VIDEO: Watch Drita D’Avanzo play a bank robber in French Montana’s “Everything’s A Go”
Drita D’Avanzo put her badassness to work in French Montana’s video for “Everything’s A Go.”
Renee Graziano’s son A.J. Pagan arrested for trying to break up a fight
Mob Wives’ Renee Graziano’s son A.J. Pagan was arrested for fighting Wednesday in Staten Island, but according to Radar Online‘s source it wasn’t because he started a fight, he was actually trying to break one up.
VIDEO Mob Wives’ Big Ang officially gets her own spin-off reality series
Angela “Big Ang” Raiola was the breakout star of the second season of VH1’s Mob Wives. Actually, it was more than that – this personable, husky-voiced 52-year-old with an affinity for plastic surgery would better be described as a reality supernova! And now, much like a freshman basketball player at Kentucky, Big Ang is moving on to the big leagues – with her own reality show. Keep reading to watch the video in which Mob Wives creator Jennifer Graziano makes the announcement, including when the show is scheduled to air!
VIDEO PHOTOS Big Ang in a bikini getting a spray tan
Mob Wives star Big Ang continues to take the world by storm, and when you’re taking the world by storm, you gotta be tan, right? Right! Check out this preview clip for Mob Wives episode 10 in which Big And and Drita D’Avanzo strip down to bikinis and take turns in a spray tanning booth! (Yes, it’s just as mind-blowing as you imagine!)
Mob Wives’ Drita D’Avanzo high school photo
See an amazing blast from the past high school photo of Mob Wives star Drita D’Avanzo and her handball team mates! Also, Drita tweets about the picture with a former schoolmate and addresses whether or not she keeps up with her HS gal pals.
PHOTOS Drita D’Avanzo models new swimwear line for House of Jackie B
Mob Wives star Drita D’Avanzo is not one for sitting on her super fine laurels and settling for just being one of celebridom’s biggest and badassest reality stars. The 35-year-old mafiantrepreneur is converting her fame into more more fortune with numerous business ventures that include her own line of “Lady Boss” and “Team Drita” clothing, a workout DVD (coming soon!), her “Just Me” brand cosmetics, and now her own line of swimwear for House of Jackie B!
PHOTOS Mob Wives star Big Ang channels Marilyn Monroe
Generation after generation of young pop female stars find themselves lingering in the huge shadow of Marilyn Monroe. You’d be hard pressed to find a frequent headliner that hasn’t taken their turn at doing a Marilyn inspired shoot. Heck, even attention seeking teen bride Courtney Stodden recently jumped on the train but I have to admit that I did not see this one coming… Mob Wives newest superstar Angela “Big Ang” Raiola has rocked out her own Marilyn Monroe 7 Year Itch shoot for Next Magazine. See a couple of images from the shoot and get a great quote from “Big Ang” on how she’s always had “that thing.”
Mob Wives Renee Graziano bikini photos
On the Season 2 premiere of Mob Wives Renee Graziano went under the knife for a “full body makeover” that resulted is some very serious and life-threatening complications. The 41-year-old reality star has since fully recovered from the ordeal and earlier today she fully uncovered poolside at the Seminole Hard Rock Casino in Hollywood, Florida to show off the results!
VIDEOS PHOTOS Mob Wives’ Big Ang invades Los Angeles
Angela “Big Ang” Raiola, the latest and greatest breakout star from VH1’s Mob Wives, has taken her drama-be-damned good timin’ bigger-than-life persona from coast to coast! Leaving behind the familiar confines of the Big Apple, Big Ang is currently in Los Angeles where she appeared on Jimmy Kimmel Live before having dinner at the famous BOA steakhouse. Keep reading for photos of Big Ang at BOA and hilarious videos of her with Jimmy Kimmel!
Sir Anthony Hopkins drops intellectual Mob Wives shout out
There are celebrity shout outs and then there is the direct endorsement of Sir Anthony Hopkins. There’s been quite a few celeb-gangsta wannabees showing love to the Mob Wives but when an Oscar winner and one of the most respected actors of his generation drops your name that’s a whole other level. In a recent interview with The Guardian, Hopkins was asked what his idea of a good night was and no it had nothing to do with fava beans and a nice chianti but had everything to do with Drita, Renee, Karen, Carla, “Big Ang,” and Ramona.
Mob Wives’ Renee Graziano hospitalized after her father Anthony “TG” Graziano was arrested yet again
Mob Wives star Renee Graziano was rushed to a New York City hospital Friday soon after hearing that her father, Anthony “TG” Graziano, had been arrested yet again along with four other alleged members of the Bonanno crime family in an early morning raid. She reportedly suffered a panic attack and collapsed hours after hearing about her father’s arrest, which came less than two weeks after he had been indicted for a separate charge of extortion. Adding insult to injury, it appears that both arrests were made stemming from information received from recordings made by Renee’s ex-husband Hector “Junior” Pagan after he flipped to avoid armed robbery charges last year.
