Secrets of Hollywood’s Saudi Arabian ‘gold rush’: Gwyneth Paltrow, Naomi Campbell, Johnny Depp get millions 

Secrets of Hollywood’s Saudi Arabian ‘gold rush’: Gwyneth Paltrow, Naomi Campbell, Johnny Depp get millions 

Elon Musk may be the richest man in the world — but Mohammed bin Salman, the Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia, has more money at his disposal, experts say. And the latter is using these funds to “entice” Hollywood’s A-list to normalize the country, despite spiraling allegations of its human rights abuses. Some of La … Read more

How Johnny Depp developed an ‘epic bromance’ with Saudi Crown Prince MBS

How Johnny Depp developed an ‘epic bromance’ with Saudi Crown Prince MBS

Johnny Depp has a surprising new friend: not his longtime collaborator Tim Burton, but Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman Al Saud, also known as “MBS.”  According to Vanity Fair, the unlikely friendship – which has “alarmed” Depps’ friends in London – started in July of 2022, when Depp, 60, was filming the French period piece “Jeanne … Read more

How Saudi Arabia’s LIV Golf used money and brute force to buy a sport

How Saudi Arabia’s LIV Golf used money and brute force to buy a sport

From the outset, acclaimed golf writer Alan Shipnuck’s cards were marked by the powers that be at LIV Golf — the controversial breakaway tour funded by billions of dollars from Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund (PIF). During the inaugural golf tournament for LIV, held amid great fanfare at the Centurion Golf Club outside London in June 2022, he … Read more