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‘Frozen,’‘Hobbit’ to Win Holiday Box Office As Newcomers Stumble
A pair of holdovers continue to dominate the domestic box office this holiday weekend while a crowded slate of wide openers are faltering. In first for the third consecutive weekend since its opening...
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Does ‘Wolf of Wall Street’ Glorify Criminals? No.
With the debate raging over whether Martin Scorsese’s “The Wolf of Wall Street” celebrates the excesses it portrays or makes a moral case against them, Variety‘s Whitney Friedlander and David S. Cohen...
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Scorsese Initially Wasn’t Interested in ‘Wolf of Wall Street,’ Then He Found...
Martin Scorsese admits that initially he was reluctant to take on “The Wolf of Wall Street.” “Terry (Winter, his longtime collaborator on “Boardwalk Empire”) was the big proponent of the project. But...
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Oscar Confirms 4 Producers for ‘Wolf of Wall Street’
After a study to determine producer credits, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced that Martin Scorsese, Leonardo DiCaprio, Joey McFarland and Emma Tillinger Koskoff are the four...
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Terence Winter Talks About Con Men, Writing and ‘Wall Street’
Terence Winter is Oscar-nominated for adapting Jordan Belfort’s memoir “The Wolf of Wall Street.” Winter spent years working on sitcoms, then writing characters who are fascinating but unsympathetic on...
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Martin Scorsese Extends Paramount Deal to 2019
Martin Scorsese’s Sikelia Productions has extended its overall feature deal with Paramount Pictures through 2019. “Marty is one of our industry’s most prolific and celebrated filmmakers and he is also...
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Red Granite’s Riza Aziz Named in FBI’s 1MDB Lawsuits
As expected, the Federal Bureau of Investigation has gone ahead with the filing of lawsuits in an attempt to freeze assets connected to the 1Malaysia Development Berhad scandal. The FBI says that some...
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‘Wolf of Wall Street’ Producers Accused in Massive Malaysia Corruption Probe
The Justice Department moved on Wednesday to seize more than $1 billion allegedly stolen from a Malaysian sovereign wealth fund, as part of a sprawling kleptocracy investigation that spanned three...
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‘Wolf of Wall Street’ Scandal Casts Wide Net of Suspicion
“The Wolf of Wall Street” traced the rise and fall of a real-life penny-stock swindler. Such scams are not uncommon, but the filmmakers managed to weave an epic tale of greed and debauchery. It now...
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‘Wolf of Wall Street’ Producer Red Granite’s CFO Back in Charge of Finances...
In an unusual move, federal prosecutors have agreed to name the CFO of Red Granite Pictures as an “independent” fiduciary overseeing the company, while both sides seek to settle a massive corruption...
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Judge Pauses ‘Wolf of Wall Street’ Corruption Case
A federal judge on Wednesday agreed to pause the asset forfeiture case against Red Granite Pictures, as investigators continue to pursue criminal charges in the sprawling 1MDB scandal. Red Granite is...
View Article‘Wolf of Wall Street’ Jordan Belfort to Host GameStop Documentary For...
Jordan Belfort, the original “Wolf of Wall Street,” will host a Discovery Plus documentary special on videogame retailer GameStop’s stock price rise. Produced by ITN Productions, the one-hour fast...
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