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'Top Gun,' Too? 6 Times Movies Got Sequels Long After The Original
Tuesday, May 30, 2017 - 11:03am | 1112The news that Tom Cruise would star in a belated sequel to his breakout hit “Top Gun” was greeted with one of two reactions, depending on your taste: Who asked for this, and what took so long? The actor confirmed rumors about a sequel to the 1986 action drama — about the lives and...
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11 Things You Probably Never Knew About 'Wall Street'
Saturday, September 24, 2016 - 8:13pm | 376On the heels of its 30th anniversary, Oliver Stone's '80s cult classic film "Wall Street" defines an era and encapsulates the insider trading scandals and massive wealth produced during the decade. The film was both Charlie Sheen and Michael Douglas' coming out party, with Douglas' iconic Gordon...
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Why Charlie Sheen's Fourth Engagement Proves The Value Of Investing With Due Diligence
Wednesday, February 26, 2014 - 12:39pm | 642When investing, whether it is emotionally in a relationship or financially in a publicly traded security, there are always high hopes that all will turn out well. But, as Charlie Sheen's recent engagement to a married porn star proves, it is important to perform thorough research functions,...
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Barron's Portfolio Is #Winning
Monday, July 8, 2013 - 10:33am | 759Barron's, the weekly investor newsletter with a cult-like following, this weekend published the performance for its top picks for the first half of the year. To put it simply, Barron's is simply #winning, Charlie Sheen style. Beating the Benchmark Portfolio managers know that performance is...
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10 Extremely Unusual Startup Tips
Thursday, March 1, 2012 - 10:45am | 417What do Ashton Kutcher and Charlie Sheen have to do with launching a startup!? They're both players who made millions starring in the same CBS (NYSE: CBS) comedy, Two and a Half Men. One went crazy and forever ruined his relationship with the nation's largest TV network. The other didn't (not yet...
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Qwikster Isn't the First Company to Lose its Twitter Identity
Wednesday, September 21, 2011 - 12:20pm | 890But is @Qwikster still the king of comedy? This week, Netflix (NASDAQ: NFLX) got into a bit of trouble when it used a half-hearted apology to advertise its new DVD-by-mail service, Qwikster. But our initial feelings of anger were quickly replaced by unrelenting laughter when it was revealed that...
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Will @Qwikster Become the Next Charlie Sheen?
Tuesday, September 20, 2011 - 9:25am | 486Soon to be the star of his own sitcom, “Two and a Half Brain Cells.” He's been mocked. He's been laughed at. He's been told he'll make a mint. But one thing @Qwikster has not been told yet is that he could be the star of a CBS (NYSE: CBS) sitcom. He may not be #winning, but he sure is popular....
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Charlie Sheen is Winning, A Lot of Money
Tuesday, September 20, 2011 - 9:23am | 117Reports came out last night that former "Two and a Half Men" actor Charlie Sheen was able to win $25 million against his former employer Warner Bros. (NYSE: TWX). Sheen, who was fired from the show after several outbursts against the shows creator, Chuck Lorre, had sued the company for $100...
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Benzinga's Daily Laugh August 22, 2011
Monday, August 22, 2011 - 9:05am | 52Here's today's daily laugh. I tried the same thing last week. I tweeted Charlie Sheen for a gig on his new show. His assistant said they are still considering me. Between me and some actor named Steve Carrell. Never heard of him.
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4 Stars For The Network That Brought You "Two & Half Men"
Wednesday, August 3, 2011 - 1:29pm | 725CBS (NYSE: CBS) continues to deliver solid, if not spectacular results and this quarter is no exception, with Les Moonves' team continuing to find new ways to monetize old content. With the NFL coming back, CBS's deals with Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN) and Netflix (NASDAQ: NFLX) the company has been a...
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Lionsgate wants Tiger Blood
Wednesday, July 13, 2011 - 11:10am | 577Why is it that some things never go out of style? Somehow Charlie Sheen has managed to land himself a new role with Lionsgate (NYSE: LGF) television, starring in a role similar to his Charlie Harper on Two and a Half Men. This news came after a night of rumors that Charlie Sheen was dead. A...
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Three "Supernatural" Stocks While Waiting for Season 7
Saturday, May 21, 2011 - 11:48am | 783Love it or hate it, the season finale of the CW's Supernatural, with its showdown between the Winchester brothers and the angel Castiel, has brought season 6 to a close. Already the speculation about Supernatural season 7 is rampant: What does being a god mean for Castiel? Can Dean forgive him for...
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Charlie Sheen May be "Winning," But Ashton Kutcher Got the Job
Friday, May 13, 2011 - 7:29am | 169He's the one man I didn't think of when plotting my replacement for Charlie Sheen. But it looks like the Punk'd creator and former That ‘70s Show star is set to take the lead on Two and a Half Men. The Wall Street Journal reports that Kutcher, should he accept the reported (but still unconfirmed)...
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Zings Of The Day (CBS)
Wednesday, May 4, 2011 - 3:51pm | 102CBS (NYSE: CBS) reported better than expected earnings last night, and doubled its dividend, as free cash flow increased in the quarter. That is what I like to call #winning, not what you've done Charlie Sheen. Portugal agreed to a $116 billion bailout to help its troubled economy. Of course it'...
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Winning! 6 Charlie Sheen Quotes To Help You Be A Better Entrepreneur
Thursday, April 28, 2011 - 10:58am | 116Charlie Sheen. The quirkiest and strangest of all Hollywood celebrities (at least in the past 30 minutes) may actually help you become a better businessman, and entrepreneur, due to some of his ridiculous quotes. Here are a few, and this article from VentureBeat provides the rest. “Defeat is not...