Will Smith has signed on to star in and produce Netflix’s upcoming film “The Council,” the fact-based story of of Nicky Barnes, who led a New York City crime syndicate that ruled Harlem in the ’70s ...

The movie adds to Will Smith's packed schedule and re-teams him with Netflix after 2017's Bright Ale Russian is a contributing writer at PEOPLE. She has been working at PEOPLE since 2023. Her work has ...

“Nicky Barnes is not around anymore,” said the balding grandfather. “Nicky Barnes’ lifestyle and his value system is extinct,” he continued, speaking of himself in the third person during a restaurant ...

One of New York crime lore’s most influential and flamboyant gangsters, Nicky Barnes was one of the principal players in the seventies heroin catastrophe. Ever a proud, defensive man, Marc Levin’s doc ...

Tom Folsom writes about iconic mavericks. His first book was penned with former drug kingpin Nicky Barnes, and his second was a portrait of Joe Gallo, the New York City gangster assassinated in ...

The film will follow Barnes, who led a New York City crime syndicate that ruled Harlem in the '70s and '80s. Per the film’s official synopsis, “‘The Council’ is the never-before told story of a crime ...