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To say The Sopranos was anchored around food would be an understatement. Every episode of the long-running HBO series (which is available to stream anytime on HBO Now) had at least one or two scenes staged in restaurants, delis, diners, clubs, or kitchens. Food was everywhere in this show. Late night meetings took place in empty dining rooms, bodie...

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On June 10, 2007, nearly 12 million TV watchers all had the same thought: “Did the cable just go out?” They’d seen the Soprano family squeeze into a booth at Holsten’s ice-cream parlor, eating “New Jersey’s best onion rings” while waiting for Meadow. When that front door opened, though: blackness. The final scene of the final episode of The Soprano...

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I ask Lorraine Bracco if she remembers the first time she saw Goodfellas, Martin Scorsese’s dazzling portrait of life in the mob. “Absolutely,” she says. “It was last year.” Which is strange, given the film came out in 1990, and Bracco was one of the stars. She is laughing as she speaks, a husky giggle, her accent doorstop-thick New York. “Well, I...

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Rao’s legend and “Sopranos” star Frank Pellegrino Sr. died on Tuesday aged 72 following a cancer battle. The famed Harlem restaurateur’s close friend Bo Dietl told Page Six, “We lost a part of New York today when we lost Frankie. There’s nobody like him, he’s an icon.” Dietl, a former NYPD detective and now New York City mayoral candidate said Pell...

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Three “Sopranos” are hoping an invitation for their fans to join them for dinner is an offer they can't refuse. Vinny Pastore (“Big Puss”), Kathrine Narducci (“Charmaine Bucco”) and Tony Sirico (“Paulie ‘Walnuts' Gualtieri”) will be the hosts at “Dinner with the Sopranos” on Jan. 28 as a special feature of the Monroeville Home Show at Monroeville C...

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Tra i diversi aspetti che caratterizzano l'esperienza italoamericana, come ci hanno detto alcuni nostri precedenti ospiti, c'è (sin dall'inizio) il problema delle discriminazioni e degli stereotipi. E' un problema che divide fortemente la comunità: perché c'è chi lo combatte con grande forza, e chi ritiene che al contrario bisognerebbe evitare di p...

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As we already did with music, radio, religion, cinema, sport, literature, theater, consumerism and cuisine, today we analyze the relationship between Italy and the United States from the point of view of another fundamental paradigm for the last century: television.   We do this with a young Italian talent, Luca Martera: scholar, writer, director...

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Incontriamo John Viola a Washington, nella sede della NIAF. Fuori ci hanno accolto le due bandiere a noi più care, che simbolizzano ciò che da quasi 40 anni fa la National Italian American Foundation. Parliamo con un Presidente di 29 anni, e non possiamo non essere curiosi: il paragone con cosa accade in Italia è improponibile. Dobbiamo confessare...

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