The billionaire at the heart of some the biggest media deals of the past half century reflects on his dark childhood, his dazzling career, his love for Diane von Furstenberg and Hollywood’s worst-kept secret.
Legendary Hollywood executive Barry Diller in his suite at The Carlyle hotel in New York. The New York Times
Barry Diller has only just started his book tour, but he’s already trying to sneak away.
“I’m shortening the tour part,” the 83-year-old mogul says in his sonorous baritone, the “Killer Diller” voice that intimidated and intrigued Hollywood for more than a half-century. “I am not up for interrogation on aspects of my personal life.”
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