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NEWS ABOUT: The Sopranos

The Sopranos stories: 17 news summaries
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 Best TV Series of the '00s 

Joss Whedon, Judd Apatow, HBO prominently featured

Nov 13, 09 2:49 PM CST
(Newser) - From the standard (No. 16, Friday Night Lights) to the quirky (No. 29, Wonder Showzen), the long-running (No. 8, Lost) to the canceled-too-soon (No. 4, Freaks and Geeks), The Onion runs down the 30 best shows of the '00s:
  • No. 1, The Wire: This drama “unfolded like
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entertainment • television • Lost • The Office • The Sopranos • TV shows • Arrested Development • Judd Apatow • The Wire • TV series • Battlestar Galactica • The West Wing • Friday Night Lights • Undeclared • Wonder Showzen • Freaks and Geeks

 10 Most Addictive 
 Shows Ever 

24 takes top honors, followed by Lost, Friends

Jul 21, 09 1:19 PM CDT
(Newser) - Jack Bauer doesn't even have to torture you to keep you glued to your couch, reports the Daily Telegraph, scoring nearly a fifth of the votes for most addictive show in a survey of some 3000 couch potatoes. “Although crime doesn't pay, as our list reveals, it most certainly... More »

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entertainment • television • Heroes • Lost • The Sopranos • Sex and the City • The Wire • CSI • TV series • Friends

 Journey's 'Don't Stop' 
 an Unlikely Phenom 

Song achieves icon status, nearly 30 years later

Jul 6, 09 12:38 PM CDT
(Newser) - By songwriting standards, Journey’s “Don’t Stop Believin’” should never have made it past No. 9, which is where it stalled on the charts when it was released in 1981. But since then, the song—which doesn’t get to its anthemic chorus until 3 minutes and... More »

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music • Chicago White Sox • The Sopranos • Broadway • song • Journey • Jay-ZTV

GOSSIP ROUNDUP

 Flea-Ridden Resort 
 to Winehouse: 
 No More Dogs! 

Plus, Marilyn Manson grosses us all out some more

Jun 30, 09 12:27 PM CDT
(Newser) - Amy Winehouse is bringing fleas to St. Lucia. Her swanky resort quarters had to be fumigated thanks to the “five or six” stray dogs she’s adopted, a source tells the Sun, and management banned her from rescuing any more animals. Elsewhere:
  • The latest in a series of
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entertainment • The Sopranos • celebrity • Amy Winehouse • Sopranos • Desperate Housewives • fleas • Sacha Baron Cohen • dog • Marilyn Manson • celebrity engagements • Bruno • Melissa Rycroft • Lady Gaga • Drea de Matteo • Pauly Shore

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 Falco Brings 
 Soul to Mean 
 Nurse Jackie 

Actress adopted quietly; is more like Nurse Jackie than Carmela

May 31, 09 5:47 PM CDT
(Newser) - Former Sopranos matriarch Edie Falco is back, and this time her cable series character is closer to the actress herself—a blue-collar woman who shirks appearances and works hard, Newsweek reports. But Falco isn't quite the brassy protagonist in Showtime's Nurse Jackie, either. The Long Island native is a warm,... More »

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adoption • motherhood • The Sopranos • Showtime • actress • Edie Falco • Nurse Jackie • single mother

 Sopranos 
 Star Settles 
 Abuse Suit 



'Big Pussy' denies whacking ex

Feb 11, 09 10:13 AM CST
(Newser) - Sopranos mobster Vincent Pastore (“Big Pussy”) settled his $5.5 million court battle with his ex-fiance, who accused him of whacking her—on the head, New York Daily News reports. Pastore, who describes his ex as a “gold-digger,” admitted pulling her hair and screaming at her,... More »

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celebrity trials • The Sopranos • abuse • domestic violence • celebrity • lawsuit • settlement • Sopranos • physical abuse

 Sopranos' 
 Johnny Cakes 
 Commits Suicide 

Actor Costelloe played a gay mobster's lover

Dec 25, 08 3:15 PM CST
(Newser) - The actor who played Johnny Cakes on The Sopranos is dead, the New York Post reports. John Costelloe, 47, shot himself in the head in Brooklyn last week, police and friends said. The former firefighter served a brief but pivotal role as the gay lover of a closeted mobster in... More »

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television • suicide • HBO • The Sopranos • funeral • actor • Johnny Cakes • John Costelloe

(Newser) - Ex-Sopranos actor Lillo Brancato beat a cop-killing rap in New York today but faces up to 15 years for attempted burglary, the New York Daily News reports. A jury decided that Brancato, 32, did try to break into a friend's apartment in a hunt for drugs, but bore no guilt... More »

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murder • The Sopranos • jury • burglary • verdict • Lillo Brancato

