Michael Ovitz

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Article History

Type	Description	Contributor	Date
	First paragraph modernization.	Encyclopaedia Britannica	Apr 30, 2024
	Anniversary information added.		Dec 10, 2023
	Added the memoir Who Is Michael Ovitz? and mentioned his extensive art collection. Also included a discussion of his controversial remarks about a "gay mafia" in Hollywood.	Amy Tikkanen	Sep 25, 2018
	Add new Web site: Turner Classic Movies - Biography of Michael Ovitz.	Thinley Kalsang Bhutia	Jul 07, 2017
	New article added.	Amy Tikkanen	Oct 02, 2008