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Frank Pellegrino (actor)
Frank Joseph Pellegrino (May 19, 1944 – January 31, 2017) was an American actor and restaurateur. Early life and education Born in East Harlem on May 19, 1944, to father Frank, a truck driver, and mother, Ida (née Puccillo), a seamstress, Pellegrino graduated from Oceanside High School and Pace College (now Pace University). Career Pellegrino has often acted in law and gangster-themed film and television productions. He was a member of an early 1960s singing group called the Holidaes. Notable acting roles include Johnny Dio in '' Goodfellas'', assorted appearances on Dick Wolf's ''Law & Order'', and FBI Chief Frank Cubitoso on ''The Sopranos''. Pellegrino was a co-owner of the restaurant Rao's Rao's () is a Southern Italian restaurant founded in 1896. It is located at 455 East 114th Street, on the corner of Pleasant Avenue in East Harlem, New York City. Rao's has sister restaurants in Los Angeles and Las Vegas, Nevada. History The res ... in New York City. Books wr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Harlem
Harlem is a neighborhood in Upper Manhattan, New York City. It is bounded roughly by the Hudson River on the west; the Harlem River and 155th Street on the north; Fifth Avenue on the east; and Central Park North on the south. The greater Harlem area encompasses several other neighborhoods and extends west and north to 155th Street, east to the East River, and south to Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard, Central Park, and East 96th Street. Originally a Dutch village, formally organized in 1658, it is named after the city of Haarlem in the Netherlands. Harlem's history has been defined by a series of economic boom-and-bust cycles, with significant population shifts accompanying each cycle. Harlem was predominantly occupied by Jewish and Italian Americans in the 19th century, but African-American residents began to arrive in large numbers during the Great Migration in the 20th century. In the 1920s and 1930s, Central and West Harlem were the center of the Harlem Renaissanc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cop Land
''Cop Land'' is a 1997 American neo-noir crime drama film written and directed by James Mangold. It stars an ensemble cast that includes Sylvester Stallone, Harvey Keitel, Ray Liotta, and Robert De Niro, with Peter Berg, Janeane Garofalo, Robert Patrick, Michael Rapaport, Annabella Sciorra, Noah Emmerich, and Cathy Moriarty in supporting roles. Stallone portrays the sheriff of a small New Jersey town who comes into conflict with the corrupt New York City police officers living in the community. The film received positive reviews and grossed $63.7 million on a $15 million budget. Plot The town of Garrison, New Jersey is home to a cadre of policemen from the NYPD's 37th Precinct: Lt. Ray Donlan, Det. Leo Crasky, and officers Gary Figgis, Jack Rucker, Frank Lagonda, and Joey Randone. Exploiting a loophole in department regulations allowing them to live outside the city by being designated "auxiliary transit cops", Donlan and his group are effectively untouchable by the NYPD's ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gotti (1996 Film)
''Gotti'' is a 1996 American crime drama television film directed by Robert Harmon and written by Steve Shagan, based in part on the 1996 non-fiction book ''Gotti: Rise and Fall'' by Jerry Capeci and Gene Mustain. The film stars Armand Assante in the title role as infamous Gambino crime family boss John Gotti, along with William Forsythe, and Anthony Quinn. It aired on HBO on August 17, 1996. Assante won an Emmy Award for ''Outstanding Lead Actor in a Miniseries or Special'' for his performance. Assante also received a Golden Globe nomination the same year. Plot The film starts In 1973 in New York, and ends in 1992, with Gotti's imprisonment. Gotti's association with three mobsters is also highlighted in the film: a father-son like relationship with family underboss Aniello "Mr. Neil" Dellacroce, his deep but rocky friendship with Gotti crew member and longtime friend Angelo Ruggiero, and the respect and ultimate frustration that he felt for the man who became his underboss, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Swift Justice
''Swift Justice'' is an American detective drama television series created by Dick Wolf and Richard Albarino. It aired for one season on United Paramount Network (UPN) from March 13 to July 17, 1996. It follows former Navy SEAL Mac Swift ( James McCaffrey), a private investigator who was fired from the New York City Police Department. He receives support from his former partner Detective Randall Patterson (Gary Dourdan) and his father Al Swift ( Len Cariou). Completed on a limited budget, episodes were filmed on location in New York. Critics noted ''Swift Justice'''s emphasis on violence, specifically in the pilot episode's opening sequence, comparing it to the crime drama ''The Equalizer'' (1985–1989) and the 1988 film '' Die Hard''. UPN canceled the program after receiving complaints from viewers, advertisers, and critics of its violent scenes. Wolf considered the cancellation a mistake due to the show's good ratings. The series was praised for its visuals and McCaf ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The City (1995 TV Series)
''The City'' is an American television soap opera that aired on ABC from November 13, 1995, to March 28, 1997. The series was a continuation of the serial '' Loving'', which ran from 1983 until 1995, and featured the surviving central characters of the latter's final major story arc, which saw most of the show's characters fall victim to a serial killer. The characters that survived moved from Corinth, Pennsylvania, to New York City and settled in the Manhattan neighborhood of SoHo. The show was co-created by Agnes Nixon, the creator of ''Loving'', and the show's last pair of headwriters, Barbara Esensten and James Harmon Brown. The show won two Daytime Emmy Awards in 1996. Storylines While it was started by ''Loving'' creator Agnes Nixon, ''The City'' was different from other soaps of its day, as the city wasn't the main setting of the series: the loft and its surroundings took precedence, and the city was secondary. Also, the show was shot on videotape using the Film look p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
New York Undercover
