Leonardo DiCaprio - (Please Read First Post Prior to Posting)

[Jade Bahr]

KOTFM update:

 

 

 

 

[Jade Bahr]

KOTFM plot news!!

 

 

[Jade Bahr]

Some behind the scenes images from Titanic I haven't all seen before:

 

 

This one I knew but damn he's too beautiful to not post again 😍

 

 

[SexyLeo91]

Thanks everyone for the latest news and I also don't believe those rumors. We're about to basically have back to back Leo films (not really, but there won't be a four year space this time around  let's hoping here)

[akatosh]

3 hours ago, SexyLeo91 said:

Thanks everyone for the latest news and I also don't believe those rumors. We're about to basically have back to back Leo films (not really, but there won't be a four year space this time around  let's hoping here)

YES! I need one Leo movie per year. Or at least every other year. The waiting time between The Revenant and OUATIH was way too much 😩

[Sliva]

Can anyone post the text from this new article? 

 

https://www.cardplayer.com/poker-news/25862-houston-curtis-why-you-shouldn-t-give-leonardo-dicaprio-access-to-your-poker-bankroll&ved=0ahUKEwiumIuvjqjwAhW5kcMKHflhB4wQxfQBCC0wAA&usg=AOvVaw12cDAy_l9lkrnYegUoukkQ

 

It's about poker game with Leonardo & Tobey many years ago. It's blocked for my country.

[Jade Bahr]

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Houston Curtis: Why You Shouldn't Give Leonardo DiCaprio Access To Your Poker Bankroll

Curtis Talks About The Night The Wolf Of Wall Street Lost His $175,000 Stack

 

 

It was a beautiful evening in the spring of 2007, and like every Thursday night in those days, I was sitting in a penthouse suite at the Four Seasons on Doheney Drive in Beverly Hills playing high-stakes hold’em along with Tobey Maguire and usual line up of mega-millionaires, celebs, and captains of industry.

 

That night, Leonardo DiCaprio decided to swing by and check out the action. While Leo enjoyed poker, he didn’t like the idea of putting his own money at risk. For those of you who read my book, Billion Dollar Hollywood Heist, you might remember that Tobey and I had staked Leo in the early days of our game in order to attract rich whales who would easily drop six figures to say they got to hang out with A-listers all night.

 

A couple years had passed since we had used the celebrity trapping plays, and at this point our game had reached legendary status throughout the poker world. There was no longer a need to cast a big net for the fish because the proverbial pond had been stocked! There was a list a mile long filled with everyone from bankers and billionaires to actors and athletes, all hoping for a chance to sit at our table.

 

Our game was full that night, but I could tell that Leo really had the itch to sit down and play for a bit. It’s important to note that once I entered the suite each week and was served my favorite beverage by our then-hostess, Molly Bloom, I would mentally turn off the rest of the world. Any business dealings I had were put on hold. No calls were allowed to come from my home or office once I sat down to play. Neither my assistant, the executives who worked for me, or even my wife would dare to disrupt me during game time. After all, this wasn’t just any game. For me, it was pure business. And when handled properly, it would result in a six-figure win for the evening.

 

Having said that, on this particular night, I scheduled a quick business meeting down in the lounge of the Four Seasons. At that time, I had been producing a reality TV pilot for A&E starring rock star Fred Durst, who had also just finished directing his second feature film. Fred had read a script I owned and was very interested in being attached as the director.

 

The other person attending the meeting was Nick Cassavetes, who had directed several films including The Notebook. Nick liked the script as well and agreed to meet with myself and Fred to discuss the possibility of us all working together to get it set up. If you don’t know Cassavetes from his movies, which also include Alpha Dog, My Sisters Keeper, and John Q, then you may recognize his face from appearances on High Stakes Poker. Nick was also a semi-regular player in our game and I was a semi-regular player at his home game, which happened on a different night of the week.

 

I knew I couldn’t blow this meeting off, but when Leonardo DiCaprio arrived at the game, it created a small conundrum for me. Tobey, half joking, half serious, pointed out to me that since the game was full, my absence would leave a seat open should Leo decide to play. In my mind, that would have been like leaving a giant bag of cash sitting in the middle of Times Square while you decide to grab a slice of pizza, just hoping it’s still there when you get back. There was no way I was going to risk my seat for the entire night… not even to Dicaprio!

