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Well, at least the New York Knicks tried. The 2010 recruitment video that the team put together in an effort to recruit LeBron James to the Big Apple leaked Tuesday courtesy of Pablo Torre, who shared parts of it on his podcast, Pablo Torre Finds Out. It includes no shortage of star power from the likes of fictional characters Tony and Carmelo Soprano, a future president in Donald Trump, actors Chris Rock and Robert De Niro, Knicks fan and director Spike Lee, and many more celebrities: There is certainly some irony to Trump, of all people, being included in a...

Former mob boss Vincent Palermo rose through the ranks as a hitman and now lives under a new identityTONY Soprano is one of the most famous TV anti-heroes of all time - with fans having a love-hate relationship with the sadistic mob boss. The Sopranos viewers watched as James Gandolfini’s character battled for control as the boss of the fictional North Jersey DiMeo crime family. And, despite the fact Tony committed some hideous crimes, including eight murders throughout the show’s six series, fans never stopped rooting for him. But Tony was based on a real-life mob boss, Vincent Palermo, now...

A New Jersey municipal council member was shot dead in his car Wednesday, exactly a week after the unsolved slaying of Councilwoman Eunice Dwumfour. Russell Heller, 51, was found dead just after 7 a.m. in the Somerset parking lot of PSE&G, the local energy company where the Milford Republican worked. Cops quickly IDed a former employee, Gary Curtis, 58, as a suspect — and found him dead in his car from a suspected self-inflicted gunshot around three and a half hours after the slaying.

Jersey's real-life Sopranos By Ted Sherman | Posted February 10, 2019 at 11:30 AM | Updated February 10, 2019 at 06:11 PM 0 shares 56 Comments (Dwight J. Johnson | Star-Ledger file photo) This is an updated version of a post that was originally published Aug. 13, 2015. David Chase, who brought to life the fictional tale of a New Jersey crime family in “The Sopranos,” has a new story to tell. Said to be a prequel to his HBO series of mob boss Tony Soprano, “The Many Saints of Newark," is set in the 1960s, during the Newark riots....

In this very funny video, impressionist Max Koch plays Tony Soprano meeting Jack Nicholson and Robert DeNiro. He nails all three perfectly, and his impression of Robert DeNiro's idiocy is priceless. BTW, in true Sopranos style, the language in this video renders is NSFW. Max Koch channels TONY SOPRANO, Part III (NSFW)

Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York; George C. Venizelos, the Assistant Director in Charge of the New York Office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI); and George N. Longworth, the Commissioner of the Westchester County Police Department, today announced the unsealing of charges against 32 individuals as part of a multi-year investigation into organized crime’s alleged continuing control of large aspects of the commercial waste-hauling industry in the greater New York City metropolitan area and in parts of New Jersey. The main indictment charges 12 defendants under the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt...

The Democrat-on-Democrat budget fight wasn't the only drama that went down at the Capitol this week - two lawmakers nearly came to blows over an ethnically charged remark about Italian Americans. It began with Assemblyman Don Wagner, R-Irvine, speaking against a bill that would eliminate redevelopment agencies and replace them with an alternative program. He remarked that lawmakers should not "buy an insurance policy that Tony Soprano is selling us." That prompted Italian American Assemblyman Anthony Portantino, D-La Cañada Flintridge (Los Angeles County) to rise from his seat and ask for an apology to Italian Americans. That's where things started...

A fight broke out Wednesday on the Assembly floor as Assemblyman Warren Furutani confronted Assemblyman Don Wagner over comments deemed offensive. The two members jawed angrily in each other's faces before Furutani appeared to give Wagner a shove, prompting several colleagues to separate them in the final minutes of Wednesday's budget session. The dispute brought the house to a standstill for a couple minutes during debate over a controversial redevelopment plan. The two-bill proposal compels redevelopment agencies to backfill state coffers and give money to local governments under threat of elimination. Wagner, R-Irvine, testified that it was comparable to a...

Accusations of a Sopranos-style shakedown. Two men exchanging words, chest to chest, as others work to pull them apart. It sounds like a movie, but it was actually the action on the state Assembly floor this afternoon, after Assemblyman Don Wagner, R-Irvine angered his colleagues with comments about Italians. Here's what happened: Wagner was talking about a bill that would eliminate redevelopment agencies and replace them with an alternative program (the alternative would allow cities to retain the economic development program but only if they agreed to give a portion of their money to schools and other programs). After he...

NEW YORK (AP) — Tony Soprano is shedding his wardrobe for charity. James Gandolfini, who starred on the hit HBO series, is selling off 24 outfits, including the button-down blue shirt he wore in the opening credits and the bathrobe he donned to fetch the morning newspaper. Proceeds from the June 25 pop culture auction at Christie's will go to the Wounded Warrior Project, a nonprofit group that assists severely wounded soldiers in Iraq and Afghanistan. Estimates for the costumes start at $500. Gandolfini's wardrobe, which includes many outfits with the original production tags attached, is expected to bring up...

