Gandolfini-related stories
Posted Dec 20th 2007 1:42PM by Jason Hughes
Filed under: Industry, Awards
EW.com put up the The Screen Actors Guild Awards nominations and we've got the nominees in the television categories for you. Not surprisingly, The Sopranos swan song continues to get awards show nods, with bids in all three categories it qualifies for. 30 Rock accomplished the same feat in the comedy categories. No other show was represented in all three drama or comedy categories.
Newcomers include Jon Hamm (Mad Men) and Michael C. Hall (Dexter) in male dramatic actor. Holly Hunter (Saving Grace) was a new face in female dramatic actor, while Christina Applegate (Samantha Who?) and Vanessa Williams (Ugly Betty) represented comedic actresses. Only Mad Men was able to creep in as a new show in the ensemble drama category. The complete list is after the jump.
Continue reading SAG nominations are in
Posted Aug 21st 2006 11:58AM by Adam Finley
Filed under: HBO, Industry, Celebrities, The Sopranos
The Sopranos may be coming to an end, but Tony ain't goin' nowheres, you got dat? James Gandolfini recently signed an exclusive three-year producing deal with HBO that will see he and his business partner, Alex Ryan (formerly of Paramount) creating original programming for the network. The deal will also give Gandolfini and Ryan a first-look at deals in development for HBO's Picturehouse film distributor. The duo have also been developing a biopic of Ernest Hemingway, titled
Hemingway, with Gandolfini in the title role. They've also been working on a documentary titled
Occupation Iraq. The deal comes at the same time as the launch of Gandolfini's new production company, Attaboy Films.