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John Travolta's Gotti Biopic Back On Track

Posted 02.01.2012

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We were ready to say "fuggedaboutit!" to John Travolta's John Gotti pic but it looks like it's back from the dead. "Gotti: In the Shadow of My Fathe...

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Gotti Sniffs Out Hollywood Rats

Posted 11.19.2011

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While all secrets may be coming out in the John Gotti biopic, for now, they're just setting rat traps. According to Radar, the final script for "G...

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14 Biggest Mafia Conspiracies

TruTV.com | David Moye | Posted 08.30.2011

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The mafia has long become a major part of American pop culture, thanks to TV shows like "The Sopranos," and movies like "Goodfellas" and "The Godfathe...

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Al Pacino Back To The Mob, With Lindsay Lohan

AP | By DAVID GERMAIN | Posted 07.10.2011

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CANNES, France -- Al Pacino is telling a new mob family story, joining John Travolta for the crime saga "Gotti: Three Generations." Pacino will play ...

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Lucali Stabbing Victim Could Also Be Charged in Stabbing Attack: Cops

Carroll Gardens, NY Patch | Georgia Kral | Email the Author | April 16, 2011 | Posted 06.17.2011

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Lucali Pizzeria owner Mark Iacono, 43, might face assault charges after Friday's brutal stabbing attack on Smith Street, police said. "It's possibl...

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Dapper Don as Dashing Don; Kasman Spins More Tall Tales

Jerry Capeci | Posted 05.25.2011

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Jerry Capeci

During the height of John Gotti's popularity and notoriety, the swashbuckling Dapper Don was supposedly also a Dashing Don, commuting by public transportation from Howard Beach to Manhattan each week.

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John Gotti's 'Adopted Son' Returns to the Fray, Declines Lawyer's Challenge

Jerry Capeci | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: S, Lewis Kasman, Gene Mustain, Junior Gotti, Barry Levin, Allie Boy Persico, John Gotti, Frank Sinatra, Barry Roderman, Curtis Sliwa, Lisa Gastineau, New York News
Jerry Capeci

Lewis Kasman -- remember him? -- says he saved my life so I shouldn't write bad things about him. For all I know, he may be right.

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Casting News!

tmz.com | 1/25/2011 1:23 PM PST by TMZ Staff   | Posted 05.25.2011

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Travolta was at Amici restaurant (Italian, of course) in Brentwood last night, where he was coy about taking the role.  But Marty Ingels -- the Execu...

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Turncoat: Gambino Capo Plotted to Whack Junior Gotti

Jerry Capeci | Posted 05.25.2011

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Jerry Capeci

In a compelling account of his 14 years as a wannabe wiseguy, a reformed Brooklyn gangster claims that as a teenager he was recruited by a powerful Gambino capo who once plotted to whack Junior Gotti.

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Capo's Drive-By Sighting Outs Cohort as FBI Informant

Jerry Capeci | Posted 05.25.2011

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Jerry Capeci

Memo to FBI agents: It's not a good idea to meet your informants out on the street, right near the Bureau's office.

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Scammer Scared Straight; Turns on Mob Cellmates

Jerry Capeci | Posted 05.25.2011

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Jerry Capeci

A federal judge's threat to throw the book against a sweet-talking 44-year-old con man with a laundry list of prior convictions has had the desired effect -- at least from the government's point of view.

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Gigante Family Earns Nearly $2 Million a Year on the Waterfront

Jerry Capeci | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Triangle Social Club, International Longshoremens Association, Joseph Colonna, Ralph Gigante, Gerald Krovatin, Port Newark Maintenance and Repair, Junior Gotti, Mario Gigante, John Gotti, Local 1804, Vincent Gigante, Eric Fields, Ronald Goldstock, Walter Arensault, New York News
Jerry Capeci

There are 11 members of the Gigante family currently working for New Jersey waterfront companies at annual salaries that average about $175,000.

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Frankie Loc: John Gotti Whacked Louis DiBono, Not Me

Jerry Capeci | Posted 05.25.2011

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Jerry Capeci

Frank Locascio, who was convicted in the most celebrated mob trial of his generation and sentenced to life in prison, says he has just remembered an important detail about a 1989 talk he had with John Gotti.

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Survivor 21: Infants vs. Senior Citizens: They Baffle Science!

