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by Gingersnap | damian-lewis.com | March 28, 2018
New York City is a playground for luxury clubs and exclusive restaurants that make for ideal places to film the SHOWTIME Original Series Billions. See how locations manager, Aidan Sleeper, goes beyond to discover filming locations, from places to stage a car crash to the best pizza in Queens.
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by Stephen Spignesi | New Haven Register | March 25, 2018
Major changes are afoot when Showtime’s financial intrigue series “Billions” returns for its third season March 25 at 10 p.m. with the episode “The Tie Goes to the Runner.”
At the end of Season 2, hedge-fund billionaire Bobby “Axe” Axelrod (Damian Lewis) was seen Ubering his way home after posting bail following his arrest on a slew of charges by his nemesis U.S. Attorney Chuck Rhoades Jr. (New Haven’s own Paul Giamatti). Axe had deliberately sabotaged the Ice Juice company’s signature juice product and made people sick so Ice Juice’s initial public offering would tank and Rhoades would lose a fortune, which he did.
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by Dominic Corry | Weekend Herald | March 23, 2018
Boiling tensions, billionaires and low morals – it all makes Billions a must watch TV show. That and the seller cast, who include Damian Lewis and Paul Giamatti.
Pity the 1 per cent. The world is a tough place for the richest of the rich right now. With economic inequality and corporate malfeasance on the rise – not to mention a certain self-proclaimed rich guy currently nudging the Western world off a cliff – there is more public emnity for billionaires than ever before. Yet we cannot look away.
Which is part of why Billions is such a fascinating watch. It charts the high-stakes game of brinksmanship between hot-shot billionaire hedge fund manager Bobby Axelrod (Damian Lewis) and US Attorney Chuck Rhoades (Paul Giamatti), whose all-consuming passion is to put Axelrod in jail.
There are extreme contradictions in both men: Rhoades is driven by a crusading sense of justice, but is more than willing to bend the rules if it means seeing Axelrod behind bars – and at the end of last season showed he was prepared to suffer great personal loss in his pursuit of that goal.
Axelrod, on the other hand, is a ruthless businessman who came from humble beginnings. He will happily destroy multiple lives with a single trade, yet often displays flashes of considerable humanity.
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by Gingersnap | damian-lewis.com | March 23, 2018
Today, Billions announced the interactive Billions Bot, a personal portfolio on your Facebook Messenger. Simply log into m.me/BillionsOnShowtime, answer a couple of questions: 1) are you about justice or money and 2) pick a team – #TeamAxe or #TeamChuck and voila, you’re onboard with your own personal portfolio. The portfolio showcases content in six separate categories as you swipe through deciding where to invest your time. Here are the six:
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by Samantha Lear | TV Insider | March 23, 2018
The cat-and-mouse chase that makes watching Billions so thrilling is about to up the ante in Season 3.
Ahead of the March 25 premiere, the stars of the Showtime series, Paul Giamatti and Damian Lewis, gave TV Insider a heads up about what’s to come for their respective characters, U.S. Attorney Chuck Rhoades and hedge fund manager Bobby Axelrod.
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by Liam Mathews | TV Guide | March 23, 2018
Warning: There are light spoilers for Billions Season 3 ahead.
In its first two seasons, Billions — Showtime’s elevated soap opera about a crooked hedge fund billionaire and the U.S. Attorney determined to bring him down — was almost exclusively focused on the interpersonal manipulations of its characters. It avoided examining the larger world in which its titans played and how their petty feuds and reckless actions trickled down to the little people who bear the consequences of financial and political malfeasance.
There were brief flashes of it. Bobby Axelrod’s (Damian Lewis) brutal treatment of an already economically depressed town after his plan to build a casino there fell through is the most notable example, but mostly the show existed in a vacuum. It presented Bobby Axelrod as a bad guy because he’s a vindictive cheater and not for the real, broader reason, which is that the ruthless capitalism he engages in profits off the suffering of people he has the luxury of not thinking about.
