Sentences with phrase «from sopranos»

At the center of this romantic comedy are two television legends (Gandolfini and Julia Louis - Dreyfus from The Sopranos and Seinfeld respectfully) that share a tremendous amount of chemistry in their big screen roles.

This Seventies - era period piece is the directorial debut of Federico Castelluccio (a / k / a ponytailed enforcer Furio from The Sopranos), who attempts to create the sort of gritty, solemn character study that probably could've come out during the Me Decade.

In his (otherwise excellent) forthcoming book, Difficult Men: Behind the Scenes of a Creative Revolution: From The Sopranos and The Wire to Mad Men and Breaking Bad, Brett Martin emerges as the latest exponent of this fallacy.

The South Bank Centre in London regularly features music at lunchtimes which can be anything from sopranos to afro beats.

They referenced Percoco's use of code words from the Sopranos TV series including saying «boxes of ziti» for «money,» while Percoco allegedly carried out pay - to - play schemes.

Percoco was among a slew of defendants named in an 80 - page complaint unsealed by U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara today, outlining schemes to take favorable state actions for an energy company that in exchange employed Percoco's wife (when discussing her salary, Percoco and lobbyist Todd Howe colorfully used the codeword «ziti,» a kind of macaroni, for money — something he lifted from The Sopranos) and to rig bids considered by SUNY Polytechnic University for funding through Cuomo's economic development program, the Buffalo Billion.

Naturally, the word «ziti» — the euphemism borrowed from The Sopranos to describe the alleged bribes to Percoco as payments to his wife for what prosecutors say was a «low - show» job — was tossed around in court on Tuesday.

That Percoco and Howe, in emails, allegedly sometimes referred to cash payments as «ziti,» a term borrowed from The Sopranos, also may not help the defense's cause.

Two called the bribes «ziti,» a code for money, ripped from The Sopranos.

They referenced Percoco's use of code words from The Sopranos television series including saying «boxes of ziti» for «money» while Percoco allegedly carried out pay - to - play schemes.

Let me spell it out for Betty and anyone else talking stupidity about Vito being set - up, as if this is a scene from the Sopranos.

The sauce wasn't about me, the guy from The Sopranos, it was about the product.

The video leads viewers behind the wheel of a car into Jersey City with scenes of the tower, all to the tune of the theme song from The Sopranos, «Woke Up This Morning.»

Not exact matches

«They have «The Godfather,» «Rocky,» «Goodfellas,» «The Sopranos»... We have Long Duk Dong,» he said, referring to an infamously stereotypical character from «Sixteen Candles.»

It has become a staple of pop culture, appearing in everything from One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest and «Gossip Girl» to «The Sopranos.»

It includes a performance by mezzo - soprano Jessica Lloyd, greetings from the federal government and a group photo of all new Canadians.

As shafts of light illuminate the darkness, a soprano voice sings lyrics commissioned by Disney from poet and novelist Rachael Field specifically for Fantasia:

Mozart's Exultate Jubilate, Allegri's Miserere and other famous pieces from this period now sung by sopranos and countertenors were written for castrati.

From a 5 piece flatware set to service ware to the essentials for a cocktail hour, Soprano meets every need for a seamless meal.

The only Avellino - related piece of information I can supply is that it's where Tony Soprano's family is originally from.

In doing so, we started with lunch — it was time to relinquish the «Tony Soprano» lunch table set up that he benefitted from since second grade.

Along with learning traditional and folk songs from the U.S. and around the world in grades one through eight, the interval and pentatonic flutes are introduced in first grade, followed by the soprano recorder in grade three.

With a Bachelor of Music from the Eastman School of Music and a Master of Music from Bowling Green State University, she sings soprano with numerous Chicago - area companies.

Everyone from Broadway and «Frozen» star Idina Menzel to «The Sopranos» tough guy Steve Schirripa have made guest appearances on her living room couch.

A prosecutor argued at the bribery trial of former top Cuomo aide Joe Percoco that he proved his guilt by quoting from the mob drama «The Sopranos» with the now infamous use of the word «ziti» to indicate bribes.

Key testimony is expected to come from former lobbyist - turned - cooperating witness Todd Howe, who allegedly exchanged emails with Percoco in which they referred to cash as «ziti» — a move prosecutors say they lifted from HBO's mobster series «The Sopranos.»

In closing arguments, prosecutors cited emails in which Percoco and Howe used the word «ziti,» saying the men borrowed it from the HBO mob drama «The Sopranos» to refer to bribes.

