heist

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Pulitzer winner Stephen Adly Guirgis adapts the classic Sidney Lumet film about a Brooklyn bank heist in a production starring Jon Bernthal and Ebon Moss-Bachrach.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 31, 2026

Other highlights from the Comic Relief: Funny for Money show include a bank heist sketch with Luther star Idris Elba.

From BBC • Mar. 19, 2026

Even nicer for Snead is that the Rams’ actually still have a first-round pick thanks to a heist he pulled off in the last draft.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 6, 2026

In a Los Angeles County jewelry heist, investigators last year linked a burner phone from a traffic accident to the heist location and to other crimes.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 24, 2026

The Kerch Council would owe him, to say nothing of what this particular heist would do for his reputation.

From "Six of Crows" by Leigh Bardugo