Article: 'Entourage' creator's latest: 'Everybody loves hedge funds'; TV to dramatize Wall Street gravy train.(News)

Byline: Christine Williamson

Proof positive that hedge funds have invaded popular culture: Doug Ellin's next creative endeavor will be a television series about a hedge fund trader and his middle-class to wealthy buddies.

Whether real-life hedge fund dudes will necessarily recognize themselves on screen is quite another story.

Mr. Ellin - best-known for "Entourage,'' the hit HBO series about a young actor and his poor pals - told Daily Variety earlier this month that his as-yet-untitled series looks at the question: "What if the guys on `Entourage' grew up?'' It will be "a mature version of `Entourage' set on Wall Street,'' ...

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