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Elio Germano plays Matteo, a character based on notorious Sicilian mafioso Matteo Messina Denaro who was the subject of a 30-year manhunt which only ended in 2023 when he was finally caught.
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Jessica Kiang, Variety, 5 Sep. 2024
But Venezuela’s mafioso socialist regime, including the military, is digging in to keep Maduro in power.
—Tim Padgett, Sun Sentinel, 11 Aug. 2024
But in recent years, his global fame has resurfaced thanks to a Colombian soap opera and a Netflix series that depicts the drug lord as a ruthless, but shrewd mafioso, who defies corrupt American and Colombian authorities trying to close in on him.
—Manuel Rueda, Fortune, 6 Aug. 2024
The top mafioso, convicted of masterminding some of Italy’s most heinous slayings – including the killings of prosecutors Giovanni Falcone and Paolo Borsellino – subsequently died in September 2023 in a maximum-security prison.
—Nick Vivarelli, Variety, 27 June 2024
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Jessica Kiang, Variety, 5 Sep. 2024
But Venezuela’s mafioso socialist regime, including the military, is digging in to keep Maduro in power.
—Tim Padgett, Sun Sentinel, 11 Aug. 2024
But in recent years, his global fame has resurfaced thanks to a Colombian soap opera and a Netflix series that depicts the drug lord as a ruthless, but shrewd mafioso, who defies corrupt American and Colombian authorities trying to close in on him.
—Manuel Rueda, Fortune, 6 Aug. 2024
The top mafioso, convicted of masterminding some of Italy’s most heinous slayings – including the killings of prosecutors Giovanni Falcone and Paolo Borsellino – subsequently died in September 2023 in a maximum-security prison.
—Nick Vivarelli, Variety, 27 June 2024
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The crime thriller, distributed by Samuel Goldwyn Films, follows Neeson as an aging gangster who attempts to reconnect with his children and rectify his past mistakes.Rebecca Rubin, Variety, 3 Nov. 2024
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Netflix officially released a first look at the actor's character for the upcoming feature-length movie, which is set in the world of the 1900s gangster TV epic.Nick Romano, EW.com, 1 Nov. 2024
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The luxurious desert oasis was reportedly built by mobsters and offers an adults-only policy, which is a true escape for parents needing a breather.Andrew J. Campa, Los Angeles Times, 20 Oct. 2024
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The Penguin, which brings back Colin Farrell’s Oz Cobb from that first movie, is similarly a Scarface story about a low-level gangster who takes advantage of a power vacuum in the criminal underworld after the Riddler offed his boss, mobster Carmine Falcone (John Turturro).Nick Romano, EW.com, 20 Sep. 2024
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While Muhammad Ali made his professional boxing comeback with a win against Jerry Quarry at Atlanta’s Municipal Auditorium on October 26, 1970, a group of hoodlums robbed the Black Mafia of more than $1 million in cash and jewelry at a nearby after-party.Bill Desowitz, IndieWire, 6 Sep. 2024
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The Chicago Crime Commission’s president was outraged when an Indiana prosecutor posed for a newspaper photographer with his arm around Dillinger earlier in 1934 while the hoodlum awaited trial for killing a police officer during a bank robbery.Ron Grossman, Chicago Tribune, 21 July 2024
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“Mafioso.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mafioso. Accessed 10 Nov. 2024.
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