September 11, 2007
Actor Steve Schirripa, best known as Bobby Baccalieri on HBO's critically-acclaimed drama, The Sopranos, has inked a deal that will have him hosting his own cooking series on Rainbow Media's free on-demand network, Lifeskool.
According to The Hollywood Reporter, the show is called Steve Schirripa's Hungry. The network has ordered nine episodes to be shown later this year. The series will feature a segment with Schirripa preparing Italian-American recipes from his book, The Goomba Diet: Living Large and Lovin' It, which was published last year.
September 1, 2007
Federico Castelluccio portrayed Furio Giunta on HBO's The Sopranos. He was an Italian-born mobster who became a member of Tony Soprano's (James Gandolfini) crew as part of the bargain with mob boss Annalisa Zucca. He came to New Jersey for an international car-theft operation and soon emerged as Tony's most feared enforcers. He intimidated and beat up many people who owed Tony money, and acted as his driver and bodyguard as well. He fell in love with Tony's wife, Carmela (Edie Falco), and as Tony's polar opposite, she was also drawn to him. Finding himself in an impossible personal predicament, he left New Jersey and went back to Italy. His disappearance on the show made him one of the relatively few characters in the Soprano Crime Family that were written out of the series without being killed on screen.
September 1, 2007
On HBO's The Sopranos, Michael Imperioli was known as Christopher Moltisanti as the protégé of mob boss Tony Soprano (James Gandolfini). He was Tony's nephew and the first cousin of Carmela Soprano (Edie Falco). Deemed as the most loyal soldier, he was entrusted with sensitive jobs like disposing dead bodies and money collection. Throughout the series, Christopher had his share of problems, which includes his violent and impulsive behavior, being distracted with his screenwriting ambition and his drug addiction. Nevertheless, he eventually became a Capo, under Tony's tutelage, in the DiMeo Crime Family. In the coming months, the 41-year-old Emmy-Award winning actor will be tapping on a comedy feature and several drama projects.
July 20, 2007
Aida Turturro played Tony's sister Janice on the hit HBO series The Sopranos. Yesterday she was nominated for an Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series as one of the 15 nominations the show received for its final season. She spoke with BuddyTV about how she heard about the nomination, her thoughts on her fellow cast members, and what she thought about the infamous blackout at the end of the finale.
Below you will find both the written transcript and the full mp3 audio of the interview
July 20, 2007
The Sopranos may be over, but the show has one more opportunity to leave with a really big bang at this year’s Primetime Emmy Awards.
When the top emmy nominees were announced on Thursday, the HBO drama series emerged at the top of the pack with 15 nominations. Should all 15 materialize into awards in September, the show, which ran for six seasons on the cable network, would have a total of 33 Primetime Emmys under its belt.
July 19, 2007
Max Casella notably returned on the television scene as Benny Fazio on HBO’s award-winning show The Sopranos. Since he entered the mafia series in season three, he illustrated what it’s like to become an aspiring member of the organized crime. Little by little, he began to rise due to his association with Christopher. Despite the dangers of being involved in the secret society, he showed relentless eagerness since his days as an accomplice, a hit man, a trusted associate, and acting bodyguard and driver for the mafia boss Tony, before he finally became a “made man.” At present, he is working on several projects that will hopefully sustain his exposure in the limelight.
July 19, 2007
As Meadow Mariangela Soprano, Jamie-Lynn Sigler rose to fame as part of the long-running HBO mob drama series The Sopranos. She portrayed the firstborn child of mafia boss Tony and wife Carmela and led a distinct life different from her peers. Although she never really approved of her father’s illegal endeavors, she kept a clear-eye and was vigilant of their family’s unique lifestyle. Throughout the series, she dated Noah Tannenbaum, Jackie Aprile, Patrick Paris and Finn DeTrolio. Despite her severely strained relationship with her parents, she was able to excel in her classes and became a mature woman, towards the end, seemingly free of the DiMeo crime family life. In the coming months, she will be gracing the silver screen with several comedy projects, and will also be featured in a miniseries.
July 18, 2007
Tomorrow morning at 8:30am ET (5:30am PT), The Closer’s Kyra Sedgwick and Two and a Half Men’s Jon Cryer will announce the nominees for the 2007 Emmy Awards. Over the past couple of weeks, list of the top 10 finalists in many major categories, including Drama and Comedy Series, have been leaked, predominately at TheEnvelope.com.
What will be the biggest shows? It’s always a bit difficult trying to predict the future, but it’s a safe bet that these four shows will all make quite a showing: