When Hollywood Had a King: The Reign of Lew Wasserman, Who Leveraged Talent into Power and Influence, Wasserman was interested in acquiring The Walt Disney...
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also the last name of his famous grandfather, MCA studio executive Lew Wasserman, whom he credits as his greatest teacher. The two would have breakfast...
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Wasserman Group is a sports marketing and talent management company based in Los Angeles. Casey Wasserman, grandson of media mogul Lew Wasserman, founded...
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Larry A. Wasserman, Canadian statistician Lew Wasserman (1913–2002), American film and entertainment agent and studio executive Mel Wasserman (1932–2002)...
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portraying real life figures, such as George Yeaman in Lincoln (2012), Lew Wasserman in Hitchcock (2012), Andy Hertzfeld in Steve Jobs (2015), Edward G....
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Robert Wasserman may refer to: Lew Wasserman (Lewis Robert Wasserman, 1913–2002), American talent agent and manager Bob Wasserman (1934–2011), American...
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Huston as Whitfield Cook Jessica Biel as Vera Miles Michael Stuhlbarg as Lew Wasserman James D'Arcy as Anthony Perkins Michael Wincott as Ed Gein Kurtwood...
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and Universal Studios, serving alongside Lew Wasserman. Having the benefit of being guided by Lew Wasserman, Sheinberg acknowledged that an essential...
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degree, Stuber worked at Universal Pictures as a publicity assistant to Lew Wasserman. Stuber was co-president of production at Universal with Mary Parent...
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legendary notorious Chicago mobsters such as Al Capone and others. Lew Wasserman joined MCA in 1936 at the age of 23 and rose through the ranks of MCA...
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Harvey. It also marked a turning point in Hollywood, as Stewart's agent, Lew Wasserman, brokered an innovative deal with Universal, in which Stewart would...
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Project (1970), was when he first took the stage name of Eric Braeden. Lew Wasserman of Universal Pictures told him that no one would be allowed to star...
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legendary notorious Chicago mobsters such as Al Capone and others. Lew Wasserman joined MCA in 1936 at the age of 23 and rose through the ranks of MCA...
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London. In 2023, his original narrative podcast, "Glitter and Might: The Lew Wasserman Story," was released by Audacy. He is an active member of Portland's...
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Raquel Welch for MGM, The Biggest Bundle of Them All (1968). In 1967, Lew Wasserman of Universal convinced Wagner to make his television series debut in...
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In 2021, having optioned Dennis McDougal's unauthorized biography of Lew Wasserman, The Last Mogul, Shapiro was reported as co-executive producer, with...
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Afterward, Hedren was invited to lunch with Hitchcock, his wife, Alma, and Lew Wasserman, head of Universal, at one of Hitchcock's favorite restaurants, Chasen's...
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would have accepted any offer. The Old Man was based on MCA Inc. CEO Lew Wasserman, whom Neumeier considered a powerful and intimidating individual. Television...
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Streisand William Styron (d. 2006) Harold Varmus Gwen Verdon (d. 2000) Lew Wasserman (d. 2002) Fred L. Whipple (d. 2004) Joseph Wilson (d. 2015) Tiger Woods...
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public. Henreid said after the preview that he suggested via his agent Lew Wasserman that producer Blanke redo the print and use pick-ups to help recut the...
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still using his birth name, Hans Gudegast. Universal Pictures executive Lew Wasserman told him that no one would be allowed to star in an American film if...
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the leads. Paul Newman and Julie Andrews were imposed on Hitchcock by Lew Wasserman, the studio executive, rather than being his real choices. The director...
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company. Tarnopol blamed his legal problems on a personal vendetta led by Lew Wasserman, the head of Decca's parent corporation, MCA Inc. Tarnopol died in 1987...
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Jamaica Inn, O'Hara's career floundered at RKO Pictures. Her agent Lew Wasserman got her the role of Angharad Morgan in the 20th Century Fox film adaptation...
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1510f. ISBN 9781412976855. McDougal, Dennis (2001). The Last Mogul: Lew Wasserman, MCA, and the Hidden History of Hollywood. Cambridge, Massachusetts:...
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jazz musician Lew Temple (born 1967), American actor Lew Wallace (1827–1905), American author, lawyer, general, and politician Lew Wasserman (1913–2002)...
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(Another source says Reynolds did a screen test after studio talent agent Lew Wasserman saw the effect Reynolds had on secretaries in his office but the test...
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1950 MCA agent Lew Wasserman made a deal with Universal for his client James Stewart that would change the rules of the business. Wasserman's deal gave Stewart...
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executives recalled that MCA head Lew Wasserman was very involved in the film as one of his pet projects; Wasserman also selected director and screenwriter...
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reports speculated that one or both would be fired by MCA chairman Lew Wasserman. Price soon left the studio and was succeeded by Tom Pollack. In an...
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