Ari Emanuel in Conversation with Rachel Maddow: Roll the Calls tickets

One of Hollywood’s most accomplished, feared—and funny—dealmakers, Ari Emanuel joins Emmy Award-winning journalist and MS NOW anchor Rachel Maddow for a candid conversation about his extraordinary career and his new memoir, Roll the Calls.

For more than three decades, Emanuel—the inspiration for Ari Gold in HBO’s Entourage—has helped shape the worlds of entertainment, sports, and media from behind the scenes. On his 34th birthday, Emanuel and three fellow agents launched Endeavor, a talent agency that would go on to represent some of the biggest names in show business, including Larry David, Quentin Tarantino, Denzel Washington, Billie Eilish, Martin Scorsese, and Oprah Winfrey, while expanding into fashion, sports, music and art. As Executive Chair and CEO of TKO and Executive Chairman of WME Group, he has brokered landmark deals, built global brands, and reshaped Hollywood from the inside.

Now, in his take-no-prisoners memoir, Roll the Calls, Emanuel pulls back the curtain on the story behind his success: his early struggles with dyslexia, the signings and fir­ings, the triumphant mergers and nasty breakups, the hard-won victories and crushing mistakes.