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Caesars Palace Grand Prix is mainly for auto-racing fans, but has something for mafia-lovers tooWhen it comes to auto racing in Southern Nevada, the first thought for most of us is the annual NASCAR race at Las Vegas Motor Speedway. But the history of auto racing in Las Vegas began long before the speedway opened in 1996.Randy Cannon chronicled the sport’s first major period in Las Vegas in his 2018 book Stardust International Raceway: Motorsports Meets the Mob, 1965-1971. Now Cannon has tack...

The gangster most known for facilitating the creation of the modern American Mafia, he was the head of organized crime in New York City in the 1930s.

We celebrate the 50th anniversary of Francis Ford Coppola's The Godfather with a look at the stories that inspired the book and movie.

Once upon a time, they used to say content is king, and then we got hypnotized by social...

Durst’s death brought to an end the sordid life of the scion of a billionaire real estate clan so estranged from his family that his brother testified against him at the trial.

Two decades after his lovely young wife vanished, Robert Durst, scion of a Manhattan real-estate family worth billions, faces new murder charges. A cold case is now red-hot news, with a gangland-style execution, a headless torso, a manhunt, and revelations that Durst led part of his double life as a woman

The Jewish News of Northern California

Dame Helen Mirrens casting as Israels ex prime minister Golda Meir has sparked controversy but Jewish characters in cinematic history havent always been played by Jewish actors,

All Through the Night, which starred Humprey Bogart was based on a story by Leo Rosten, author of The Joys of Yiddish.

Movies have come under the control of hedge funds that specialise in risk management. The result: boring, predictable cinema.