Sopranos Star Auctioning
Mob Duds
to Help Vets

Don't fuhgeddaboutit: Sale to aid wounded

May 28, 08 3:55 AM CDT
(Newser) - Anybody who ever wanted to dress like New Jersey's most famous fictional mobster could soon find an offer they can't refuse, reports E! Online. James Gandolfini is auctioning off 24 costumes he wore as mob boss Tony Soprano—including the blood-spattered ensemble the character wore when he was shot. All... More »

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Christie's • Tony Soprano • The Sopranos • auction • Wounded Warriors • Sopranos • wardrobe

HBO Struggles for Post-Sopranos Hits

New management picks a new crop of shows, hoping for a winner

Mar 22, 08 8:50 AM CDT
(Newser) - HBO, at 36 years old no longer a bold young upstart of a network, is struggling to come up with hits to match The Sopranos and Sex & The City, the Wall Street Journal reports. Changes in the top ranks have meant shifts in direction: The Texas-set Lily Tomlin... More »

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television • Time Warner • cable TV • Chris Albrecht • HBO • The Sopranos • Sex and the City • Showtime • Jeff Bewkes

Alito Whacks Sopranos' Themes

Italian-Americans' real story overshadowed, complains justice

Feb 14, 08 11:19 AM CST
(Newser) - US Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito isn't going to fuhgeddabout all the negative stereotypes concerning Italian-Americans spread by shows like The Sopranos. "You have a trifecta—gangsters, Italian-Americans, New Jersey—wedded in the popular American imagination" and overshadowing the true stories, the New Jersey native complained yesterday to... More »

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Samuel Alito • New Jersey • The Sopranos • stereotypes • Mafia • Rutgers University • US Supreme Court • Italian Americans

'Sopranos' Jersey Icon Whacked

Tony's Satriale's torn down to make way for condos

Nov 12, 07 6:58 AM CST
(Newser) - A "Sopranos" landmark has been demolished to make way for a New Jersey condo development that will be called—what else?—The Soprano. Satriale's, the Kearny pork store where mob boss Tony Soprano held countless espresso-fueled sitdowns, is now an empty lot littered with rocks and roped off with... More »

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HBO • The Sopranos • Satriale's • Manny Costeira • Kearny NJ • Bada Bing • Kearny Irish American club

Springsteen Makes 'Magic' Again

First album in five years due October 2

Aug 16, 07 4:27 PM CDT
(Newser) - Bruce Springsteen will release "Magic"—his first album with his iconic E Street Band in half a decade—on October 2. The 11-track album is produced by Brendan O'Brien, who also produced the Grammy-winning "The Rising," the last Springsteen/E Street collaboration. More »

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music • The Sopranos • Conan O'Brien • Bruce Springsteen • E Street Band • musician • Brendan O'Brien • Max Weinberg • Steve Van Zandt

Clintons Score a Mafia Hit

Does she get whacked? You'll never find out!

Jun 20, 07 8:12 AM CDT
(Newser) - A new Hillary 2008 viral ad is exploring the senator's Family ties. The Clinton campaign posted an already-ubiquitous video yesterday, starring Bill and Hillary and parodying the final scene of the Sopranos—down to the diner, the suspicious goon, and the sudden blackout. Hil seems determined lately to prove she... More »

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Hillary Clinton • Internet • YouTube • presidential campaign • The Sopranos • video • Mafia • Election 2008 • presidential election

In the End, the Joke's on Us

'Sopranos' finale sends Salon's TV critic a sign as clear as a fish wrapped in newspaper

Jun 11, 07 12:17 PM CDT
(Newser) - Peggy Lee's "Is That All There Is?" may have replaced A3's "Woke Up This Morning" as the song “Sopranos” fans most associate with the show, but Salon TV critic Heather Havrilesky thinks she gets creator David Chase's message. He "played us like a grand piano,"... More »

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entertainment • television • HBO • The Sopranos • David Chase

Sopranos Leaves Fans in Dark

HBO epic ends in confusing blackout

Jun 11, 07 6:31 AM CDT
(Newser) - After carefully building the suspense as Tony and his family gathered at a diner for what might have been a last supper, the creators of the Sopranos ended the eight year saga into the dark side of the American family psyche without any resolution. More »

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entertainment • television • HBO • The Sopranos

Sites Take Bets on Tony's Life

Entertainment gamblers wager on whether capo will be sleeping with the fishes

Jun 8, 07 8:00 AM CDT
(Newser) - Think Tony will survive Sunday's season finale of "The Sopranos"? Will Paulie "Walnuts" Gualtieri get whacked? Now you can put your money where your mozzarella is at gambling websites like Bodog.com and Betus.com. But be forewarned—an HBO spokesman says exec David Chase's acclaimed plots... More »

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television • Hillary Clinton • The View • Rosie O'Donnell • gambling • HBO • Tony Soprano • The Sopranos • Bodog.com • Betus.com • Internet gambling

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