De Niro to Play Swindler Bernie Madoff in HBO Film

By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com He shined in “Goodfellas” and “Raging Bull”, just to name a few. Now the big-screen legend Robert De Niro is about to play the 21st Century’s legendary swindler Bernie Madoff in an HBO movie, according to Deadline Hollywood. Deadline Hollywood reports that the project has hired Reservation Road scribe John Burnham…

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Off-Duty Secret Service Agent Fires at Peeping Tom

By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com Being a Peeping Tom can be dangerous business. The Associated Press reports that an an off-duty Secret Service agent fired a shot Sunday night at someone he susupected of videotaping his daughter through a window at their home at Mercer Island in the Seattle area. AP, citing police, reported that the…

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