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...reasons. They have names like Vito, Vinnie, Angelo and Ritchie, to say nothing of her father, Frank (James Caan), who runs a family restaurant in Little Italy. That's "family" in the full post-Puzo sense of the word. But Vito (Burt Young), who is the godfather here, sees opportunity in this alliance--a chance to off-load some of his talentless son's paintings and do a little money laundering via Michael's auctions. Before you know it, Michael has acquired his eponymous Mob nickname, is burying stiffs in Brooklyn and, finally, wearing a wire for a comically clueless...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Hugh's New Bid To Be a Hit Man | 8/30/1999 | See Source »

Harrison has conducted ground breaking research in crystallography--the study of three-dimensional structures--according to Vito A. Turso, a spokesperson...

Author: By Kevin S. Schwartz, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Professor Receives $50,000 Prize for Seminal Research | 11/18/1997 | See Source »

...begin, here's a new flash: Tuesday was a very good day for Republicans. In heavily-Democratic New York City, Giuliani became the first Republican since Fiorello LaGuardia in 1937 to be re-elected mayor. Newcomer Vito Fossella's victory continued the GOP's hold on Molinari's seat (held by her father before her). Jim Gilmore maintained the Virginia Gubernatorial seat for Republicans with a 16-point victory over his Democratic rival. And, national GOP star Whitman managed to eke out a narrow and remain as New Jersey Governor for another four years...

Author: By Rustin C. Silverstein, | Title: Mining for Meaning | 11/6/1997 | See Source »

...psychotic neat-freak who lives on steroids, Twinkies and cocaine and who lost count of his kills at thirty men. There is Mary Moy, a pregnant FBI agent determined to uncover the construction conspiracy before a maternity leave takes her off the case of a lifetime. There is Vito Romero, a Mafia man devastated by the death of his wife and tortured by the desire to rehabilitate and control his pierced, punk and promiscuous teenage daughter. Of course, there are also the Godfathers: John Tuzio, leader of the Mafia and Jack Tierney, Paddy's boss, the sadistic Vietnam war hero...

Author: By Sarah D. Kalloch, | Title: Mob Novel With A Subterranean Twist | 2/13/1997 | See Source »

Attention mafianados! at the age of 75, and more than 20 years after Don Vito Corleone and the rest of the Godfather gang abandoned the page for a more glamorous life on the screen, Mario Puzo has started a new family. The Last Don (Random House; 482 pages; $25.95) introduces the Clericuzios, a crime clan based in the Bronx, New York, and at the peak of its dark powers. Fortunately, Puzo too is in top form...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: BOOKS: A NEW FAMILY'S VALUES | 7/29/1996 | See Source »

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