The trial, expected to last four to six weeks, will have plenty of seamy detail about backroom dealings, court filings suggest — from jokes about wanting more «zitti» in alleged coded references to bribes taken from «The Sopranos,» to using clout to influence state agencies and routing more than $ 300,000 in alleged payoffs to Percoco through his wife.

He sought «ziti,» a synonym for cash culled from the HBO series «The Sopranos,» and squeezed companies with pending business before the state to pay him and his wife.

Prosecutors said Percoco referred to the payoffs using the code word ziti, a term borrowed from «The Sopranos,» in emails with his close friend, lobbyist Todd Howe, who allegedly facilitated the bribes.

It was a reference — borrowed, as noted several times in the trial, from «The Sopranos» TV show — to more than $ 300,000 in payments allegedly steered Percoco's way from a Syracuse development firm and an energy company with a power plant interest before the state.

In addition to more than 11 million pages of records, the feds» arsenal includes former lobbyist - turned - cooperating witness Todd Howe and emails in which he and Percoco allegedly referred to payoffs as «ziti» — a code word for cash that prosecutors say they lifted from an episode of HBO's mob drama «The Sopranos.»

in what Howe has said was a coded reference to cash that Percoco lifted from «The Sopranos.»

On Wednesday, attorney Barry Bohrer mocked how prosecutors made the word from the popular HBO series «The Sopranos» a focus of their closing argument in the trial of Joseph Percoco.

The complaint is also full of some colorful details, including the fact that Percoco referred to cash payments as «ziti,» which was lifted from the HBO series «The Sopranos,» which, incidentally, was about mobsters.

Prosecutors allege that Percoco would use the word, which the government says stems from the TV show «The Sopranos,» in emails to refer to alleged bribery money.

Howe spent more than a week on the witness stand, but Assistant U.S. Attorney David Zhou urged the jury instead to focus on emails from Percoco, Gov. Andrew Cuomo's former right - hand man, in which he relentlessly pushed Howe for more «ziti» — slang for money in the TV series «The Sopranos.»

Saying that the jury is entitled to understand the criminal element of the word «ziti,» prosecutors are attempting to show jurors a clip of «The Sopranos» where the meaning of «ziti» is explained, but Judge Caproni has barred prosecutors from such a move.

He easily defeated his lone opponent, Anthony J. Ribustello, 42, a Republican district leader from the east Bronx known more for his role as Tony Sopranos driver in the HBO series «The Sopranos,» by a wide margin.

Howe and Percoco repeatedly referred to the alleged bribe money as «ziti,» the complaint says — a code word for money apparently lifted from an episode of HBO's mafia drama «The Sopranos,» Bharara said.

NEW YORK (WBEN / AP)-- A former top aide to New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo proved his guilt by repeatedly quoting from the mob drama «The Sopranos» as he described bribes he was receiving from three businessmen, a prosecutor told jurors as closing arguments began Tuesday.

During the course of the bribery scheme, Percoco and Howe allegedly referred to bribe money to be paid to Percoco's wife as ziti, borrowing a term from «The Sopranos,» Bharara said.

Their exchanges over a period of years include repeated references to payoffs as «zitti,» which was a term that Howe told investigators they gleaned from the acclaimed HBO series «The Sopranos,» about a New Jersey crime family.

Boone also signaled that the government in its case will highlight Percoco and Howe's use of the word «ziti» as code for alleged bribes, a term he says they took from the TV series about the mob «The Sopranos».

Prosecutors said he took a page from «The Sopranos» and used the code word «ziti» to refer to the bribes.

Manhattan US Attorney Preet Bharara said the «colorful, coded term» was «apparently lifted from an episode of «The Sopranos»» in which a character lost 45 «boxes of ziti» — or $ 45,000 — during an all - night poker game with players including the real - life Frank Sinatra Jr..

Under questioning from prosecutors, Mr. Howe portrayed Mr. Percoco as a man consumed by the pursuit of bribe money — which the two men referred to as «ziti,» a reference from «The Sopranos» — from the two firms, Competitive Power Ventures and COR Development.

Coffey also suggested that Howe and Percoco's use of «ziti» as a euphemism for the allegedly illicit payments — a term that Percoco picked up from the HBO crime drama «The Sopranos,» according to Howe — could have referred to the campaign contributions the men sought to benefit Cuomo's re-election efforts.

NEW YORK (CBSNewYork / AP)-- A prosecutor argued at the bribery trial of a former top aide to Democratic Gov. Andrew Cuomo that he proved his guilt by quoting from the mob drama «The Sopranos.»

NEW YORK — Defense lawyers want to whack references to «The Sopranos» from Joe Percoco's corruption trial.