Michael Rosenfeld

Michael Rosenfeld, who resigned last month from ABC Entertainment in a power struggle with his new boss, President Jamie Tarses, will join Brillstein-Grey Entertainment as a senior vice president. Rosenfeld, 35, will be involved in all aspects of Brillstein-Grey, including managing talent and overseeing television and movie projects. Rosenfeld was a top television agent at Creative Artists Agency until last year, when he was recruited by his old boss Michael Ovitz, president of Walt Disney Co.

The owner of the Hyatt Regency Century Plaza in Century City has purchased another landmark inn: the Hotel Californian in Santa Barbara. Los Angeles investor and developer Michael Rosenfeld said Wednesday that a partnership he heads would redevelop the historic hotel on Santa Barbara's waterfront. The Californian, which dates to the 1920s, has been closed for more than a decade. Terms of the transaction weren't disclosed, but seller Mountain Funding, a North Carolina lender, had sought nearly $8 million for the hotel and two adjacent parcels, real estate broker Steve Brown said.

After backing down from a contentious proposal to demolish the Hyatt Regency Century Plaza hotel, the owner has unveiled plans to construct a high-rise real estate development next to the Space Age landmark that would transform the tenor of Century City's streets and dramatically alter the skyline. The $1.5-billion proposal calls for two 46-story skyscrapers holding hundreds of condominiums and offices to be built behind the renowned hotel on Avenue of the Stars. Nearly half of the guest rooms would be replaced by luxury condos as part of a top-to-bottom makeover.

After backing down from a contentious proposal to demolish the Hyatt Regency Century Plaza hotel, the owner has unveiled plans to construct a high-rise real estate development next to the Space Age landmark that would transform the tenor of Century City's streets and dramatically alter the skyline. The $1.5-billion proposal calls for two 46-story skyscrapers holding hundreds of condominiums and offices to be built behind the renowned hotel on Avenue of the Stars. Nearly half of the guest rooms would be replaced by luxury condos as part of a top-to-bottom makeover.

Environmentalists lashed out at the Calabasas City Council on Wednesday, accusing members of playing favorites with a developer who wants to build 250 luxury homes in a secluded canyon east of Las Virgenes Road. In a tense two-hour hearing, a dozen opponents of Micor Ventures' Enclave project said the council has not adequately considered the environmental effects of the development.

Michael S. Rosenfeld, a talent agent and producer who was one of the founding partners of Creative Artists Agency, has died. He was 75. Rosenfeld died Thursday of respiratory failure at Santa Monica UCLA Medical Center after a long illness, the agency announced. "He enjoyed an exemplary career as a talent agent," the agency said in a statement. "He played an important role in the growth and success of CAA, and prided himself on starting the agency's literary department." In 1975, Rosenfeld and four other successful middle-management executives with the William Morris Agency left to form Creative Artists Agency, which would become a talent agency powerhouse.

The owner of the Hyatt Regency Century Plaza in Century City has purchased another landmark inn: the Hotel Californian in Santa Barbara. Los Angeles investor and developer Michael Rosenfeld said Wednesday that a partnership he heads would redevelop the historic hotel on Santa Barbara's waterfront. The Californian, which dates to the 1920s, has been closed for more than a decade. Terms of the transaction weren't disclosed, but seller Mountain Funding, a North Carolina lender, had sought nearly $8 million for the hotel and two adjacent parcels, real estate broker Steve Brown said.

You've seen the great hair divide in the movies: "Steel Magnolias" was centered in Truvy's beauty salon, which catered to white women; Queen Latifah's "Beauty Shop," on the other hand, had a clientele that was almost exclusively black. For years, with few exceptions when it came to hair care, never the twain should meet. But today, with mixed marriages surging, hair is no longer black or white. "You are beginning to see a surge of mixed hair in hair salons," says celebrity stylist Ted Gibson of television's "What Not to Wear."

Interviews don't come easy to Michael Ovitz. Even in his private sanctum, flanked by a pair of colleagues, safe beneath the dual gaze of Buddha and Marilyn Monroe--totemic bits of art on a movie maker's wall--the sandy-haired president of Creative Artists Agency is wary and tense and never stops wishing the limelight would go away. "This is not a comfortable experience for any of us," he says, his hoarse voice so low a reporter's recorder barely registers. "We really function behind the scenes.

Stuart Bloomberg has been named to the new position of president for television creative services at Capital Cities/ABC Inc. His responsibilities include the overall development of programming; he will retain responsibilities for all prime-time series development at ABC Entertainment through the 1995-96 season. Also, Michael Rosenfeld, a television agent at Creative Artists Agency, has been named to the new position of senior vice president at ABC Entertainment.

Michael S. Rosenfeld, a talent agent and producer who was one of the founding partners of Creative Artists Agency, has died. He was 75. Rosenfeld died Thursday of respiratory failure at Santa Monica UCLA Medical Center after a long illness, the agency announced. "He enjoyed an exemplary career as a talent agent," the agency said in a statement. "He played an important role in the growth and success of CAA, and prided himself on starting the agency's literary department." In 1975, Rosenfeld and four other successful middle-management executives with the William Morris Agency left to form Creative Artists Agency, which would become a talent agency powerhouse.

Michael Rosenfeld, who resigned last month from ABC Entertainment in a power struggle with his new boss, President Jamie Tarses, will join Brillstein-Grey Entertainment as a senior vice president. Rosenfeld, 35, will be involved in all aspects of Brillstein-Grey, including managing talent and overseeing television and movie projects. Rosenfeld was a top television agent at Creative Artists Agency until last year, when he was recruited by his old boss Michael Ovitz, president of Walt Disney Co.

Environmentalists lashed out at the Calabasas City Council on Wednesday, accusing members of playing favorites with a developer who wants to build 250 luxury homes in a secluded canyon east of Las Virgenes Road. In a tense two-hour hearing, a dozen opponents of Micor Ventures' Enclave project said the council has not adequately considered the environmental effects of the development.

CAA Partner to Become Adviser: The move for Rowland Perkins, who helped start the powerful Creative Artists Agency in 1975, will take effect Jan. 1. Perkins, who will continue to work on some individual projects and other matters with the agency, said he wanted to spend more time on other things both inside and outside entertainment. Perkins has been co-head of CAA's television packaging department.

Michael Rosenfeld, developer of the Woodridge housing project on the outskirts of Thousand Oaks, will meet with concerned residents to answer questions and deliver a short presentation on his plans. The meeting, scheduled for 7 p.m. Wednesday, Aug. 27, will be held at the North Ranch Community Center, 1400 N. Westlake Blvd. Planning commissioners voted last month to recommend that the City Council annex and rezone more than 700 acres of land intended for development of the 256-home project.