Mob Wives star “Big Ang” is a convicted felon and former cocaine dealer
This is one of those cases where I implore you not to kill the messenger. We have really enjoyed us some “Big Ang” from Mob Wives, and we’ve written in detail about her ties to “the life.” Well it looks like those ties we’re tighter than we thought as court papers reveal that the 51-year-old is a convicted felon and was busted on numerous occasions selling cocaine. Get the details that include Raiola selling cocaine to a confidential informant and statements made by her while being under wire tapping surveillance.
Big Ang before and after plastic surgery photos: What procedures has she had done?
VH1’s mafia-themed reality series Mob Wives won fans over in its inaugural season with a cast of no-holds-barred drama mamas who were more than capable of both talking the talk and walking the walk! (And by “walking the walk” I mean going tooth and nail in knock-down, drag-out cat fights.) But it only took a couple episodes into the second season for Angela “Big Ang” Raiola to steal the show with her life-loving and drama-averse personality! Oh, and her obvious love of plastic surgery!
Keep reading to see lots of photos of Big Ang when she was A Little Bit Smaller Ang as well as slightly less surgerized.
PHOTOS devoted Mob Wives fans get Big Ang tattoos
We’re all about the surreal world of reality TV and one of our favorite parts is when a seemingly ancillary character winds up stealing the spotlight and the hearts of the fan base of a show. The latest greatest example of this phenomenon is Angela “Big Ang” Raiola of Mob Wives. Peeps love em some Big Ang and some have went as far as to get her likeness permanently inked onto their body. Check out the Raiola ink and read some serious big love for “Big Ang” while you’re at it.
VIDEO Queen Latifah impersonates Mob Wives on Wendy Williams
The Mob Wives 2nd season is going strong and one of the interesting trends I’ve noticed about the show is how popular it is among celebrities. There’s just something about the bombastic Staten Island fairies that appeals to folks in the spotlight. Two of the show’s outspoken fans, Queen Latifah and Wendy Williams, took their Drita devotion and Renee rhapsody a notch further by impersonating them in a scene from a skit on Wendy’s show called “Hairpiece Theater.” Check out the really funny clip and get Drita and Renee’s reaction.
Mob Wives’ Angela “Big Ang” Raiola’s uncle Salvatore ‘Sally Dogs’ Lombardi was a Genovese capo
If you’ve been tuning in to the 2nd season of VH1’s docu-series Mob Wives, and apparently many of you have, you certainly noticed new addition Angela “Big Ang” Raiola.
She’s more outspoken than the other cast members (what a statement), lives up to her large nickname and even larger lady lumps as she likes to joke about and seems to fit right in with “the lifestyle” of the New York City Mob scene. Turns out that “Big Ang” should fit in because girl is connected not only through blood but through business dealings and just her everyday living. Raiola rolls with it so I though I’d key you in on her connections to “the lifestyle” and why you see her frequently getting respect from the peeps on Mob Wives.
Are Mob Wives Renee Graziano and ex-husband Junior Pagan still back together?
Renee Graziano is back with Hector Pagan ex-husband Hector Pagan Jr. (a.k.a. Junior) and the father of her son AJ (Anthony John). Hector Pagan Jr.
Last year Junior Pagan was rounded up in a major mob bust, leaving Renee devastated. She briefly got back with her ex-husband, but left him after she found out he was seeing other women.
On tonight’s episode Junior wanted to spend time with Renee in the six months he had while he wanted for his sentencing for the last bust. He told Renee that her brush with death during her plastic surgery nightmare scared him because he didn’t want to lose her. When she asked if he didn’t want to lose her because he was still in love with her, or because he loved her, he replied “both,” which made her break down. Renee replied “I’ve been waiting for this for year. For years I’ve been in love with you, only you.”
PHOTO Mob Wives’ Renee Graziano covers Mob Candy Magazine
There are two things about this post that make me very happy. First off is the fact that Mob Wives’ Renee Graziano is looking like a sexy dominatrix and the second is that Mob Candy Magazine is a real thing that exists in this big beautiful world. See the full cover of the official,”The Renee Issue” and find out how you can get a free autographed copy here.
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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.
PHOTOS Meet Ramona Rizzo of Mob Wives
The explosive trailer for season 2 of Mob Wives featured quite a bit of the newest cast member Ramona Rizzo. From all indications she’s going to play a major role in this upcoming season so I thought I’d break it down with a little meet and greet for the Staten Island sister who’s definitely got the credentials to bring it. Come along as we find out about Ramona’s connections to “the life,” her relationship with Karen Gravano and very important photos of her dressed as a hot devil and a sexy policewoman!
