![]() If you’ve ever watched The Serpent, the parallels are striking. ![]() ![]() It’s just that somewhere, in another city, another woman is suffering. He sends you home on a first class flight. You tell your friends to Google him! All confirm he’s legit, there he is with his parents – although naturally his father demands the family keep a low profile on social media, billionaire diamond dealers would. On a balcony in Barcelona, you Google him. Later, he buys you a lovely meal, right after his important meeting. His bodyguard takes a picture of the two of you and says how nice it is that he’s finally met someone perfect for him. Picture the scene: you’re sitting on a private jet, talking to Simon’s amenable ex about what a supportive dad he is to the two-year-old on her knee. Watch this true story, as told in just two hours by the victims of a carefully conceived dating app scam, and whatever happens this weekend you can sleep soundly in the knowledge that unwittingly buying the designer clothes, sports cars, Michelin-star meals, magnums of Cristal and first class flights your partner needs to snag their next squeeze isn’t on the agenda.Īssuming it’s a basic ‘why me?’ sob story from the mouths of three naive women who fell for the wrong guy would be a huge error: ‘diamond dealer’ Simon Leviev (of course that’s not his real name) has a story so water-tight, expertly-honed and aided by a dedicated cast of cohorts that even the most experienced and cynical of Tinder users falls foul of his advances. (Image credit: The Tinder Swindler / Netflix) ![]() Sit back, relax, be impressed, entertained and inspired. Thankfully, Dre and Iovine prove articulate and interesting interviewees, modest and self-aware (even as multi-millionaires sat in their luxurious homes) and with enough crazy tales from life and business that could have filled many documentaries. But of course, as is so often the case, it also shows two people who are utterly driven to be successful. It's clear that both know a great track when they hear one and also how to get ahead in the cutthroat world of the music business (and later in consumer tech). Not only are there hours of fascinating interviews with all the main players in the story but plenty of archive film footage of two masters at work. As much as being a music documentary, it's a story of entrepreneurship and how an artform helped build an empire for two pioneering individuals. The Defiant Ones is a four-part series that charts the partnership between Interscope Records co-founder Jimmy Iovine and rapper and record producer Dr. And I hope that inspires people to have a great f*****g time and not worry so much.” Madoff: The Monster of Wall StreetĪs for the second of these two new Netflix releases, meanwhile, director Joe Berlinger’s documentary series (which is coming to Netflix on January 4) revisits Madoff’s $64 billion global Ponzi scheme - the largest, in fact, in history and one that shattered so many investors’ lives (not to mention destroying countless livelihoods).(Image credit: The Defiant Ones / Netflix) Via Netflix, this film “is a first-person account of what it really means to be an icon, a sex symbol, an actor, and a mother of two - all while everyone is watching.”Īdded Anderson in a Netflix interview about participating in this film: “I was very hesitant, but looking back, I feel empowered. Pamela Anderson in Netflix’s “Pamela, a love story.” Image source: Netflixĭirector Ryan White’s documentary film (coming on January 31) is about letting Anderson - now in her 50s - “reclaim” her narrative, telling her story with everything from never-before-seen personal photos to journal entries and much more. Her life has largely played out in full view of the public and the paparazzi thanks to everything from her work on Baywatch to the infamous sex tape with Tommy Lee. No one probably needs to be reminded that Anderson has lived so much of her life in the glare of public attention. The disgraced financier, meanwhile, is the subject of a 4-episode limited series ( Madoff: The Monster of Wall Street) that hits Netflix later this week. About those two, specifically: The Baywatch star and sex symbol is the subject of a Netflix documentary film ( Pamela, a love story) coming to the service on January 31.
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