#2 Spielberg thought meeting with Castro was a highlight of his life.
Yet Shoah Foundation founder Stephen Spielberg considered his dinner with Fidel Castro “the eight most important hours of my life.”
https://historynewsnetwork.org/article/humberto-fontova-fidel-castro-the-teflon-tyrant-re
He twice tried to destroy New York, once with nuclear missiles, the following month by planning to set off 500 kilos of TNT in Macy’s, Gimbel’s, Bloomingdale’s, and Grand Central Terminal on the year’s busiest shopping day. Yet Newsweek magazine hailed him as “The Hottest Ticket in Manhattan!” and Time as “The Toast of Manhattan!” referring to the social swirl that engulfed him on a visit to New York in 1995 from the city’s best and brightest, including David Rockefeller, Robert McNamara, Dwayne Andreas, Mort Zuckerman, Mike Wallace, Peter Jennings, Tina Brown, Bernard Shaw, and Barbara Walters.
[including David Rockefeller, Robert McNamara, Dwayne Andreas, Mort Zuckerman, Mike Wallace, Peter Jennings, Tina Brown, Bernard Shaw, and Barbara Walters.]
I don’t know who a couple of those people are but that list doesn’t surprise me.