MTV Families of the Mafia Salvatore Sammy the Bull Gravano
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Made In Staten Island cast return for MTV’s Families Of The Mafia with ‘Sammy The Bull’ Gravano

Salvatore “Sammy the Bull” Gravano can now add reality star to a resume that includes murderer of at least 19 people, mafia underboss, federal informant, former witness protection recipient, author, and family ecstasy ring leader. Salvatore joins his ex-con daughter (and Mob Wives star) Karen Gravano, granddaughter Karina Seabrook, and three other New York families…

MOB WIVES Karen Gravano’s dad ‘Sammy the Bull’ gets early prison release
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MOB WIVES Karen Gravano’s dad ‘Sammy the Bull’ gets early prison release

Mob Wives star Karen Gravano is “extremely happy” after her dad, notorious mob informant Salvatore “Sammy the Bull” Gravano, was granted an early prison release on Monday. “I spoke to him,” Karen told The New York Post. “He is happy to be out after spending the last 17 1/2 years in prison. He’s in good…

VIDEO MOB WIVES Karen Gravano’s car was vandalized and she blames Drita D’avanzo
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VIDEO MOB WIVES Karen Gravano’s car was vandalized and she blames Drita D’avanzo

It looks like there may be more drama brewing between Mob Wives stars Karen Garvano and Drita D’Avanzo. TMZ reported that Karen’s car, a Mercedes Benz, recently had its tires slashed and the word “RAT” spray painted down the side. The car was towed away, but you can clearly see the vandalism in the video…

Judges dismiss Lindsay Lohan, Karen Gravano Grand Theft Auto lawsuits
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Judges dismiss Lindsay Lohan, Karen Gravano Grand Theft Auto lawsuits

Mob Wives star Karen Gravano and actress Lindsay Lohan both lost out Thursday on their cases against the producers of the wildly popular video game Grand Theft Auto. Lindsay and Karen both were arguing that the game’s creators, Take-Two Interactive Software, misappropriated their likenesses for the purpose of promoting and selling more copies of the…

Mob Wives Karen Gravano boyfriend Storm Marriage Boot Camp Season 6
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VIDEO Marriage Boot Camp Season 6 cast revealed in first preview trailer

WE tv has just released the first trailer for Marriage Boot Camp: Reality Stars Season 6 revealing that camp attendees will include a Real Housewife, a Bachelor, a Bachelorette, a Mob Wife, an R&B Diva, and…a mystery “throuple?” Just in case you watched the trailer and still have no idea who those people are, here…

Is Mob Wives coming back? Karen Gravano, Jennifer Graziano tease resurrection
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Is Mob Wives coming back? Karen Gravano, Jennifer Graziano tease resurrection

Is Mob Wives coming back? The popular VH1 show recently ended its run after six seasons and the sudden passing of one of its biggest stars in Angela “Big Ang” Raiola. However, a recent string of social media updates from two of the show’s former cast members–and from Mob Wives creator Jennifer Graziano–have fans buzzing…

Mob Wives finale: Karen and Drita feud explodes after episode airs
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Mob Wives finale: Karen and Drita feud explodes after episode airs

Last night’s Mob Wives finale featured yet another blowout fight between Karen and Drita–and, when the episode was over, the pair took to social media to continue their long feud. It seems a safe bet that neither woman is likely to have the other on any of the rumored Mob Wives spinoffs. Especially not after the Mob Wives finale itself, which…

Mob Wives’ Brittany Fogarty blows up Twitter as feud with Karen Gravano intensifies
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Mob Wives’ Brittany Fogarty blows up Twitter as feud with Karen Gravano intensifies

The Brittany Fogarty Mob Wives tenure has been brief, but certainly not without drama! Brittany and Drita D’Avanzo made headlines this week when they teamed up in Drita’s ongoing Twitter feud with Karen Gravanzo; now, though Drita’s pulled back somewhat, Brittany continues to slam Karen for what she says are outright lies. This particular part of the Brittany…

Mob Wives: Drita and Karen Twitter fight explodes following Big Ang funeral accusations
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Mob Wives: Drita and Karen Twitter fight explodes following Big Ang funeral accusations

The ongoing Drita and Karen Twitter fight just went full-blown nuclear! The two have disagreed for days over what was and wasn’t requested of Karen Gravano during last week’s funeral for Big Ang; now, both women have decided to let their feud go very malicious–and very, very public. The roots of this particular Drita and Karen Twitter…

Karen Gravano and Brittany Fogarty address claims they were banned from Big Ang’s funeral
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Karen Gravano and Brittany Fogarty address claims they were banned from Big Ang’s funeral

Mob Wives’ Angela “Big Ang” Raiola was laid to rest this past weekend, but the Big Ang funeral was not without its fair share of off-camera drama. Thanks to a series of reports about alleged infighting and bad blood between members of organized crime families, a series of reports stated that Big Ang’s Mob Wives…

Mob Wives’ Drita and Karen Gravano intensify feud: ‘Things are gonna get a little heated’
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Mob Wives’ Drita and Karen Gravano intensify feud: ‘Things are gonna get a little heated’

The ongoing Drita and Karen Gravano feud will allegedly get worse before it gets better–at least, if the pair of Mob Wives stars have anything to say about it. The two have been sniping at each other for weeks, and getting other members of the cast involved; now that Mob Wives is in the throes of its final season, it…

Drita D’Avanzo, Karen Gravano engage in epic Mob Wives Instagram war
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Drita D’Avanzo, Karen Gravano engage in epic Mob Wives Instagram war

Drita D’Avanzo isn’t holding back her hatred for Mob Wives costar Karen Gravano ahead of the show’s 6th and final season premiere. In an Instagram post from today, Drita accused Karen of trying to get a blog to write a story about her husband, Lee D’Avanzo, getting arrested recently–which Drita claims isn’t true:   This Rat…

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VIDEOS Mob Wives Season 5 preview trailer and ‘Trust No One’ promo

The VH1 Dramafia returns December 5 with the Mob Wives Season 5 premiere and the network has released promotional images and videos with the usual stylistic flare featuring stars Renee Graziano, Drita D’Avanzo, Angela “Big Ang” Raiola, Natalie Guercio, and the return of Karen Gravano!

