Tag: Andrew Ross Sorkin
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New York Premiere of A Spy Among Friends
A Spy Among Friends x Billions Mini Reunion x A Dash of Homeland by Gingersnap | damian-lewis.com | February 27, 2023 Damian attended MGM+’s A Spy Among Friends New York Premiere at Crosby Street Hotel on Monday, February 27, 2023 in New York City. Damian is pictured here with co-star Stephen Kunken (Billions) who played…
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The Schneiderman Allegations Make the TV Show Billions Look a Lot More Like Real Life – May 9, 2018
“Lewis, with his singular white-skinned, red-haired coloring and swimming-pool blue eyes, is always mesmerizing to watch” by Eve MacSweeney | Vogue | May 9, 2018 One of the credibility stretching conceits of the Showtime drama Billions is that one of its lead characters, a high-ranking government lawyer played by Paul Giamatti, is a hard-core sexual…
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Billions: Super Antiheros – April 24, 2018
The Superhero Show About Finance and the Tale of Two Warring Goliaths by Rachel Syme | The New Republic | April 24, 2018 Billions reckons with the inflated egos and muddled ethics of Wall Street. The first season of Billions premiered in January 2016— eight years after the collapse of the subprime mortgage market and eleven months before…
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How Realistic is Billions? – March 22, 2018
For the Love of Trading by Tom Teodorczuk | Market Watch | March 21, 2018 We asked Anthony Scaramucci and other financiers: How realistic is Showtime’s hedge-fund drama ‘Billions’? Is the hit show on the money when it comes to Wall Street? This story contains some plot details about season 3 of “Billions.†Things have been…
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Billions: The Show So Smart it Makes The West Wing Look Slow – Feb 21, 2017
Billions: The Show So Smart it Makes The West Wing Look Slow As the Damian Lewis v Paul Giamatti epic returns, we salute a fast world where risky behaviour rules – and which will only get more gripping by the week by Mark Lawson – The Guardian – February 21, 2017 For the makers of…
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Power Player: Damian Lewis talks new Showtime series ‘Billions’, Los Angeles Daily News, January 14, 2016
Power Player: Damian Lewis talks new Showtime series ‘Billions’ By ROB LOWMAN, Los Angeles Daily News, January 14, 2016 Although he’s done extensive research for his role as super-rich hedge-fund titan Bobby Axelrod for Showtime’s intriguing new drama “Billions,†Damian Lewis isn’t about to do his own investing.
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‘Billions’: Can Showtime’s Big Bet Be TV’s First Wall Street-Based Hit?, Variety, January 13, 2016
‘Billions’: Can Showtime’s Big Bet Be TV’s First Wall Street-Based Hit? By Cynthia Littleton, Variety, January 13, 2016 CREDIT: GUIDO VITTI FOR VARIETY The wolves of Wall Street have been an elusive target for television dramatists.Even the wave of antiheroes unleashed by Tony Soprano has yet to yield a show revolving around the megalomaniacs who rule the…
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‘Billions’ on Showtime Profits Off Our Fixation on Money – Jan 8, 2016
‘Billions’ on Showtime Profits Off Our Fixation on Money by David Zurawik - The Baltimore Sun – January 8, 2016 Great TV always scratches some deeper itch in the culture. And, in the last three decades at least, that itch has often been connected to money. “The Sopranos” explored the gangster soul of capitalism and the profound emptiness…