Celebrities to compete for cash, get ‘whacked’ in Mob-inspired reality show
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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Recent NBA, NCAA point-shaving scandals follow the Mob’s playbook
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Manhunt underway for Ryan Wedding, former Olympian turned accused drug kingpin
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Irish drug kingpin living in Dubai attracts new attention
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Hollywood fixer Willie Bioff killed in automobile blast 70 years ago
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Las Vegas Mob classic ‘Casino’ celebrates 30th anniversary
Three decades after Casino was released in November 1995, screenwriter Nicholas Pileggi says the nearly three-hour film portrays the end of…
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