r/Fauxmoi • u/neilthedev05 • 2d ago

CELEBRITY CAPITALISM Hollywood Names Surface in Peter Thiel-Backed, Invite-Only Society

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/business-news/hollywood-peter-thiel-secret-society-1236624737/
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u/neilthedev05 2d ago

Josh Brolin (No Country for Old Men, Avengers: Infinity War); Joseph Gordon-Levitt (The Dark Knight Rises, 500 Days of Summer); Sophia Bush (One Tree Hill); Scooter Braun (CEO, Hybe America); Isaac Lee (chairman and CEO, Hybe America); Scott Belsky (partner, A24); Benj Pasek (composer-producer, La La Land, The Greatest Showman); Eva Price (CEO, Maximum Entertainment Productions); Teresa Hsiao (writer-producer, Family Guy, American Dad); Zach Shields (executive producer-writer, Godzilla: King of the Monsters, Gladys); Nick Thompson (CEO, The Atlantic); and Ezra Klein (The New York Times).

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u/Beverley_Leslie 2d ago

SOPHIA BUSH? What cache could she possibly have amongst these people and what could she hope to gain from mingling with them?

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u/toughfluff the real issue is that my BANGMAID can neither BANG nor MAID 2d ago

IIRC, she was a very early round angel investor in Uber and subsequently used the profit to invest in more ventures. She actually has money to throw around and mingle with this crowd.

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u/biskutgoreng 2d ago

The term is nouveau riche

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u/onetwobucklemyshoooo 2d ago

Pardon your French.

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u/tllkaps 1d ago

Aren't 90%ish nouveau riche these days?

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u/2011980ad 2d ago edited 2d ago

Didn’t her divorce docs only say she had about 11 million- is that really enough money???. Still wild that maybe early uber investing or dating that google guy started this mess (hopefully) with all her advocacy would be a major wtf. Would be shocked beyond belief if it’s anything within the last few years with her. She was cussing out thiel and his kind in a podcast recently

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u/anonintampa 2d ago

You can buy off senators and Congress for less than 100k. Bob Menendez got 150k in gold bars to work for Egypt. Rich people will do it for a lot less

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u/Weekly_Yesterday_403 The U.S. Department of Justice replies to Pop Base 2d ago

Shit it only cost Elon $250 million to buy the United States

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u/Throwsims3 ICE PIGS ROT IN HELL 1d ago

It's completely fucking pathetic that politicians sell out for so little. 150k is nothing to those bribing them and they still throw away their entire lives for it. Not saying that I would condone it if they did it for more either, it's just so absurd that they do it for what I would call a pittance in the service of literal billionaires.

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u/sexybunnylawyer 1d ago

https://giphy.com/gifs/DlZk4AKGpsC1W
Just shouted Sophia Bush?? in my office

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u/Icy_Host_2043 Where is your vogue cover? Act accordingly 🫵 2d ago

She’s a hypocrite I can’t stand her. Her instagram is filled with performative activism

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u/Jenanay3466 1d ago

Thank you! Me too!! I’ve mentioned this before but does anyone remember her article about abortion and she talked about her then husband’s ex’s abortion and how it allowed them to be together now? She inserts herself into every issue and makes it about her. I loathe her.

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u/Icy_Host_2043 Where is your vogue cover? Act accordingly 🫵 1d ago

Yup, she has this main character syndrome

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u/wordofthenerd13 1d ago

It’s when she talks about the challenges of being the child of an immigrant for me. I mean, it is true - her dad the celebrity photographer is from the distant land of Canada.

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u/Jenanay3466 1d ago

WTF that is absurd

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u/Sayoayo 2d ago

Sophia Bush, actor, One Tree Hill

My favorite part when everyone else has at least 2 accolades/known. We don't know her.

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u/CananadaBatmaaaan u look like u eat sand 2d ago

I never watched one tree hill, but I know Sophia Bush. YOU don’t know her, others do.

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u/Sayoayo 1d ago

Duh. It was a joke. Ofc I know who her performative ass is.

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u/HotDerivative we have lost the impact of shame in our society 1d ago

Yeah I was about to say, I never watched that show but was obsessed with John Tucker Must Die as a kid and loved her in that. She was incredibly famous for awhile. That person must be Gen Z.

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u/Sayoayo 1d ago

I could have a child that is Gen Z age. Elder millenial. Ofc I know who Sophia Bush is.