Tag: Wall Street
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Emmys 2019: Producers Make Their Picks for Nominees – June 21, 2019
Billions: The Sly Wall Street Guy by Danielle Turchiano | Variety | June 21, 2019 Executive producers of top Emmy contender comedy, drama and limited series weigh in on what shows (other than their own, of course) they hope will see awards recognition this year. Ben Cory Jones (“Boomerangâ€) “‘I worked on Wall Street and…
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Bogged Down with Financial Speak in Billions? Let Us Help – March 31, 2019
Billions Financial Glossary by LadyTrader | Fan Fun with Damian Lewis | March 31, 2019 We don’t think it’s essential to be a financial or legal expert to enjoy Billions. It is a show more about characters and their interesting relationships than about the workings of Axe Capital or the US Attorney’s office. Having said that, we…
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Bobby Axelrod is Getting His Own Slot Machine – Sept 19, 2018
Jackpot! by Christopher Palmeri | Bloomberg | September 19, 2018 Bobby Axelrod, the fictional hedge-fund manager in the Showtime series Billions, is getting his own slot machine — something Gordon Gekko could only dream of. The high stakes world of the hit TV show Billions will soon be coming to casinos, thanks to a licensing agreement between Aristocrat,…
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Billions Star Damian Lewis Reveals How He Spends His Leading Man Money – June 16, 2018
Playing an Anti-Hero on Mega Money Drama Series Billions has Polarized Fans but Damian Loved the Chance to Turn Bad by Michele Manelis | News Corp Australia Network | June 16, 2018 Damian Lewis can plot the impact of his lead role on hit US drama series, Billions from one season – and continent – to…
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Damian Lewis: Billions Dollar Baby – June 8, 2018
Wall Street Wizard and Self-Made King Who Makes it Rain by Elizabeth Kaye | Watch! Magazine | June 8, 2018 Award-winning actor Damian Lewis makes fans swoon as powerful Wall Street wizard Bobby Axelrod on Showtime’s hit series Billions. Some say that acting is an exercise in pretending—though mere pretending, with its intimations of considered…
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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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Billions: Lamb Skin Sharks on Wall Street – April 9, 2018
“The third season of the series delves into the greed and corruption of its protagonists” by Turkey Telegraph | April 9, 2018 While the President of United States applauds the success of shows like Roseanne, another very different series, Billions, is called “trumpist,” as it is said by its protagonists. And not because they agree…