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All in the family tome

Get ready to see a whole lot more of Ari,
Rahm and their non-famous oldest brother Ezekiel, who has authored a book on their upbringing. “Brothers Emanuel: A Memoir of an American Family.”

Ari is the chief of talent agency WME, while Rahm is mayor of Chicago, and Ezekiel is a bioethicist. They grew up in a modest home in Chicago, but all reached the top in their chosen fields.

On the Money got its hands on a copy of the Random House book, due out March 26.

Once the Academy Awards wraps, Ari will be jumping on the book tour. Expect a pit stop on Brian Williams’s “Rock Center.”

If you’re looking for juice, the eldest brother has plenty to dish on youngest brother Ari, who suffers from dyslexia but was great at sales. He sold slices of his mother’s cheesecake at school.

“Many people might be surprised it is Ari, who was so manic as a kid, who is most thoughtful and deeply psychological in his approach to life,” writes Zeke.

Ari, we find out, has “a never-ending confrontation with the world.” For those who watch HBO’s “Entourage,” not much of a shocker.

We read that Ari accomplishes his role as agent-in-chief through “aggression, humor, profanity and impulsivity that would have been ruinous in most other realms but was completely acceptable and effective in the realm of egos and make-believe that is Hollywood.”

Ari loves golf and weight lifting, while Rahm is a swimmer, cyclist and former ballet dancer.

But the chapter on the brothers’ college years shares that Ari was “never shy about sex.”

“As the most handsome and charming of us all, he would have an adventuresome single life” before getting married to wife Sarah Addington.

Steven who?

Steven Spielberg’s accomplishments in film are legendary, and moviegoers have made his “Lincoln” a big success, taking in more than $175 million at the box office.

But Spielberg’s connection to NBC’s bomb “Smash” seems to have dropped off the credits. It’s now executive producer Joshua Safran’s “Smash.”

On the Money can’t figure out which side requested the name change.

Polo jockeying

Hallowed Hollywood mogul stamping ground The Polo Lounge, inside the Beverly Hills Hotel, is being renovated. This is causing mild consternation in a town used to familiar Oscar-week routines.

Besides, the “temporary Polo Lounge,” is actually more like a charmless conference room.

Envelopes

On the Money caught up with some Tinseltown film execs with no skin in the game to ask: Which movie is your favorite Oscar nominee?

Ryan Kavanaugh, founder and chief executive of Relativity Media, picks“Silver Linings Playbook,” produced by Harvey Weinstein’s company.

“It’s refreshing to see a movie that deals with a very real present-day issue, tackles it with humor and love, and yet helps many people understand how hard living with this type of [mental] disease can be.”

That’s not too bad an endorsement, coming as it does from the executive producer of 2010’s “The Social Network,” a movie that was itself nominated for no fewer than eight Oscars.

Michael Burns, vice chairman of Lionsgate, also went for “Silver Linings Playbook.”

“It is incredibly original, with deeply flawed characters that you really liked — and I have a soft spot for Jennifer Lawrence.”

He should have a soft spot: The success of “The Hunger Games,” which of course starred Lawrence, was a big reason for Burns’s five-year contract extension late last year.

Brad Grey, CEO of Paramount Pictures, completed the hat trick — sort of: “While it was a great year, “Silver Linings Playbook” and “Zero Dark Thirty” stood out for me.”