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Since the $50 billion Ponzi schemer Bernie Madoff has been sentenced to 150 years of jail time, he certainly has a lot of time on his hands. In a recent interview with the Financial Times, Madoff shared with them what his life is like now. Antidepressants help to keep him going, and he manages the prison store, which he calls the “money management department." More surprisingly, Madoff admitted Read more
Next month, the US Marshals will be auctioning off 400 items once belonging to infamous pyramid scheme king Bernie Madoff, who is serving a 150-year sentence for scamming hundreds of investors. The items will be auctioned off Nov. 12 (interested? Register to participate by next Friday), but last week the government released a preview of some items that will be featured. Think you know Bernie's Read more
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A federal judge has given Bernie Madoff the maximum prison sentence of 150 years for his Ponzi scheme, following his apology and victims' requests for a life sentence. — CNN Grim information from Michael Jackson's autopsy report has leaked. — The Sun However, TMZ is reporting that the leaked report may actually be a fake. — TMZ Transformers swept the box office this weekend, bringing in Read more
The case for renewing Reaper. — HitFix Who could play a big-screen Bernie Madoff? Maybe Dustin Hoffman or Tom Wilkinson? — Popwatch Will Arnold Schwarzenegger's cameo make or break Terminator Salvation? — Cinematical Time for Danny Gokey to shake things up a little. — TV Squad In celebration of St. George's Day, here are PopUK's top ten favorite British actors. — PopSugarUK Check out Read more
The New York Post reports Bernie Madoff's niece Shana, a compliance officer at his infamous firm, "signed a lot of documents" during her tenure. The possible convicté has been asking around the streets of Manhattan's downtown as to what, exactly, is prison like. Good question! She's summoned Larry Levine, founder of Wall Street Prison Consultants and former inmate #587,1635, to take his fedtime Read more
This week was a big one in the restaurant world, with the industry's biggest accolades, the James Beard Awards, taking place on Monday night. (We're sure a few attendees are probably still recovering from the festivities.) In other news, it's National Burger Week, so we'll be throwing at least a few patties on the grill this weekend! Have you tuned into everything that's been going on over the Read more
We're thrilled to present this smart LearnVest story here on Savvy! Since when is being broke funny? Since CBS released its new sitcom 2 Broke Girls, in which actress Beth Behrs plays a recently humbled heiress, Caroline, who moves to Brooklyn to hide out after her father loses their family fortune in a Ponzi scheme. Caroline winds up living with her perpetually poor fellow waitress, Max, played Read more
Bernie Madoff's brother is selling his home to benefit Ponzi scheme victims! — ShelterPop I'm impressed by all of these creative shelving solutions. — Craftzine I love this DIY nautical-inspired rope mirror project! — DIY Life What do you think of these Silence of the Lambs-style chairs? — Shelterrific Dennis Quaid's California equestrian estate is for sale. — Hooked on Houses Read more
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