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Matt Donnelly
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The Thomas Guide Is a map that painstakingly details how to navigate Los Angeles by car. It’s a spiral-bound relic that almost none of your junior executives remember. Your assistant thinks it’s a ranking of pale British heartthrobs. Your intern will stare at you, unblinkingly and for minutes, if you even ask.
But Ari Emanuel has used it as a kind of blueprint to build an empire. The familiar byways of Century City, the lofty heights of the Bird Streets, the humble beginnings south of Olympic Boulevard — he’s traveled all of them. The guide is also one of the ways the super agent anchors “Roll the Calls,” a memoir of the Endeavor CEO’s rage-fueled rise to the top of show business that hits shelves this week.
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