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"Goodfellas" star Joe Pesci is suing a film studio after he allegedly gained 30 pounds for a $3 million role in the upcoming Gotti family biopic only to be dropped from the part, TMZ reported Thursday.Pesci said that Fiore Films encouraged him to state publicly how happy he was to be starring in "Gotti: In the Shadow of My Father" -- but then was told he was being pulled from the critical role of Angelo Ruggiero, Gotti's close friend and enforcer.He was offered a lesser role, playing Anthony "Gaspipe" Casso, for the reduced fee of $1 million, according to a lawsuit filed in Los Angeles on Wednesday. He is suing for $3 million minimum, as well as punitive damages.Pesci's lawyer claims the 68-year-old actor relied on the contract by assuming the character of Ruggiero in every respect."[Pesci] has since ended his very strict and healthy diet and has so far gained approximately 30 pounds in anticipation of playing Ruggiero, who was well known for his heavy and stocky build," the suit said....
Until last month, the most pressing issues in this quiet Southern California suburb were whether to build homes on rolling hills north of the city, how best to prese...
Mahmoud Ahmadinejad 's performance at this week's 66th annual General Assembly will not disappoint. Far from being cowed by Supreme Leader Khamenei's displeasure and...
Lindsay Lohan signed a two-film deal on Wednesday with the producers of the upcoming John Gotti biopic -- just hours after they said she had been dumped from the pro...
Jury selection got under way Tuesday in the city's biggest organized crime trial in years, a racketeering conspiracy case that includes at least 18 murders, among th...
It seemed like a good idea at the time. A gang of burglars decided in December 1977 to break into the home of Tony Accardo, one of the most powerful men in organized...
It seemed like a good idea at the time. A gang of burglars decided in December 1977 to break into the home of Tony Accardo , one of the most powerful men in organize...
A reputed mob boss charged along with 13 others with plotting several organized crime murders was taken into custody Friday after nine months on the run, the FBI sai...
With a long beard and hair reaching his shoulders, reputed mob boss Joey "The Clown" Lombardo sat stunned as FBI agents ordered him out of his car.Lombardo had been ...
Las Vegas is building a museum about some of its founding fathers and most influential figures — guys with names like Bugsy, Lefty and Lansky.The mob museum will sta...
Lane Smith ( search ), a longtime character actor who played a small-town district attorney who clashed with Joe Pesci in " My Cousin Vinny ( search )," died Monday....
Controversial new book chronicles CIA blunders
Living in Israel, I can’t see "The Sopranos" first run. But who needs to watch Tony and Johnny sack once a week when I can see the Boss, Ariel "The Bulldozer" Sharo...
Police have confirmed that Oscar -winning actor Joe Pesci is being investigated after a fan said the star punched him in the mouth because he snapped a photo of him ...
Joe Pesci remembers Michael Jackson
Penny Marshall first gained fame as the lovable Laverne in the 70s classic "Laverne and Shirley" and then segued into a successful career behind the camera, directin...
Thirty teams start out, all with the same goal.Realistically, we know there are just a handful whose dreams are rooted in reality. But for now, with the 2012-13 NBA ...
Henry Hill, who went from small-time gangster to big-time celebrity when his life as a mobster-turned-FBI informant became the basis for the Martin Scorsese film "Go...
Henry Hill spent much of his life as a "goodfella," believing his last moment would come with a bullet to the back of his head. In the end he died at a hospital afte...
Helen Mirren and Joe Pesci mix business and pleasure as couple running a Nevada brothel
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