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Some actors grow huffy when asked about a role from 20 years ago, but Michael Imperioli remains grateful about the chance to play Christopher Moltisanti. He happily reflects on “The Sopranos,” despite the many roles he’s since had including starring on “Lincoln Rhyme: Hunt for the Bone Collector” and “Detroit 1-8-7.” Imperioli, 56, began his career...

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Netflix’s latest romantic comedy Love in the Villa, which began streaming today, hinges on the thesis that Verona, Italy is one of the most romantic cities on earth. (Take that, Paris!) Considering it is the location of the most romantic story of all time—Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet—you can understand why the lovelorn protagonist Julie (played b...

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A comforting presence on the big screen, Golden Globe winner Stanley Tucci has spent decades bringing fan-favorite characters to life. In the kitchen, Tucci has also brought simple recipes to life. Leaning into his Italian roots, Tucci prefers to indulge in the foods that filled his childhood, which include pasta and lots of olive oil. The author o...

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There are still plenty of us around from the Silent (1928-1945) and Boomer (1946-1964) generations.  Growing up with old movies and multi-generational TV variety shows were part of our cultural foundation.  We easily remember personalities from decades before our birth.  I can safely say that we had more respect for what came before us than today’s...

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Global treasure Danny DeVito is currently out on a press tour for his latest project, voicing Satan for an animated show called Little Demon. While we might expect an actor with a career as long as his to approach this kind of media obligation as a chore to get through, DeVito, instead, seems to be having a great time with the whole thing. Our firs...

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The award-winning Phoenix chef behind the acclaimed Pizzeria Bianco and Tratto restaurants will be featured in the next season of “Chef’s Table” on Netflix. Chris Bianco will be the main attraction for one of six episodes of “Chef’s Table: Pizza,” which the streaming giant will release on Sept. 7. “Chris Bianco changed pizza in America forever,” Ne...

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Bob LuPone, who as an actor earned a Tony Award nomination in the original run of “A Chorus Line” and played Tony Soprano’s family physician, and also helped found and lead the influential off-Broadway theater company MCC Theater for almost 40 years, has died. He was 76. LuPone, brother of Broadway icon Patti LuPone, died Saturday following a three...

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The sound of staccato typing drifts into earshot as a car drives down a sparse LA street. The camera continues to pull back, and back, and back, as if we’re in the opening minutes of Coppola’s hallucinatory The Conversation. The typing continues. The name of the show’s young director is stamped on to the screen: Steven Spielberg. We’re pulled back...

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How could a man who stole one of the most famous paintings in the world still be a mystery more than 100 years later? It was the question that South Philly filmmakers Joe Medeiros and Justine Mestichelli Medeiros promised to answer after years of extensive research and interviews. They knew who did it. That was the easy part. But the couple, who no...

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TV series have already been seen to influence the fashion world. “Squid Game,” a major worldwide hit, offered a glimpse of the powers of fiction, spurring spinoff products, makeup trends on social networks, and renewed interest in jogging suits and other clothes worn by the show’s characters. Now, it seems that TV shows are also influencing food tr...

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