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June 20, 2013

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  • Sony chief says time needed to study proposal

    06/20/13 04:01 AM

    TOKYO (AP) — Sony Corp. needs more time to study a key proposal from a U.S. hedge fund to spin off a part of its entertainment unit as a way to propel its fledgling revival, the chief executive told shareholders Thursday. Sony Chief Executive Kazuo Hirai was speaking to a Tokyo hall packed...

  • James Gandolfini: He let his characters star

    06/20/13 03:00 AM

    NEW YORK (AP) — James Gandolfini would have hated all this fuss. He was an actor who shrank from attention for anything but the roles he brought to life. No false modesty. He simply did his best to remain a private citizen behind his public characters. These included, of course, Tony Soprano,...

  • Famous fictional mobsters

    06/20/13 02:45 AM

    As mobster Tony Soprano, James Gandolfini had the kind of role that reached the very heights of popular culture — a character so famous we end up quoting him, comparing real-life people to him and knowing more about him than our own friends and neighbors. Gangsters have long made for some of...

  • Actor James Gandolfini dies in Italy at age 51

    06/20/13 02:15 AM

    LOS ANGELES (AP) — James Gandolfini's lumbering, brutish mob boss with the tortured psyche will endure as one of TV's indelible characters. But his portrayal of criminal Tony Soprano in HBO's landmark drama series "The Sopranos" was just one facet of an actor who created a rich legacy of film...

  • Stars share reaction to James Gandolfini's death

    06/20/13 01:45 AM

    LOS ANGELES (AP) — James Gandolfini's fans and colleagues shared reaction to his death Wednesday: — "He was a genius. Anyone who saw him even in the smallest of his performances knows that. He is one of the greatest actors of this or any time. A great deal of that genius resided in those...

  • Madonna premieres tour film, talks secret project

    06/20/13 01:19 AM

    NEW YORK (AP) — Madonna said there were days when she was exhausted during her recent "MDNA" world tour, but she decided to press on. You won't see those behind-the-scenes battles in her new concert film, "The MDNA Tour," which premieres Saturday on the online and cable network Epix. But you...

  • Review: Pitt and his zombies entertain in 'WWZ'

    06/20/13 01:18 AM

    Might there be a real-life zombie apocalypse one day? Not likely, but then again, the way zombies have chomped their way into our pop culture the last several years, it's maybe a bit less implausible than it once was. What IS increasingly quite plausible, alas, is a scary global pandemic, and...

  • Capsule reviews of new movie releases

    06/20/13 01:18 AM

    "World War Z" — Might there be a real zombie apocalypse one day? The way zombies have invaded our pop culture the last several years, it's maybe a bit less implausible than it once was. What IS increasingly quite plausible, alas, is a global pandemic, and "World War Z," the long-awaited Brad...

  • Netflix to expand to Netherlands later this year

    06/20/13 01:18 AM

    LOS GATOS, Calif. (AP) — Netflix is going Dutch. The online video giant says it will expand into the Netherlands, its 41st country, later this year. Subscribers will be able to stream Hollywood fare, local TV series and Netflix originals like "House of Cards" and "Arrested Development" on...

  • Bulger to Soprano: Mob makes headlines this week

    06/20/13 01:18 AM

    The death in Italy of James Gandolfini, who played Mafia boss Tony Soprano on the popular HBO show "The Sopranos," was part of an unusual convergence of mob-related news making headlines this week. Here's a look: TONY SOPRANO'S DEATH Gandolfini, whose portrayal of an emotionally delicate mob...


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