It took an alleged 50 times of Martin Scorsese asking him, but the official news now is that he has finally convinced Joe Pesci to team up with Robert De Niro for his next film ‘The Irishman‘ completing the Goodfellas reunion everybody was wanting. The Irishman – also referred to as I Heard You Paint Houses (mob slang for contract killings) – is based on the book by Charles Brandt which follows the “biggest mob…
The Grant Wilfey Casting company are looking to get in some extras in the White Plains area, to portray college students in a new HBO film starring Al Pacino. At the moment the movie is untitled but Al Pacino plays former Penn State football coach who was dismissed from the school back in 2011 in connection with the Jerry Sandusky sexual abuse scandal. Anyone who is interested in being an extra needs to get in…
The anti-mafia prosecutor Giovanni Falcone was killed at the age of 53, in a car bomb just over 25 years ago in Palermo. The judge spent most of his life fighting the Italian Mafia alongside Paolo Borsellino who would go on to die just a few months later on 19th July 1992. Both fell victim to Mafia that year, both at the hands of Sicilian godfather Toto Riina. Riina wanted the assassination of Falcone to…
Virginia Hill Associated with: Bugsy Siegel and Joe Adonis She was sassy, she was smart, she was well dressed…and she was good looking. To start any mob molls article off without featuring Virginia Hill would be pointless. Most people around the world who aren’t even mob aficionados have heard the name, most notably because she was the glamorous girlfriend of hot-headed mobster Bugsy Siegel, and of course for the controversy surrounding his death in 1947….
Al Pacino, James Caan, Robert Duvall, Robert DeNiro and Talia Shire are reunited for the first time in this 45th Anniversary special, thanks to Robert DeNiro who brought the cast back together for the Tribeca Film Festival a few months ago. The Godfather was directed by a young and talented Francis Ford Coppola, and first appeared on screens back in 1972, soon becoming an Oscar-winning film. The cast share some behind-the-scenes stories and secrets with…
Alan Lindbloom’s ‘Our Thing’ clothing line touched down in Detroit this weekend, as plans roll-out for the label to take on nationwide coverage. This weekend the former Detroit Partnership enforcer saw his clothing line appear at a grand opening in Detroit, at the Raising The Bar clothes store, in what can only be said as an incredible achievement since he came out of a 13-year prison sentence, one year ago. Click an Image Below to…
If you live in Detroit and hold a keen interest then you probably already know about Alan Lindbloom. Well, this weekend you have the chance to win a swag bag worth $150 thanks to Our Thing Apparel. What’s in the Swag Bag? The contest giveaway includes a limited edition Gangster Addiction hat and T-shirt, as well as an “Our Thing” hoodie, two T-shirts, and a signed copy of Alan Lindbloom’s novel, To Be A King….
The weekend is soon upon us and Alan Lindbloom and his entourage (consisting of Maria Lindbloom, William Charles Usher, and Jimbo Frapp) have touched down in New York City for a busy weekend ahead. So what does a successful author do as soon as they get into town? Take it easy? Kick-back with a beer and a cigar? Nah, not this guy, he decided to make an appearance on the Wiseguyz Radio Show of course! You can…
The calendar shows some key dates in mob history, from notable births, deaths, and events.
