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Celebrities to compete for cash, get ‘whacked’ in Mob-inspired reality show

The Mob, Hulu’s upcoming reality show, stars actor Parker Posey as the host of a competition in which celebrities go head-to-head in Mafia-themed challenges. Hulu
May 28, 2026

A Mob-themed competition show is set to air soon on Hulu and Disney+, featuring celebrity contestants at a luxury Italian villa competing for up to $250,000 in cash prizes. Titled The Mob, the reality game show stars The White Lotus’ Parker Posey as host and features participants such as Aida Turturro, who played Tony Soprano’s sister, Janice, in the HBO drama series The Sopranos. Other contestants include Dancing with the Stars judge Bruno Tonioli and The Real Housewives of New Jersey’s Joe Gorga, and rapper Romeo. A run date for The Mob has not been announced, but the series is expected to premiere later ...

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Twenty years ago, a federal jury convicted “Mafia Cops” Louis Eppolito and Stephen Caracappa on eight counts of murder and other racketeering-related charges. Three years later, they were sentenced to life in prison. ZUMA Press inc./Alamy Stock Photo / Alchetron

New York’s ‘Mafia Cops’ faked arrests, leaked information to aid Mob killings

In March 2005, two retired New York City detectives were arrested without much fanfare outside of Piero’s, a restaurant near the Las…

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Casino owner Benny Binion leaves federal court in Las Vegas in November 1952 after petitioning a judge not to extradite him to Texas to face tax evasion charges. A month later, he was convicted and sentenced to five years in prison. Associated Press

Benny Binion’s colorful life story slated for television series

Years ago in Las Vegas, a friend of professional poker player Doyle Brunson relayed an alarming message: If Brunson didn’t…

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Virginia Hill testifies in New York City before the Senate’s Kefauver Committee in 1951. The Mob Museum Collection

Virginia Hill, reputed ‘Queen of the Mob,’ died in Austria 60 years ago

On March 24, 1966, Virginia Hill died far from the life that made her famous. Sixty years later, she has…

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Bookmaker Art Manteris spent four decades working in Las Vegas casinos, including the Mob-operated Stardust Resort and Casino.

New memoir ‘The Bookie’ highlights the mobsters and characters in Las Vegas sportsbooks 

Early in his career at Las Vegas casino sportsbooks, when mobsters were an intimidating presence around town, Art Manteris confronted…

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In Coíntzio, Michoacán, Mexican officials work to clear the charred remains of a bus. The vehicle was set on fire to block the road—a “narco blockade”—following the death of cartel boss Nemesio Oseguera Cervantes, also known as “El Mencho.” Associated Press

Killing of cartel boss ‘El Mencho’ triggers violent backlash across Mexico

One by one, Mexico’s most notorious drug lords are being brought to justice. In each case, Mexican and U.S. law…

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Jack Dragna, pictured here in the late 1930s or early ‘40s, was the boss of the Los Angeles Mafia from 1935 until his death in 1956. Years after his death, the L.A. Mob’s decline led to the moniker, “Mickey Mouse Mafia.” Courtesy of J. Michael Niotta

Los Angeles kingpin Jack Dragna was no ‘Mickey Mouse’ boss

In 1984, when Los Angeles Mob boss Peter Milano was arrested along with 19 others, LAPD Chief Daryl Gates announced…

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Martin Scorsese, pictured here in 2024 at a German film festival, is an executive producer on a new Netflix series centered on a modern-day megaresort boss. Harald Krichel [ZJ1.1]/ CC BY-SA 4.0

Planned Netflix drama series to focus on ‘dangerous version’ of modern Las Vegas

A Las Vegas-centered drama series is in production for Netflix, focusing on “a dangerous version” of the city and an…

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