Category: Print Media
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Billions Takes Cynical Look at Corruption on Both Sides of the Law – Jan 13, 2016
‘Billions’ takes cynical look at corruption — on both sides of the law By David Wiegand – San Francisco Chronicle – January 13, 2016 Vladimir Putin may be one scary ex-KGB agent, but these days, he couldn’t get arrested in Hollywood, so to speak. Russian villains are so last century. Film and TV have gone through a…
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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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It took ‘Billions’ to lure Damian Lewis back to TV, The Inquirer, January 13, 2016
It took ‘Billions’ to lure Damian Lewis back to TV by Ellen Gray, The Inquirer, January 13, 2016 In his new Showtime series, “Billions,” he plays a hedge-fund mogul whose choices move the markets, but Damian Lewis is a bit of a ditherer. So the decision to return to Showtime, where he’d won an Emmy for…
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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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Damian Was Third Choice to Play Homeland’s Nick Brody – Jan 12, 2016
Damian Lewis had to fend off Ryan Philippe and Patrick Wilson to play Homeland’s Nicholas Brody by Sarah Doran – RadioTimes – January 12, 2016 Showrunner Alex Gansa reveals the British actor wasn’t top of the list of Showtime’s potential leading men for the espionage thriller. He may now be one of TV and film’s…
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Damian Lewis on “Billions†and the meaning of fame, Marketplace, January 12, 2016
Damian Lewis on “Billions” and the meaning of fame By Kai Ryssdal, NPR Marketplace, January 12, 2016 Damian Lewis plays hedge-fund investor Bobby Axelrod in Showtime’s new series “Billions.” - 2015 Showtime  Damian Lewis had no plans on doing another premium cable drama after his character Nicholas Brody was killed in season three of “Homeland.”
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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…