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FILE - This undated publicity photo, released by HBO, shows actor James Gandolfini in his role as Tony Soprano, head of the New Jersey crime family portrayed in HBO's "The Sopranos." HBO and the managers for Gandolfini say the actor died Wednesday, June 19, 2013, in Italy. He was 51.

Actor James Gandolfini, 51, dies of cardiac arrest

James Gandolfini's lumbering, brutish mob boss with the tortured psyche will endure as one of TV's indelible characters. 24 minutes ago

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Horoscopes for Thursday, June 20, 2013

Aries March 21-April 19

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TELEVISION

Italy hospital: Gandolfini died of cardiac arrest

Organizers of the Taormina Film Festival scrambled Thursday to put together a last-minute tribute to U.S. actor James Gandolfini, after he suffered a fatal cardiac arrest while in Italy to attend the festival's closing ceremony and receive an honor from the Sicilian resort city.
ENTERTAINMENT

Sam Taylor-Johnson to direct '50 Shades' movie

British visual artist and filmmaker Sam Taylor-Johnson has been signed to direct the movie version of erotic best-seller "50 Shades of Grey," producers have announced.

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MUSIC

'Miss Saigon' returning to London stage in 2014

"Miss Saigon," the musical that brought a real helicopter onto the West End stage, is descending on London again.

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TELEVISION

'Masterpiece' prepping 'Breathless' medical drama

"Masterpiece" is prescribing a new drama set in a London hospital in the early 1960s.
TELEVISION

James Gandolfini: He let his characters star

James Gandolfini would have hated all this fuss.
MOVIE NEWS & REVIEWS

When zombies attack, it's time to declare 'World War Z'

"World War Z" promised to be some sort of ultimate zombie movie experience, and it's hard to call it that. But the first 25 minutes or so of this "Contagion"-meets-"28 Days Later" thriller will leave you breathless. And the rest of it serves up novel and often entertaining solutions to the various...
MOVIE NEWS & REVIEWS

'Monsters University' not as strong as first movie

It's been a dozen years since Mike and Sully scared up some big laughs in Pixar's "Monsters, Inc."
MOVIE NEWS & REVIEWS

When celebrity interviews go bad

CHICAGO - Let us consider for a moment the Hollywood performance that never gets nominated for awards but can be just as indelible as any Oscar-winning role. I'm referring to the celebrity interview that goes viral.
MOVIE NEWS & REVIEWS

'The Attack' finds a fresh point of view in the ongoing Arab-Israeli conflict

Dr. Amin Jaafari is a revered surgeon in his Tel Aviv hospital, honored by his peers and seemingly embraced by his community. A secular Arab in a Jewish state, he travels easily in the highest medical circles, only occasionally catching a look, an unguarded crack about his Muslim background. If ...