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Amy Adams explains why she stayed quiet over American Hustle pay scandal. By Kayleigh Dray. 7 years ago. Amy Adams knew she was being paid less than her male American Hustle co-stars – so why...
Nov 11, 2017 · Scandal-hit Hollywood left its woes behind Friday to honor Amy Adams for a glittering career that has seen her go from waitress to five-time Oscar nominee.
Apr 1, 2023 · Bale's character Irving Rosenfeld and Adams' Sydney Prosser work together, selling fake artwork and involving themselves in other scams. Sydney is posing as an English aristocrat named Lady Edith Greensly, but FBI agent Richie DiMasio catches the two.
Dec 12, 2013 · The real scandal dates back to 1978 and an F.B.I. investigation into political corruption that found agents posing as wealthy sheikhs anxious to buy off public officials. (Abscam was short for...
Feb 7, 2022 · It was the largest bribery scandal in congressional history. Mel Weinberg was not the only real person fictionalized in "American Hustle." Amy Adams played Sydney Prosser, based on Weinberg's real-life mistress who often had a hand in his cons prior to his arrest.
Dec 4, 2013 · Amy Adams Michael Lewis for The New York Times. “American Hustle,” which opens on Dec. 13, is based loosely on the late-1970s Abscam scandal, an F.B.I. sting operation that resulted in the...
Nov 25, 2013 · In Russell’s telling, the sting comes about when an ambitious FBI agent (played by a curly haired Cooper) enlists two con-artist lovers (Bale and Adams) in a bribery scam that will take down a...
