Gay Mafia

While the Gay Mafia seems to neither be entirely gay, or affiliated with organized crime, this organization was identified by Michael Ovitz in an interview he gave to Vanity Fair in 2002.

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The ring leaders in the Gay Mafia were identified as DreamWorks SKG co-founder David Geffen, former New York Times reporter Bernard Weintraub, various former employees of Ovitz at Creative Artists Agency such as CAA co-founder and now Universal Studios President Ron Meyer, and even Disney President Michael Eisner. Then chairman of Vivendi Universal Entertainment Barry Diller was also indirectly linked to the group.

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:"I know how hard it is for people to see me as a victim," Ovitz was quoted as saying, "but in this case it's pretty close to the truth."

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The purported objective of this organization was to make sure that Ovitz "never worked in this town again" as the Hollywood saying goes.

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Gay: Until several decades ago, the word gay meant something like "jolly" or "mirthful", as in the French gai. In contemporary usage, however, that meaning is uncommon nowadays; the term is usually synonymous with "homosexual." When referring to a group of people, the term often means "male homosexual"...

Organized crime: Organized crime is crime carried out systematically by formal criminal organizations. The Organized Crime Control Act (U.S., 1970) defines organized crime as "The unlawful activities of ... a highly organized, disciplined association..."....

Michael Ovitz: Michael Ovitz (born December 14, 1946), talent agent and Hollywood powerhouse, served as the head of the Creative Artists Agency from 1975 to 1995....

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