Leonardo DiCaprio

Planetary alignments, grid attacks and rise of the robots + this day in history w/the League Of Nations and our song of the day by Lily & Madeleine on your Morning Monarchy for January 19, 2016.

This week on #GoodNewsNextWeek: Elephants are leaving the circus early after public outcry; Campbell's Soup will label its US products for GMOs; UK cafe feeds thousands with "food waste".

This week on #GoodNewsNextWeek: Elephants are leaving the circus early after public outcry; Campbell's Soup will label its US products for GMOs; UK cafe feeds thousands with "food waste".

It's another Scorsese-DiCaprio project-- there have been 5 so far-- so there has been plenty of fanfare. Based on the true story of Wall Street swindler Jordan Belfort, anyone who had hoped the movie-- or the discussion around it-- would serve as an opportunity to take a serious look at Wall Street corruption will be sorely disappointed.

My friend Michael took me to a press screening for the new Leonardo DiCaprio film, The Wolf of Wall Street last night. It was a really good movie-- so good in fact that when a song I published came on-- "Never Say Never" by RomeoVoid; thank you, Robbie Robertson-- that wasn't even the highlight of the film for me! The movie is based on the real life story of Wall Street fraud and depravity-- the Stratton Oakmont predatory brokerage firm and its founder and CEO, Jordan Belfort (DiCaprio).