSend Kevin a Text MessageIn this episode of "Don't Kill the Messenger," host Kevin Goetz sits down with Hollywood power couple Paula Wagner and Rick Nicita. Wagner has worked in the top ranks of the entertainment industry as a talent agent, studio executive, and producer. She co-founded Cruise/Wagner Productions with Tom Cruise, producing blockbuster hits like the "Mission: Impossible" franchise. Nicita worked as a successful talent agent for 5 decades before turning to production and consultation. He is currently Chairman of the American Cinematheque. Together, Wagner and Nicita offer insight into cultivating some of the most...2024-09-1853 min
Keration PC | PodCastIl musical Jekyll & Hyde
Jekyll & Hyde è un musical del 1990 liberamente ispirato al romanzo
del 1886 Lo strano caso del dottor Jekyll e del signor Hyde di Robert
Louis Stevenson. Originariamente era stato concepito per il palcoscenico da
Frank Wildhorn e Steve Cuden; loro, in collaborazione con Leslie Bricusse
(Lès.li Brècüssi), scrissero il libretto. Le musiche furono composte da Frank
Wildhorn. Dopo una prima mondiale a Houston, in Texas, il musical intraprese un
tour nazionale degli Stati Uniti prima del suo debutto a Broadway nel 1997. Da
allora sono state messe in scena molte produzioni internazionali in varie
lingue e una...2023-11-2505 min
The Town with Matthew BelloniEveryone Running Hollywood Is Old. Does That Matter?Matt is joined by former CAA co-chairman and agent of 40 years Rick Nicita to talk about why the most important executives in Hollywood are so old, and how that affects the way the industry is run today. They discuss the difference between Hollywood in the ’70s and ’80s—when it was commonplace for studio heads to be in their 30s—and 2023, when most of the major executives are the very same people from back in the day. They talk about whether there is a direct line between the aging Hollywood and the diminished box office, and how creativity is more obs...2023-08-1032 min