The latest news and comment on actor James Gandolfini
March 2024
An offer he couldn’t refuse: Sopranos diner booth sells for $82,600
Co-owner Chris Carley asked for opening bids above $3,000 on eBay, reportedly aiming for $10,000 towards a renovation
August 2023
‘Stardom is not a worthy pursuit’: Julia Louis-Dreyfus on sexism, ageing and fighting fascism
The star of Seinfeld, Veep and new film You Hurt My Feelings has barely put a foot wrong in her 40-year career. She discusses juggling parenting and working, dark days on SNL – and celebrating older women
November 2021
Sopranos star Michael Imperioli: ‘I thought they were going to fire me’
He played trigger-happy, heroin-addicted gangster Christopher Moltisanti. As Michael Imperioli takes the TV classic on tour, he remembers the time he almost killed the leading man
October 2021
Down the rabbit hole
Degrees of separation: what links The Many Saints of Newark to Hamilton?
The Sopranos, Nicole Holofcener, Matt Damon and a duel: join the dots to get up to speed on what everyone’s talking about this week
March 2021
How we made
The Sopranos: David Chase and Vincent Curatola on how they made a TV classic
‘Fox turned down the first draft because I didn’t put any murders in it. People watch mob shows because they like to see murders’
December 2020
The Sopranos: from enduring TV hit to the hottest show of lockdown
2020 has seen HBO’s mafia series win fresh fans, as a new generation relate to the emotional struggles of its antihero protagonist, and its stars preserve its legacy
September 2019
Best culture of the 21st century
David Chase on why he wrote The Sopranos: 'I needed help. I needed therapy'
As his mobster-in-therapy masterpiece is named the best TV of the century, its creator says he was just thrashing out his own issues with his domineering, suffocating mother
January 2019
James Gandolfini's son cast as young Tony Soprano in prequel movie
Michael Gandolfini will appear as a younger version of the New Jersey mobster in David Chase-penned film The Many Saints of Newark
September 2017
Frank Vincent, Sopranos actor and Scorsese veteran, dies at age 80
Frank Vincent, known for his roles in Raging Bull, Goodfellas and The Sopranos, died on Wednesday after complications from open-heart surgery
July 2016
This week's best TV: Hannibal, The Night Of and Mr Robot
HBO premieres a tense miniseries, season three of the show about Hannibal Lecter is on Amazon and Matt Damon and Ben Affleck’s reality show debuts
November 2015
True Romance: the perfect showcase for Tony Scott’s exuberant style
A rerelease of the late director’s collaboration with Quentin Tarantino offers a timely reminder of Scott’s brash brand of genius
March 2015
Film blog
The film that makes me cry: Killing Them Softly
Martin Pengelly
James Gandolfini’s character – a sad, boozy, wary hitman – disappears partway through this 2012 crime drama. But the actor’s presence lingers
December 2014
New Jersey strip club featured in The Sopranos robbed of $30,000
Police say two men with shotguns forced club owner and others to open safe at Lodi’s Satin Dolls which stood in as fictional Bada Bing in popular HBO show
November 2014
The Drop review – Brooklyn neo-noir
Five best moments
James Gandolfini: five best moments
The Drop review – gripping but sometimes irrational crime thriller
The Drop's Matthias Schoenaerts: a new portrayal of masculinity
September 2014
The Drop by Dennis Lehane review – bars, baseball and gangsters
First look review
The Drop review: James Gandolfini's swansong unfolds at Brooklyn fights
August 2014
TV and radio blog
David Chase finally explains The Sopranos ending – or does he?
News: For a few short hours, it appeared as if Chase had revealed the fate of Tony Soprano – but of course, solving this seven-year-old mystery was never going to be so simple
