PositiveThe Wall Street Journal...a window into both the glamorous side of the British aristocracy and its unpleasant underbelly. [Glenconner]describes a life full of jet-setting adventure—such as flying around the world from Hong Kong to Australia with Princess Margaret—and great tragedy, including the deaths of her two eldest sons ... Ms. Glenconner found solace in her role as lady in waiting to Princess Margaret, accompanying the princess to events, giving hosts and organizers advance notice of her desires, and being a travel companion and confidante. She says the sometimes controversial princess stood by her through her most difficult times, and she decided to write the book, in part, \'to set the record straight…. So many peoplehad written about her in a not so very nice way who didn’t know her at all.\'
Michael Ovitz
PositiveThe Wall Street JournalFew careers in the entertainment business have been as tumultuous as that of former Hollywood super agent Michael Ovitz. After co-founding Creative Artists Agency in 1975, a powerhouse that represented the likes of Robert De Niro, Bill Murray and Paul Newman, Mr. Ovitz built a reputation as one of the most powerful and ruthless men in Hollywood. He left CAA in 1995 to join Disney , expecting one day to run the company. Instead he was fired 14 months later. Industry executives excoriated him in the press. \'He created a lot of enemies,\' a \'Hollywood power\' told Fortune ... More than two decades after his ouster, Mr. Ovitz, now 71, is telling his story in a new memoir, \'Who is Michael Ovitz?\'.
