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‘The Players’ Tourney: Round 2 Begins

The winners of the ‘2010s-Now’ division and ‘Old Hollywood’ face off today

We’re working our way to our Players Tourney Final Four this week, countdown down to crown the GOAT of Hollywood, and we’ve got some exciting matchups today between the big names who advanced from Old Hollywood, round one, and the Now-2010s, round one: Walt Disney v. David O. Selznick! Ari Emanuel v. Bryan Lourd! (Read — or reread — our feature from last June, “Now it’s Personal: Ari vs. Bryan”) Bob Iger v. Kevin Feige!

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Before we set you loose, a quick reminder of what’s to come this week:

  • Tuesday, April 2: Round two for “Easy Riders, Raging Bulls” and the “Big IP Era” (see earlier winners here and here, respectively)

  • Wednesday, April 3: Sweet Sixteen round

  • Thursday, April 4: Elite Eight round

  • Saturday, April 6: Final Four round


Old Hollywood Round 2

The second round features a matchup of two very different showmen — Disney and Selznick — two studio chieftains (Fox’s Darryl Zanuck and Universal’s Carl Laemmle), plus two higher seeds, Lew Wasserman and William Paley, facing off against two other studio giants.


2010s-Now

Two of today’s matchups offer delicious, longstanding rivalries: not only the Endeavor v. CAA one but also Netflix v. HBO. Plus we’ve got Iger competing against one of his creative leaders.

Getty Images credits from top image: Jeff Botari/Zuffa LLC; Ron Galella Collection; Getty; Randy Shropshire/for CAA

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