Their offer just wasn’t ap-peeling. One of the stars of a beloved Aussie children’s TV show finally confirmed long-held rumors and speculation that the costumes of the titular stars of the program were kidnapped by Russian gangsters and held for ransom during an overseas trip. Kenneth Radley, who played banana “B1” on the classic series … Read more
With a rowdy collection of Bills Mafia members watching behind the set, four members of the “NFL Today” crew jumped through folding tables — a traditional pregame move from Bills fans — during the CBS pregame show ahead of Buffalo’s Chiefs clash Sunday afternoon. Nate Burleson had perhaps the most impressive performance out of the … Read more
She went from the Marines to the mob. Tatiana Zappardino plays a Mafia princess in “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. … Read more
He didn’t want a Mob hit. “Tulsa King” star 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 … Read more
It’s not “strictly business,” it’s personal. A city in Sicily is trying to rescind its connections to organized crime by banning the sale of souvenirs relevant to the mafia. The mayor of Agrigento gave the Sicilian message that street vendors and gift shop tchotchkes — very similar to mob-related paraphernalia sold in tourist traps around … Read more
Michael Imperioli knows his way around a Mafia story. The Emmy-winning actor was in Martin Scorsese’s “Goodfellas,” HBO’s iconic show “The Sopranos,” and now he’s narrating and exec producing the History Channel docuseries, “American Godfathers: The Five Families.” “I read the book first, and then I was like, ‘If you’re using that as source material, … Read more
In 1992, Vladimir Putin— who at the time was deputy mayor of the Russian port city of St. Petersburg— commissioned a film about himself called “Vlast,” a Russian word meaning power. In it, he argued passionately for the West to invest in Russian industry. After he became Russia’s president in 2012, he continued to project … Read more
Sean Scott Hicks doesn’t care what you do with his new memoir, “The Devil To Pay: A Mobster’s Road to Perdition” (Blackstone). “Like it, hate it, use it as kindling to thwart off the chill of winter, I don’t give a flying f–k what you do with the book at this point,” he writes. A … Read more
The man who co-wrote “Wanted Dead or Alive” was once on the run from his own band. But in the new docuseries “Thank You, Goodnight: The Bon Jovi Story,” which premiered on Hulu Friday, Richie Sambora apologizes for the way he abruptly left the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame group — failing to show … Read more
On March 26, 1958, Lana Turner returned to the Hotel Bel Air from the 30th Academy Awards. Nominated for “Peyton Place,” she lost the Best Actress Oscar to Joanne Woodward for her performance in “The Three Faces of Eve.” But as Casey Sherman writes in “A Murder in Hollywood: The Untold Story of Tinseltown’s Most … Read more
Jason Kelce couldn’t help but get caught up in “the magic” of Bills Mafia. The Eagles center — who stole the spotlight for going shirtless in a suite at the Bills-Chiefs Divisional-Round game Sunday — recalled his shenanigans while visiting Buffalo to cheer on his little brother, Chiefs tight end Travis Kelce. “It was incredible,” … Read more
Jason Kelce was fully immersed in the Bills Mafia experience Sunday. The longtime Eagles center, 36, lost his shirt as he celebrated younger brother Travis Kelce scoring a touchdown in the first half of the Chiefs’ divisional round playoff matchup against the Bills at Highmark Stadium. He was seen drinking beers with fans while taking … Read more
A tailgating tradition almost went wrong Sunday. Ahead of the Buffalo Bills-Kansas City Chiefs AFC Divisional playoff game, Bills Mafia was doing its thing tailgating before kickoff. That included the odd-yet-exciting tradition of body-slamming and smashing a folding table. On Sunday, it featured one fan tossing another wearing a Detroit Lions sweatshirt from the bed … Read more
Disrespect their style, and you’ll be sleeping with the fishes — capeesh? Putting the bada-bing back into fashion after the cutesy crop tops and hip-hugging jeans of the Y2K resurgence have had their fair run, glamour gals of Gotham are going gangster with their garb in the saucy “Mob Wife Aesthetic” trend. “Leading ladies in mob movies always … Read more
It was a racket straight out of “The Sopranos.” Sicily at the end of the 19th century: The estates of wealthy landowners were being attacked by greedy bandits. Fearing for the safety of their homes and citrus groves, the landowners turned to local mafias for protection. The irony? The mafiosos hired to protect those Sicilian orchards were likely … Read more
For nearly a century, the Ciprianis have courted celebrities, princes and potentates — from Ernest Hemingway and generations of Kennedys, Trump and the Clintons, to Taylor Swift, Bella Hadid and Leonardo DiCaprio. First in Venice at Harry’s Bar — where the dynasty’s founder Giuseppe created the bellini from peaches and prosecco — then at Cipriani … Read more
In 1999, during its first season on HBO, “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. The dark, sometimes comic tale of a mob boss from New Jersey was … Read more
Bada bing! “Sopranos” star Drea de Matteo has new gig. The 51-year-old actress, who played Adriana La Cerva on the HBO drama, is now on OnlyFans, she 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 … Read more
“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 … Read more
The Oscars botched their hit “In Memorium’’ segment by omitting late “Goodfellas’’ actor Paul Sorvino, his widow fumed Monday — adding someone should get whacked over the snub. “Who is the flunkie who put this list together?” Dee Dee Sorvino seethed on “The Joe Piscopo Show” the morning after the Academy Awards. “They can’t even … Read more