How to Get Rich By Losing Lots of Money

HBO’s Silicon Valley aired its final episode last year, the tech world’s realities having gotten too dystopian to be fictionalized, in good conscience, for laughs. When a reporter asked what material the show had left on the table, the showrunners, Mike Judge and Alec Berg, admitted, “We missed the WeWork guy.” That guy—WeWork’s telegenic co-founder […]

From buying sports teams to picking a hedge fund, here’s how the uber rich take outsourcing wealth to a new level

Many über-rich people don't outsource their wealth — they hire their own chief investment officers. These money managers fly under the radar, but their investment decisions range from buying sports teams to picking hedge funds. Insider's Hayley Cuccinello got to know 10 CIOs who control the vast personal fortunes of some of the richest Americans. […]

Filthy Rich, NEXT Both Cancelled at Fox

The cancellation axe has started swinging early this year: Fox has cancelled freshman dramas Filthy Rich and NEXT, just weeks after their respective fall debuts. Our sister site Variety was the first to report the news, adding that “rising production costs due to the COVID-19 pandemic played a significant part in the decision.” Both series […]

Filthy Rich EP Tackles Series Premiere’s Biggest Twist, Addresses the Sexual Elephant in the Room — Grade It!

If you look up “guilty pleasure” in the dictionary, you’re likely to find a picture of Kim Cattrall glamorously burning a Southern mansion to the ground, then walking away ever so slowly while whispering, “Rot in hell.” Coincidentally, that’s also how we meet her character in Monday’s premiere of the new Fox drama Filthy Rich. […]

‘You’re a millionaire!’ Piers Morgan grills Emily Thornberry on Labour ‘sneering’ at rich

“That’s really sad,” the presenter remarked and Emily continued: “It’s funny, a lot of the horrible stuff I don’t remember, but I remember the cats being put down.”  After suggesting Emily had an “understanding of struggling”, she spoke about her education and how she doesn’t wish for any child to go through a similar thing […]

‘2020 class warfare?’: Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and the left face off against billionaires in a fight to tax the rich

Caitlin Ochs/Reuters Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Sens. Elizabeth Warren and Bernie Sanders have all recently proposed hiking taxes on the wealthiest Americans. The progressive tax proposals have incensed the right-wing and many of America’s billionaires, some of whom might run for president in 2020.  While the right-wing says the left is fueling a class-war, progressives […]

The 8 Best Movies to Buy or Stream This Week: ‘Blindspotting,’ ‘Crazy Rich Asians’

What we have here is one of the most overwhelming weeks for home viewing in some time: a summer smash, a new Coen Brothers, three of the summer’s best indies, one of the funniest movies ever made, a disturbingly kinky new thriller, and if that weren’t enough, a massive collection of works by one of […]

‘Make it look rich’: Trump told Sharpie to create a custom pen for him to sign important documents

Reuters/Leah Millis President Donald Trump is known for using a Sharpie pen.  In a recent episode of HBO’s new four-part series with political website Axios, Trump broke into a monologue professing his love for the Sharpie pen and disdain for the traditional government ordered pen. Trump said Sharpie created a personalized black plastic pen for […]