In the article, which detailed his rise and fall, the film sparked a question for fans: Was “American Gangster” based on a ...

Only one new film managed to break into the top five this weekend. Find out which new one made the grade and which ones stayed, including Sonic 3 at the top.

Elba didn’t have much screentime in the 2007 drama American Gangster. But he spent what little presence he had in the film going toe to toe with his co-star Washington. One of the benefits to ...

In the character Tommy Powers, the 1931 gangster flick The Public Enemy presented an all-American anti-hero in the tradition of Tom Sawyer. In this story of Prohibition, James Cagney portrays ...

Owner Lorcan Otway describes the Museum of the American Gangster as a “scholarly institution,” and indeed, his museum is void of the kitsch fanfare that could plausibly be associated with the ...

Frank Lucas, the notorious Harlem drug lord whose life inspired the 2007 film American Gangster, has died. Born in North Carolina in 1930, he moved to New York where he became a prolific heroin ...

The actor, 56, appeared on the In Depth with Graham Bensinger podcast, at one point discussing his experience working with Washington, now 69, on director Ridley Scott's American Gangster.