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Mob Wives’ Karen Gravano filed a $40M lawsuit against Grand Theft Auto V makers

Grand Theft Auto V isn’t just a game to former Mob Wives star Karen Gravano. The daughter of a mobster turncoat, Karen claims Grand Theft Auto V makes stole her likeness for character Antonia Bottino. Now Karen wants $40 million in damages.

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PHOTOS Mob Wives bring it for VH1 DIVAS Celebrates Soul red carpet

There are divas, there are soul divas and then there are Staten Island (and one bad girl Brooklynite) divas that will damage your face and look freakin’ hot while doing it! VH1’s own Mob Wives; Renee Graziano, Karen Gravano, Drita D’Avanzo, Carla Facciolo and new additions Ramona Rizzo and Angela Raiola were in attendance for their network’s DIVAS Celebrates Soul at the Hammerstein Ballroom yesterday in New York City. See photos of all 6 and get brief bio info for Angela “Big Ang” Raiola.

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Mob Wives season 2 primer: Promo video, poster, new cast member and arrests

I figured I’d do a little checking to see what my Staten Island fairies have been up to and holy freakin’ crap Drita D’Avanzo, Renee Graziano, Karen Gravano and Carla Facciolo have been busy. Instead of breaking this all up I figured I’d just give a big ol’ here’s what’s up with the upcoming 2nd season of the breakout reality hit Mob Wives on VH1. Check out a new promo video and poster, meet the newest addition to the cast, Ramona Rizzo, and find out about the recent arrests surrounding Renee including her father and ex-husband.

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Mob Wives land 2nd season, reunion show

All aboard the Staten Island reality ferry because our hard-core girls Renee Graziano, Karen Gravano, Drita D’avanzo and Carla Facciolo have been re-upped by VH1 for a second season of the popular docu-soap Mob Wives. Get the particulars and read what Renee had to tweet to her minimemobsters about season 2.

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Renee Graziano’s dad Anthony not speaking to her and sister producer Jenn Graziano over Mob Wives

VH1’s Mob Wives is shaping up to be pretty interesting. This Sunday in particular we watched Renee Graziano fall into histrionic pieces when she found out her ex-husband and the father of her son A.J. Junior (Hector Pagan Jr.) get rounded up in a huge FBI bust last year. (More on that in a future…

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Mob Wives’ Karen Gravano’s actual mug shot photo from 2000 ecstasy ring arrest

As part of the marketing for VH1’s new reality series Mob Wives the cast members all posed for fake mug shots to poke a little fun at the organized crime theme of the show. But, for Karen Gravano, it wasn’t the first time in front of a booking camera! Keep reading to see her intimidating mug shot from a 2000 arrest (alongside her infamous father) for being part of a multimillion dollar ecstasy ring!

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Mob Wives’ Karen Gravano was in Arizona Ecstasy ring with her dad in 2000

VH1’s Mob Wives leaves a few facts out about Karen Gravano’s past. They focus on the fact that some of the other wives, Renee Graziano in particular, are unhappy about the fact that Karen’s dad “Sammy the Bull” Gravano was a mob turncoat, but that’s not where his (and Karen’s) criminal past stops! After Gravano…

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“I’m Gangster, and I’m Comin’ Home” Mob Wives Season One, Episode One recap

Mob Wives  Season One, Episode One recap: First of all, the art and photography is engaging, beautiful, and borrows heavily from the cinematography of America’s rich history of mob films and FBI-surveillance style footage. Renee Graziano – is seen wearing furs, buying furs, riding in cars, and enjoying a luxurious life. “My father didn’t work…

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Karen Gravano’s father Salvatore ‘Sammy the Bull’ Gravano former underboss of the Gambino crime family, brought down John Gotti

VH1’s series Mob Wives features real women who are connected to the mob, and the results promise to be fascinating. One of the women, Renee Graziano, is the daughter of consigliere of the Bonanno crime family Anthony Graziano (who is currently incarcerated;) but another, Karen Gravano, is the daughter of the former underboss who took…

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PHOTO Cast of VH1’s Mob Wives pose outside NYC restaurant

VH1’s new mafia-themed reality series Mob Wives has been in the works for years and is finally set to premiere on April 17th. The cast of mafia mamas (which includes Karen Gravano, daughter of Sammy the Bull Gravano, Drita D’avano Renee Graziano and Carla Facciolo) met with production mogul Harvey Weinstein for lunch at Michael’s on 55th St. in New York City earlier today and took time to pose for photographers before going in.

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PHOTOS VIDEO Meet Karen Gravano with VH1’s Mob Wives

VH1 is ready to launch their answer to Bravo’s popular Housewives franchise but with a seriously hard-core twist. Mob Wives, premiering April 17th, will follow the lives of four Staten Island ladies who all are connected via their husbands or father to the mob!

Were going to profile all four ladies starting with Karen Gravano, the daughter of none other than Sammy “The Bull” Gravano who turned snitch and was partially responsible for bringing down John Gatti and the Gambino crime family!