Mob Wives: Renee Graziano’s ex-husband Hector Pagan Jr. FBI informant for Renee’s dad Anthony Graziano
This will shake some things up on VH1’s Mob Wives. Mob Wives‘ Renee Grazian’s dad Anthony Graziano is a consigliere in the Bonanno crime family, so that makes things awkward now that her ex-husband, and the father of her 17-year-old son Hector Pagan Jr. is an FBI informant who was wired for a year! On…
PHOTOS Snooki and Drita Davanzo of Mob Wives meet, The Situation trembles
Could it be that Snooki has found a replacement for her towering Guidette powerhouse pal JWoww? Normally I would scoff at the mere suggestion of being able to replace the incomparably intimidating Jersey Shore star, but that was before I realized there is a comparable intimidating reality powerhouse gal that could do it… Mob Wives‘ Drita Davanzo! Keep reading to see photos of the pair together on Staten Island earlier today as well as their mutually adoring Twitter exchange.
(All I have to say is, The Situation needs to watch out!)
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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.
Mob Wives star Drita D’Avanzo puts Facebook haters on blast
For Mob Wives badass Drita D’Avanzo, dealing with hateful, rude comments is probably unfamiliar ground. But, in the anonymous virtual world of Facebook, it’s an everyday everyminute occurrence. Drita’s smart enough to realize the futility of allowing those comments to rile her up, but she’s also sassy enough to call into question the masculinity of any man who would do it to her! Keep reading for her wonderfully Dritatastic wall post that says what just about every celebrity with a fan page is thinking!
Snooki claims that The Situation is broke, Mob Wives are nut jobs
If you’re lonely and need special attention it’s a pop culture fact that Jersey Shore’s Snooki gives great interview. In a recent sit down with GQ the best selling author and reality star lets us in on the woman behind the tan. The interview meanders from here to there, much like Snooki after a few mixed drinks but there were two comments that I particularly enjoyed. One was about The Sitch being broke and the other has to do with my girls from Mob Wives. Still Jersday at da ‘Casm peeps!
VIDEO Mob Wives get their own rap song
I have to admit that I love me some Mob Wives especially my girl Drita D’avanzo who posted the following song to her Facebook page from another fan, Italian-American rapper G FELLA. While we wait for Season 2 we’ve got a track to keep us amped.
Mob Wives Drita D’avanzo bikini vacay photo
Sometimes you need to let your bikini bod do the talking and Mob Wives’ Drita D’avanzo did just that in this great vacay bikini pic. While she’s been letting her incarcerated and cheatin’ hubby Lee have it with plans for a divorce and Facebook blasts I think this little pic from her visit to the Bahamas says it all.
PHOTO Mob Wives Drita D’Avanzo and husband Lee D’Avanzo together
Caving into pressure from television viewers and fans, Mob Wives star Drita D’Avanzo finally released a photo of her husband Lee D’Avanzo! Keep reading to see what could very well be the most dangerous couple in America from happier times – you know, back before Drita found out Lee took their daughter to a beauty salon where he hooked up with a stylist.
Mob Wives Drita D’avanzo is divorcing husband
It looks like the discovery of her husband Lee’s infidelity has finally pushed Drita D’avanzo of Mob Wives fame over the edge. In a recent interview she has confirmed that she is divorcing her incarcerated man. Read her comments and her advice to other women who find themselves in situations similar to hers.
Mob Wives Drita D’avanzo trashes husband Lee on Facebook
In the season finale of Mob Wives Drita D’avanzo discovered that her imprisoned husband Lee was cheating on her with an old employee of a salon she frequents. She discussed divorcing him with an attorney but revealed some trepidation in regards to how Lee might react getting served papers. Since then Drita’s had some time to think it through and she’s letting Lee have it and telling her fans all about it via Facebook! Check her posts out as Drita gets us ready for Sunday’s reunion show.
Mob Wives Renee Graziano got a butt lift
What is this world coming to when I’m writing about the mafia and butt lifts!?! Watch out Kim K and Nicki Minaj because Mob Wives’ outspoken Renee Graziano has surgically increased the junk in her Staten Island trunk! Find out all about the procedures she had, how much it cost and her motivations for doing so which includes a need for nudity. Let’s hear it for the big “can”noli ya’ll.
Mob Wives PHOTO: Renee Graziano’s busted leg from Drita D’Avanzo, Karen Gravano fight
Renee Graziano got caught in the middle of the throwdown fight between Drita D’Avanzo and Karen Gravano on the Season finale of VH1’s Mob Wives, and her leg paid the price.
