In the 1970's my mother, Buddy Jacobson, Mel and other models went to Maxwell's Plum singles bar in Manhattan. I found out in Frank's book about my mom's NY modeling manager "Buddy Jacobson"  that Buddy and others met the famous author and columnist for "Glamour Magazine" Mr. Michael Korda who had just released his new book "POWER – How to get it, how to use it"  at Maxwell's Plum in Manhattan.

After Buddy got in trouble for the murder my mother quit modeling in NY and  returned to Minnesota bringing 2 of Korda's books with her.

 A few years later when I was perhaps 11 or 12 years old I was bored and lonely in the little loft in which I lived in our A-frame cabin in the woods at the end of an old dirt road in Margie, Minnesota near the border of Canada.  So I decided to snoop through some of my mom's old belongings in one of our shed's / storage building.  It was easy to pry off the padlock with a screwdriver. 

I rummaged through old suitcases and boxes of junk until I found two books, both by Michael Korda, one titled POWER and the other SUCCESS. I normally would not have been interested in any business books at such a young age but Korda's publications were not only easy to read, they were entertaining and very adultlike; for example, in one paragraph he is talking to a stockbroker  at a party and tells him of his idea to launch a product called "Auto F-CK" basically a blow job machine which plugs into your cigarette lighter in the car. It was this interesting writing which caught my attention as a young man and caused me to read both books from front to finish!  These books had a profound influence on my life.

I was 15  after the movie Wall Street came out and I started to pretend to be a business man. Influenced by the movie of course but the precursor to being interested in such a movie certainly stemmed from the teachings and entertainment value of the books POWER and SUCCESS.

That year in December my dad asked: Buck, what do you want for Christmas? I said: a briefcase!  He got me that case and for two years I skateboarded to school wearing a Wall Street style blazer while holding my leather briefcase in my right hand.

 Fast forward to 2025.  I started writing my own book titled "PERFORM LAB" – "How to Perform Like a Billionaire" My only reasoning for writing this book was to make a good amount of money! From my unique upbringing, life adventures and vast business experience via connections over the decades I did have the same sort of knowledge as Michael Korda.  My billionaire book is actually very similar to his book titled "SUCCESS" I don't think I realized it at the time! I had only written a few pages in the book and for some reason decided to get slightly motivated and in May I wrote a few more pages, then in June I wrote even a few more, then June 12th, 2025 came along and I got an email from Family Tree DNA.  My maternal DNA results had arrived.  I logged in to my account and googled a few cousins in my haplogroup "H7E", most of the cousins are pretty successful German-Jews from NY. I remembered my bubbe Faith telling me we had a playwright in our family tree and many other interesting characters.  Most of these cousins were lower case millionaires.  A dentist, some business owners etc; quite successful but not anything unique to get excited about.  I was getting tired and decided to quit searching my cousins and just go to sleep.  Then one last name caught my eye: "GURAL"  so I googled Jeffrey Gural and found out at the exact same time I'm writing a book about horse trainers and billionaires and NYC exclusive clubs etc that my cousin is the biggest billionaire in NY!  That was cool but not cool enough!  I decided to go to his company website: https://www.gfpre.com/about#company-timeline and clicked on company timeline.  I found out that the family of my exact match cousin built Knickerbocker Village and even built, owned and or sold some of the buildings and exclusive clubs I was planning to write about.  That was cool!  But it was not that great! Still on the company timeline

 I clicked on 1970's and in one moment my life was changed forever.  I instantly became like a new man! There was my DNA cousin Jeff in a photo with "Buddy Jacobson" the notorious horse trainer.  Buddy happened to have been my mother's modeling manager in the 1970's when she worked at Melanie Cain's "My Fair Lady" modeling agency. I have posted about Buddy and my mom being a model for about 15 years on facebook and I have also posted about Michael Korda's books over the years.  Little did I know that someday I would encounter a very powerful synchronous culmination of energy.

Cousin Jeffrey was also the founder of the JCC on Long Island.  "Gural JCC" I loved learning this fact as I have been on a path of returning to my Jewish roots for several decades.

In a state of shock and bliss I started to write the billionaire book with extreme levels of passion.  I worked 12, 15 and on one day I even worked 22 hours on the book!  I got the book published by June 30th, 2025 just in time for my birthday on July 1st. The first copy ever of the billionaire book was sold to a great friend Marc who gave me my first torah (Jerusalem Bible) by Koren Publishers. I dated one of Marc's family members who was very supportive of me back in the 1990s. The bible was printed in Jerusalem in 1998 which was the same year I lived in Venezuela, then returned and started dating a nice girl!   I will not go into more details on that. I do respect people's privacy!

