Cosa Nostra News

From  Chicago Sun-Times : “Mob Wives Chicago” has been whacked. The Midwest spin-off of the New York original will not a see second season, a VH1 spokesman confirmed. “It’s just sad; it had so much potential,” said one of the “wives,” Pia Rizza, daughter of crooked Chicago cop Vince Rizza, a bookie and drug dealer who turned government witness. “I guess I have to go back to work,” said the single mom, whose gig on the cable series led to an endorsement deal with Cold Steel Vodka. “Where that’s going to go I have no idea because I don’t have the show.” “Mob Wives Chicago” debuted in June and ended its 11-episode run in August. It followed the finger-pointing, hair-pulling, name-calling exploits of five local women whose ties to organized crime are tenuous compared to the Staten Island cast. Last season on New York’s “Mob Wives,” the ex-husband of star Renee Graziano, whose sister Jennifer Graziano produces the franchise, wore a wire that helped send Graziano’s father bac...

Reynold Maragni The  NY Daily News  reports that two Mafia informants were recently kicked off their respective trials, indicating perhaps the spark of a trend that law enforcement officials certainly would not be fond of. Many a trial has been won through the use of informants. Or at least that has been the case... Bonanno associate Joseph Galante Jr., who was supposed to be "the star witness" in the extortion trial of reputed Genovese captain Anthony "Rom" Romanello was thrown off the case. Another would-be star witness, Reynold Maragni, was to take the stand against two fellow mobsters -- Colombo consigliore Thomas Farese and associate Pat Truglia -- charged with money laundering. "But after two previous appearances on the witness stand ended in disastrous verdicts for the government [the Thomas "Tommy Shots" Gioeli and Francis (BF) Guerra Colombo trials, both of whom were acquitted of murder], prosecutors apparently decided to cut their ...

A press release, issued by Karen's PR firm, seems to indicate Karen will no longer be on the show "Mob Wives," which has about 2 million loyal viewers, according to the release. Since the third season has already been filming, it would mean Karen would leave the show probably at this season's climax, although we can't say for certain as the press release is rather vague, not spelling out specifically what this announcement means for Karen's fans. "Karen's future is not focused on the life of being a mob daughter," the release says. "She has transcended the life of a mobster’s daughter. Karen has recently had private meetings with production companies who are trying to court her to fund her next television and film productions." We tweeted Jennifer Graziano as well as Karen and her publicist for comment and will include any responses we get. Read the below -- what do you think???  BROOKLYN, NY -- Star of VH1 television ...

Domenic Casillo  -- who has  executive produced such shows as "Naked Stages" and "G String Divas" for HBO,    in addition to directing and producing Carmen Electra's "Naked Women's Wrestling League" PPV special and more than  125 Playboy films for Playboy TV through Nitro Productions --  has directed and produced "Zodiac Nights," a n R-rated "lush but tasteful" erotic dramatic web series that  highlights the sexual tendencies of each of the 12 signs of the Zodiac. Also attached to this project is another familiar name to readers of this blog -- former mobster/published author  Sonny Girard , who developed the scripts for the series. "Zodiac Nights" is being launched through web-based funding platform  Kickstarter  and already has three backers; those interested have a chance to get in on the ground floor, as they say. Kickstarter helps to fund "everything from films, games and music, to art, des...