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May 19, 2022 · When Ruddy made front-page headlines by being photographed with the Mafia, Paramount's parent company, Gulf + Western, was mortified. The corporation's CEO, Charles Bludhorn (Burn Gorman), promptly fired Ruddy. But in the real-life events, when Bludhorn went to The Godfather set to tell Francis Ford Coppola that he had to find a new producer ...
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In The Offer, the mafia is insulted by the portrayal of Italian Americans in Mario Puzo’s novel. In 1970, mob boss Joe Colombo (Giovanni Ribisi) founded the Italian-American Anti-Defamation League (later known as the Italian-American Civil Rights League) to protest against the book and later the movie. The real Colombo, who was the head of one of t...
There’s a moment in the first episode of The Offer in which Mario Puzo (Patrick Gallo) spots Frank Sinatra (Frank John Hughes) at a Hollywood restaurant and decides to tell him how much he means to him. Unfortunately, Frank quickly realizes this fanboy is none other than the author of The Godfather and things escalate quickly. In real life, Sinatra...
In The Offer, Mario Puzo sends Marlon Brando (played by Grey’s Anatomy’s Justin Chambers) a letter asking him if he’d be interested in playing Don Corleone. Mario assumes it’s a longshot that Marlon will even get the note, but it ends up being the key to landing the iconic actor for the part. Puzo really didsend Brando a letter in 1970. “I wrote a ...
Francis Ford Coppola always seems like he’s on the brink of losing his mind or his job in The Offer. The reality of the situation wasn’t all that different. “I was seriously on the verge of getting fired maybe on three or four occasions,” Coppola told Deadline in 2020. “Had I not won the Oscar for Patton [in 1970], I would absolutely have been fire...
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4 days ago · Rudy Giuliani was suspended from WABC radio on Friday and had his show canceled, according to station owner John Catsimatidis. Catsimatidis, a billionaire and major GOP donor, told NBC News that ...
Aug 5, 2021 · Enter a flawed but vigorous leader, seemingly all facts and no bullshit—a man born, as his friend Peter Powers said of Giuliani, “without a fear gene.”. Kirtzman had been with Giuliani on 9/ ...
5 days ago · Rudolph W. Giuliani was suspended by WABC radio on Friday and his daily talk show was abruptly canceled after the station said he violated its policy by trying to discuss discredited claims about ...
Dec 22, 2023 · Before Mr. Trump left the White House in January, he agreed to reimburse Mr. Giuliani for more than $200,000 in expenses but not to pay a fee. Some of Mr. Giuliani’s supporters have blamed Mr ...
May 30, 2018 · The decline was gradual and self-imposed. Most of us first heard about Giuliani when he took on the mob as a federal prosecutor in the 1980s. He literally risked his life. His rescue of the Fulton ...
