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Recent Examples of button manBest button man in the biz.—Craig Thomas, The New Yorker, 9 Mar. 2021
Peaky Blinders is led by Shelby — played by Cillian Murphy, who is, of course, returning — a war hero turned gangster who runs 1900s Birmingham.
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Lexi Carson,
The Hollywood Reporter,
9 Mar. 2025
Which leaves his sons, Raj (Saagar Shaikh) and Mir (Asif Ali), to claim their places atop a hierarchy of gangsters they’d been led to believe was a legitimate business.
Russo also tasked him to try and shut down a gambling operation at the Gran Caffe in Lynbrook, L.I., which was funneling money to both the Bonanno and Genovese families, the mobster testified.
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John Annese,
New York Daily News,
26 Feb. 2025
These dream-memories throw us directly into the action with scenes involving mobsters, a neglectful father, and an explosion—all before skipping back to unrelated conversations in modern day.
The rest of Another Simple Favor takes place on the famous Tyrrhenian Sea island, where Stephanie learns that Emily’s new bae Dante is a powerful mafioso.
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Lovia Gyarkye,
The Hollywood Reporter,
7 Mar. 2025
Little Vic Orena walked into the warm night air on June 20, 1991, after sharing dinner with a friend inside Stella’s Restaurant, a popular spot among the local mafiosi.
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Larry McShane,
New York Daily News,
23 Feb. 2025
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