Ari Emanuel
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Ariel "Ari" Emanuel is a prominent talent agent and founder of the Endeavor Agency in Beverly Hills, California. He represents Larry David, Michael Moore, Sacha Baron Cohen, and Mark Wahlberg, among others.
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[edit] Background
Raised in suburban Wilmette, Illinois, outside Chicago, Emanuel is the brother of U.S. Congressman Rahm Emanuel, and NIH bioethicist Ezekiel J. Emanuel; his father, the Jerusalem-born Dr. Benjamin M. Emanuel is a pediatrician, who was active in the pre-independence Israeli underground[1] on behalf of the Irgun,[2] a radical Zionist paramilitary organization. His mother, Martha Emanuel (née Smulevitz), was a civil rights activist, and the one-time owner of a Chicago-area rock and roll club.[2] He is a graduate of New Trier West High School and of Macalester College in St Paul, Minnesota.
[edit] Cultural references
The character Ari Gold, played by Jeremy Piven, on the HBO television show Entourage is based on Emanuel.[3]
[edit] References
- ^ Hendrix, Steve. "Fighting for the Spoils", Washington Post, October 22,2006, p. D01. Retrieved on Jan. 9, 2007
- ^ a b Elisabeth Bumiller. "The Brothers Emanuel", June 15, 1997. Retrieved on Feb. 12, 2007
- ^ Horn, John. "A Green Light for 'Aqua'?". The Los Angeles Times. Retrieved on July 28, 2006.
