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We finally got some backstory on Oz Cobb on The Penguin Season 1 Episode 7, and it ain’t pretty.

Not that we could ever think it would be anything else, but “Top Hat” definitely sheds some brutal light on what made Oz, well… Oz.

When Colin Farrell said a while back that by the end of The Penguin, we’d end up hating Oz, he wasn’t kidding around.

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There’s a difference between dislike and hate, and I’ve been on the “dislike” train with Oz for a while now. But after getting a glimpse into his childhood? Let’s just say he’s more twisted than I ever imagined.

This guy isn’t straddling some morally gray antihero line — he’s a full-on villain without an ounce of redemption in sight.

Whatever goes down in The Penguin season finale is only gonna seal his fate as Gotham’s dirtiest,...

Ever since his Emmy-winning stint on HBO’s “The Sopranos,” Terence Winter has had a reputation as a great writer of crime stories, whether it be as the creator of HBO’s “Boardwalk Empire,” the screenwriter of “Get Rich or Die Tryin'” and “The Wolf of Wall Street,” or head writer on his current show, the Paramount+ gangster comedy “Tulsa King.” The source of Winter’s initial interest in the subject, however, is a little surprising.

“When I was a little kid, I watched ‘Oliver,’ the musical, and I wanted to be a part of that,” Winter told IndieWire. “I wanted to be the Artful Dodger.” Winter’s preoccupation with criminal endeavors was further stoked by movies like “The Sting” and Warner Bros. gangster classics he watched on local television in New York, and as a young man, he acquired first-hand knowledge of the lifestyle growing up in Brooklyn.

“When I was a teenager,...

The fifth episode of How to Become a Mob Boss revolves around the life of Boston’s most powerful mob boss, James “Whitey” Bulger. He had managed to keep his proceedings undercover for a very long time, making him one of the most nearly invincible individuals on the face of the earth. He had done everything right to extend his shelf life as a mob boss and had taken all possible precautions to keep himself from getting caught. His predicting capability helped him obliterate every threat coming his way! How heinous were his crimes? Did he finally get caught? Let us find out!

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What Was Whitey’s Reputation in Boston?

James “Whitey” Bulger was the head of Boston’s Winter Hill Gang and was well known for having ordered at least 19 murders and ranking an estimated $30 million in illicit cash. Emily Sweeney, the reporter for the Boston Globe,...

Actor Emile Hirsch attempts to hold his life together and loses his temper in this exclusive clip from the upcoming thriller, Inside Man. Based on true events, Inside Man follows Hirsch as a disgraced police detective seeking redemption by going undercover to expose a violent and bloody crime syndicate. Coming courtesy of Vertical, you can check out the exclusive clip from Inside Man below.

“Based on true events, Inside Man follows disgraced New York Police Detective Bobby Belucci (Emile Hirsch) as his life falls apart when he discovers his wife (Ashley Greene) is having an affair,” reads the official synopsis for Inside Man. It continues:

“After beating her lover to a pulp, she leaves him and Bobby gets demoted at work, triggering his determination to prove he’s worthy of redemption. His plan is to go undercover as a grunt and infiltrate the Gambino crime family’s notorious “DeMeo Crew,...

Emile Hirsch's role in Inside Man continues his trend of starring in fact-based projects, such as Lords of Dogtown and Alpha Dog. Hirsch's performance in Into the Wild earned critical acclaim but was overlooked by major award nominations. Hirsch will continue to explore fact-based roles in upcoming projects, including a Pretty Boy Floyd biopic and a Holocaust-set drama.

Emile Hirsch is getting his very own Goodfellas moment with an exclusive Inside Man clip. Hirsch stars in the true-story-based movie as Bobby Belucci, a disgraced New York Police Detective who looks to fix his life that's falling apart by bringing down a notorious crime family and exposing the murder and corruption of one of their crew, only to find himself over his head as the stakes get higher. Alongside Hirsch, the cast for Inside Man includes director Danny Abeckaser, Ashley Greene, Lucy Hale, and Jake Cannavale.

Ahead of the movie's theatrical release,...

Emile Hirsch becomes a detective seeking redemption in the trailer for Inside Man, the upcoming film from Danny A. Abeckaser (Blackjack: The Jackie Ryan Story), which will be available in theaters and on demand on August 11:

Here’s the official synopsis of the film:

“Based on true events, Inside Man follows disgraced New York Police Detective Bobby Belucci as his life falls apart when he discovers his wife is having an affair. After beating her lover to a pulp, she leaves him and Bobby gets demoted at work, triggering his determination to prove he’s worthy of redemption. His plan is to go undercover as a grunt and infiltrate the Gambino crime family’s notorious “DeMeo Crew,” a violent and bloody faction that reigned terror in the 1960s and ‘70s. Bobby will stop at nothing to get close to the head of the crew, Roy DeMeo, to expose the murder and corruption.

I’ve loved gangster movies since I was four years old and saw Humphrey Bogart and Sylvia Sidney in Dead End (1937) on TV, and Warren Beatty and Faye Dunaway in Bonnie and Clyde (1967) at the movies (My dad pinched a lobby card for me). Every Friday night, a local NYC station ran old crime flicks on a slot called “Tough Guys.” Bogart, James Cagney, Edward G. Robinson, and George Raft were the faces over the title. Today that might be Al Pacino, Robert De Niro, Wesley Snipes, and James Gandolfini.

The gangster and crime genre produced some of the most influential films in cinema history. Mervyn LeRoy’s Little Caesar (1931), William A. Wellman’s The Public Enemy (1931), and Howard Hawks’ Scarface (1932), get a lot of credit for breaking ground in topics beyond criminality, shattering sexual taboos as well as the boundaries of acceptable visual violence. High Sierra (1941) and White Heat...

Vertical Entertainment has secured North American rights to “The Gemini Lounge,” a mob thriller set in the world of “the DeMeo crew,” a crime family who reigned over New York in the ‘60s and ‘70s.

The film is written by Kosta Kondilopoulos, and directed by and starring Danny A. Abeckaser. It follows a recently demoted detective who tries to find redemption by signing up for an undercover assignment to infiltrate the DeMeo family. Vertical will release the film day-and-date later this year.

The film stars Emile Hirsch (“Into the Wild”), Lucy Hale (“Pretty Little Liars”), Ashley Greene (“Twilight”) along with Greg Finley (“The Flash”), Jake Cannavale (“The Offer”) and Bo Dietl (“The Wolf of Wall Street”).

In “The Gemini Lounge,” Bobby Belucci’s (Hirsch) life falls apart after he discovers his wife (Greene) is having an affair. After beating up her lover, his wife leaves him and he’s demoted at work.

Exclusive: Lucy Hale (Ragdoll), Ashley Greene (The Immaculate Room), Vincent Laresca (Once Upon a Time… In Hollywood), Jake Cannavale (The Offer), Robert Davi (The Goonies), Greg Finley (I Love Us), Bo Dietl (Godfather of Harlem), Sid Rosenberg (Gravesend), Jeremy Luke (Pep) and James Russo (Gravesend) have signed on to star alongside Emile Hirsch in director Danny A. Abeckaser’s crime thriller Gemini Lounge, which marks the first feature from Rush Hour producer Arthur Sarkissian’s new media and entertainment company, Global Ascension Studios.

In Gemini Lounge, demoted detective Bobby Belucci (Hirsch) is given the opportunity to go undercover and take down the mob’s most ruthless killer, but his life and only chance at redemption spiral out of control as he loses himself in the role. Global Ascension is producing in partnership with Abeckaser’s 2B Films and Kyle Stefanski’s Wild7 Films, with Stefanski also set to appear in the feature,...