Ronald K. Fried

Ronald K. Fried's fourth book, Frank Costello: A Novel, will be published in December.

A photo illustration of Frank Costello and Donald Trump.

How the Enquirer Betrayed a Mafia Don and the Donald

Frank Costello ran the Genovese crime family, controlled Tammany Hall, and bankrolled the Enquirer. Then things started unraveling.

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A portrait of Bo Goldman smiling from 1998.

A GENUINE ARTIST

Bo Goldman Rewrote Our Idea of What Movies Could Be

The two-time Oscar winner (for “One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest” and “Melvin and Howard”) was brilliant and childlike in the best sense.

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Mr. Late Night

Dick Cavett Dishes on Groucho Marx, Carson—and Trump

“There was that sense of…I’m trying to avoid using the word inferiority in his case.”

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BIG BOSS MAN TIMES TWO

Is Elon Musk Deliberately Modeling Himself After Henry Ford?

The Tesla tycoon isn’t a raging antisemite, but otherwise, there’s industry-shattering innovation coupled with self-serving duplicity, hardheartedness, and a loathing for unions.

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POISON AT THE SOURCE

For 50 Years ‘The Godfather’ Has Sold Us a Beautiful Lie

As Francis Ford Coppola’s masterpiece hits the half-century mark, it’s time we stared a little harder at the men the film celebrates. Because heroes they’re not.

Ronald K. Fried

Ronald K. Fried

How the Enquirer Betrayed a Mafia Don and the Donald

Bo Goldman Rewrote Our Idea of What Movies Could Be

Dick Cavett Dishes on Groucho Marx, Carson—and Trump

Is Elon Musk Deliberately Modeling Himself After Henry Ford?

For 50 Years ‘The Godfather’ Has Sold Us a Beautiful Lie

Martin Amis Marries Fact and Fiction in His New Novel

How the Mafia Muscled in and Controlled the Stonewall Inn

Muhammad Ali Was the Greatest but That’s Not the Whole Story

Fighting Al Capone’s Beer Wars

Lucky Luciano Could Be Trump’s Spiritual Godfather