Month: October 2021

The team behind "The Many Saints of Newark" had a unique challenge ahead of them when they had to cast younger versions of iconic characters from "The Sopranos." The flick is a prequel to the famed mob drama featuring younger versions of many of the original show's characters, including the late James Gandolfini's son Michael, who plays Tony Soprano – the role previously inhabited by his father. Gandolfini, 22, and several of his co-stars recently spoke with Fox News about taking on the roles so famously played by other actors. "It would still be grounded in the same character because you would see physically, Tony, but you would feel someone way different, way younger," the young star said. JAMES GANDOLFINI'S SON MICHAEL REVEALS DIFFERENCES BETWEEN THEIR VERSIONS OF ICONIC 'SOPRANOS...

The extension of the pandemic has kept several bands away from Pittsburgh this year. But it was going to take a lot more than the threat of covid-19 variants to prevent The Rolling Stones from coming to Pittsburgh, the latest stop on the group’s “No Filter Tour.” The show had originally been scheduled for June 2020 but was postponed by the pandemic. However, it was not going to happen a second time. Not even the death of the Stones’ longtime drummer Charlie Watts, just six weeks ago, could stop them from playing a rocking show before an estimated crowd of over 50,000 fans at Heinz Field Monday night. Drummer Steve Jordan has been filling in for Watts and did an excellent job of keeping the steady beat going. The Rolling Stones have been around a long time and their song catalogue...

US news Union calls for industry leaders to grant workers ‘human necessities’ such as adequate sleep and breaks Associated Press Film and television production in North America is at risk of coming to a standstill after behind-the-scenes workers voted overwhelmingly to authorise a strike for the first time in its 128-year history.The International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees said 99% of registered members who participated, or 52,706 people, voted in support of a strike over the weekend.At issue is a contract standstill over requests for more reasonable conditions for the craftspeople, technicians and labourers working for streaming companies such as Netflix, Apple and Amazon, including better pay, reasonable rest periods, safer hours and guaranteed meal breaks. “I hope the stud...

Yulia Peresild, a Russian actress, Mr. Shipenko and Anton Shkaplerov, a veteran astronaut who has completed three treks to and from the space station since 2011, are strapped inside the MS-19 capsule on their way to the space station. Ms. Peresild has spent months training for the mission. She auditioned for the role earlier this year in a competition with dozens of other actresses. Alyona Mordovina, the competition’s runner-up, was standing by as Ms. Peresild’s backup, and would have gone to orbit if something had prevented the primary crew from launching to space. The film crew will return to Earth on Oct. 17 along with Oleg Novitsky, an astronaut who’s been on the station since April. “Undoubtedly, this mission is special, we have people going to space who are neither tourists nor prof...

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HBO has released a teaser trailer containing the first real footage of House of the Dragon, its upcoming Game of Thrones prequel series. The show was announced two years ago and is based on George R. R. Martin’s Fire and Blood, a book that centers around the history of the Targaryen family and is set two centuries before the events of the A Song of Ice and Fire novels, which Game of Thrones was based on. The House of the Dragon trailer doesn’t reveal much about the show’s plot beats, but does demonstrate its impressive cast: actors including Paddy Considine, Matt Smith, Sonoya Mizuno, Steve Toussaint, Rhys Ifans, and Olivia Cooke are all on board. As you’d expect, there appears to be a lot of sword fighting and references to dragons. The question, of course, is how many Game of T...