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In order to help Akira Kurosawa get more money for making 'Kagemusha' (1980), Francis Ford Coppola, who wasn't a drinker, agreed to appear in a series of commercials along with Kurosawa for Japanese whiskey company, 'Suntory'. https://t.co/orL1h3pJ0z
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Rex Woodbury • The Business of Fame: 1920-2020
Five Families: The Rise, Decline, and Resurgence of America's Most Powerful Mafia Empires
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Moritz von Contzen
@moritzvoncontzen-caf8
Most clubs make the bulk of their profits from smaller and more reliable table bills, the $1,500 to $3,000 sums spent by groups of affluent tourists and businessmen—your run-of-the-mill banker, tech developer, or other upper-class professional with a disposable income. While on the lower end of importance compared to whales and celebrities, they ar
... See moreAshley Mears • Very Important People: Status and Beauty in the Global Party Circuit
My notes from Larry Gagosian (Billionaire Art Dealer) turned into maxims:
1. The best way to raise the price of something is to say that you would never sell it.
2. The competitive drive of self-made billionaires does not go into remission once they've made a fortune.
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This is Steve Cohen.
He's America’s most profitable day trader and has a net worth of $19.8B
Here’s his story: https://t.co/cdehLHa9W5
Mafia Prince: Inside America's Most Violent Crime Family and the Bloody Fall of La Cosa Nostra
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Paul
@phreeksta