Sentences with phrase «soprano make»

Four artists, one conversation on this issues of our time and an award - winning soprano make for an unmissable series launch

The telephones featured in the The Sopranos make the show feel dated — big, hulking communicators that make surprisingly effective weapons.

Not exact matches

Like the soprano, the tenor could not hit the high notes, but he made up for that by sporting a frizzy hairdo and by ripping open his ruffled shirt front, in the process making one wonder if he were really bald under the curls.

The only players in this drama who seem capable of escape are Tony Soprano himself, the mob boss and antihero who makes repeated excursions into psychotherapy, and his wife, Carmela, whose guilt over her husband's lifestyle coexists with an unwillingness to give up the possessions and status that his criminality has won for her.

Best known for his role of Bobby Baccalieri on The Sopranos and Detective Anthony Abetemarco on CBS's Blue Bloods, Schirripa has recreated his mother's sauce using her recipe to craft a healthy comfort food that makes dinner fast and easy.

And my grocery even carries pre-rolled pizza dough wrapped in parchment paper, which made me all like aaaahhhhhhh [angels singing in sweet soprano voices] when I first went ingredient - shopping to put my hanky pankies pull - aparts to the test.

On the fifth day of pumpkin season we have made Pumpkin Pie Squares (in my high pitch alto singing voice, I just may be a soprano y ’ alll!!!)

On the third day of pumpkin season we have made Oatmeal Pumpkin Cookie Bites (in my alto wanting to be a soprano singing voice)!!!

Ferrara, who made his movie debut as a 10 - year - old in 1986 when he dodged a truck in F / X, got into the biz through his father, Frank Sr., a stunt coordinator who is James Gandolfini's double in The Sopranos.

It's like taking a great operatic soprano and making her sing «Happy Birthday.»»

A classical soprano with an MFA in Theatre Education / Outreach and Dramatic writing, she started her blog because having a family gave her a point of view as a cook, and being a mother (to boys, ages 2 & 5, one with sensory - motor problems) made her even more eager to learn about food systems and how the stuff we eat affects little people's bodies and brains.

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

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.

In addition to being a New York City firefighter who had once earned national attention for a heroic rescue mission, Foley was a model and actor who made it into major publications and earned roles as an extra in shows such as the Sopranos.

Creepy old guy that looks like a Sopranos extra makes pretty young women touch the tumors in his armpit, gives another young woman pinkeye.

Classically trained sopranos also make use of a technique called «resonance tuning» to intensify the vibrations of the vocal folds and increase the power of the voice.

They found that when a soprano sings at high pitches, she adjusts her vocal tract to make her voice resonate.

It doesn't consistently reach the heights of the absolute top tier dramas (The Soprano's, Breaking Bad etc) and relies on convenient plot devices a little too often but the well written script and excellent cast make for a powerful drama series.

February 6, 2016 • With more than 80 world premieres to her credit, Barbara Hannigan, an intrepid soprano and conductor, has a knack for making modern music sound effortless and approachable.

Steve Schirripa joins the cast, making for a minor Sopranos reunion with Tony Sirico.

Nick Gomez has made a few little indies, and has spent the last couple years directing episodes of HBO's superior series «Oz» and «The Sopranos».

Inevitably, you wonder what the likes of My Fair Lady, West Side Story, and The King and I would have sounded like if they'd been made this way, and without the reassuring soprano of Marni Nixon emanating from their leading ladies.

David Proval and Richard Romanus complete their neighborhood quartet (Proval, who made a name for himself decades later playing Richie Aprile in «The Sopranos,» is unforgettable in a tender moment with a caged tiger), Amy Robinson plays Charlie's Jewish girlfriend, and David Carradine, Robert Carradine, Scorsese's mother Catherine Scorsese, and Martin Scorsese himself make brief appearances.

Complete with the director's trademark visceral intensity, it draws the viewer in to the depraved masculine underworld of the London Russian mob, which makes the Sopranos look almost saintly by comparison.

Based on the memoir of the same name by Jordan Belfort, «Wolf» was written by Terence Winter who made a name for himself on «The Sopranos,» and since created the Scorsese - shepherded «Boardwalk Empire» for HBO.

