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Oliver Stone's uber-villain Gordon Gekko is back in the new film, Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps, which (surprise!) features greedy capitalists behaving badly.

At a packed screening of Wall Street 2: Money Never Sleeps at the weekend, any thoughts of New York being a town chastened by the global financial meltdown of 2008 went out of the window. For a start, the movie theatre was turning people away, it was so crowded (this, despite the film having endless problems getting a release date; the script was reportedly re-written umpteen times and producers were rumoured to be having dreadful trouble pleasing test audiences). The film opened at number 1 at the box office and made $19million despite less than enthusiastic reviews. “It’s somewhat unique...

While certain executives at News Corp. may not agree, it is obvious that at the moment, the top business news channel on Wall Street is CNBC. With that in mind director Oliver Stone prominently features the network's anchors prominently in the upcoming sequel to his 1987 film "Wall Street." This despite the fact that the film is produced by the 20th Century Fox film studio, a sister company to Fox News Channel and Fox Business Network. Per MarketWatch.com's : And no actual journalists shine brighter in the new 20th Century Fox production than Maria Bartiromo and her CNBC posse. If...

Greed is not good in the case of Michael Douglas’ ex-wife who is suing the actor for half of his earnings from the upcoming “Wall Street” sequel. Diandra Douglas, who was married to Michael for 23 years, quietly filed suit against her ex earlier this month, claiming she’s entitled to 50 percent of the upfront money and royalties from “Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps,” the New York Post reports. But, Gordon Gekko’s alter ego, 65, maintains that his ex isn’t entitled to a dime. When Douglas divorced Diandra in 2000, she got a reported $45 million settlement. The divorce was...