SNL, ESPN Author James Miller Working on New CAA Tell-All Book
By: Christina Mancuso May. 11, 2015
According to reports, author James Miller is reported to be lunching with Michael Ovitz and other Hollywood figures on a CAA Tell-All Book, which was considered the most powerful sports and talent agency in Hollywood the '80s and early '90s.
James Andrew Miller is an award-winning journalist who has worked in politics, media, and entertainment in a career spanning more than 25 years.
He got his start as a member of the Television Reporting Team at The Washington Postbefore becoming Special Assistant and Chief Speechwriter to Senate Majority Leader Howard Baker. He went on to work both in show business and the news business - as VP of Television for Norman Lear's ACT III Communications, then as Executive VP of Original Programming for USA Network - and as a producer with CBS News and as Senior Executive Producer of both Anderson Cooper 360 & Paula Zahn Now at CNN.
In 1985, he wrote the bestselling book "RUNNING IN PLACE: Inside the Senate." Later, he and co-author Tom Shales wrote "LIVE FROM NEW YORK: an Uncensored History of Saturday Night Live," which spent more than four months on the New York Times bestseller list and was named by Fortune as one of the top 75 "Smartest Books We Know." In 2011, he co-authored with Shales, "THOSE GUYS HAVE ALL THE FUN: Inside the World of ESPN," which was an instant No. 1 New York Times bestseller.
Mr. Miller profiled then First Lady Nancy Reagan for Life magazine; has written for the op-ed pages at The Washington Post and The New York Times, as well as writing a three part investigative series for The New York Times and articles for The New York Times Sunday Magazine, Newsweek, The Daily Beast, Salon, The Harvard Journal on Legislation and others.
In September 2014, Little, Brown published the newly updated and expanded "LIVE FROM NEW YORK: The Complete, Uncensored History of Saturday Night Live," in time for the show's 40th anniversary season.
Mr. Miller received his Bachelor's degree in Political Science and Economics at Occidental College; an M. Litt. from Oxford University, and an MBA from Harvard University, all with honors.
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