Tag: Metallica
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Billions Series Finale: Creators Explain Ending, Pop Culture Analogies and Why Axe Didn’t Hook Up With Wendy
Admirals Fund by Lynette Rice | Deadline | October 27, 2023 It’s the end of the road for Bobby Axelrod and his team: the drama created by Brian Koppelman and David Levien ended its seven-season run Oct. 27 with a tidy finale that keeps Axe (Damian Lewis) in the game of making money. Here, Koppelman…
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Bobby Axelrod: A Man and His Music
From the Trader’s Desk by Lady Trader | Fan Fun With Damian Lewis | October 19, 2023 Metallica, Megadeth, Black Sabbath, Motörhead, Rainbow, Slayer, Guns N’ Roses, Metallica In each season of Billions, at least one episode has featured a song and t-shirt of a metal band that are Axe’s favorites. (Even an Axe-less Season 6…
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Billions & Bangers: Showtime’s High Finance Drama is a Stealth Love Letter to Music – May 3, 2020
Becoming Fluent in the Musical Language of Billions by Al Shipley | Complex | May 3, 2020 At a time when TV prestige dramas often have 90-second opening credits with an epic theme song and lavish visuals, Billions on Showtime has an unusually short and simple title sequence: an ominous aerial view of Manhattan, soundtracked…
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Showtime’s Billions Shows Heavy Rock Quotient in First Three Seasons – Feb 22, 2019
Why the Use of Rock Music in Billions Feels Right by Dodie Miller-Gould | Lemonwire | February 22, 2019 A series about stockbrokers and hedge fund managers is perhaps the last place certain audiences would expect to find scenes that have been enlivened by rock music, particularly that from the 1980s and 1990s. But that is…
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The Best TV Shows of 2018 – Dec 13, 2018
Billions Makes the List! by Ben Yakas | The Gothamist | December 13, 2018 In 2016, over 400 television shows were aired or released. In 2018, that number has jumped to at least 555, which we know thanks to this handy spreadsheet made by Liz Shannon Miller. The Netflix-ification of television is truly upon us:…
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How Billions Creators Brian Koppelman and David Levien Use Music as an Emotional Accelerator on the Show – May 24, 2018
NPR’s All Songs Considered, Music Pods, Sound Opinions, Spotify Discover Weekly and Twitter Solicitation Beacons: Discovering Music for Billions by Caitlin White | Uproxx | May 24, 2018 Last fall over the holidays I was desperately trying to avoid reality. Looking for an escape, I turned to a popular TV show called Billions because I’d noticed…
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The Fashion and Style of Bobby Axelrod in Billions Seasons 1 Thru 5, Plus Season 7
Bobby Axelrod: The CASHmere King by Gingersnap | damian-lewis.com | May 4, 2018 (updated October 23, 2023) You would think Damian Lewis and Bobby Axelrod couldn’t dress more differently but diving a little deeper, I found some commonalities. However, if we were to simplify, Damian typically dresses up with spurts of leisure whereas Axe dresses…
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Pasta is the Ultimate Currency for Team Axe – March 16, 2018
Billions Box by Gingersnap | damian-lewis.com | March 16, 2018 Special delivery for Bobby Axelrod by Pasta Flyer, complete with whole grain rigatoni, marinara sauce, spicy broccoli rabe, garlic bread crumbs and sparkling water. Nothing but the best for Team Axe! https://www.instagram.com/p/BgZc7Men6JW/?hl=en&tagged=damianlewis A box for “Ben Kim” and “Wags” too! And look, they even brought…