Lew

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“The Gray House,” a limited series now streaming on Prime Video, purports to tell the fact-based story of Elizabeth Van Lew, who spied for the Union in the Civil War while living in the midst of Southern society in Richmond, Va. And in very broad terms it does, though it fills up the space within those outlines with an army of imagined details and melodramatic plots and subplots.

From Los Angeles Times

Meanwhile, a runaway slave shows up out back, pursued by hounds, having heard that the Van Lew house is the place to run for help.

From Los Angeles Times

In June 2020, the entertainment executive offloaded an incredible custom-built Beverly Hills mansion that he had constructed on an estate once belonging to his grandfather, late entertainment mogul Lew Wasserman, who entertained the likes of Alfred Hitchcock and Sidney Poitier inside the home.

From MarketWatch

Since changing his last name to Wasserman as a teenager, Casey Wasserman has built a career in the image of his grandfather Lew Wasserman, who ruled over Hollywood in the decades after World War II. In the past dozen years, the grandson has established himself as a major political donor and given more than $180 million to various charities, according to a person familiar with his foundation.

From The Wall Street Journal

“Stay out of the spotlight,” Lew would say.

From The Wall Street Journal