The financial crisis struck a chord with Hollywood this year as two major motion pictures were listed in the nominations for the 73rd Golden Globe Awards, which were announced early Thursday morning.

The Big Short was one of three motion pictures to lead the nominations for the 73rd Golden Globe Awards, which were announced early Thursday morning.

The comedy motion picture flashes back to the 2008 timeframe where the subprime debacle was just taking hold.

The cast of characters bet against the big banks, and potentially, the American economy to get rich while the Empire crumbled.

Add in a couple of Hollywood A-listers and you get The Big Short movie, based on the book by Michael Lewis.

Golden Globe nominations for The Big Short include:

• Best motion picture – musical or comedy
• Best performance by an actor in a motion picture – musical or comedy – Christian Bale
• Best performance…

Up until the motion picture The Big Short, which is based on the best-selling book by Michael Lewis, the name Michael Burry was probably unfamiliar to most people.

The comedy motion picture flashes back to the 2008 timeframe where the subprime debacle was just taking hold.

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One of the characters is Michael Burry, played by Christian Bale. According to an article in CNBC, Burry made a fortune in last decade’s financial crisis by betting that the housing bubble would burst, is also gaining a following north of Hollywood, as a Silicon Valley tech investor.

Now, in 2015, the article explained his latest venture. Burry is an early investor in PeerStreet, an online marketplace for real estate-backed loans.

From CNBC:

PeerStreet’s mission is to open up a particular segment of the real estate market — residential, typically non-owner occupied — to a wider swath of investors, thus adding…