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Ellison daughter goes Hollywood

Megan McCarthy — Thu, 08 Nov 2007 19:40:05 EST

The children of Oracle CEO Larry Ellison seem to be drawn to the arts. His son David is an actor and director who was in last year's movie on WWII pilots Flyboys. Now it looks like Larry's daughter is following in her brother's Hollywood footsteps. Megan Ellison is listed as a producer of the about-to-start-filming flick Waking Madison, a thriller about a woman with multiple personalities starring Elisabeth Shue and some chick who posed for Maxim. Let's just hope that Megan's turn goes better than her brother's. Flyboys was named one of 2006's biggest bombs.

Oracle's Larry Ellison tours Israel with wife, entourage

Owen Thomas — Fri, 10 Aug 2007 13:20:01 EDT

"He only flies." So says a member of Oracle CEO Larry Ellison's entourage, explaining why, in a fly-by tour of Israel, Ellison is traveling in-country by helicopter. Ellison, in Israel with wife Melanie Craft, the novelist, and flyboy son David. The Ellisons included a tour of Sderot, a town near the Gaza Strip that's been hit by rockets. Ellison reportedly promised to beef up the local community center's air-raid defenses. "Ellison expressed a desire to keep his trip as quiet and private as possible," writes Haaretz's Guy Grimland — perhaps because he doesn't want to remind customers in the Arab world of his Jewish roots. Sorry, Larry, can't help you there.

Children of the rich and geeky: Is David Ellison too awesome for this world?

Nick Douglas — Mon, 02 Oct 2006 16:13:20 EDT

The San Francisco Chronicle falls in love with actor David Ellison, 23-year-old son of billionaire Oracle founder Larry:

He drives to auditions in a silver Ferrari and goes home to a waterfront spread on Malibu's ritzy Carbon Beach...you don't know whether to hate him, try to become his new best friend or simply admire him for having nothing to do with Oracle.

David seems to have inherited the Aura of Awesome from his father, without the accompanying kind-of-a-dick-itude of the man who reneged on his one philanthropic promise: a medical research endowment for Harvard. Then again, the reports from "friends" of David haven't yet poured in. Those stories would fit just fine in the comments section (just pick a username and password, and we'll approve the account if your gossip's good) or in an e-mail to tips@valleywag.com.

Billionaire's son flies on his own [SF Chronicle]

Children of the rich and famous: Ellison's flyboy

Nick Douglas — Tue, 19 Sep 2006 20:35:21 EDT

In case you haven't seen the promotional interviews yet ("Actor David Ellison is no stranger to flying"), the 23-year-old son of Oracle founder Larry Ellison stars in the period flick Flyboys, an indie film partially funded by Larry and wife Melanie Craft.

While profiles play up David's experience as a stunt pilot, he's also a horseback rider and X-Games surfer. The boy must be entirely made of Mountain Dew and Hoobastank songs. Worst thing is, you can't hate him — in his interviews, he comes off as humble and knowledgable. Which, even if he's faking it, is better than most rich kids.

Interview with David Ellison [iFMagazine]
"Flyboys" makers defy Hollywood, bet big on movie [Reuters]
Publicity photo for Flyboys [IMDb]