That changes in Season 3, which premieres on Sunday, March 25. It’s not the Bernie Sanders Show all of a sudden, but it develops a political conscience it previously lacked. Which is good, because even though he’s a cool, smart guy who loves his kids, you’re not supposed to root for Bobby Axelrod.
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by Kristin Brzoznowski | World Screen | March 22, 2018
Ντέμιαν Λιούις = Damian Lewis
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The third season of the Showtime hit Billions will be airing in Greece exclusively on Cosmote TV.
Starting March 26 at 9 p.m., immediately after its U.S. premiere, Cosmote Cinema 4HD will be airing season three of the drama, which stars Paul Giamatti and Damian Lewis. After the broadcast, each episode will go on-demand through the Cosmote TV Plus service.
For more information, please visit Business News Greece
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by Tom Teodorczuk | Market Watch | March 21, 2018
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We asked Anthony Scaramucci and other financiers: How realistic is Showtime’s hedge-fund drama ‘Billions’? Is the hit show on the money when it comes to Wall Street?
This story contains some plot details about season 3 of “Billions.”
Things have been busy recently for Anthony Scaramucci. Prior to serving as President Trump’s White House Communications Director for just 11 days, “The Mooch” founded hedge-fund investing firm SkyBridge Capital and a hedge-fund conference known as SALT.
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by Gingersnap | damian-lewis.com | March 20, 2018
Shop Axe Capital merchandise in the Showtime store and receive 20% at checkout using the code AXE. New arrivals to choose from, including a Wags standee. Discount is valid until 11:59 pm PST on 3/25/18 in celebration of the Billions season three premiere.
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by Keith Nelson, Jr. | Digital Trends | March 19, 2018
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On The Lox’s 1998 song Money, Power, & Respect, Lil’ Kim rapped that those three words are what you need in life. It’s now 20 years later, and the third season of Showtime’s hit drama Billions shows why that can be the worst advice.
(Spoilers ahead for those not caught up with seasons 1 and 2)
Over the course of Billions‘ first two seasons, Charles “Chuck” Rhoades Jr (Paul Giamatti), the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York, has been on a mission to put billionaire Robert “Bobby” Axelrod (Damian Lewis), the hedge fund manager of Axe Capital, behind bars for the nefarious ways Axelrod built his fortune. It’s not easy for Chuck to pin down a man who is every bit his intellectual equal, and up to now the show has largely revolved around a cat-and-mouse game, with Rhoades and Axelrod alternating between the hunted and the hunter. By the end of the second season, Axelrod is finally arrested, thanks to a legally questionable ploy Chuck uses that involves betraying the people he loves.
We were able to preview the first five episodes of season 3 ahead of the season premiere on March 25. The new season picks up following the events of the season 2 finale, which exploded the Billions status quo and left characters trying to reassemble their lives amid the wreckage. No matter how Billions plays out, though, the show centers around the entertaining dynamic of its two lead actors.
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by Debra Birnbaum | Variety | March 19, 2018
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When “Billions” returns for its third season, Damian Lewis’ Bobby Axelrod is in a very unfamiliar place: Under indictment, separated from his wife, and banished from the hedge fund company that bears his name. “It’s a fun trajectory for the character,” he says.
Ahead of the premiere, Lewis talked to Variety about what’s in store for the embattled hedge fund manager, whether Wendy (Maggie Siff) can be trusted, and how closely the season mirrors current headlines.
How does this season compare for you?
I think “Billions” has found its sweet spot. Season 1 was a look at this world and these people behaviorally. Now the cat-and-mouse game has really taken off and the stakes have become higher. It’s helpful to the drama of it. I like the fact that Axe was outmaneuvered at the end of last year by Chuck. And so he finds himself in a unusual position that he’s not used to being in — back to the wall and working out a way of getting back into the game.
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by Gingersnap | damian-lewis.com | March 19, 2018
Showtime invites you to an exclusive screening of the first two episodes of the new season of Billions. The event will be held Thursday, March 22. Doors open at 6:30 PM and the screening begins at 7:00 PM. You will receive a complimentary popcorn and soft drinks will also be served. For more information about your city and to pre-register, please visit Free Premiere Screening.
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