The Sopranos

New York Lawmaker [Insert Corruption Scandal Here]

And it's happening again. As of this morning, State Sen. John Sampson of Brooklyn has been taken into FBI custody on corruption charges, reports NBC. The shakedown had been expected after prosecutors told reporters last week that former assemblyman Shirley L. Huntley secretly recorded seven polit ... More >>

At Long Last, David Chase Achieves His Rock 'n' Roll Dreams

Don't stop believing

Just 45 Minutes From Broadway

Desperate Housewives Is Kaput! Here's What Felicity Huffman Says About It

Wysteria Lane is off the map--in a bad way--as of this Sunday, when the Desperate Housewives divorce themselves from the reality of having a TV series. It's the finale. And Felicity Huffman (who has won awards for playing Lynette for eight years) spoke to Parade about the big kissoff: The final ... More >>

Sopranos Star: I Was An Addict, A Klepto, And A Maniac!

Joe Pantoliano--whose affectionate nickname is "Joey Pants"--won an Emmy for his performance as Ralph Cifaretto on The Sopranos, among dozens of other credits he's amassed. But his life hasn't been all trophies and roses. Joe has written a memoir, Asylum, in which he details his battle with "brain ... More >>

Ten Famous Guys Who Like Fat Chicks

Dan Weiss is the author of the blog Ask a Guy Who Likes Fat Chicks and he's profiled in this week's feature, "Guys Who Like Fat Chicks." He put together a list of ten males who appreciate larger ladies in Western mass culture because, frankly, there aren't all that many. Fat Admirers do exist, and ... More >>

When Good Chefs Go Bad! Mark Iacono Isn't the Only One

ny.eater.com​The recent stabbing of Mark Iacono of the much-ballyhooed pizzeria Lucali's in what appeared to be a mob-style altercation reminded us that chefs aren't always angels. Iacono was in Joe's Superette -- an old-fashioned store open irregular hours at the bucolic corner of Carroll an ... More >>

WHAT A TRIP

Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas turns 40

Sopranos' Little Pussy Pleads Guilty in Extortion Racket

"Big Pussy" Vincent Pastore (right) and little pussy Tony Darrow (left). Photo by Rob Rich.​Who would have guessed that "Larry Boy Barese," one of the minor hoods on The Sopranos, would turn out to be a real-life hood? Actually, he turned out to be a little chickenshit who plotted with hoods to b ... More >>

The Franzeses' Mob Clan Rat Themselves Out

The Soprano family's got nothing on them

Branded Saloon to Open for Memorial Day Weekend

Branded Saloon​Branded Saloon, the new Prospect Heights country-and-western bar by the owner of Beast, Deb Bicknese, is gearing up for a Thursday, May 27 opening -- just in time for an Americana-packed Memorial Day weekend. Construction was well underway last month and now, the final touches a ... More >>

A Presidential Menu; a Caveman's Kitchen Tool

This week in food blogs ... Grub Street found out what President Barack Obama and Speaker Nancy Pelosi ate at the $15,000-a-plate Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee dinner at the St. Regis. Eater learned firsthand just how hard it is to get into Provocateur without a reservation ... even ... More >>

Michael Musto's Year (and Decade) in Review!

Gaga for Google and every twittle thing that made the Aughts fraught with fakery and fun

Booze News: Moonshine Makes a Comeback; Drinking Fights Dementia

​Brown-Forman, the maker of Jack Daniel's, Southern Comfort, and Fetzer wine, has reported a bigger-than-expected 38 percent climb in fiscal first-quarter earnings after making big cost cuts. The company reduced its work force by 6 percent in response to consumers cutting back on drinking. [Wa ... More >>

VIVA AMORE

Italian burlesque with the hit-girls

Friday

THE FINAL CURTAIN

Wham, BAM, thank you, ma’am

Bomb Blast Outside Soprano's Theater

'Brooklyn Rules'

Perfect From Now On

New Year's resolutions, many of which are likely to be broken by the time you read this

This Game Should Sleep With the Fishes

The 51st Annual Obie Awards: Screwball Moments at the Skirball Center

Pew and Cry

Jesus is my co-pilot: Aidan Quinn stars in a network drama about desperate Episcopalians

'A Tale of Two Pizzas'

Secret Machines

'I wished on a dandelion for my husband to die': Snail mail admissions tasty escargot online

Shrink Rapped

TV Gotti's alleged cult doc

No More Sopranos, No More Chris Rock

Tell President Bush and the right-wing Congress to get their hands off your remote

Unoriginal Gangster

Prolonging the magic: From the crumbs of a tired genre, yet another stale piece of cake

The Green Door in the Floor

Show me the money shot: How porn made itself at home in America's living room

How I Learned to Love Deadwood—Cocksuckers, Whores, and All

Screen Gems

The year in TV: Another season, a smattering of reasons for tuning in amid all the mediocrity

This Is Your Fall Season on Crack

ABC goes bonkers with hysterical retro housewives, crash dummies, and loopy lawyers

Hello, Monkey Town

A little bit o' Texas in an obscure corner of Williamsburg

The Lying Game

Your cheatin' heart: David Callahan details America's moral decline, blames the economy

The Pleasure Channel

The Year in TV

Theater

Film

The Best & Worst of Sex in 2002

Return of the Hose Beast!

Cruel Summer

A Stubborn Slump for NYC Production

Temples of the Familiar

Listings

NY Mirror

Nancy Marchand, 1928–2000

One Woman in Her Time Played Many Parts

NY Mirror

NY Mirror

Letters

NY Mirror

Rough Trades and the Wages of Sin

Mean Driveways

Even Mobsters Get the Blahs