Frank Costello

Maryland's Dwight Barbiasz 'hungry' for NCAA high jump title

2011-06-09 12:09:00

When Dwight Barbiasz attempted the New Hampshire state-record high jump, the entire track meet halted to watch. Normally, with more eyes comes added pressure. For Barbiasz, it was extra motivation. He nailed it. "He told me he wasn't nervous," said...

The 1950s: It's where the boys are (as well as suburbs, hotels and shopping)

2011-03-18 08:29:00

Like the rest of post-war America, Fort Lauderdale dedicated itself to the business of peacetime prosperity. And for Florida, that meant growth. By 1950 the city's population stood at 83,933, more than triple the number for 1945. Much of the growth came...

La Cosa Nostra introdujo drogas mexicanas a EEUU en posguerra, dice escritor

2011-05-24 00:00:00

Fast-Paised review: 'The Departed'

2006-09-27 12:21:42

In director Martin Scorsese's version of the 2002 Hong Kong thriller, "Infernal Affairs," Leonardo DiCaprio plays Billy Costigan, a Boston police officer undercover in the Irish-American mafia. Matt Damon is Colin Sullivan, a mafia man covertly working as...

'The Departed'

2006-10-06 00:00:00

Frequently excessive but never dull, "The Departed" is a little too much of a lot of the things that define Martin Scorsese films but it's also almost impossible to resist. Too operatic at times, too in love with violence and macho posturing at others,...

The look of leopard

2006-11-08 00:00:00

Tread lightly this season, Bwana. It's a jungle out there. Not only are Louis Vuitton, Valentino, Dolce & Gabbana and Roger Vivier releasing wild leopard print slouch bags and satchels this awards season. Some fashion-forward actresses -- and top...

Undercover cop Billy Costigan (Leonardo DiCaprio, left) infiltrates Boston's Irish mob, led by Frank Costello (a mostly toned-down Jack Nicholson).

2006-10-06 05:10:23

TIPOFFS: Nicholson, as gangster Frank Costello, with Matt Damon, who plays an officer on Costello s payroll.

2006-10-05 12:53:30