"Sopranos" Stars Whack Out New Deals
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With just one week to go before production kicks off on the   final eight-episode run of The Sopranos, four of the show&#039;s stars   have been spared a fate of sleeping with the fishes.
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LOS ANGELES  - When HBO introduced Tony Soprano to audiences in 1999, he was mashing a cigar between his thin lips and gazing intently at a family of ducks that had taken up residence in his swimming pool.
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They don't put their money where their mouths are.
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Wall Street banks, private equity firms and hedge funds are increasingly trying to arrange and finance entertainment deals.
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The biggest stars of U.S. television will don their bow ties and finery on Sunday for an Emmy Awards gala shaping up as a farewell bash for America's favorite mob family, "The Sopranos."
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An animated series is  redrawing the lines of television mega-deals.
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The deal with âThe Dealâ is that for HBO itâs a safe but unexciting offering, a reheated British leftover at a time when this cable network could badly use a fresh, sizzling platter.
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BRAINTREE -- It was getting late. The sun had set and evening turned into night. Tony Soprano's fate, for better or worse, had been sealed on HBO, and anxious mothers had resigned themselves to the fact that there was no chance their youngsters were getting to bed at a reasonable hour.
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Former "Sopranos" star Michael Imperioli said he was at a loss to guess why someone left a pipe bomb that detonated outside a theater he owns.
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Fans of "The Sopranos" are seizing on clues suggesting that the controversial blackout which abruptly ended the TV mob drama meant that Tony Soprano was rubbed out, and HBO said on Thursday they may be on to something.
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Many &quot;Sopranos&quot; fans were furious at  Sunday&#39;s unresolved ending, but show creator David Chase said  he didn&#39;t mean to annoy anybody, and for those left wanting  more he didn&#39;t rule out a movie based on the series.
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At least the "Bad Boys" kept their shenanigans on the court when they were wreaking havoc in the NBA. Nowadays there are enough mug shots out there to spawn a new trading card industry. Players are doing and saying things that defy common sense, annoying fans with their high-priced whines. Wins seem to rank only slightly ahead of endorsement opportunities and monster contracts, and those "knuckleheads" Karl Malone once dissed haven't gotten a clue yet.
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Investors losing their shirts in Hollywood is an old story. Stars get in their eyes and, before you know it, the money is gone.
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While mob boss Tony Soprano was  embraced once again by Emmy voters on Thursday, they apparently  drew the line at serial killers.
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As the deadline for a new contract nears, writers and producers are negotiating, but some are braced for the worst.
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Certain networks â some cable, some not â stepped in to fill the gap that âThe Sopranosâ left behind. And the writersâ strike enhances what was so good about the best-scripted shows of the year.
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The producers of "The Sopranos" were denied a permit to film in this North Jersey town because the mayor and some City Council members say the acclaimed HBO series negatively depicts Italian-Americans. The owners of an old-fashioned ice cream parlor selected for the series' final scene, however, said such "personal feelings" shouldn't stand in the way.