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The 'Iceman' crime boss dubbed Scotland's answer to Tony Soprano: From ordering firebomb attack on his own home to a plot to murder his best man, the rise of drug kingpin Jamie Stevenson as he's final
2 months, 3 weeks ago

The 'Iceman' crime boss dubbed Scotland's answer to Tony Soprano: From ordering firebomb attack on his own home to a plot to murder his best man, the rise of drug kingpin Jamie Stevenson as he's final

Daily Mail  

A notorious crime boss jailed over a £100million cocaine importation plot ordered a firebomb attack on his own home and was once accused of trying to murder his best man. Jamie Stevenson, pictured in a police mugshot, was jailed yesterday in Glasgow for 20 years Stevenson pictured Alicante's four-star Melia Hotel after being caught in a surveillance sting targeting another …

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"Wise Guy" director Alex Gibney on the legacy of "The Sopranos" and lovable bad guys
3 months ago

"Wise Guy" director Alex Gibney on the legacy of "The Sopranos" and lovable bad guys

Salon  

Alex Gibney is the Academy Award, Grammy, and Emmy Award-winning director, writer, and producer of "Taxi to the Dark Side," "Enron" and "Going Clear," among many other films and countless accolades. Gibney's latest project, a two-part documentary, “Wise Guy: David Chase and The Sopranos,” tells the story of making the hit HBO show "The Sopranos," now streaming on Max. Gibney …

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Trump isn’t in the same league as Tony Soprano
6 months, 2 weeks ago

Trump isn’t in the same league as Tony Soprano

Raw Story  

Convicted felon Donald Trump has absolutely no heroic qualities. When asked “after the Trump verdict, what word best describes how you feel about Donald Trump,” John, a 58-year-old white man from Pennsylvania, said “martyred,” because he apparently didn’t get enough love in his childhood. James, a 53-year-old white man from Iowa, complained, “they’ve been going after Trump since he was …

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Booth where Tony Soprano may – or may not – have been whacked sells for a cool $82K to mystery buyer
9 months, 2 weeks ago

Booth where Tony Soprano may – or may not – have been whacked sells for a cool $82K to mystery buyer

Associated Press  

BLOOMFIELD, N.J. — The ice cream parlor booth where Tony Soprano may or may not have been whacked has sold for more than $82,000. “It was getting to the point where we didn’t think it was safe anymore because of the legs breaking, and we didn’t want anybody to actually get hurt.” Stark and his co-owner Chris Carley decided to …

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‘The Sopranos’ was just another mob drama. Then ‘College’ changed everything
10 months, 2 weeks ago

‘The Sopranos’ was just another mob drama. Then ‘College’ changed everything

LA Times  

It only took an hour, on Feb. 7, 1999, for American television to change completely. Read the stories Television’s definition of a leading man, the traditional limits of what stories the medium could tell and any notion of audience expectations went out the car window in “College,” making room for everything from “Breaking Bad” and “Dexter” to “True Blood” and …

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Michael Shannon and Jessica Chastain on singing, connecting and advice from Tony Soprano
1 year, 6 months ago

Michael Shannon and Jessica Chastain on singing, connecting and advice from Tony Soprano

LA Times  

The stars of Showtime’s “George & Tammy,” Michael Shannon and Jessica Chastain, have been to this rodeo before. Jessica Chastain as Tammy Wynette and Michael Shannon as George Jones sang live for the filming of the limited series “George & Tammy.” Chastain: When they performed together they weren’t in control of it. Michael Shannon wasn’t blue about playing George Jones …

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Sopranos actor Bob LuPone dead at 76
2 years, 3 months ago

Sopranos actor Bob LuPone dead at 76

Daily Mail  

Actor Bob LuPone has died at the age of 76. LuPone, brother of Broadway icon Patti LuPone, died Saturday following a three-year battle with pancreatic cancer, according to Matt Ross Public Relations. The star earned a Tony Award nomination in the original run of A Chorus Line and played Tony Soprano's family physician in The Sopranos. The star earned a …

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Sopranos star Tony Sirico's funeral mass held in Brooklyn with Lorraine Bracco and Steven Van Zandt
2 years, 5 months ago

Sopranos star Tony Sirico's funeral mass held in Brooklyn with Lorraine Bracco and Steven Van Zandt

Daily Mail  

It was the series that remade TV - scooping dozens of awards and making stars out of its cast along the way. Carmela Soprano, Tony's long-suffering wife, was played by Edie Falco who has appeared often on TV since Falco, who won three Emmys, two Golden Globes and five Screen Actors Guild Awards as Carmela, went on to star as …

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What's happened to TV's very bad men?
3 years, 1 month ago

What's happened to TV's very bad men?

