Toni Collette flexes her comedic prowess once again in Catherine Hardwicke’s “Mafia Mamma.” She stars as Kristin, an American suburban mom who finds herself suddenly in Italy when her mob grandfather passed away thereby inheriting the reins of the business.
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Edgar Ramirez is our Florida Man in Netflix’s new action-comedy series. Abbey Lee is the catalyst that made the Florida Man return to the Sunshine State. I spent some time with both Ramirez and Lee to talk about the making of “Florida Man.”
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New this weekend, the “Sopranos” prequel “The Many Saints of Newark” and an uplifting tearjerker on Netflix called “Maid.” Here’s my pick of the week.
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One of the best things about the new “Sopranos” prequel is the cast. The entire cast! From Michael Gandolfini stepping into the younger version of the character his dad, James Gandolfini, played in the series to Vera Farmiga (Livia Soprano) and Jon Bernthal (Johnny Boy Soprano) as the parents of Tony, “The Many Saints of Newark” is an homage to the show we love. I sat down with the cast about the making of the movie.
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Director Alan Taylor talks about the conception of “The Many Saints of Newark” as well as Leslie Odom Jr. (Harold McBrayer), Michela De Rossi (Giuseppina Bruno), and the fantastic Alessandro Nivola as Richard “Dickie” Moltisanti.
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Several guards at Donovan State Prison in Otay Mesa are accused of running a criminal gang inside the prison, according to a federal lawsuit. Prisoners say they were beaten and retaliated against by guards who are members of the “The Green Wall” gang. The guards are accused of running a Mafia-style prison gang, ordering attacks […]
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Federal, state and local law enforcement cracked down Wednesday on 83 members and associates of the Mexican Mafia, accused of drug running in the Los Angeles County Jail system. The suspects were charged under racketeering indictments known as the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act (RICO). It’s the same tool prosecutors used against members of […]
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A murder in San Juan Capistrano sparked a wider probe that resulted in the arrests of around seven dozen “middle manager” Mexican Mafia gang members in Orange County and the seizure of weapons, drugs and counterfeit currency, officials announced Wednesday. The gang takedown, dubbed Operation Scarecrow, grew out of the investigation into a fatal shooting […]