 

So, I decided I would offer to let him play in my stead while I shot down to the lounge for my meeting. Considering Leo only played aces and kings preflop, I figured it was worth the risk.

 

Leo looked happier than Jack Dawson after winning tickets to board the Titanic when I told him he could take my seat and play a few hands while I attended my meeting. He sat down on the button as the cards were being dealt, so I decided to give him one sweat before I left.

 

The blinds were $200-$400 and there were two limpers and a raise before it got to Leo, who looked down at 7-7 and just tossed ‘em into the muck as if he was holding 7-2 off after a three bet. I figured my money would be safe for at least the next 20 minutes, and off I went!

 

It was a particularly busy night at the Four Seasons that evening. In addition to Durst and Cassavetes, I ran into an old friend, former MTV president Tony DiSanto, who was hanging out with media giant Ben Silverman. And on the way up I found myself riding in the elevator with movie producer and philanthropist multi-millionaire Steve Bing, who had been living at the Four Seasons for the past year while one of his homes was being built in Beverly Hills. I invited him to come check out the game, but he took a rain check.

 

As I walked back into the room, I was a bit anxious to see how Leo was doing. I admit I think my heart sank a bit when I saw that my seat was empty and DiCaprio was sitting on the other side of the penthouse looking kind of upset.

 

I caught eyes with Bobby Safi as if to ask, ‘What the hell happened?’ Bob just shook his head, letting me know that things didn’t go well for Leo. Then Molly called me over and told me that I was stuck my $100,000 from my buy-in, and another $75,000 in profit I had won before I let the Wolf of Wall Street babysit my chips!

 

 

I was steaming and decided to head back down to the lounge for a drink. I came up 30 minutes later and Leo was still just sitting there looking bummed. I walked out on the balcony and he decided to follow and give me the details.

 

He told me he picked up pocket aces and got reraised all in preflop by Bob Safi. Bobby, who was just screwing around, ended up winning the hand with K-4 offsuit, flopping two pair for all my money. I told him I understood, that Bobby had snapped my aces for at least half a million in the past few weeks. I then just sat there looking out at the city skyline, most of it made up of buildings that Mr. Safi had sold numerous times over as one of the biggest commercial real estate moguls in Los Angeles.

 

Finally, Leo spoke up and said, “If it makes you feel any better I’m willing to put $10K towards the loss.” I just turned, walked back in, and shouted for Molly to put me on the books for another $100K.

 

As I sat down, waiting for the chips to come, Leo came up and stood right behind me. Tobey started smiling, probably taking enjoyment from my pain, and then Bob Safi slowly pushed over a giant stack of chips in front of me and everyone in the room started laughing.

 

I turned back to Leo, one of the best actors on the planet, and he just gave me a look that said, ‘I just fooled your ass!’

 

Not only did I have my bankroll back, but I walked away from the evening winning over $300,000 and having a great story to tell. Truth be told, Leo and Tobey had done this same scam to me a few years prior when the game was at Tobey’s house… so I should have been wise to it. But I think that just made Leo decide to sell it even harder.

 

Thanks for reading, and as always, stay sharp! Stay Kardsharp!

 

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[Jade Bahr]

Thx to KOTFM production Pawhuska is facing some traffic problems for the 1rst time in 50 years

 

Leo's in the 2nd slice - still not over the whole man-goes-wild look 😍

 

[Sliva]

51 minutes ago, Jade Bahr said:

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Thanks a lot.

[SexyLeo91]

16 hours ago, akatosh said:

YES! I need one Leo movie per year. Or at least every other year. The waiting time between The Revenant and OUATIH was way too much 😩

The Leo drought is heavy at times but in the end, it is worth it 😍Thanks Jade for the post and article!

[oxford25]

Jade
 

Tks for all the Leo pix , articles, and filming news  

 

I love those Titanic behind scene pix ; they are all new to me  

Barbie
 

Re the recent gossip fiction , I don’t think that it is a matter so much of Leo attracting the crazies , as much as , huge fame attracts the crazies 

 

When a person wants to draw attention to themselves they somehow associate oneself in some way to a super famous person like Leo 

 

Having sex with a D lister doesn’t draw attention to you , but claiming you had sex with an A lister now that makes people’s ears perk up  

 

Sugarwater

 

Thanks for latest KOTFM casting news  

 

I noticed one mentioning a marching band 

 

Like me , didn’t  you read the book ?