BBC  

What's happened to TV's very bad men? Alamy From Breaking Bad's Walter White to Mad Men's Don Draper, antiheroes dominated 'prestige TV' during the 2000s The cruel white men concealing dark secrets beneath a composed façade first defined and then dominated the concept of "prestige TV", certainly in reference to US output, throughout the 2000s. A tectonic fracture in America's …

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What went wrong with the ‘Sopranos’ prequel: Our experts break it down
3 years, 2 months ago

What went wrong with the ‘Sopranos’ prequel: Our experts break it down

LA Times  

Fourteen years after TV’s most celebrated — and debated — cut to black, series creator David Chase returned to “The Sopranos” saga with a feature film prequel, “The Many Saints of Newark.” The film — which was released in theaters this past weekend and also started streaming on HBO Max, as every other 2021 Warner Bros. title has — proved …

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Don’t Stop Believing: David Chase returns to ‘The Sopranos’
3 years, 2 months ago

Don’t Stop Believing: David Chase returns to ‘The Sopranos’

Associated Press  

NEW YORK — Destiny hangs over the characters of the “Sopranos” prequel “The Many Saints of Newark,” but none more so than its creator. It’s been that way my whole life,” says Chase, who nevertheless spent his career in TV before creating “The Sopranos.” “Film, cinema. It’s tempting to quote “The Godfather Part III”: “Just when you think you’re out.” …

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Review: ‘The Sopranos’ prequel is made for the TV fans
3 years, 2 months ago

Review: ‘The Sopranos’ prequel is made for the TV fans

Associated Press  

When “The Sopranos” is brought up these days, it’s usually for the nebulous way it ended: That now-famous cut-to-black in a crowded diner while Journey’s “Don’t Stop Believin’” plays. The real death in 2013 of the great James Gandolfini ended hopes of putting that debate to bed, but David Chase, the creator and showrunner of “The Sopranos,” has intriguingly kept …

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Rose Byrne and Bobby Cannavale at The Many Saints of Newark red carpet premiere in NYC
3 years, 3 months ago

Rose Byrne and Bobby Cannavale at The Many Saints of Newark red carpet premiere in NYC

Daily Mail  

It was the series that remade TV - scooping dozens of awards and making stars out of its cast along the way. Carmela Soprano, Tony's long-suffering wife, was played by Edie Falco who has appeared often on TV since Falco, who won three Emmys, two Golden Globes and five Screen Actors Guild Awards as Carmela, went on to star as …

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How the ‘Sopranos’ prequel reimagines some of your favorite characters — and introduces new ones
3 years, 4 months ago

How the ‘Sopranos’ prequel reimagines some of your favorite characters — and introduces new ones

LA Times  

As the creator of HBO’s seminal Mafia series “The Sopranos,” David Chase is keenly aware that heavy lies the head that wears the crown. Dickie Moltisanti Played by Alessandro Nivola Alessandro Nivola in “The Many Saints of Newark” as Dickie Moltisanti, mafia soldier and the father of “The Soprano’s” Michael Imperioli character Christopher Moltisanti. It had to be him.” Livia …

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THE SOPRANOS CAST: WHERE ARE THEY NOW? UPDATED JULY 2022
3 years, 5 months ago

THE SOPRANOS CAST: WHERE ARE THEY NOW? UPDATED JULY 2022

Daily Mail  

It was the series that remade TV - scooping dozens of awards and making stars out of its cast along the way. Carmela Soprano, Tony's long-suffering wife, was played by Edie Falco who has appeared often on TV since Falco, who won three Emmys, two Golden Globes and five Screen Actors Guild Awards as Carmela, went on to star as …

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James Gandolfini's son revives iconic mobster in chilling trailer for The Many Saints of Newark
3 years, 5 months ago

James Gandolfini's son revives iconic mobster in chilling trailer for The Many Saints of Newark

Daily Mail  

It was the series that remade TV - scooping dozens of awards and making stars out of its cast along the way. Carmela Soprano, Tony's long-suffering wife, was played by Edie Falco who has appeared often on TV since Falco, who won three Emmys, two Golden Globes and five Screen Actors Guild Awards as Carmela, went on to star as …

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Why on-screen mobsters, from The Godfather to The Sopranos, are so obviously Catholic
4 years, 5 months ago

Why on-screen mobsters, from The Godfather to The Sopranos, are so obviously Catholic

ABC  

From Michael Corleone to Tony Soprano, on-screen mobsters are far more violent than virtuous. "The audiences did not identify at all with the moral spokesperson, they identified — and this is a problem — with the gangsters," she says. "Most of the mob movies that people are familiar with — The Godfather, Goodfellas, The Irishman, most recently — are about …

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