James Gandolfini of The Sopranos dies. This is horrible and disturbing news
I'm in Los Angeles and the sense of shock is palpable: James Gandolfini, whose titanic performance as Tony Soprano dominated our TV screens in the Noughties, has died, apparently of a heart attack, at...
View ArticleJames Gandolfini takes on Malcolm Tucker: 'Don't call me English'
James Gandolfini is rightly celebrated for his role as Tony Soprano. But Westminster villagers will appreciate his cameo as American Lt Gen Miller in Armando Iannucci's In The Loop. Here, he takes on...
View ArticleJames Gandolfini had too little time to show us his greatness. But he left us...
Today the tributes – rightly – have been pouring in for James Gandolfini, who died yesterday in Italy of a suspected heart attack at the ridiculously young age of 51. To most people, of course, this...
View ArticleWhen James Gandolfini showed the ice in the soul of Tony Soprano
The Sopranos creator David Chase put his finger on something very important when he said that a lot of James Gandolfini’s genius as an actor “resided in his sad eyes”. You see the power of those eyes...
View ArticleIs GQ exploiting James Gandolfini's death?
Here's an awkard dilemma for GQ. Before James Gandolfini died, the magazine had a piece about the making of The Sopranos just ready to hit the newsstands. The article, by Brett Martin, was adapted from...
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