Spiegel Stuff: The Confessions of a Mob Chef, a Con Man’s Web of Lies, and the Reality of ‘Love Island’

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Ahead of the holiday, curl up with some of VF's biggest—and wildest—stories of 2022. From Adam Ciralsky's yearslong investigation into a notorious con man to Monica Lewinsky's searing take on that celebrity trial, we've curated some essential reading for the lazy days ahead.

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The Life and Confessions of Mob Chef David Ruggerio

David Ruggerio was once a rising star of French cooking in New York—and a proto–celebrity chef with cookbooks and TV shows to his name. But all that success in the kitchen belied the double life he was leading as a rank-and-file member of the Mob. Decades after his fall from grace, Ruggerio is coming clean.

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Inside Wealth-Conference Con Man Anthony Ritossa's Wild Web of Lies

A VF investigation reveals that a self-styled knight and purported Nobel Prize nominee is actually a Wall Street washout, a deadbeat dad, and a con artist, repeatedly jailed by European authorities.

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How Love Island Became a TV Reality of Sex, Fame, and Sometimes Tragedy

Starring swimsuit-clad cast members plucked from obscurity, Love Island promised to be the dating show for our self-made, self-aware era. After a series of high-profile suicides, including that of former host Caroline Flack, a darker reality set in.

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"It's Either Going to Be Really Funny, or They're Going to Be Horrified": An Oral History of Superbad

Fifteen years later, Seth Rogen, Evan Goldberg, Jonah Hill, Michael Cera, Emma Stone, Christopher Mintz-Plasse, Bill Hader, and more remember making their seminal teen comedy.

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Monica Lewinsky's Verdict on the Johnny Depp–Amber Heard Trial: We Are All Guilty

Courtroom porn and social media have turned innocent bystanders into a mass of mudslingers.

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Jason Brassard Spent His Lifetime Collecting the Rarest Video Games. Until the Heist

The porn trilogy for Nintendos. Atari games from the 1980s. Pristine nostalgia, potentially worth millions, gone in a night.

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Friday, December 23, 2022

The Confessions of a Mob Chef, a Con Man’s Web of Lies, and the Reality of ‘Love Island’

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