The Katzenjammers are a co-ed a cappella group at Princeton University. They were formed in 1973, the year the first female students graduated from the university.

Shane is a 1953 Western directed by George Stevens. It was nominated for six Academy Awards, winning one for Best Cinematography.

The Warriors is a 1979 action thriller film set in New York City. Prince does a good impersonation of Luther: youtube.com/watch?v=aRM2Yc…

Bill McGlashan had formed The Rise Fund with Bono and Jeffrey Skoll. In 2019 he was arrested for bribing officials and doctoring test scores so that his son could gain admission to USC.

The 2004 film Alien vs. Predator combined the two most popular alien sci-fi franchises. The respective original films premiered in 1979 and 1987.

The three Hunt brothers—Nelson, Lamar, and William—tried to corner the silver market in 1980. This resulted in “Silver Thursday,” when the price of silver dropped 50% and the U.S. government had to provide $1.1 billion to the brothers to cover their debts to other companies.

ABC’s The Good Doctor stars Freddie Highmore as Dr. Shaun Murphy, a young autistic surgeon navigating his residency at a California hospital.

Sacker and Chuck are getting inspiration for their plan to take down Krakow from Wag the Dog, David Mamet’s 1997 political satire about a war fabricated to re-elect the president. The film stars Dustin Hoffman, Robert De Niro, and Woody Harrelson.

Ray Charles’ 1963 cover of Harlan Howard’s “Busted” reached No. 4 on the Billboard Hot 100. Other famous performers who covered the song are Johnny Cash and the Carter Family and Willie Nelson.

James Davenport’s bonfire incident occurred in March 1743. In 1744, Davenport wrote to a local paper that he had been possessed by demons at the time.

Taylor’s quoting the heated interaction between Tom Cruise’s Lt. Kaffee and Col. Nathan Jessup at the climax of the 1992 film: youtube.com/watch?v=nyKJeX…

Scarface (1983) was directed by Brian De Palma and written by Oliver Stone. It was based on the 1932 film of the same name that centered on a Chicago gangster named Tony Camonte.

Mary Giuliani is a New York-based caterer and featured guest on the Rachael Ray show. She has catered events for Goop, Sotheby’s, Goldman Sachs, and Conde Nast.

David Solomon, CEO of Goldman Sachs, moonlights as DJ D-Sol. Here’s his mix of Fleetwood Mac’s “Don’t Stop”: youtube.com/watch?v=pVav5Z…

DJ D-Sol is hanging out with Marc Lasry, founder and CEO of Avenue Capital Group and co-owner of the Milwaukee Bucks.

Axe also invited former Yankee CC Sabathia to Tanner’s art show. CC is only the third left-handed pitcher in MLB history to reach 3,000 strikeouts (Steve Carlton and Randy Johnson are the others). Next to CC is the legend PFT Commenter

Y tu mama tambien was released in 2001 and was nominated for Best Original Screenplay at the Oscars. It lost to Pedro Almodovar’s Talk to Her, another Spanish-language film.

Magnum Force is the 1973 follow-up to Dirty Harry, with Clint Eastwood reprising his role as rogue cop Harry Callahan.

Genco Abbandando was Vito Corleone’s childhood friend and first consigliere. After his death, he was replaced by Tom Hagen (played by Robert Duvall).

Axe goes to the mattresses as “Hardwired” by Metallica plays on. Hope your enjoyed our midseason finale! Catch you later for the next half of Billions, season 5.