Sopranos” fans who are hoping to see their favorite gangsters come to the big screen can, well, fuhgeddaboudit. “I don’t think there will be one,” Michael Imperioli confessed at Tuesday’s screening of his directorial debut, “The Hungry Ghosts,” in NYC.

Added his former “Sopranos” co-star Lorraine Bracco: “There is no movie. It’s never going to happen, as far as I know.”

Leave it to the people behind Desperate Housewives to make sure that Wisteria Lane is never short of a vixen to stir things up. Producers have been on the lookout for another housewife to join the ABC dramedy for quite some time and now that Nicolette Sheridan’s character Edie is finally out of the picture, it’s time to put a face to Edie’s highly anticipated replacement.

According to Entertainment Weekly’s Michael Ausiello, Emmy-winning Sopranos heroine Drea de Matteo is joining the cast of Desperate Housewives as a series regular next season. Though her character is yet to be named, she’ll be playing the matriarch of a new Italian family. On the other hand, casting is underway for her on-screen landscape designer husband and their 19-year-old tightly wound son, who is likely to strike a spark with one of the neighborhood girls.

Perhaps no one can ever replace Nicolette Sheridan’s Edie but you have to give props to the people behind this brilliant casting choice. Drea de Matteo obviously has that strong Italian vibe going and seeing her blend in with the rest of the residents of Wisteria Lane would be like a fish out of water — unless her character traded the hectic New York City scene for the picket-fenced life on Wisteria Lane for an entirely different agenda.

Apart from playing Adriana La Cerva, fiancée of Tony Soprano’s protegé, Christopher Moltisanti on the mob drama The Sopranos, Drea de Matteo has also played Joey Tribbiani’s sister Gina on the NBC sitcom Joey and graced the big screen as part of films like Lake City, The Good Life and Broken English. At present, she stars as Wendy Case on FX original series Sons of Anarchy and is working on the movie New York, I Love You.

Edie Falco who played the famous Mob wife Carmela Soprano in “The Sopranos” is now starring as a nurse in her own series “Nurse Jackie” which is a darkly funny comedy premiered on Showtime. Falco plays a highly experienced, twisted emergency room nurse in New York’s All Saints hospital. She plays a unique character who is partly Florence Nightingale and partly fugitive, addicted to prescription drugs having a bad past. Jackie can go any length for anything she wants like she can have mid-day sex with a staff pharmacist who in return supplies her pain-killers. She can easily break the law and doesn’t think once before flushing a patient’s ear into the toilet.

The 45-year old Falco is a single mother of two children, a 5-year-old boy and a 4-year-old girl. She says that single motherhood complicates her acting career but is very happy. This three time Emmy Award winner’s life has been a whirlpool. She is flooded with projects after The Sopranos who until 1990’s was so poor that she lived in Shacks with thousand other roommates. She did everything from waitressing to playing clown at weddings to earn money. Although she has done some films but she is better remembered as a television actress.

Falco has no problems playing Jackie’s character as she herself is a recovering alcoholic who has been a teetotaller for 17 years. Her Swedish origin was e reason for her getting addicted to alcohol and has experienced the damage it can do. Her memories of her scrounging days and her visits to the ER helped her in preparing for “Nurse Jackie”.

Falco has never married though her romance with her co-star Stanley Tucci became very famous. Falco was attracted to theatre quite early because of her mother work at the community theatre but she could never get that big break. She was confident that some day she would get into acting and this strong belief changed things for her. She got several television roles and finally came “The Sopranos“.

According to Falco, neither getting sober nor her 2004 attack with breast cancer was her greatest nightmare. It was the persistent money problems that she faced in 1980’s and early 1990’s. Falco is very open-ended as an actor. Although she plans not to work this summer but if some good project comes up, she would definitely give it a thought.

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While thumbing through some news website, I read the above statement, stating that The Sopranos
can be one of the best TV shows ever. This six-season long HBO drama was very well received by viewers and it got appraise from viewers and critics alike. HBO was its original podium and it later found its way on various other networks in dozens of other countries. stumbling.

All events were set in New Jersey and protagonist was Tony Soprano, a mobster. It threw light on his everyday troubles as he tried his best to manage with the conflicting requirements of his domestic life while coping with the issues of the criminal organization he heads. The credit of Sopranos’ success goes to Chase and the writing team which dealt brilliantly with psychological, philosophical and social aspects of life of an individual with criminal background.

The title of the most financially successful series has already been given to ‘The Sopranos’ and it’d really be a surprise if people choose it as the best TV show
ever. It was the show which brought in a great level of artistry which hundreds of dramas later followed. Evaluation of its enormity can be done from the fact that ‘The Sopranos’ has won twenty one Emmy Awards and five Golden Globe Awards, only a few series can claim to have matched the same level.

