Lillo Brancato — the star of “A Bronx Tale” (1993) who is doing 10 years for a 2005 burglary in which an off-duty cop was killed — has never been in better shape. He has made friends in prison with former Giants wide receiver Plaxico Burress — who is doing two years for gun possession — in the protective custody unit at the Oneida Correctional Facility in Rome, NY. “They are buds. They work out together,” nightlife impresario Noel Ashman, who talks to Brancato every week, told Page Six. Brancato, who was able to kick his drug habit behind bars, has gotten a lot stronger and healthier. “He earned his GED [high school diploma], and now he’s taking college courses,” Ashman said. “He’s clean. He sounds great. He’s excited. In a horrible away, he’s almost grateful.” While Burress is due to get out early next year, Brancato isn’t eligible for parole until 2014.
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Imprisoned actor Lillo Brancato beats up inmate who wouldn't cut short phone call
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... about getting high once he's sprung and obsesses over the mob -- reading book after book about organized crime. "He got this fetish with the Mafia. ...
