S18|E322: Life Imitates Art-Sometimes Hollywood gets frighteningly close to reality.

The Hollywood Godfather Podcast

GRI Entertainment

Society & Culture, Film Interviews, True Crime, Tv & Film

4.7 • 811 Ratings

🗓️ 25 June 2025

⏱️ 41 minutes

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Summary

In this episode we talk about the intense and unforgettable scenes from Monster's Ball, focusing on P. Diddy's haunting execution. The conversation takes a turn and dives into the crime drama BILLY BATHGATE, starring Dustin Hoffman as Dutch Shultz. Giannis shares how eerily similar the film's storyline is to his own life.

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0:00.0	From Sinatra, swing to Brando stage.
0:03.0	Maryland's grace to JFK's age.
0:08.0	It's Johnny Russo, Hollywood's own.
0:13.0	Where Jeannie Raymond's secrets are shown.
0:17.0	Hollywood Godfather
0:22.2	Welcome everybody. It's time for another Hollywood Godfather podcast.
0:31.8	Tonight's show, it's so... I can't believe it myself, and I live through it two different times, which we're going to get into.
0:40.9	But we always hear that life imitates art, art imitates life.
0:48.7	I had two experiences this past week that freaked me out.
0:57.9	Let me introduce Jeannie Raymond, our co-host, fortunately.
1:05.3	Hi, Gianni. Hi, Gianni. My favorite night getting to spend an hour with you. Well, thank you, my love.
1:09.7	Don't forget we'll all go to Knottesville together. Oh, we are going to have a ball.
1:13.6	Fanboy Expo in Knottesville, July 11th. Come and see us. We'll all be together at the booth.
1:16.2	Absolutely.
1:17.9	Well, the other night, as I was saying, I woke up, because, you know, I nod off.
1:25.2	I don't know if it's the wine to me, just my age.
1:28.6	I nod off and I wake up and I see a guy in an electric chair right in front of me.
1:38.0	And I'm saying, wait a minute, that's P. Did he?
1:43.2	Did he get, I thought maybe he got convicted, maybe I fell asleep for a week.
1:49.5	But I can't believe, and now I'm watching it, I mean, they're going through it.
1:57.2	They assemble the witnesses in the booth to watch them. They put him in the electric chair.
2:02.6	They shaved his head.
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