However, the landscape began to shift dramatically in 1990 with Martin Scorsese's Goodfellas, which infused humor into the gangster narrative, making it more relatable and engaging for viewers.

Isiah Whitlock Jr., who brought memorable characters to life in HBO’s “The Wire” and multiple Spike Lee films, died following a brief illness. He was 71. Manager Brian Liebman confirmed Whitlock’s ...

He was one of the most feared gangsters in American organized crime lore. He was the mastermind of the history-making Lufthansa heist at Kennedy Airport in 1978. He was immortalized in Martin Scorcese ...

Melanin Bee curves her spine like a stretching cat as she lets out a maniacal, forced laugh. The quick-fire pattern of manufactured giggles —“oh, hoo hoo hoo, eeh, ha ha ha”— soon ripples into genuine ...

Maybe now, the director's daunting Vegas Mob drama can finally come out from behind the shadow of "GoodFellas." The movie marked Scorsese’s return to the glittering, fast-talk mode of Mob docudrama he ...

All these years later, the “Goodfellas” spirit lives on — in a lineup of Italian wines as big, bold, and complex as the movie’s stars. Prairie Rose is Food & Wine's senior drinks editor. A trained ...

With so much going on in the world every single day, even the most capable internet surfers out there need a break every once in a while. And there’s nothing like a fresh serving of funny memes to ...

This article is part of Portrait Mode, a Slate pop-up series about biopics. But such critiques presume the sort of literal-minded approaches to “realism” that are the province of so many lesser ...

The night manager at the Chicago Laugh Factory has been charged with assaulting U.S. Border Patrol agent during a confrontation outside the Lakeview comedy club last week. Nathan Griffin has been ...

A manager at the Laugh Factory in Chicago was arrested for allegedly obstructing a federal immigration operation — but his mother claimed agents “kidnapped” him before her eyes. The Chicago Police ...

A battalion of masked federal officers detained the manager of a Chicago comedy club on Friday morning. Border Patrol agents arrested Nate Griffin, a natural-born U.S. citizen, outside the Laugh ...