ON THIS DAY IN 1909, the Eagle reported, “An expedition to search for Dr. Frederick A. Cook of Brooklyn, who has been in the North Polar regions since the summer of 1907, will leave New York about ...

Florence Schwartz was born in Chicago on July 1, 1924, the second child of Jacob and Hannah Schwartz. Her father made a good living as a tobacconist. In 1948 she met her future husband at The Cherry ...

Roger Ebert said he “hated, hated, hated, hated, hated” Reiner’s 1994 film “North.” The director took it in stride. By Victor Mather Rob Reiner directed many enduring American classics. “Stand by Me.” ...

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“Tell Mike it was only business. I always liked him.” So begins Salvatore Tessio, the now-condemned Corleone family capo played by the mostly good Brooklyn Jewish boy Abe Vigoda in his final scene in ...

NYPD Blue earned plaudits for its gritty realism, from the language being used to the nature of the characters themselves, with credit going to veteran homicide detective Bill Clark, who was brought ...

“The Godfather” director Francis Ford Coppola is selling off several luxury watches from his personal collection, including one custom timepiece worth over $1 million, after losing most of his wealth ...

The gunman accused of killing Japan's former prime minister Shinzo Abe pleaded guilty Tuesday, three years after the assassination in broad daylight shocked the world. The slaying forced a reckoning ...

PROSPECT PARK — The councilman at the center of an alleged gambling syndicate with ties to organized crime has pleaded not guilty to all 18 charges that he faces in state court. Council President ...

Items on display include his "Godfather" screenplays, his "Barney Miller" hat and a "Cannonball Run" movie jacket. Vigoda, known for roles in "The Godfather" and "Barney Miller," died in 2016 at age ...

No, Abe Vigoda is not still alive, but the daughter of the actor is keeping his memory alive with an exhibit of his memorabilia at the Little Falls Public Library. The daughter of the actor who ...