LA TIMES: Michael Douglas, Warren Buffett invest an evening in the 'Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps' premiere

September 21, 2010 | 12:16 pm

We can't imagine Warren Buffett turning out for the premiere of, say, "Beverly Hills Chihuahua." But "Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps" managed to lure the billionaire investor out of Omaha and onto the red carpet for the Oliver Stone film's' New York premiere Monday night.

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Cast members making the scene at the Ziegfeld Theatre included Shia LaBeouf, Carey Mulligan, Susan Sarandon, Frank Langella, Josh Brolin, Eli Wallach and Michael Douglas, who brought wife Catherine Zeta-Jones. An after-party followed at Manhattan's Cipriani 42nd Street.

The event's New York brand was enhanced by the presence of locals Barbara Walters, "Inside the Actors Studio" host James Lipton, director Spike Lee and CBS Chief Executive Les Moonves with wife Julie Chen of "The Early Show." Also spotted Monday night: Tyra Banks, Courtney Love and Brett Ratner. (Click on the picture of Buffett and Brolin chatting at the after-party, above right, to launch a photo gallery of red carpet arrivals.)

"Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps," which had its world premiere out of competition at the Cannes International Film Festival in May, opens in U.S. theaters Friday.

-- Christie D'Zurilla

Top photo: Director Oliver Stone, left, at the New York premiere of "Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps" with cast members Frank Langella, Carey Mulligan, Michael Douglas, Susan Sarandon and Eli Wallach at the Ziegfeld Theatre on Monday. Credit: Evan Agostini / Associated Press

Bottom photo: Warren Buffett, left, and Josh Brolin chat at the "Money Never Sleeps" after-party at Cipriani 42nd Street in Manhattan. Credit: Andrew H. Walker / Getty Images

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