Written by Andrew K. Arnett

Here’s a crazy coincidence. Journalist Larry Celona, who broke the Jeffrey Epstein suicide story on 10 August 2019 for The New York Post, was also a consultant for Stanley Kubrick on the film Eyes Wide Shut. Celona was personally asked by Stanley Kubrick to write the headline story in the film wherein an elite sex cult covers up the murder of a beautiful girl used in sex trafficking.

I first saw the item posted this morning (February 2) on the X account @tupacabra. This was linked to an older twitter post (now deleted) @mooncult.

In 1997, Larry Celona was hired by Stanley Kubrick to write two stories and headlines for a fictitious version of the New York Post that appeared in the movie, a paper that would be read by the character played by Tom Cruise. The first headline read, “LUCKY TO BE ALIVE.” The second headline, containing the cover-up story reads, “EX-BEAUTY QUEEN IN DRUGS OVERDOSE.”

 About two years later, in 1999, Celona breaks the exclusive story on Kubrick’s death. Celona reported that Kubrick was “happy, joking and completely at peace.” 20 years later, Celona had a number of exclusives. He was the first to report on Epstein’s first suicide attempt. Then he broke the story on Epstein’s successful suicide. In addition, he was the first to release photos of Epstein’s dead body.

I was eager to find out more. His bio page on the New York Post website states that Larry Celona is a police reporter at the paper, stating:

“Larry has covered every major breaking story in New York City for over 30 years. He has numerous page-one exclusives, including Jeffrey Epstein’s suicide and John Gotti putting a $1 million contract on Sammy the Bull, Celona has won numerous awards. He is a graduate of St. John’s University. He worked as a media consultant for the movie “Eyes Wide Shut,” working directly with Stanley Kubrick and has appeared on numerous television shows talking about stories he’s covered.”

Celona is still writing for the paper, publishing a story just yesterday (February 1) titled, “NYC veterinarian found dead after snow clogs exhaust of mobile clinic.”

In his original breaking story on the death of Jeffrey Epstein, Celona wrote, “online, conspiracy theories around Epstein’s death flourished, as cynics noted his ties to the rich and powerful across politics and the world of finance.”

In a New York Post article from 1999, Celona talks about how he got the gig in the Kubrick film. He writes that, “I thought it was a practical joke when the guy calling on my phone at the Post’s police bureau in the fall of 1996 said he was from Warner Bros. and that Kubrick wanted to talk to me.” In a later telephone conversation with Celona, Kubrick wondered how Clinton (then running for a second term) could be so popular, adding that “Clinton would get reelected even if he was in jail.” 

Celona added that Kubrick “was a famous guy I’d talked to a couple times. Not a friend, but a guy I expected to hear from someday. His office said I could get an interview when the movie came out. Last thing he said to me was, “Thanks, we’ll be talking again.”

References

https://x.com/tupacabra/status/2018202703164526737
https://nypost.com/2019/08/10/convicted-pedophile-jeffrey-epstein-dead/
https://nypost.com/1999/03/08/he-asked-for-a-story-and-gave-me-one-he-gave-me-a-story/

Andrew K. Arnett is a writer for New Dawn Magazine and author of the book The Crowley Conspiracy available on Amazon.