The Hollywood Godfather Podcast GRI Entertainment
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Welcome to The Hollywood Godfather Podcast. Actor, entrepreneur, philanthropist, and Mafia associate Gianni Russo best known for portraying Carlo in ‘The Godfather’ has teamed with an unlikely ally, Patrick Picciarelli, writer, retired NYPD lieutenant, and current private investigator to put together a thought-provoking, tragic, funny, and often shocking view of Gianni’s life in the mob and the movies. His counterpart and co-host, Patrick, gives his insights into the world of crime, and comments on characters both men have known, as well as the current happenings in Hollywood and the mob.
The friendship between Gianni and Patrick did not have the usual beginnings of boyhood camaraderie. Both Gianni and Patrick were born and raised in New York’s Little Italy and lived a scant short block from each other, but that’s where the similarities end. Gianni sought his future with the Mafia, while Patrick became a New York cop. Their paths crossed a few times, and each was on the other’s radar; distrust and wariness always hovering. However, they became friends and now discuss all the complexities that surround the two diverse worlds of organized crime and police work.
The Hollywood Godfather Podcast releases a new show every Wednesday! Be sure to follow us on Instagram @hollywoodgodfather and on Facebook.
The book, “Hollywood Godfather: My Life in the Movies and the Mob” by Gianni Russo with Patrick Picciarelli, was published in hardcover and audio by St. Martin’s Press on March 12, 2019 and is available for purchase on Amazon.
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Season 14 - Episode 264 - Burt Kearns Author of Marlon Brando: Hollywood Rebel
Burt Kearns Author of Marlon Brando: Hollywood Rebel
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Season 14 - Episode 263 - Aldo Gucci: Power, Family and the Fashion Empire
This episode of the Hollywood Godfather dives into the fascinating and dramatic world of Aldo Gucci, the man who transformed his father's Florentine leather workshop into a global fashion Empire.
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Season 14 - Episode 262 - Runlett & Baldacci Report
Host Robert Baldacci from The Runlett & Baldacci Report on Youtube joined us to talk about show business, politics and more.
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Episode 261 – Catching up with Kathrine Narducci
Kathrine Narducci talks about her role as Anna Genovese in the mob film “Alto Knights”, her iconic role in “The Sopranos” and her upcoming plans.
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Season 14 - Episode 260 - The March Mailbag
Listener's questions and comments.
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Season 14 - Episode 259 - Mobsters and Nazis
Michael Benson joins the Hollywood Godfather hosts to talk his book Gangsters & Nazis: How Jewish Mobsters Battled Nazis in Wartime America.
Customer Reviews
PAT PICCIARELLI
What happened to Pat? Please explain. Thanks
Episode 256 Steve Fauxdel
A disgrace. Steve owes an apology to the family of Elizabeth Short. George Hodel was a killer of nobody. Wishful thinking, misinformation and fantasy. Steve has been trying to prove his fantasy case for decades. The case is still open. The Hodel fantasy theory is weak and lacking facts. There was no cover-up and George Hodel was proven innocent and dismissed as a suspect. Embarrassing and borderline exploitation of Elizabeth, The Short family, and the other victims & families Steve claims his father killed.
Chip
Old Vegas, Old Hollywood, The Mob. I really love this podcast and listening to the great storytellers who are on it. Jeanie is the perfect addition of fun and energy. Thanks for chronicling some of American’s most iconic history. You’ve made me an offer I can’t refuse.