‘The Sopranos’ came to an end on June 10, 2007 with the series finale ‘Made in America’. This episode brought an end to a great six season long series. Here, we saw that while coping with the rumors of his own crew might have flipped, Tony tried to seek peace with Leotardo crew. AJ took an important decision regarding his upcoming life. Elsewhere Silvio was still in coma. Bobby had been derailed so nothing was left hidden. It was an awesome episode and gave a good end to a well received drama. Considering the above points, do you think that ‘The Sopranos’ can be named as the No. 1 TV show ever? Or what’s your say?

‘The Sopranos’ star Edie Falco is set to play the lead role in a new, as-yet-untitled “dark comedy” series on US TV. The Hollywood Reporter says that US network Showtime is close to agreeing a deal for the series. Falco’s character is a New York nurse who has to juggle a hectic professional life with a challenging personal life. The actress is among this year’s Emmy nominees for her guest star role in the comedy series ‘30 Rock’.

Nancy Travis from the hit television series The Bill Engvall Show and Lola Glaudini from The Sopranos have joined the cast of the much anticipated suspense thriller, Intent. Producers at New Castle Entertainment announced the agreements today.  

Ms. Travis’ television and film career has spanned more than 25 years. She has appeared in 20 films and 24 different television shows. In addition to being a staple on The Bill Engvall Show she also played opposite Ted Danson in Becker for several years. Her film work has allowed her the opportunity to work with everyone from Robert Downey, Jr. and Anthony Hopkins in Chaplin to Richard Gere and Andy Garcia in Internal Affairs.  

For Intent, Travis will be paired with Brat Pack alum, Andrew McCarthy. He will play her husband and kidnapping victim, David McDowell. “Nancy’s very gracious and sincere. We couldn’t be happier,” said Intent producer, Allen Cohen.  

Lola Glaudini has appeared in more than a dozen films and more than 20 television series. In addition to being a fixture on Criminal Minds and an FBI Agent on The Sopranos, she also co-starred with Johnny Depp and Ray Liotta in the award winning film Blow. In 2006, she played the wife of Mark Wahlberg in the blockbuster Invincible.  

Glaudini will play the wife of police detective Mark Gordon in Intent. “Lola has been at the top of our wish list since ever since I finished writing the screenplay. We’re delighted to have her on board,” said screenwriter, Tim Crockett.  

Intent has been described as a combination of Silence of the Lambs and CSI. The story begins with a kidnapping in a suburban neighborhood and leads police on a manhunt that comes full circle.  

Other cast members include Muse Watson, Tim Kelleher, Madison Mason and Kirk D. B. Woller. Producers are in talks with additional cast members, which could include such names as Kiefer Sutherland, Betty White and Steve Schirripa, also from The Sopranos. Filming will begin in Michigan in September.

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Former “Sopranos” bad guy Joe Pantoliano wants to whack the stigma from mental illness.

The actor was at McLean Hospital in Belmont last week interviewing doctors and patients for a documentary about clinical depression in America and the roadblocks to recovery.

Pantoliano, who was diagnosed with depression three years ago, founded the nonprofit organization No Kidding, Me Too! to help counter the negative image surrounding mental health issues. The documentary is part of that effort.

“Why is it I’m discriminated against when I take the anti-depressants, but not when I take the Lipitor? The culture is OK with me taking an erectile dysfunction remedy, but not with the (anti-depressants),” said Pantoliano between shooting scenes.

According to the National Alliance for Research on Schizophrenia and Depression, 18.8 million adult Americans suffer from depression.

Despite his recent diagnosis, Pantoliano said he had been dealing with depression for years before he sought help.

“I remember having my first nervous breakdown when I was 21 years old,” said the 56-year-old father of three. “I was on my knees, which was called for in the play. I got so frustrated that during the scene I started banging my head against the floor and I scratched my face and I broke skin and drew blood.”

“I had a panic attack, something I used to see my mother do all the time,” he said.

While at McLean, Pantoliano underwent a brain scan to compare a healthy brain with one of a depressed person.

The work being done in the neurology department at McLean Hospital is just one part of the story Pantoliano wants to tell in the documentary.

“If my insurance company were willing to pay for my treatment of $1,200 month, $14,000 a year for my mental health, it’s like putting a pacemaker in my heart. My research is telling me that if there is a bad guy in any of this it is the insurance companies,” said the New Jersey native.

Pantoliano said that despite his celebrity and numerous film credits, even he cannot afford the coverage he needs.

For more information go to nokiddingmetoo.org.