AUSTIN, Texas - Hillary Clinton, the front-runner no more, sought to bury Barack Obama, but also to praise him in their latest campaign debate and revive her own White House hopes in the process. "No matter what happens in this contest — and I am honored, I am honored to be here with Barack Obama," she said at the conclusion of the 90-minute forum. "Whatever happens, we're going to be fine." It was an unexpectedly gracious moment in a debate that was supposed to be a game changer for Clinton in the run-up to crucial primaries in Texas and Ohio...

Satin Dolls, the Lodi go-go bar featured on the “The Sopranos” as the Bada Bing club, is auctioning items on eBay for fans of the popular HBO drama about a suburban New Jersey Mafia family. The sale will make way for the club’s renovation. LODI – Bada Bing, the fictional strip club on the HBO television Mafia drama "The Sopranos" that brought fame to Satin Dolls go-go bar, is approaching its own ending. But unlike the TV show's abrupt blackout finale, which left many television viewers cathartically stifled in June, the Bing is fading away piece by piece, courtesy...

I have been perusing the message boards tonight to see the reaction to the series ending episode of The Sopranos and it seems the natives are restless. Many seem to feel it is a cop out and that all the creators of the show did was set it up for a possible feature film or a "to be continued" at some other time. They say they are disappointed with this "non-ending." I can't disagree more. In fact, I think it is a brilliant ending that befits the entire series. What made this series is that there was always a sense...

In the beginning, there sat Tony Soprano in Dr. Jennifer Melfi's waiting room, quizzically staring at the sculpture of a nude female. Seconds later, the psychiatrist opened the door to her office, and so began one of the most compelling conversations and resonant series in TV history. In the wake of last week's penultimate episode of The Sopranos, which featured Dr. Melfi angrily ending her doctor-patient relationship with Tony, the symmetry of those two office images eight years apart frames the series. There's Dr. Melfi striking the exact same pose in the doorway to her inner sanctum - inviting him...

New Jersey politicians have reached an agreement that will end the state budget crisis. The deal will be announced later this afternoon by Gov. Jon Corzine at a news conference. That conference is tentatively scheduled at 4:30 p.m. NBC 10 News and NBC10.com will live video coverage. Corzine hammered out a deal with his fellow Democrats, who were fighting him over a proposed sales tax hike, according to sources. The deal was reached six days after state government shut down, a high-ranking Statehouse official said. "They'll be announcing the final elements later this afternoon," said the official, who spoke on...

Duke lacrosse player Collin Finnerty, right, sits next to his father Kevin Finnerty while he waits for his first court apperance in the Durham County Judicial Building on Tuesday, April 18, 2006 in Durham, N.C. Finnerty was arrested early Tuesday on charges of raping and kidnapping a stripper hired to dance at an off-campus party. (AP Photo/Sara D. Davis)

School official James Gandolfini More than 400 people paid their respects Friday to James J. Gandolfini, the former director of facilities at Paramus Catholic High School, and the father of actor James Gandolfini. Mr. Gandolfini died Wednesday at age 84. The mourners turned out to view Mr. Gandolfini during afternoon and evening visiting hours at the Robert Spearing Funeral Home on Kinderkamack Road in Park Ridge. They included actors from the TV show "The Sopranos." Mr. Gandolfini's son, James, known for his tough-guy roles, plays mob character Tony Soprano in the popular TV show. Once his son became well-known, the...

    John Bowers, the aging president of the International Longshoremen’s Association, had gone to meet a local union official at the Smith & Wollensky in Miami Beach. Inside, he was surprised to discover George Barone seated amid the polished brass and dark wood decor of the pricey waterfront steakhouse.     Barone was no stranger. A Genovese family member, he once controlled ILA locals in New Jersey and Miami. He also had coldly killed at least 10 people, by his own count, as a mob enforcer.     In a sworn deposition, Bowers recounted the conversation:     ‘‘You’re doing a wonderful job,’’ Barone told him. ‘‘We...

New Jersey casino investigators have reopened their case against the owners of a Clifton construction company that last year beat allegations of ties to organized crime and won a license to do business in Atlantic City. As part of the probe, the state Division of Gaming Enforcement wants to question former New York City Police Commissioner Bernard Kerik, according to a subpoena issued to him. The agency subpoenaed Kerik last month and asked him to produce documents pertaining to 13 issues, from communication between him and the brothers who own Interstate Industrial and a sister company, Interstate Drywall, to records...

New York -WABC, Feb. 10, 2005) — A boil water advisory has gone out to 17 area towns this morning. All are serviced by the same water treatment tank where the body of a missing New Jersey woman was found last night. Eyewitness News reporter Ken Rosato is at the scene in Totowa with more. The medical examiner arrived at the Passaic Valley water treatment plant last night. It was clear, the news would be grim. They had found the body of a woman missing for several days. The discovery led officials to declare a boil water advisory for several...