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That was very forward-thinking. I wonder if he did it for any other roles?
Hasta la Vista Trump. Celebrity Apprentice is Back with Arnold Schwarzenegger
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That was very forward-thinking. I wonder if he did it for any other roles?
Mortimer Brewster
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Mario Kassar bought him a freaking Gulf Stream Jet for signing on for Terminator. Which is one of the many reasons why Carolco wasn't long for the world.
He probably tried, but I doubt any studios let him after Twins blew up. No one believed Arnold would work in comedy, boy did he prove them wrong. AFAIK that's still the movie that's made him the most money. He got a percentage of everything--not just ticket sales but merchandise, video, airing rights etc
Ryan Reynolds did the same thing with Deadpool and he made bank.
My FIRST thought as well.
Rumblebones
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Chael is a Trump supporter. He ain't gonna last.
Ninja Scooter
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"Arnold, what is best in business?"
Sickboy007
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Well he is a real self-made man at least.
NekoFever
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All members of the cast and crew get a cut of future earnings: residuals. Arnold will still be earning money on all his past movies for that reason, as will every other actor in Hollywood.
Taking a cut of the box office instead of an up-front payment is the only unusual thing about the Twins deal. There are examples of actors doing it on risky projects that turn out to be monster hits and making silly money, e.g. Alec Guinness on Star Wars (0.45% of the box office).
Punchy4486
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I'll watch it just as a fuck you to Trump.
Dreams-Visions
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this. the selection doesn't make any sense.
Ninja Scooter
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It's a reality show. It makes perfect sense.
tearsintherain
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Before he acted he was a self-made millionaire, after he moved to the US he started a few mail order bodybuilding equipment companies and then invested heavily in real estate, buying and selling rental properties. He currently has a pretty vast business empire including owning a mutual fund, property, and leasing airplanes to airlines. Unlike Trump it was all self-made, his parents were poor and he grew up in a house without electricity or hot water.
http://www.celebritynetworth.com/ar...rnold-schwarzenegger-real-estate-millionaire/
SturokBGD
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This post needs more love.
SuperStiltzkin
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Makes more sense than Trump being president.
Username1198
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Wow so no jingle all the way 2 that's what he should make
Best comment.
Good lord; he's basically the anti-Trump.
Basileus777
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NBC doesn't want to be associated with someone who is toxic to advertisers.
Septimus Prime
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And then on the penultimate episode, they all come back to help out the finalists. Nope. It's gotta be termination.
Ninja Scooter
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"Remember when I said I'd eliminate you last?"
The poetry!
Someone needs to tweet this to Trump. I would but I'm genuinely afraid of his followers.
Duane Cunningham
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Money is the antidote to toxins. Big corporate advertisers' formula is pretty simple. There are two numbers.
[a] the amount of money they feel they'll make on advertising, based on how many (and which) eyeballs the rating numbers say said advertisements will play in front of.
The amount of money they feel they'll lose from consumers who are offended enough to actually avoid spending money with the advertiser (note, the number of people offended enough to take action does not equal the number of people of are merely offended).
NBC doesn't have scruples or a sense of morality, nor do their advertisers. If they think that [a] > , The Don gets a new show. If they think < [a], he doesn't.
Real talk, Schwarzenegger has lived probably the most impressive rags to richest story on the planet.
Ninja Scooter
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the fastest growing demographic to American network advertisers is hispanics. Nobody is going anywhere near Trump.
ryutaro's mama
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That was certainly the case.
At least we know that he wasn't born with a silver spoon like Trump was.
Fun Fact: Frank Columbu was the Infiltrator Terminator in Reese's dream in T1.
And Keanu for the matrix flicks...sad Keanu is rich Keanu.
https://www.quora.com/How-much-money-did-Keanu-Reeves-make-from-the-Matrix-franchise
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No thank you. I didn't watch it the first time around, and even though I like Arnold ten thousand times more than Trumpy, I'm still not interested.
I don't think that is true. His finances were released when he was governor and leaked when he was divorcing Maria Schriver. He split about $400 million with Schriver. About the cost of a 747.
I'd say he's more successful than trump. Richer, probably not. but Arnie was governor of a state, Mr. Universe, one of the most influential actors of our time, and built his fortune from scratch. From running a state whose GDP rivals many countries, to being considered the peak of human conditioning, to building an empire from his own two hands. Trump isn't nearly as successful.
Arnie has been successful in just about everything he's done. Politics, film, fitness, enterprise. Hell, if he could run for president, I'd give him a much better chance than Trump.
My assertion is that Trump is underwater with debt.
bengraven
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Why? Trump is a natural born citizen.
Birther movement 2.0.
Razgriz-Specter
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Honestly I think the majority of the people on that side wouldn't give a damn if it was Arnold.
He is just so damn likeable and "cool" its almost automatic, like you see him doing a bad job and you don't legitimately hate him you actually kinda feel bad for him yet cheer for him to do better.
Like imagining him as President is awesome in thought despite having decent proof it wouldn't work out all that well for us.
And at the same time i'd kind of like to see him get that incredible achievement but know that I actually shouldn't.
Based on what facts?
When the US government leased the Old Post Office to the Trump Organization, wouldn't they have asked for finances and not leased it to an insolvent entity?
the NYT investigation unambiguously shows at LEAST $650M debt in the US alone and his behaviors statements and known business practices.
He literally cannot borrow from US banks. His main business practice is to fail, then threaten creditors that they'll get nothing unless they accept cents on the dollar. There's an excellent chance in the final accounting, that he is worth less than zero.
If the argument is that he can keep kicking the debt can down the road while ruining other people's lives and finances, that does not make him a good businessman and it certainly makes him a terrible person.
The fact that there are mortgages on the properties is not any evidence that there is an excellent chance in the final accounting that someone is underwater. You can easily get appraisals for the properties. In fact, the NYT article provides an independent appraisal the 2 properties constituting a majority of the debt ($465 million of debt connected to Trump):
I am not sure there is any reputable news outlet that claims there is an excellent chance in the final accounting that he is worth less than zero.
I do not know where the claim is that he literally cannot borrow from US banks, when the NYT piece says he has mortgages from UBS Real Estate Securities; Goldman Sachs Mortgage Company, Pacific Life Insurance Company, Metropolitan Life Insurance Company and Wells Fargo.
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