Amber Portwood: Season 3 of Teen Mom will explain Gary Shirley beat down
Amber Portwood is now serving a 2-year-probation sentence for the infamous televised smack down of baby-daddy Gary Shirley. In a recent discussion with HollyBaby the Teen Mom talked about the violence of the popular show Mob Wives and dropped a little Season 3 spoiler info by revealing that viewers will be provided important background information that will help explain why she was compelled to lay it on “It’s Gary Time.” Read on for the quote and why, despite her not condoning the violence of Mob Wives, Amber’s a big fan of that show.
Mob Wives’ Drita D’Avanzo bikini photos
Mob Wives star Drita D’Avanzo shared some more of her recent modeling photos on Facebook, including a number of revealing bikini pictures that she suggests are for an upcoming calendar! Plus, she answers a few questions about things like whether or not she would do Playboy, why there are no photos of her husband and where in Albania her family is from.
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.
Mob Wives finale fight ends in blood
During the filming of the finale for Mob Wives Karen Gravano and Drita D’avanzo got into a fight that left another cast member cut and bleeding! Find out who got cut, where the melee went down and if VH1 will even show the fight due to its graphic nature!
Mob Wives’ Drita D’Avanzo modeling photos
Mob Wives‘ kitshicker Drita D’Avanzo may need to change her name to Drita Von Teese once everybody gets a gander at these sexy modeling photos! See Drita posing for what could be the toughest brand of Italian wine ever as well as booty body doubling for singer Frankee on the artwork from her CD single for “F.U.R.B.” (Oh, and find out how Drita was connected to the song via one of her Mob Wives cast mates!)
Drita D’Avanzo took daughter Aleeya to confront dad in jail
The Mob Wives’ star first told her oldest daughter Aleeya that her dad Lee at work, went he was really in jail. Now that Aleeya is 9-years-old, she knows the truth, and has formed her own opinion about her father.
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…
Will Drita D’Avanzo leave her husband Lee D’Avanzo?
Mob Wives‘ Drita D’Avanzo has stuck with her incarcerated husband Lee D’Avanzo through thick and thin for 14 years. In fact, for most of their marriage Lee has been behind bars for bank robbery charges. (CLICK HERE to read more about that.) Lee being in prison has been hard for Drita, and unstable. She’s had…
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!
Mob Wives’ Drita D’Avanzo’s f-bombs get radio host fired
Radio host John Tabacco got whacked from his job at 970 AM after only two episodes of his family business show thanks to some on-air F-bombs from guest Drita D’avanzo from VH1’s controversial new reality series Mob Wives. Listen to the complete radio show and read D’Avanzo and Tabacco’s shocked reactions to the news!
Drita D’Avanzo’s husband Lee Avanzo is in jail for bank robbery; has mob connection
Drita D’Avanzo is a firecracker of a girl who brags about being able to put people in the hospital, may be the most likable lady on VH1’s Mob Wives (although they’re all pretty fascinating.) Drita comes from a straight (no crime) Albanian family, but married Lee D’Avanzo, who is considered by the feds to be…
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…
“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…
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…
Renee Graziano’s father Anthony Graziano’s is consigliere the Bonanno crime family
Bravo flirted with reality mafia television with Real Housewives of New Jersey, including the tough-talkin’ family-oriented Caroline Manzo, and Danielle Staub, who had a dubious past and a BFF with racketeering charges, but VH1 is going for the real thing with Mob Wives. The “queen bee” of this Real Housewives-style show is former wardrobe stylist…
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.
PHOTOS VIDEO Meet Renee Graziano with VH1’s Mob Wives
Last, but nowhere freakin’ close to being the least in our Mob Wives profilin’ is Renee Graziano. Renee is the daughter of Anthony “The Little Guy” Graziano, the reputed consigliere in the Bonanno crime family and the ex-wife of another mobster Hector Pagan Jr. Imagine Danielle Staub minus a sex tape and any filter at all and you still aren’t close to Miss Graziano!
PHOTOS VIDEO Meet Carla Facciolo with VH1’s Mob Wives
Next up on our profile posts for VH1’s Mob Wives is Carla Facciolo. Carla grew up in “the life” and attempted to get out when she married stock broker Joey Ferragamo. The only problem is that Joey got himself arrested for a little “boiler room incident!” Read on for all the deets on the Staten Island mother of twins.
PHOTOS VIDEO Meet Drita D’avanzo with VH1’s Mob Wives
Next up on our profile posts for VH1’s Mob Wives, the show that is a turn at Bravo’s Housewives but with a serious hard-core twist, is Drita D’avanzo. Drita is the wife of Lee D’avanzo, who federal prosecutors allege is the leader of a Bonanno and Colombo crime family farm team and is currently in jail for bank robbery. His 2nd prison stint for that offense! Read on for bio info and more for the Staten Island lady with “connections.”
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!