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Ask an Expert: Annual summer biz quiz on books and movies
I amuse you? I make you laugh, I'm here to amuse you? What do you mean funny, funny how? How am I funny?"A. Joe Pesci in GoodfellasB. Travis Bickle in Taxi DriverC. Marlon Brando in The GodfatherD. Dick Van Dyke in Mary Poppins 7. The
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'Goodfellas' Mobster Turned FBI Informant Henry Hill Dead at 69
completed his first major robbery when he and Thomas DeSimone - who was portrayed in an Oscar-winning performance by Joe Pesci in "Goodfellas" - famously robbed Air France of a shipment of $420,000 in April of 1967. In the 1970s Hill spent
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Feb. 9: '24 Hours in Cyberspace' in 1996
and stories from across the globe in a period of 24 hours. Famous Birthdays 1940 J.M. Coetzee 1942 Carole King 1943 Joe Pesci 1944 Alice Walker 1945 Mia Farrow 1949 Judith Light 1969 Tom Scharpling 1975 Vladimir Guerrero 1976 Charlie Day 1981 Tom
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Lindsay Lohan Moves to Play Victoria Gottipress conference for "Gotti: Three Generations," an upcoming movie about the mob family that stars John Travolta and Joe Pesci . Nick Cassavetes has been tapped to direct. But here's the thing: While Lohan is in talks regarding a part in the
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Not High, but With Tales to Tell: Jim Breuer on 'Saturday Night Live'times, " Saturday Night Live 's" famous Goat Boy and Joe Pesci impersonator has been under the influence as well finished, we all immediately heard, 'Action!' " On Joe Pesci riding him for his "SNL" impersonation before making
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'Karate Kid': Where the Cast Is NowKid," Macchio took a brief break from acting, returning in 1992 in "My Cousin Vinny," opposite Marisa Tomei and Joe Pesci in what was considered his first adult role. Since the '90s, he's made mostly cameo appearances in film and television
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Top Seven Oscar Long Shots: Marisa Tomei, Anna Paquin and More
traveling through Alabama who are convicted of a murder they didn't commit. They call in "cousin" Vinny, played by Joe Pesci , a new lawyer who doesn't have many cases under his belt. Tomei played Pesci's combative girlfriend -- and star
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Remember Them? From Soaps to Starsspinoff "A Different World." But her real breakthrough performance came in "My Cousin Vinny," when she starred as Joe Pesci 's heavily Brooklyn-accented girlfriend. The role gained her the attention of critics and won an Academy Award for
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Mirror Mirror Who's the Greatest (Actor's) Director of them all?
Anymore) 2) Robert De Niro - Best Actor (1980 Raging Bull) 3) Paul Newman - Best Actor (1986 The Color of Money) 4) Joe Pesci - Best Actor Supporting Role (1990 Goodfellas) 5) Cate Blanchett - Best Actress Supporting Role (2004 The Aviator
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Lillo Brancato From Jail: 'The Drugs Always Win'about the film version of Palminteri's play, "A Bronx Tale," Vinny knew who'd be perfect. "I was like 'Li, do Joe Pesci for him. Li, do DeNiro for them,'" Vinny Brancato said. Brancato re-enacted scenes from "Taxi Driver" and
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Vegas museum to link crime and law
Tony the Ant" Spilotro, an enforcer from Chicago whose bloody character was memorably reprised under another name by Joe Pesci in the 1995 film Casino. Another client was Frank "Lefty" Rosenthal, a sports handicapper who ran the Stardust and
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O.J.'s New Dream Team
lawyers, such as Holper, who have made television appearances to discuss the case, adding that "I felt like I was in a Joe Pesci movie" in a reference to the actor's portrayal of a rube lawyer in the 1992 movie "My Cousin Vinny." Now Holper
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Chicago Mob Trial Opens Todayalive in an Indiana cornfield in 1986. The killing was the inspiration for the 1995 Scorsese movie "Casino," with Joe Pesci playing Spilotro. Prosecutors are expected to rely on several mob turncoats to seal their case -- a dramatic change
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'JWOWW' Plays 'Kiss, Marry, Ditch' With 'Jersey Shore' CastThe star is asked to choose between "The Situation," Vinny and Joe Pesci .
