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Ari Emanuel vs. Casey Wasserman: Behind the Poaching of Billie Eilish

The tabloid drama preceding Billie and Finneas ditching the Wasserman talent agency for WME has exacerbated an only-in-Hollywood frenemy feud between two of the industry’s biggest egos, with potentially major business repercussions.

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Multiple sources told me today that Eilish and her brother/collaborator, Finneas, have been unhappy at Wasserman for a while. Photo: Kevin Mazur/Getty Images for Global Citizen
Matthew Belloni
August 16, 2024

Much to the disappointment of some readers, What I’m Hearing generally doesn’t concern itself with who’s shtupping whom in town. But when Billie Eilish took her lucrative touring business from the Wasserman talent agency to rival WME this week—soon after its founder and L.A. Olympics chair Casey Wasserman was the subject of a Daily Mail exposé on his “serial” affairs—the WIH curiosity was piqued. Turns out there’s a backstory here.