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Agent swifty lazar
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agent swifty lazar

“And if they say they don’t, they weren’t invited. He became famous as a motion pictures talent agent, representing many of the most popular Hollywood figures during the 1930s to the 1990s, as well as many literary figures. “This is the party everyone wants to be at,” Jackie Collins said. Over in a quiet corner, Al Pacino sipped coffee with Jack Lemmon across the room Rob Reiner and Billy Crystal gleefully passed Kathy Bates’ Oscar around their table and Jeremy Irons grabbed Glenn Close as she was about to leave, coaxing her “to come sit with me.” Of course she did. Pete Wilson (who was told he had to leave his bodyguards at the door-there just wasn’t enough room).īy now Madonna had moved over to sit on Beatty’s lap at another table. Then, in past the Israeli security guards strode Jodie Foster, Mike Ovitz, Phil Spector, Barry Diller, Mike Medavoy, Bob Daly, Debra Winger, Alan Dershowitz and Gov. Leading the charge were Madonna and Michael Jackson, who sat with Michael Douglas and Anjelica Huston, instantly making this the “A” table.

agent swifty lazar

Here were three years’ worth of People magazine covers in a room half the size of a basketball court. This is when the sheer critical mass of celebrityhood in an enclosed space makes the Lazar party such an amazing event. Swifty Lazar had no peer in his time, and no one will ever fill his. The median age in the room dropped 20 years in 20 minutes. A delightful and amusing collection of anecdotes from a master legendary Hollywood agent. Guests were just finishing dinner when the second party began with arrivals from the awards ceremony and Governor’s Ball at the Shrine. Irving Paul Lazar, the agent for scores of literary and entertainment luminaries, who was variously described as a brilliant wheeler-dealer, a lone-wolf dynamo and a manic egotist, died early. Among those dining together at the tables of 10 were Jackie Collins with Marvin and Barbara Davis, Gene Kelly with Angie Dickinson and Allan Carr and Ed McMahon with Don Rickles and Bob Newhart. As soon as the telecast ended, the main course of grilled gulf snapper was served. Until the Best Picture award was announced, the guests dined on Wolfgang Puck’s designer pizza and hors d’oeuvres.

agent swifty lazar

AGENT SWIFTY LAZAR TV

For 20 seconds, the Lazars’ 140 guests were in the TV world of zirconian necklaces and discount microwave ovens. Unfortunately, her set controlled the 14 monitors in the dining area. A waitress in one of the restaurant’s upstairs offices decided she’d rather watch the Home Shopping Network than the Oscars. It was after the guests were seated and the show’s opening number half over that the only real glitch of the evening occurred.














Agent swifty lazar