Sun-Times file
Federal prosecutors are asking a judge to hand a stiff prison sentence to a bookie with purported mob ties, insisting he tried to sell a “fantasy” to the judge about a fun and fair gambling ring that, while illegal, aimed never to exploit anyone.
In reality, Assistant U.S. Attorney Terry Kinney wrote in a court filing Wednesday that Gregory Paloian and his agents hounded gamblers for payments as they lost tens of thousands of dollars, and even prompted one gambler who couldn’t pay his debts to “burst into tears.”
Kinney wrote that Paloian and his agents referred to gamblers in the ring as “goof, goofball, idiot, ‘f &#%g little pu$%y’, little c&% sucker and other descriptive monikers.” Paloian also allegedly referred to one gambler as “an annuity,” a “dumb f#%k” and “an idiot and he pays.”
Film Shorts // March 24-30, 2021
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Denzel Washington, Jared Leto y Rami Malek y un policial que se llega a los cines en Uruguay
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Directed by John Lee Hancock
Starring Denzel Washington, Rami Malek, Jared Leto, Chris Bauer, Michael Hyatt, Terry Kinney, Natalie Morales, Isabel Arraiza, Joris Jarsky, and Glenn Morshower
SYNOPSIS:
Kern County Deputy Sheriff Joe Deacon (Denzel Washington) is sent to Los Angeles for what should have been a quick evidence-gathering assignment. Instead, he becomes embroiled in the search for a serial killer with potential links to his past.
The Little Things is a script which has been knocking around since director John Lee Hancock wrote a first draft for Steven Spielberg way back in 1993, which he ultimately passed on because it was too dark. It doesn’t appear that much has been changed in any subsequent rewrites, because this is still a pitch black noir, it’s still set in the 90s, and it feels like you’ve seen it a few dozen times since that decade came to an end.