Tallulah Morehead | Posted 05.25.2011

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Tallulah Morehead

I've been complaining for a few weeks now that this season of Survivor has been tortuously dull. Well this week it bounced back with twists so bizarre that, in the words of my idol W.C. Fields: "They baffle science!"

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Feds Plea Offer in Mob Sex Case Seems Rather Unseemly

Jerry Capeci | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Gerald Shargel, Robert Vernace, John Gotti, Michael (Mikey Scars) DiLeonardo, Daniel Marino, Edward Boyle, John Gambino, Thomas (Huck) Carbonaro, Frank Hydell, Jude Buoneto, Elie Honig, New York News
Jerry Capeci

Call it Marino's choice. Gambino wiseguy Daniel Marino -- a still powerful capo who just celebrated his 70th birthday behind bars -- is facing some difficult options in his pending federal case.

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Denis Dillon, A Pioneer in the Fight Against Organized Crime

Jerry Capeci | Posted 05.25.2011

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Jerry Capeci

Denis Dillon, the longtime Nassau County District Attorney who died two weeks ago after a long battle with lymphoma, was more than just the guy who prosecuted the Amy Fisher-Long Island Lolita case.

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Feds Play Hardball With Capo Charged in Mob Sex Case

Jerry Capeci | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Fred Weiss, Seth Ginsberg, Gerald Shargel, Miriam Rocah, Eli Honig, Noel Modica, John Gotti, Daniel Marino, Joseph Watts, Mathew Mari, Thomas Orefice, John (Jackie Nose) D'Amico, New York News
Jerry Capeci

It's not exactly softball, but the Feds' offer to Gambino family stalwart Joseph Watts is just ten years in prison for the execution of businessman Fred Weiss, a 1989 rubout for late family Don John Gotti.

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Alber C. Aronne, Legal Mensch to the Mob, Dies at 88

Jerry Capeci | Posted 05.25.2011

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Jerry Capeci

Aronne, a colorful lawyer who played cards on Mulberry Street with the late John Gotti, but who earned his Gang Land bona fides in the courthouses of Brooklyn over 50 plus years, has passed away.

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Carmine Gotti: "Hip Pop" Music Star?

Posted 05.25.2011

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You may remember Carmine Gotti as the non-fat son on "Growing Up Gotti," or more recently as the Gotti spawn rejected by Dwayne Wade in the club. W...

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Top Gambino Wiseguy, Crew, Hit With Undignifed Sexploitation Raps

Jerry Capeci | Posted 05.25.2011

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Jerry Capeci

Daniel Marino is now the centerpiece of a massive racketeering indictment that includes mobsters and other associates who are charged with such low-life crimes as pimping for teenaged hookers.

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Teflon John Hits The Airwaves With Gusto, Poise and Charm

Jerry Capeci | Posted 05.25.2011

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Jerry Capeci

Junior made clear that "Growing Up Gotti" was nothing like the drivel that was seen and heard for two seasons on his sister Victoria's defunct so-called reality show.

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Mama Gotti Blows Her Stack; Mob Big OK'd Hit On Junior

Jerry Capeci | Posted 05.25.2011

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Jerry Capeci

Gotti IV: Another week, another circus. Mama Gotti yelled at the judge. The judge bounced two jurors. And a former prosecutor testified that he had never heard of legendary capo Sonny Franzese.

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Mob Hit Man Renounces Mafia

AP | Posted 05.25.2011

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NEW YORK — A would-be hit man has renounced the Mafia in a New York courtroom, surprising the federal judge who was sentencing him. Judge Jack ...

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Alite: Junior and Gottis Taught Me Treachery of Mob Life

Jerry Capeci | Posted 05.25.2011

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Jerry Capeci

"John Gotti Jr. was my boss," Alite said as he told of his all-out devotion to his mob boss and the good life they had during a decade long crime spree that began in the early 1980s.

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Loose Lips Sink Ships, But Should John Gotti Jr. Have Testified In Order To Avoid Another Hung Jury?

Joseph DiBenedetto | Posted 05.25.2011

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Joseph DiBenedetto

As a defense attorney who has followed the case and once represented Peter Gotti, I can't help but wonder, "Would there have been a different result if John Gotti testified on his own behalf?"

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