Bill Maher
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Bill Maher has fired the CAA.
HBO's host, sources say real time He fired CAA, his representative of more than two decades, on Monday after not being invited to CEO Brian Lourd's private Oscars party at his home on Saturday night.
According to sources, Maher was furious that he was snubbed for the event, which was scheduled opposite the Motion Picture & Television Fund's Night Before Bash. The party at Lorde's home was attended by CAA clients including JJ Abrams, Barry Tiller, Kamala Harris, Margot Robbie, Bob Iger, Alan Bergman, Dana Walton, Brian Robbins, Jason Bloom, Brian Grazer, Donna Langley, Pam Abdi and Julia. Roberts and Jennifer Aniston, among others, according to industry newsletter Puck.
Lourdes' private party came a day after CAA toasted nominees including Robbie, Ryan Gosling, Cillian Murphy, Jeffrey Wright, Annette Bening, Carey Mulligan, Emily Blunt, Danielle Brooks, Jodie Foster and Davin Joy Randolph. Sunset Tower. (Maher was spotted at WME's Oscars party at the Hearst Estate in Beverly Hills on Friday night.)
Maher is repped at CAA by Steven Lafferty, who also serves as the agency's head of television.
The news comes that Maher has ditched the CAA after the agency recently negotiated a two-year extension. real time, 2026 will host the weekly talk show through its 24th season. The series is one of HBO's longest-running original shows. It launched in 2003 and is the second longest-running premium cable network in history, following the recently concluded A real game with Bryant GumbelBased on the number of seasons it ran.
Maher's representatives did not immediately respond THRA request for comment.