 ALL OF THESE OCCURANCES WERE INDEED GREAT AND THEY WERE ONE IN A MILLION SYNCHRONICITIES BUT THEY WERE NOT THAT GREAT!!!

 Fast forward to mid  July 2025.  I went to Matteo's Trattoria in Hallandale Beach, FL and did a book signing.  As I was signing a book for a man named Robert another Robert approached me and this second Robert looked almost identical to Robert DeNiro (in his 30) and he was a crooner at the restaurant.  I signed a book for him too and in our conversation about the book I brought up Buddy Jacobson whom I did write about in the book and we spoke a little about horse racing.  Bob said: follow me, I'm going to introduce your to somebody.  He brought me three bar stools west and introduced me to the 3rd Robert of the night.  So I signed a book for this man who is a distinguished race horse owner.  We spoke and when I mentioned the name "Buddy Jacobson" his eyes grew to the size of a boulder, he said: You know Buddy???  He was in shock!!! He was Buddy's best childhood friend and knew him very very well, he even showed me some black and white photos of them together. In that instant I went into a state of BLISSFUL SHOCK, it was akin to the straw which broke the camel's back yet in REVERSE!  It was a spiritual validation which "Made the Horse Strong" There are some other very powerful synchronicities about Robert which I cannot disclose here and certainly not without his permission!

That night I drove home from Matteo's and instantly went on my computer and registered: BuddyJacobsonMovie.com If you would have asked me a year ago: Jay, would you produce a movie if I gave you 2 million dollars to start?  I literally would have said: HELL NO!  Movies are for starving artists, losers and dreamers.

I never did chose to make a movie.  When I registered the domain, created the site and started writing all of the answers and numbers came to me much like a certain spiritual instance in the book "Think and Grow Rich" by Napoleon Hill.

I was on autopilot and never chose to make a movie, IT JUST HAPPENED!!!

August 28, 2025 - Jay attended the birthday party of a friend at DeLuca's Chophouse.  This particular friend was a lady who Jay has known for about 12 years.  He gave her his new business card which shows Jodie Foster, Telly Savalas, Buddy Jacobson and Sonny Franzese as characters in the movie.  It turns out that his friend Charlotte dated Sonny in the 1970's and showed him several pictures of them together back in the day!  Sonny was connectected to Buddy and horse trainer Robert who through happen stance caused Jay to produce this movie; as well as his friend Michael Umile who is cousins with Sonny.  Another little coincidence is that Franzese Jr (Michael) attended one of Jay's Luxury networking events in Lighthouse Point, FL perhaps around 2009 or 2010.  

Dear Mr. Theodoracopulos, 

  My name is Jay Shapiro, son of Dawn Eve, who once shared an East 84th Street flat with Melanie Cain. Though I never lived in New York, its echoes have always hovered in my family’s story. Through my parents and their circles, I’ve also brushed against the cocaine genre from time to time—enough to recognize its allure, health benefits and its wreckage.

Today I am a publisher—SOUTH FLORIDA magazine, Republican Magazine, Mondo Italiano, GOOD JEWISH NEWS, among others—and now I find myself at the helm of a $200 million film project: Buddy Jacobson the Movie.

It is a heady tale—mafia grit and Park Avenue polish, a morality play dressed as a crime saga. Buddy himself was a kind of Gatsby in riding boots, a figure equal parts charm and menace. When I came across your piece with Joan Collins at Nicola’s, I thought: “Here is yet another synchronicity.”

I write to ask two things: first, that you consider joining me in this venture, either as an investor or in some other collaborative role. Your perspective and candor would be invaluable, both to the film and the companion documentary. Second, I would be honored to secure the rights to republish your Nicola’s article, which strikes me as essential context for the story.

I'll be in New York this Labor Day weekend for the first time ever visiting Nicola’s and Meadowlands (owned by my cousin Jeffrey Gural) on my itinerary—both places where Buddy’s ghost still lingers. I plan to use this trip for information gathering and absorbing the vibe!

I can be reached at: 561-376-0033 or via email: jshapiro@luxurychamber.com

The movie website is: BuddyJacobsonMovie.com

With sincere regards,

 Jay Shapiro