Tag: New York
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Billions Location Guide Season 1: The Grand Tour of New York and Beyond – April 25, 2016
Billions on Showtime, Season 1 Locations: The Grand Tour of New York and Beyond by Damianista – Fan Fun With Damian Lewis – April 25, 2016 Billions is a dream come true  since it brings two of our favorite things in the world together: Damian Lewis and New York. We particularly love the fact that the…
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Blue Blood, Blue Collar: Damian Lewis’ Transformations, The New Yorker, January 18, 2016
The actor probes his characters, but his method isn’t Method. “I’m Damian Lewis, not Daniel Day-Lewis.†by Lauren Collins | The New Yorker | January 18, 2016  Photograph by Pari Dukovic for The New Yorker At a corner table in the dining room of Marea, a restaurant on Central Park South, the conversation was smooth but disputatious. Three…
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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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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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Wall Street Gets Its First TV Show with ‘Billions’ – Dec 31, 2015
Wall Street Gets Its First TV Show with ‘Billions’ by Serena Elavia - FOXBusiness – December 31, 2015 In an age where political shows like ‘House of Cards’ and ‘Madame Secretary’ dominate television, it seems that a Wall Street plot has been ignored by the small screen. On January 1, 2016, Showtime Networks (CBS) aired an…