Tony Soprano (fictional character)

'Animal Rescue': James Gandolfini gets involved with the mob

2013-03-11 15:03:00

Is there an actor who’s been taking on more colorful roles lately than James Gandolfini? In the last few months he’s been a blitzed-out hit man (“Killing Them Softly”), self-promoting casino magnate (this weekend’s “The...

Cutter Dykstra is engaged to Jamie-Lynn Sigler

2013-01-29 07:46:00

Cutter Dykstra, the son of former major leaguer Lenny Dykstra, is engaged to actress Jamie-Lynn Sigler. Dykstra is a second baseman in the Washington Nationals organization. “So this just happened” Sigler wrote on her Twitter page Monday,...

By catering to 'elite' fliers, American Airlines misleads others

2012-12-17 15:33:00

Do airlines deliberately withhold seats until the last minute to get you to splurge on pricier options? Along the same lines, do airlines create a false impression that a flight is rapidly selling out so you'll jump on any seat available, no matter...

The long-playing joys of youth soccer

2012-12-14 00:00:00

Don't ever leave their musky little soccer shoes in the car overnight. I did once. Had to sell the car. Because kids' sweaty soccer shoes develop a funk-mold still unidentified by medical researchers. Fragrant as methane. Ripe as low tide. Only a...

James Gandolfini's 'Not Fade Away' performance honors late father

2012-12-21 16:40:00

Daytime at the Roxy nightclub on Sunset Boulevard is like being on a Disneyland ride when the lights go on and the carefully constructed illusion is exposed. It's the slightly surreal setting for James Gandolfini to talk about his recent collaboration...

Top 5 tough-guy actors who can sing and dance

2013-01-02 06:00:00

Tough guys do dance and sing. With two of Hollywood’s biggest manly men now starring in the same film, there’s a good chance that some of their male fans secretly wish they were seeing Wolverine versus Maximus. Instead, Hugh Jackman and...

Review: Brad Pitt is smooth, but 'Killing Them Softly' isn't

2012-11-29 15:15:00

News reports of economic woes and misbegotten corporate schemes play like a soundtrack in "Killing Them Softly," a moody crime noir starring Brad Pitt as a New Orleans hit man dealing with a down market, bad bets and loose change. Though the notion of...

Larry Hagman, boyish to the end: An appreciation

2012-11-24 13:52:00

Larry Hagman, who as J.R. Ewing was famously shot but survived to finish 14 seasons and 357 episodes of "Dallas" and who rose again to lie and scheme in this year's successful revival, died Friday in Dallas, just down I-30 from Fort Worth, where he was...

Mental illness sans cliches

2012-08-15 10:47:00

DENNY CRANE calls it "mad cow," but viewers of "Boston Legal" know William Shatner's character is in the early stages of Alzheimer's disease. Another character on the show, Jerry Espenson (played by Christian Clemenson), has strange tics, can't keep his...

Critic's Notebook: Farewell to 'House,' which remained true to itself

2012-05-21 16:37:35

Television takes on 9/11 amid its 10th anniversary

2011-08-14 00:00:00

Every once in a while, a fire truck will pass by Rudolph Giuliani's window, and the former New York mayor will flash back to that dreadful day when he had to drop everything and rush to ground zero. "It's just hard to hear it and not react," he said in an...

The Emmys: HBO is nominations king

2011-07-15 00:00:00

Looking over the Emmy nominations announced Thursday morning, you'd almost think that the TV academy was honoring two separate industries. For drama and made-for-TV movies and miniseries, it's HBO and its basic-cable cousins. For everything else, it's...

Release date: Dec. 21 (limited) Blockbuster, Oscar bait or something else? '60s nostalgia by David Chase David Chase's movie earned mixed reviews when it debuted at the Toronto Film Festival, but when the creator of "The Sopranos" makes his first feature film, and it co-stars Tony Soprano

2012-11-14 21:03:52

Tony Soprano wouldn't have this character in his crew.

2012-10-11 00:00:00

What do Tony Soprano and Machiavelli have in common? Find out in this course that explores the characters, themes and narrative structure of "The Sopranos" for cultural analysis.

2012-08-07 00:00:00