Shia LaBeouf

Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps is firmly based in the new financial world, in which the wise, confident Masters of the Universe have been replaced by slick, young math prodigies feverishly creating and selling bizarre securities with little interest in the long-term implications of their actions.

In a recent interview, Shia LaBeouf told WalletPop, "There are certain investments that aren't gambling at all." Apparently, that applies to the actor himself. For the second straight year, LaBeouf topped Forbes magazine's list of Hollywood's Best Actors for the Buck. LaBeouf earned $81 for a...

CANNES -- If you want to play the stock market like Shia LaBeouf, then prepare to zig when the others zag. "I made most of my money by contrarian investing," the actor said when queried by WalletPop at the Cannes Film Festival this week. "Nobody was putting money into financials, then financials...

CANNES (May 14) -- If the idea of watching men in suits squander our money and flush us down the financial toilet again sounds repugnant, then you might be pleasantly surprised by the new film "Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps." Director Oliver Stone's recession-fueled sequel premiered Friday at the...