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Vince Guerrieri @vinceguerrieri.com · 05/10/2026

You really should watch “Touch of Evil.”

Orson Welles and Charlton Heston in “Touch of Evil.”

Vince Guerrieri @vinceguerrieri.com · 05/10/2026

480 is open, special section from the Plain Dealer, 1980. Doing some research for an upcoming @clevelandmag.bsky.social story.

A special section from the Plain Dealer in 1980. It says “The I-480 Connection,” and features a map of 480 West and an illustration of vehicles on a highway.

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Vince Guerrieri @vinceguerrieri.com · 04/10/2026

It's a tribute to Armand Assante, who played John Gotti in an HBO movie. It's his birthday today. Yeah, that's the ticket!

Armand Assante as John Gotti in "Gotti." No, not that one. The other one.

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Vince Guerrieri @vinceguerrieri.com · 04/10/2026

I’m so glad she’s healthy after that operation she had to have as a kid.

A scene from “Airplane” where the stewardess accidentally knocks out a kid’s IV.

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Vince Guerrieri @vinceguerrieri.com · 02/10/2026

I was SO disappointed to find out these were two different stories.

Email subject line from the Philadelphia Inquirer that says, “Overtime bribery and cheesesteak clapbacks.”

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Vince Guerrieri @vinceguerrieri.com · 02/10/2026

I mean, yeah, Kim Basinger did win an Oscar, but it should have won more...

Movie poster for "L.A. Confidential," featuring Kim Basinger in the foreground. Behind her is Kevin Spacey, and behind him is Guy Pearce, Russell Crowe, the Hollywood sign and palm trees.

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Vince Guerrieri @vinceguerrieri.com · 29/09/2026

This is no longer a research exercise...

James Earl Jones as Admiral Jim Greer in "The Hunt For Red October."

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Vince Guerrieri @vinceguerrieri.com · 29/09/2026

And it inspired the Chris Berman nickname Cookie “Days of Wine and” Rojas.

Baseball player Cookie Rojas posing for a photo, looking like he’s at bat.

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Vince Guerrieri @vinceguerrieri.com · 27/09/2026

May the blessings and peace of Willam Conrad’s birthday be with you. (Now that he’s dead, I’m gunning for this title.)

A portrait of Willam Conrad with the title, “World’s Sexiest Fat Man.”

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Vince Guerrieri @vinceguerrieri.com · 27/09/2026

If we find this on TV, we have to watch it, just for the last line.

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Vince Guerrieri @vinceguerrieri.com · 26/09/2026

At an auto show, they ran out three models: A roadster called the Corvette, a fastback coupe called the Corvair and a station wagon called the Nomad. The Vette was the first to go into production, and did so in a hurry. It wasn't a particularly popular car, but Ford introduced the Thunderbird...

GM concept cars of the early 50s. The Corvette (top right, white), the Corvair (blue) and Nomad station wagon, as well as a one-off Corvette hardtop (foreground).

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Vince Guerrieri @vinceguerrieri.com · 23/09/2026

Buddy, I’m not even sure my starting QB is good enough. #Browns

An email from The Athletic asking “Is your backup QB good enough?”

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Vince Guerrieri @vinceguerrieri.com · 22/09/2026

"If you could be any kind of tree, what kind of tree would you be?"

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Vince Guerrieri @vinceguerrieri.com · 20/09/2026

The contract's been signed, so I can officially proclaim this: Book number 4 is on the way. "The Cleveland That Might Have Been: Grand Plans, Failed Dreams, and Crackpot Schemes" is with Gray Publishing, and it will hopefully be out fall 2027.