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The Sopranos is an American television drama series created and produced by David Chase. It premiered on the premium cable network HBO in the United States on January 10, 1999 and ended its original run of six seasons and 86 episodes on June 10, 2007. The show has also been broadcast on A&E in the United States and internationally. Set in New Jersey, where it also was produced, the series revolves around mobster Tony Soprano (James Gandolfini) and the difficulties he faces as he tries to balance the often conflicting requirements of his home life and the criminal organization he heads. - Source: Wikipedia
James Gandolfini, the award-winning actor who played mob boss Tony Soprano in HBO's hit series "The Sopranos," has died following a massive heart attack in Italy, HBO announced today. He was 51.
The nation's largest cable company is planning a television "watchathon" for the last week of March, collaborating with several television networks to make entire series available for free on demand.
America's criminal justice system is meant to treat everyone as equal before the law. Often it doesn't. Perpetrators of violence, intimidation and extortion get a free pass if they're union activists.
In Netflix's bid for a flagship original drama of its own _ a "Sopranos" to its HBO _ the subscription streaming service is presenting a high-class adaptation of a British political thriller offered up all at once, with its first season immediately ready for TV-viewing gluttony.
There's a compressed, episodic feel that should doom this 1960s rock 'n' roll period piece, but somehow never quite does. "Not Fade Away" follows the efforts of a New Jersey rock band to find fame and fortune beyond its small-town renown during the turbulent years spanning the Kennedy assassination and the Summer of Love.
In the five years since “The Sopranos” ended, James Gandolfini has eschewed the spotlight, disappearing into a heap of character-actor performances that, while they may lack the heft of Tony Soprano, have further proved the actor’s wide-ranging talent.
James Comisar is the first to acknowledge that more than a few people have questioned his sanity for spending the better part of 25 years collecting everything from the costume George Reeves wore in the 1950s TV series “Superman” to the entire set of “The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson.”
James Comisar is the first to acknowledge that more than a few have questioned his sanity for spending the better part of 25 years collecting everything from the costume George Reeves wore in the 1950s TV show "Superman" to the entire set of "The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson."
In the five years since "The Sopranos" ended, James Gandolfini has eschewed the spotlight, instead disappearing into a heap of character actor performances that, while they may lack the heft of Tony Soprano, have only further proved the actor's wide-ranging talent.
Tiny hobbit Bilbo Baggins is running circles around some of the biggest names in Hollywood.
James Comisar is the first to acknowledge that more than a few have questioned his sanity for spending the better part of 25 years collecting everything from the costume George Reeves wore in the 1950s TV show "Superman" to the entire set of "The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson."
Tiny hobbit Bilbo Baggins is running circles around some of the biggest names in Hollywood.
After "The Sopranos" went black, David Chase's next move was never in question: He would make a movie.
In a recent interview with David Chase about his new film, "Not Fade Away," the conversation inevitably turned to "The Sopranos" and its infamous ending. Below are Chase's comments reflecting on watching the final episode for the first time two years ago, with only an occasional interjection from a reporter.
There's no missing the venomous cynicism in "Killing Them Softly," a grimly witty crime thriller that works in a mode familiar to fans of both Quentin Tarantino and "The Sopranos."