''New York Undercover'' is an American police drama that aired on the Fox television network from September 8, 1994, to February 11, 1999. The series starred Malik Yoba as Detective J.C. Williams and Michael DeLorenzo as Detective Eddie Torres, two undercover detectives in New York City's Fourth Precinct who were assigned to investigate various crimes and gang-related cases. The cast also included Patti D'Arbanville-Quinn as their superior, Lt. Virginia Cooper, and Lauren Vélez, who joined the cast in the second season as Nina Moreno, fellow detective and love interest to Torres. ''New York Undercover'' was co-created and produced by Dick Wolf, and its storyline takes place in the same fictional universe as Wolf's NBC series ''Law & Order'', its spin-offs, the ''Chicago'' and ''FBI'' series, and '' Homicide: Life on the Street''. ''New York Undercover'' (whose working title during development was ''Uptown Undercover'', named after the record label, Uptown Records, whose founder ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
None So Blind
"None So Blind" is a science fiction short story by Joe Haldeman. It won the Hugo Award for Best Short Story and the Locus Award for Short Story in 1995, was nominated for the Nebula Award The Nebula Awards annually recognize the best works of science fiction or fantasy published in the United States. The awards are organized and awarded by the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America (SFWA), a nonprofit association of prof ... in 1994. Plot summary A nerd falls in love with a blind musician, and wonders, “Why aren't all blind people geniuses?” This leads him to develop an experimental procedure to repurpose the visual areas of his own brain to amplify intelligence. Sources, references, external links, quotations *Text of the storyat JoeHaldeman.com Science fiction short stories 1994 short stories Hugo Award for Best Short Story winning works Works originally published in Asimov's Science Fiction {{1990s-sf-story-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Artie Lange's Beer League
''Artie Lange's Beer League'' (also known simply as ''Beer League'') is a 2006 American comedy film written and produced by, and starring, Artie Lange. It was released in select theaters on September 15, 2006 in the New Jersey, New York, Cleveland, and Philadelphia areas. As of 2022, ''Beer League'' remains Lange's only lead role in a film. Plot Artie DeVanzo ( Artie Lange) is an unemployed town drunk who plays softball with his buddies Maz ( Ralph Macchio) and Johnny (Jimmy Palumbo) for Ed's Bar and Swill. Their arch-rival is Manganelli Fitness, led by Dennis Manganelli ( Anthony DeSando). After the teams brawl during the first game of the year, the town's police chief decides whichever team finishes best in the league that season can still play in the league, and whichever team loses is out for good. Artie lives at home with his mother ( Laurie Metcalf) and can never hold a job or a girlfriend for very long. After a night out with his pals, he ends up at a diner for late n ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rise To Power
Rise to Power may refer to: * ''Rise to Power'' (Kane & Abel album), 1999 * ''Rise to Power'' (Monstrosity album), 2003 * ''Rise to Power'' (Rick Ross album), 2007 * ''Rise to Power'' (Battlecross album), 2015 {{disambiguation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brooklyn Lobster
''Brooklyn Lobster'' is a 2005 American drama film presented by Martin Scorsese and written, produced, and directed by Kevin Jordan. The screenplay is based on Jordan's family's efforts to salvage their Brooklyn-based wholesale and retail seafood operation when the bank defaulted on a loan they had secured to finance a restaurant extension to the business. Plot Frank Giorgio's life is thrown into chaos when the bank that loaned him money for a restaurant addition to his seafood business folds and the FDIC demands he repay the loan in full immediately. With the threat of a public auction looming, the very proud and stubborn Frank, his family, and eccentric crew rally to save the business. Frank's son Michael, who works in the tech world of Seattle, and his girlfriend Kerry return home for Christmas and are dragged into the family drama. Michael's childhood home has been sold, and his mother Maureen, who has separated from Frank and is hoping to establish her own identity apart fr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Happy End (2003 Film)
''Happy End'' is a French film released in 2003. It was written and directed by Amos Kollek; starring Audrey Tautou, Justin Theroux, Jennifer Tilly and Jim Parsons. Plot The 23-year-old French woman Val Chipzik has many dreams. She travels to New York City to become an actress. There she does temporary jobs and sleeps in the front yard of the screenwriter Jack. With the money she earned, she pays for her continuing education in her dream job. Jack is initially annoyed by Val, then she gives him the idea of a promising script. Jack falls in love with her and demands from the film people who want to shoot according to his script that he can help determine the leading actress to be cast. Cast * Audrey Tautou as Val Chipzik * Justin Theroux as Jack * Jennifer Tilly as Edna * Laila Robins Laila Robins is an American stage, film and television actress. She has appeared in films including '' Planes, Trains and Automobiles'' (1987), ''An Innocent Man'' (1989), '' Live Nude Girls'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Knockaround Guys
''Knockaround Guys'' is a 2001 American action crime thriller film starring Barry Pepper, Vin Diesel, Seth Green, John Malkovich and Dennis Hopper. It was filmed in locations in the U.S. and Canada including the small town of Delia, Alberta. Plot A young Matty Demaret (Barry Pepper) is forced to decide whether to kill or spare the man responsible for his father's arrest by his father's associate Teddy (John Malkovich). Unable to pull the trigger, Teddy tells Matty he is unfit for mob work. Years later, Matty is unable to find a job because employers fear his mob boss father, Benny Chains (Dennis Hopper). He is unhappy doing menial jobs for his father, who apparently does not trust him with more serious criminal business. With Teddy's help, he convinces his father to let him go to Spokane to retrieve a package, which he sees as his chance to prove he's ready to be a real partner. Matty commissions his friend Johnny Marbles (Seth Green) to discreetly fly to Spokane, retrieve ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
