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Tulsa King,” but in real life, is a former Marine lieutenant. The actress, who stars as Tina, the daughter of Sylvester Stallone’s character, Dwight, a New York Mafia capo exiled to Oklahoma, said her veteran status helped her land the role. “I did the [audition] tapes and sent them in and literally within the next few hours, they said, ‘Sly wants to talk to you,'” Zappardino, 35, told The Post ahead of Veterans on Nov.

The Irishman.” At first, the more restrained plan was for De Niro to solely play Costello, the boss of the Luciano crime family in New York from 1937 to 1957. “Irwin Winkler one day said, ‘Well, what do you think about the idea of Bob playing both roles? Playing Frank and Vito?” Levinson recalled.

according to news.com.au. Radley revealed the banananapping took place during a promotional trip overseas, which Australian Broadcasting Corporation marketing chief Grahame Grassby did regularly to get photos of the bananas in high-profile places like the White House.“[Grassby] took the suits to Moscow … the suits were stolen, and there was a ransom note given to Grassby for $100,000 Australian dollars [$65,000 USD] for the return of the suits.”The missive was allegedly from the Russian mob, leaving Grassby completely flummoxed over what to do next.Radley said the marketing boss got in touch with ABC in Sydney to explain the situation.“And the head of the ABC said, ‘Well, we’re not gonna give them $100,000.

Michael Beach was hoping not to get TKO’d by Sylvester Stallone’s character Dwight, a NY Mafia capo exiled to Oklahoma, in the Paramount+ series, which premieres its second season Sunday.In Season 1, Beach’s character, the father of Dwight’s cab driver, confronts the displaced mob boss after he hires his son as his personal driver. “It’s weird, the idea of going toe to toe with Sylvester Stallone. .

“Five Families: The Rise, Decline and Resurgence of America’s Most Powerful Mafia Empires” by Selwyn Raab. Premiering Sunday, Aug. 11 (8 p.m.), the three-part series covers the rise and fall of New York City’s five Mafia families, including archival images, footage, audio recordings, and on-camera interviews with historians, experts, law enforcement, witnesses, and former Mafia affiliates.

“The Sopranos” was the biggest TV show in the world. It didn’t have the largest audience — its ratings were still dwarfed by network hits like “ER” and “Friends” —but it had cultural cachet.

announced on social media late Wednesday. Chris-ta-fah would certainly be jealous.De Matteo’s page, available for a monthly $15, simply says “THE SOPRANOS” beneath a steamy close-up of just the actress’ cleavage popping through a star-spangled bikini top.Her profile photo shows the mob heartthrob completely nude in thigh-high heeled boots, smoking a cigarette bedside with another woman, who is sporting skimpy black underwear partially out of frame.The Post has reached out to de Matteo for comment.Throughout her five seasons on the acclaimed New Jersey mafia drama, de Matteo’s stunning looks were often their own subplot of the show.

“The Godfather” is regarded as a Hollywood classic, one of the highest grossing films of all time. But the making of this mafia movie got off to a rocky start, as author MATT BIRBECK describes in “The Life We Chose: William ‘Big Billy’ D’Elia and The Last Secrets of America’s Most Powerful Mafia Family” (William Morrow). It required plenty of negotiations and hard bargains — with some real-life characters who knew quite a lot about the mob.

historian and author Nathan Ward, who penned “Dark Harbor: The War for the New York Waterfront,” in 2010.“[Cohn] said he wouldn’t make it unless they’ve turned the mobsters into communists,” Ward, a native Brooklynite, told The Post. “If it was an anti-communist movie about the waterfront, then he could make it.

Cocaine Bear, or see limbs, heads, and a face torn off by Nicolas Cage’s Prince of Darkness in Renfield. Funny thing is, those films actually elicit laughs by flaunting gruesome violence that, while outlandish and in some cases flat-out gross, fits the circumstances and gonzo energy that rules those joints from start to finish.Audiences for the seemingly breezy mob action-comedy Mafia Mamma (★★☆☆☆), however, might really not expect to see Toni Collette — starring as suburban American mom Kristin, tapped to succeed her deceased Italian grandfather as the head of a Calabrian crime family — plunge a stiletto heel into some guy’s eye, then wriggle the heel around in the socket good and deep before gouging the eyeball out and watching it roll across the floor.Director Catherine Hardwicke, of Twilight and Thirteen fame, working from a script by TV writers Debbie Jhoon and J.

“Leave the Gun, Take the Cannoli.” That story has been spun into a new scripted series, “The Offer,” premiering Thursday onParamount+. It tells the story of the making of “The Godfather” from the perspectiveof the film’s producer, Al Ruddy, a former Rand Corporation computer programmer who found success in Hollywood after successfully pitching the idea for the show “Hogan’s Heroes.”“I spent about two to three weeks interviewing Al Ruddy,” said Michael Tolkin, creator and writer of the series.

doomed Santino “Sonny” Corleone, the eldest son of Don Vito Corleone (Marlon Brando) and brother to Fredo (John Cazale), Connie (Talia Shire) and Michael (Al Pacino).Prior to his breakout, Oscar-nominated role in “The Godfather,” The Bronx-born Caan was best-known for roles on a slew of ’60s-era television series — including “The Untouchables,” “The Alfred Hitchcock Hour,” “Get Smart,” “Wagon Train,” “Naked City” and “Route 66” — and for playing cancer-stricken Chicago Bears running back Brian Piccolo opposite Billy Dee Williams (as Gale Sayers) in “Brian’s Song,” ABC’s tearjerking Movie of the Week which aired in November 1971.(He also appeared in several movies, including “The Rain People” in 1969, directed by Coppola — Caan’s classmate at Hofstra — and co-starring Robert Duvall, aka Corleone Family consigliere Tom Hagen.)Caan, who turns 82 on Saturday (March 26), spoke to The Post in a wide-ranging interview about his memories of filming “The Godfather,” which airs somewhere on television virtually every day — in all of its iterations — and will be re-released Tuesday (March 22) in a comprehensive 4K ultra-high-definition Blu-ray package.“One of the things that made ‘The Godfather’ successful, besides brilliant directing and writing and wonderful actors … was that everyone really enjoyed making it, and that comes off on the screen,” Caan said. “And I think the audience can tell that we were having a good time doing what we were doing up there.“Marlon was great,” Caan said of Brando.

The infamous boss who ran the Gambino crime family in the late 20th century was a profound fan of “The Godfather” and expressed his generosity to the cast, actor John Martino, 84, who portrayed Paulie Gatto in the film, told The Post. “He loved ‘The Godfather,’ ” Martino, known for his death in the “leave the gun, take the cannolis” scene, recalled how he became close to Gotti years after the 1972 release of the award-winning film.“He mentioned to somebody in my family, and they said to me, ‘Johnny, [Gotti] wants to meet you so bad,’ ” Martino, a nephew of early 20th-century mob icon Charles “Lucky” Luciano, said.Happy to oblige, Martino met up with Gotti at a club in Manhattan in the 1980s, he said.“When I saw him for the first time he had just become the boss . .

Tom Hardy really dodged a bullet with this one. The actor’s new biopic “Capone” skipped its theatrical release due to the coronavirus pandemic and, as a result, few people seem to know it exists. Lucky for Hardy, because he makes the worst Al Capone ever.