The Sopranos

The Cube to return for third season

The Cube will return for a third season, host Philip Schofield has confirmed. The ITV gameshow will return following good ratings for the current second season.

ITV announces Olly Murs doc

ITV has confirmed that a one-off Olly Murs documentary will screen on the network focussing on the singer’s rise to fame. The hour-long special, which will screen on November 13 at 10:45pm on ITV2, will feature contributions from Simon Cowell and JLS.

Barrowman a possible Forsyth replacement

John Barrowman has been tipped to replace Bruce Forsyth on Strictly Come Dancing when the current host decides to retire. Barrowman has expressed an interest in the job which is likely to be vacated by Forsyth sometime in the next few years.

Susan Boyle confirmed for Glee

Glee creator Ryan Murphy has finally confirmed Britain’s Got Talent runner-up Susan Boyle for a guest spot on the series this season. The singer will play a lunch-lady in one episode later this year.

Sopranos actress passes away

Former Sopranos actress Denise Borino-Quinn has died after a long battle with cancer. The actress, who won her role Ginny Sacrimoni unexpectedly on the mob drama after an open casting call, passed away at the age of 46.

Office casting Carell’s replacement

The Office actor Rainn Wilson has confirmed that the show is currently casting a new boss to replace the departing Steve Carell on the show. Wilson also ruled out his character, Dwight, as taking the top spot at Dunder Mifflin saying: “Dwight could never become the boss because he would just fire everybody in the office,” he said. “It just wouldn’t work out.”

A clip has hit the internet of a 15-year-old Lady GaGa acting in the background of a scene in The Sopranos.

The clip, which is from a 2001 episode of the HBO crime drama, shows the singer before she was famous acting in a scene with Tony Soprano’s son AJ (Robert Iler).

GaGa was only 15 years old when shooting the scene which featured her and two other minor actors eating pizza beside a pool where AJ and his friends are swimming.

Source: Digital Spy

Homer Simpson has been crowned the greatest character created for film and television in the past 20 years.

The cartoon character has edged Harry Potter to win the title in a survey in industry magazine Entertainment Weekly.

Following the pair were Buffy The Vampire Slayer, Heath Ledger’s Joker from the Batman film, Tony Soprano and Jennifer Aniston’s Rachel from Friends.

The Simpsons’ creator Matt Groening said the character of Homer was easily relatable to its viewers.

“People can relate to Homer because we’re all secretly propelled by desires we can’t admit to,” he said.

“Homer is launching himself head-first into every single impulsive thought that occurs to him.

“His love of whatever has caught his eye is a joy to witness.”

Other characters to place in the EW poll were The X Files Moulder and Scully, South Park’s Cartman, The Office’s David Brent and Mike Myers Austin Powers.

Source: Herald Sun

Ex-Sopranos star James Gandolfini is involved in a project with HBO which may see him return to the small screen.

HBO is working in tandem with the actor in producing an adaptation of French Canadian series Taxi 22. Gandolfini is at this stage an exec producer only but could well make his return as the lead in the new series.

The Canadian TVA series is currently in its fourth season and stars Patrick Huard as the character of Rogatien Dubois Jr.

Gandolfini’s production company Attaboy Films would produce the HBO series, alongside writer Dave Flebotte, executive producers Nancy Sanders, Mark Armstrong, Dennis Erdman, Clark Peterson, Francois Flamand and Huard himself.

The series centres on a New York taxi driver with politically incorrect tendancies.

Source: Variety

The critically-acclaimed, Emmy and Peabody-winning HBO series The Sopranos returns for the second part of its sixth season with its concluding nine episodes. After a close call at home, Tony and Carmela head to the Adirondacks for a weekend with Bobby and Janice. Tony’s actions following Johnny Sack’s arrest come back to haunt him.

Thursday 14 February at 11:40pm on Channel 4

If you like hilarious, parody videos, here are two, from two people running for US President … Hillary & The Sopranos vs. Obama Girl … (the Hillary assumes you know the ending of The Sopranos…)

from New York City – 2002 article, The Sopranos as a Nuts-and-Bolts Triumph (no spoilers, except in footnote at the very end)

from New York City – review of Sopranos finale … with links to discussions of the finale, and reviews the other 8 episodes of the final season … The Sopranos Finale (spoilers, of course)