Bill Maher’s relationship with his longtime representatives Creative Artists Agency (CAA), which has represented him for more than 20 years, may be over after he was reportedly left off the guest list at a pre-Oscar party.
The Hollywood Reporter claims Maher fired the agency after he felt slighted for not receiving an invite to Bryan Lourd’s exclusive Oscar party held at his LA mansion last weekend.
CAA has not officially commented on the parting ways, but another representative for Maher at the Wasserman (Brillstein Entertainment Partners) Agency told DailyMail.com that there was no truth to the news that he was leaving CAA.
‘That’s not true at all. He is still with CAA and has not made any decisions about his representation at this time,’ they told DailyMail.com on Saturday night.
The party was a who’s who of Hollywood A-listers and other CAA clients, including Julia Roberts and Jennifer Aniston. which only served to further excite Maher after being out in the cold.
Bill Maher has reportedly parted ways with CAA, his representatives of over twenty years, after allegedly failing to receive an invite to CEO Bryan Lourd’s private Oscar party
The party was a who’s who of Hollywood A-listers and other CAA clients held at CAA CEO Bryan Lourd’s LA mansion
Matt Bomer and Simon Halls at the Vanity Fair Oscar Party with their friends, restauranteur Bruce Bozzi and his husband Bryan Lourd
Jennifer Aniston is seen at an Oscar watch party with Bruce Bozzi and author Derek Blasberg
From left, Bruce Bozzi, Salma Hayek, Kevin Huvane, Fracois-Henri Pinault and Bryan Lourd attend CAA’s pre-Oscar party at Sunset Tower in Los Angeles, where Maher was a no-show
The event, which Maher reportedly snubbed, was held at Lourd’s home in Holmby Hills and also coincided with the Motion Picture & Television Fund’s Night Before bash.
It saw the likes of JJ Abrams, Barry Diller, Kamala Harris, Margot Robbie, Bob Iger, Alan Bergman, Dana Walden, Brian Robbins, Jason Blum, Brian Grazer, Donna Langley and Pam Abdy all in attendance.
Maher’s was also a no-show at a more ‘official’ CAA event at the Sunset Tower Hotel the previous night.
Maher was nowhere to be seen, only fueling rumors that all was not well between the HBO talk show host and CAA.
Instead, he appeared at rival agency William Morris Endeavor WME’s Oscar party at the Hearst Estate in Beverly Hills.
The agency representatives Margot Robbie, Ryan Gosling, Cillian Murphy, Jeffrey Wright, Annette Bening, Carey Mulligan, Emily Blunt, Danielle Brooks, Jodie Foster, Da’Vine Joy Randolph, America Ferrera, Justin Triet and Yorgos Lanthimos, among others.
Actress Julia Roberts and her husband Danny Moder were spotted leaving a glamorous pre-Oscar party in Beverly Hills
JJ Abrams, Maha Dakhil and Katie McGrath are seen at last year’s CAA Pre-Oscar Party
Margot Robbie attends the 2024 Vanity Fair Oscar Party hosted by Radhika Jones at the Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts in Beverly Hills after the Oscar ceremony
From left, author Diana Nyad, Netflix CEO Ted Sarandos, actor Jon Hamm and his wife Anna Osceola attend the CAA pre-Oscar party at Sunset Tower
Kelly Ripa and Andy Cohen are spotted at CAA’s pre-Oscar party at Sunset Tower
From left, Jeffrey Wright, Vin Diesel and Cord Jefferson attend CAA’s pre-Oscar party
Maher has been represented at CAA by Steven Lafferty, who also holds the position of the agency’s head of television.
The agency recently secured a two-year extension for Maher’s HBO show, ‘Real Time,’ which would see it begin its 24th season in 2026.
His show has been on the air since 2003 and is one of the network’s longest-running original series.
Maher made no mention of his falling out with CAA during this week’s Real Time show, which taped Friday night in Los Angeles.