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Insider shares story behind “The Wolf of Wall Street”: “My lifestyle was insane”

A former partner at the scandal-ridden stock-trading firm that inspired the blockbuster movie “The Wolf of Wall Street” is speaking out as a new documentary about the firm premieres on Paramount+. “My lifestyle was insane,” Howie Gelfand, who rose to become a partner at Stratton Oakmont, said in an interview on “CBS Mornings.” The three-part…

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Barstool’s Dave Portnoy says he’s beefed up security as trolls “open the floodgates” to lunatics: “It only takes one”

As a public figure with a massive social media following, Barstool Sports founder Dave Portnoy is no stranger to threats and abuse online. But recently, the entrepreneur says he’s become “far more aware” of how he could face these threats in everyday life. “You know, you start getting into these yahoos on social media, and…

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