{
  "id": 17842015,
  "title": "John Turturro on Nearly Robbing Someone to Practice for ‘The Only Living Pickpocket in New York,’ Fighting to Save His 2005 Musical ‘Romance & Cigarettes’ and the Knicks Championship",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/02/john-turturro-on-nearly-robbing-someone-to-practice-for-the-only",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-11-02T18:46:47.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Variety",
    "slug": "variety",
    "url": "https://variety.com/2026/film/awards/john-turturro-only-living-pickpocket-knicks-oscars-1236935365/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "John Turturro never actually picked a pocket on the subway, but he came close. “I had my hand, like, right, sort of almost in the bag,” he tells Variety. “But then I felt like, well, then I would have to give it back, and I could get arrested.” That is about as far as the […]",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
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  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}