New York Newsday (Free subscription) | 11/10/2008
What, exactly, is Uncle Junior doing in Patchogue - again? Keeping alive his old Bronx connections. Dominic Chianese grew up in the Belmont part of the borough with so-and-so, whose son is a big shot, and ... you get how this works.
The LoHud Yankees Blog (Free subscription) | 11/08/2008
Here’s Joe Girardi talking about CC Sabathia, Robbie Cano, Andy Pettitte, Mike Mussina and assorted other topics: Here’s Andy Pettitte talking about his contract situation with the Yankees: Here’s Don Mattingly talking about his time with the Dodgers, his love of Manny Ramirez and his desire to manage himself someday. Donnie Baseball looks and sounds like [...]
New York Post (Free subscription) | 09/21/2008
This could become the Curse of Uncle Junior. After the Yankees told "Sopranos" star and Bronx native Dominic Chianese to fuhgeddabout his dream of singing "The Star Spangled Banner" at the Stadium, the Red Sox are negotiating to bring him to...
Entertainment - The Post Chronicle (Free subscription) | 09/08/2008
Actor Dominic Chianese, known best for a role on the crime drama The Sopranos, cannot perform at New York's Yankee Stadium, ...
New York Post (Free subscription) | 09/07/2008
"Sopranos" star Dominic Chianese thought he made the Yankees an offer they couldn't refuse. The Bronx native, best known for playing mobster Uncle Junior on the hit HBO drama, has always wanted to sing the national anthem at Yankee Stadium, where...
The New Yorker (Free subscription) | 06/02/2008
Over Memorial Day weekend, fittingly, Fordham University hosted a conference called “The Sopranos: A Wake.” Among the papers were “‘Blabbermouth Cunts’: ‘The Sopranos’ and the Feminist Dilemma,” “A ‘Finook’ in the Crew: Vito Spatafore, ‘The Sopranos,’ and the Queering of the Mob Genre,” and “Slouching Toward Jersey: ‘The Sopranos’ and . . .
Courrier Mail (Free subscription) | 05/29/2008
TAXPAYERS forked out up to $2000 to help send a University of Queensland lecturer to a US conference on the mafia TV series The Sopranos .
Paul Levinson's Infinite Regress (Free subscription) | 05/27/2008
Paul Levinson, Dominic Chianese, and David Lavery at the high point of The Sopranos: A Wake, a scholarly consideration of The Sopranos , at Fordham University, May 22-24, with more than fifty scholarly papers. (Photo by Kim Akass) Complete conference program , with links to reviews and articles about the conference in the media... listen to Light On Light Through podcast also iTunes Paul Levinson's...
Miami Herlad (Free subscription) | 04/15/2008
The characters were all in place. A few members of the cast of "The Sopranos," including Dominic Chianese, who sang the national anthem, and Chazz Palminteri, from "A Bronx Tale."
Grub Street - New York Magazine's Food and Restaurant Blog (Free subscription) | 03/20/2008
"York Grill has become a favorite." Photo: Melissa Hom Dominic Chianese, who played Tony's Uncle Junior on the Sopranos and sings Italian standards tonight at Columbus 72 , was born and raised in the Belmont neighborhood of the Bronx. His grandfather owned an Italian-French restaurant on Houston Street, and his mother, who worked there, is related to the owner of Mario’s , where Chianese says you...
Contactmusic Ltd (Free subscription) | 03/06/2008
A movie version of TV hit THE SOPRANOS is being planned - according to the owner of the real life strip club made famous by the show. Fans and cast members have been ...
FHMUS.Com (Free subscription) | 03/03/2008
Bracco and Chianese would be happy for the series to return
NewMexiKen (Free subscription) | 02/24/2008
Today is the birthday … of Abe Vigoda. Fish on Barney Miller and Sal Tessio of The Godfather is 87. … of Steven Hill. Adam Schiff on Law and Order is 86. … of Dominic Chianese. Uncle Junior on The Sopranos is 77. Baseball great Honus Wagner was born on this date in 1874. One of the [...]
eFilmCritic (Free subscription) | 01/25/2008
by Peter SobczynskiIn which your faithful scribe desperately tries to transform a terribly paltry week for DVD releases into a compelling column. SPOILER WARNING! He fails but at least he gets to make references to Abe Vigoda, John Saxon and Paris Hilton in the same article.This has been an especially grim week in the entertainment world and those of you hoping to find some solace in the newest DVD...
New York Times (Free subscription) | 01/13/2008
The documentary “Beyond Wiseguys: Italian Americans and the Movies” explores why the Italian stereotype of the gun-toting, cannoli-loving mobster looms so large.
