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RIP: James Gandolfini 1961 – 2013

James Gandolfini. photo: Barry Wetcher

 

Like everyone else, I am shocked to hear the death of “The Sopranos” star James Gandolfi who is most famous for his role as, Tony Soprano. I haven’t watched the whole series of, “The Sopranos”, I only saw the first season ’cause I have it on DVD. I was meaning to catch up with the rest of the show soon. I was planning on getting HBO GO for the Ipad and I’ll be able to watch, “The Sopranos”, on there. The Sopranos was a great show, though, even if I haven’t watched the whole thing yet.

I also remembered Gandolfini in several movie roles especially the Coen Bros. movie, “The Man Who Wasn’t There”. I also remembered him in “8MM” w/ Nicolas Cage. He was also in “Get Shorty” and “Crimson Tide”.

Gandolfini also did a lot of work for the US troops. He did stuff for the Wounded Warrior Project charity, and produced two documentaries on US Troops/War Veterans. He showed a lot of support and respect for US Soldiers over the years.

Today is a sad day for the entertainment industry. I was a fan of him too.

James Gandolfini died of cardiac arrest in Rome, Italy, he was 51 years old.

Kev

Report: “Welcome to the Rileys” get bought by Sony Worldwide Acquisitions Group…

An indie film, titled, “Welcome to the Rileys” which stars James Gandolfini and Kristen Stewart may soon be heading to theaters. This film was shown publicly once at “Sundance Festival”, so expect a worldwide release of this film. A release date hasn’t been confirmed yet, but they are hoping to release this film sometime in the Fall. I kind of predicted that this film will get a major deal soon since Kristen Stewart is “Twilight” famed.

More on it here:

http://www.deadline.com/print-post/?posttoprint=28221&KeepThis=true&TB_iframe=true&height=500&width=750

There are rumours that Kristen has nude scenes in it. If it’s true, that she shows off her boobs it’ll probably be on screen for like a few seconds. Not sure if she has too many nude scenes or none at all.

Anyway, I’m looking forward to the film ’cause James Gandolfini just fuckin’ rules. I loved him in the Sopranos show, ’cause that was one of my favorite TV shows. Used to watch “The Sopranos” all the time.

Kev

“Welcome to the Rileys” surprisingly getting strong reviews online…

The independent film which stars Kristen Stewart and James Gandolfini, “Welcome to the Rileys” is getting great reviews online. I don’t like Kristen Stewart that much like a lot of people…but critics are reviewing this film giving it positive reviews. Saying that this is Kristen’s best acting. Better than her acting in the “Twilight” series. Kristen plays a 16 year old stripper/prostitute in the film while she has an aggressive father who has her under his control. The reason I want to see this is not because Kristen may have a few nudie scenes in it, I wanna see it ’cause it looks interesting. The story sounds interesting, plus James Gandolfini rules. Since this is an indie film, you wouldn’t be able to see this unless you attended Sundance festival. So I’ll have to wait to see this film when it hits DVD.

http://www.darkhorizons.com/news/16169/sundance-review-welcome-to-the-rileys

Kev