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NEWS ABOUT: The Godfather

The Godfather stories: 6 news summaries

 Lauer Meets Older Self: Abe 


Jan 23, 09 1:02 PM CST
(Newser) - Matt Lauer took some ribbing this week when Today co-host Meredith Vieira unveiled side-by-side photos of him and Abe Vigoda to demonstrate what he'll look like in old age. Vigoda got the last laugh today in a light-hearted appearance on the show, People reports. Vigoda, 87, says he has... More »

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Matt Lauer • Meredith Vieira • aging • The Godfather • Today show • Abe Vigoda • lookalike

GLOSSIES

 World's Priciest 
 Fake Homes 

Forbes list features fake mansions from movies, books, and video games

Dec 25, 08 1:53 PM CST
(Newser) - Forbes has put together its first list of the world’s most-expensive fictional homes. Including literature, video games, and Monopoly, the editors had a few ground rules—no castles, and take it easy on the country estates.
  • Xanadu, $135 million: A perfect mountaintop retreat for Citizen Kane, “a
... More »

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Angelina Jolie • Citizen Kane • The Simpsons • The Godfather • Barbie • Forbes • Edgar Allan Poe • Monopoly • Iron Man • Scarface • Tomb Raider

Brando's Troubled Firstborn Dies

Christian, no stranger
to courts, dies at 49 from pneumonia

Jan 26, 08 7:44 PM CST
(Newser) - Christian Brando, the eldest of the late Godfather's nine children, died today from pneumonia at 49. Brando, the product of his iconic father's first marriage, earned the media limelight in 1990 for shooting to death his sister's boyfriend, he LA Times reports. But he was in and out of the... More »

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obituary • The Godfather • Christian Brando

Coppola Turns to Youth

Winemaker-auteur makes his first  film in
a decade, with no 'commercial calculation'

Dec 8, 07 11:14 AM CST
(Newser) - Francis Ford Coppola’s first film in a decade is about an elderly character returned to youth by a lightning strike; indeed Youth Without Youth finds the director making the kind of "personal" film he wanted to at age 25. Having wallowed for 30 years in less than stellar... More »

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independent film • Orson Welles • The Godfather • Francis Ford Coppola • Youth Without Youth

Severed Goat Head Speaks
to Lawyer

Defense attorney gets message from body part delivered to office

Aug 30, 07 10:33 AM CDT
(Newser) - A prominent defense attorney found a pink shopping bag outside her Milwaukee office this week, and the contents definitely weren't the result of a trip to the mall. The bag held a goat head left by someone apparently unfamiliar with the finer points of Godfather-style threats made with animals: The... More »

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Milwaukee • The Godfather • lawyer • Robin Shellow • goat head

Rosebud Wins...Again

Citizen Kane Takes #1 on AFI Best Films of All Time; Bull Rages to #4.

Jun 21, 07 7:16 AM CDT
(Newser) -
  1. CITIZEN KANE
  2. THE GODFATHER
  3. CASABLANCA
  4. RAGING BULL
  5. SINGIN' IN THE RAIN
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film • list • Citizen Kane • AFI • The Godfather • Casablanca • movies

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