BINGO! 1995 Article…
Call to DIG…MCA! How Bronfman's linked to Hollywood…
From the article…
The MCA package includes the Universal Pictures studio; theme parks in Los Angeles and Orlando, Fla.; Geffen Records; a publishing company; and interests in a cable channel and theater chain.
"Here are the Bronfmans, those latter-day Rothschilds, whose immense wealth and dedication to Jewish causes attract countless petitioners and open closely guarded doors.
When Edgar M. Bronfman, the peripatetic president of the World Jewish Congress, hops continents in his private Gulfstream jet, heads of state seek his attention, and influential legislators listen respectfully. Perhaps even more awesome, when he visited Los Angeles recently, Tinseltown’s reigning royalty, in the form of Steven Spielberg, arranged a private meeting.
When Bronfman’s son, Edgar Bronfman Jr., decided to invest in Hollywood, he plunked down $5.7 billion for a controlling interest in the entertainment conglomerate MCA, Inc."
"Edgar Jr., known to his friends as “Effer,” as described by the L.A. Times as “Hollywood-handsome” and “a billionaire with a taste for beautiful wives.”
He has long felt an affinity for Hollywood. Some years ago, he produced the movie “The Border,” which, despite Jack Nicholson, proved to be a flop. In earlier years, the bearded Bronfman wrote romantic pop tunes for show-biz pals such as Dionne Warwick.
The purchase of MCA immediately put into play the futures of some of the biggest names in the Los Angeles movie and Jewish communities.
One is Lew Wasserman, at 82 the legendary chairman of MCA and for decades considered the single most influential Jewish personality in the city.
In recent years, that title has been transferred to Michael Ovitz, head of the Creative Artists Agency. Ovitz happens to be a close friend of the younger Bronfman and is being suggested as Wasserman’s possible replacement.
Speculation is further spiced by the likely role of Dream Works SKG, the creative powerhouse recently founded by Steven Spielberg, Jeffrey Katzenberg and David Geffen. Spielberg’s films have been a mainstay of MCA’s profits and the creator of “E.T.,” “Jurassic Park” and “Schindler’s List” feels a intense personal loyalty toward Sidney Sheinberg, the longtime MCA president and Wasserman associate. Spielberg has let it be known that if Sheinberg is treated shabbily in any changes at the top, he might jump ship."
https://www.jta.org/1995/05/29/archive/bronfman-clout-felt-in-l-a-by-movie-and-jewish-worlds