In Aaron Sorkin’s directorial debut Molly’s Game, Jessica Chastain plays real-life card shark Molly Bloom, an Olympic skiing hopeful-turned-poker game ringleader who catered to Hollywood A-listers. While the narrative, culled from Bloom’s memoir, may predate the #MeToo movement, the specter of sexual harassment and female objectification is a constant in ... More

American PsychoBefore Christian Bale was a caped crusader in Gotham City, he was the titular character in Mary Harron’s 2000 film American Psycho. Bale played Patrick Bateman, a well-to-do Wall Street investment banker, who also happens to be a serial killer. Greedy and materialistic, Bateman’s homicidal actions are driven by ... More

In No More Champagne: Churchill and His Money, author David Lough reveals a lesser known side of Winston Churchill. Although the famous prime minister is certainly seen as a risk-taker by many for his fearless decision-making during World War II, the extent of the chances he took with his personal finances ... More

After graduating from high school more than 40 years ago, Joseph Sentef decided that college could wait. Sentef was an accomplished chess player, a U.S. master, and he wanted to play professionally. He was doing OK, as he recalls, until “my mother told me basically to stop playing games and go get ... More

Richard Kirshenbaum might have made his bones in advertising—he’s the man behind firms including Kirshenbaum Bond + Partners and NSG/SWAT—but his reputation has come entirely from his writing. As a columnist for the New York Observer, Kirshenbaum’s gained acclaim (and ruffled a few feathers) thanks to his gimlet-eyed look at the ... More

“Modest” is probably not the first word you’d choose to describe the cast of a show called #RichKids of Beverly Hills—but reality stars EJ Johnson, Morgan Stewart and Dorothy Wang insist that being ostentatious simply isn’t their thing. So what’s the difference between having cash and having class? ... More