 

As I don’t recall any scene involving a marching band or parade , do you ??

[Jade Bahr]

And more good press....

 

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Chloe Zhao Says ‘The Revenant’ Is Her ‘Eternals’ Inspiration [Interview]

 

Chloe Zhao is having a moment. She’s won almost every possible Best Director accolade for a film released over the past 14 months and “Nomadland,” the motion picture in question, is expected to be a major Oscar player when the nominations are announced next month. But in a scenario truly familiar to only the Steven Spielberg‘s of the world, Zhao has been juggling the release of “Nomadland” with production and final editing of the highly anticipated Marvel Studios tentpole, “Eternals.”

 

While “Nomadland” is a moving drama following Fern (Frances McDormand), a woman who lives out of her car traveling the Western states from one job to another, “Eternals” is an adaptation of a fantastical Marvel comic book that debuted over 40 years ago. It centers on a group of immortal superheros created by a race of omnipotent aliens to protect the earth. The projects could not be more different, but the share one thing in common besides Zhao, her love of a specific cinematic inspiration. If you ask Zhao what her inspiration for “Nomadland” was she’ll tell you, , Wong Kar-wai’s Happy Together.” Until now, she hasn’t revealed the specific catalyst for “Eternals” and it may surprise you.

 

“Well, there’s multiple films for ‘Eternals.’ I had to assign a few because of the scale of the film. But I think for the action sequences, which I just had such a great time working on with such a great team, I wanted to reference ‘The Revenant‘ a lot,” Zhao says. “‘The Revenant’ is a film that I love so much. And I think we’ve watched ‘The Revenant’ so many times, every meeting when we come to our action sequences because most of those sequences are shot on location. And I love how immersive and the way how you feel the dash and sequences in ‘The Revenant.’ It’s definitely a film that we aspire to. And Marvel really, really supported that idea and really went for it.”

 

Full interview

 

[Jade Bahr]

KOTFM filming update:

 

 

Have to post this

 

[Mirella]

13 minutes ago, Jade Bahr said:

KOTFM filming update:

 

 

One thing I didn't think about before "following" Leo was how much a movie can mean to people around the project. That it becomes more than just the movie for some. The presentation of the emotions and not only the entertainment. All of this must mean so much to the people in the town. 

[Sugarwater]

On 5/1/2021 at 10:29 AM, oxford25 said:

Sugarwater

 

Thanks for latest KOTFM casting news  

 

I noticed one mentioning a marching band 

 

Like me , didn’t  you read the book ?

 

As I don’t recall any scene involving a marching band or parade , do you ??

Nope. No marching band or parade in the book, but I don’t expect the screenplay to follow the book exactly. Gotta spice it up a little. 😄

 

More news from Pawhuska.

 

 

 

[Sugarwater]

I remembered I had a pic of the Kihekah Ave stairs. 
 

The top is Osage News’s photo which shows production building a facade in front of the stairs. 
 

The bottom is my personal photo taken at the top of the stairs. The Osage County Courthouse, where the trials took place, is right there at the top of the stairs. 
 

 

[Jade Bahr]

 

[Mirella]

I haven't read the book (Killers of the flower moon) but I did read an article with the author of the book. According to him, the descendants of the killers feel so much guilt and shame for what their ancestors did that they still to this day ask for forgiveness. Really sad story. I got the gist of how brutal the killings were from the article. 

[Lilja K]

8 minutes ago, Mirella said:

I haven't read the book (Killers of the flower moon) but I did read an article with the author of the book. According to him, the descendants of the killers feel so much guilt and shame for what their ancestors did that they still to this day ask for forgiveness. Really sad story. I got the gist of how brutal the killings were from the article. 

I've read KOFM and yeah the story is full of atrocity and injustice to native americans. But I want to say not only the descendants of the killers should ask for forgiveness, descendants of the people who were the part of that big unjust machine (and they're many), should ask for forgiveness too. Most of the White America owe Native Americans a big apology imo (sorry for sounding political, I don't think all the white americans are bad, but ancestors of the most of them were not good people and commited crimes against native americans and people of color and that's a sad historical fact).