Tag: billionaire
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‘Billions,’ ‘Succession’ and the Making of Wealth Porn – March 14, 2019
The Ultrawealthy. The 1 Percent of the 1 Percent by Alexis Soloski | New York Times | March 14, 2019 Two years ago, Aidan Sleeper needed to find an apartment. Sleeper, the locations manager for “Billions,â€Â returning Sunday for its fourth season on Showtime, scouted more than 100 places that list for tens of millions of dollars,…
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Damian Lewis and Paul Giamatti Explain Why Billions Season 2 is More Relevant Than Ever – Feb 20, 2017
Damian Lewis and Paul Giamatti Explain Why ‘Billions’ Season 2 is More Relevant Than Ever by Nikolay Nikolov – Mashable – February 20, 2017 When Billions first aired on TV in January 2016, the main takeaway was that in the hunt for power and money, you sometimes have to break a few rules. It was a Machiavellian…
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Review: Billions Delivers a Dose of Charisma to Hedge Fund Titans – Jan 15, 2016
Review: ‘Billions’ Delivers a Dose of Charisma to Hedge Fund Titans  by Heather Havrilesky – The New York Times – January 15, 2016 Men who make lots of money and growl at one another about profits and margins and winning and losing. Remember them? Americans used to love watching stories about those guys, in the…
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The New Showtime Drama ‘Billions’ Shows Us Two Different Kinds of Power – Jan 13, 2016
The New Showtime Drama ‘Billions’ Shows Us Two Different Kinds of Power Paths to Power – Wall Street vs. The Justice System Business Insider – January 13, 2016 “Billions,” the new original drama from SHOWTIME®, stars Paul Giamatti and Damian Lewis as two opposing forces in the very different worlds of the Justice System and Wall Street.…
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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…
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Billions Season One: First Takes – Oct 15, 2015
Billions is a new original series about the collision between a US attorney and a hedge fund billionaire played by Damian Lewis. Watch the first promo clip below. Damian states, “The script was strongest script I had read in a while and I wanted to be a part of it.” Showtime released the first poster…