Everyone from Omar Little of «The Wire» to Tony Soprano of «The Sopranos» have familiarized audiences with the genre's tropes so much so that much of the film's runtime comes with few surprises, making for an elongated ending to Seal's entrepreneurial smuggling empire.

Some of his TV and film credits include: THE SOPRANOS, where he played Italian enforcer Furio Giunta, the feature film MADE with Jon Favreau and Vince Vaughn, NYPD BLUE, LAW & ORDER and DRAGON DYNASTY a made for TV movie, which aired on the Sci - Fi ChanMADE with Jon Favreau and Vince Vaughn, NYPD BLUE, LAW & ORDER and DRAGON DYNASTY a made for TV movie, which aired on the Sci - Fi Chanmade for TV movie, which aired on the Sci - Fi Channel.

Miles is positioned as a family man looking for a way out of his chosen profession, which softens the role enough to perhaps better fit both O'Dowd and the series» format — though «Make him more sympathetic by giving him a wife and kid» seems like the kind of network note someone would have given in the days of the movie, not after its co-star James Gandolfini moved to TV for The Sopranos — but knocks the tone of the series off - kilter.

The boys aren't bad either, and, in addition to Phoenix, it's exhilarating to recognise, in various disguises, hairdos and toupees, actors that have shaped both American independent cinema, Hollywood and / or cable television (The Sopranos, The Wire, Boardwalk Empire) for the last twenty years: Owen Wilson offers an understated performance as a former saxophone player who has to fake his death; the always impeccable Martin Donovan is a lawyer for the Golden Fang (he's also, by the way, Japonica's father, which serves him right); Benicio del Toro shines as the man passing as «Doc's lawyer»; Josh Brolin drew a lot of kudos for his performance as Doc's nemesis, an LAPD detective nicknamed Bigfoot with the bad habit of kicking people's door and dreams of making it to the big screen; Martin Short; Eric Roberts, Michael Kenneth Williams etc...

In presenting the award to Gandolfini's family, frequent «Sopranos» collaborator Steve Buscemi, who directed and starred in episodes of the HBO show, said that «to be accepted by Jimmy as a director was the best feeling in the world,» adding, «I can't imagine any actor out there who could make us care about someone who inflicted so much pain on everyone around him.»

«Building the Band» (3:06) is a promotional making - of short covering some of the same ground as the first piece above regarding the cast's musical training by executive producer / music consultant / «Sopranos» alum / E Street Band guitarist Steven Van Zandt.

Mickey is a tad bit how Tony Soprano might have been had he not tried to make things work with Carmella or his family.

While plenty have struggled to make the leap from television to film, the transition couldn't have seemed all that daunting for David Chase, who is heralded for «The Sopranos», the mature, cinematic,

«I think the most heartbreaking thing as well is that since «The Sopranos» he's had to really make his mark in the film world and he had really started to do that,» Ronan said.

Chris Ryan and Andy Greenwald react to the news that Jon Favreau will write and produce a new Star Wars series for Disney's streaming service (3:00) as well as David Chase's plans to make a Sopranos prequel for the big screen (9:30).

In Mad Men, Elisabeth Moss has given perhaps the finest female dramatic performance on American television this side of Edie Falco in The Sopranos, and this simple exchange contains everything that makes her Peggy so fascinating and affecting — the unexpected cadences and pauses, the precise line readings, and her face, on the cusp of either smile or frown, dominated by her wide, soulful eyes, which seem constantly to search for, connect with, and then avert those of her scene partner.

John From Cincinnati, the series that so gripped David Milch during the making of Deadwood that HBO dumped the western for the new surf noir drama, never caught fire with audiences or critics, at least not like HBO buzz shows like The Sopranos, Six Feet Under or Deadwood.

By focusing on Omar Little and detective Shakima Greggs (The Wire), Sofie (Carnivàle) and Vito (The Sopranos) I argue that HBO made great strides in depicting complex characters whose sexuality didn't define them.

We discussed Jake's first novel, The Big Mango (an excellent stand alone novel) which the late great actor, James Gandolfini (The Sopranos, Get Shorty, and more) wanted to make it into a movie and play Eddie Dare.

A DIVA»S DESTINY In the opening scene of Alexander Chee's lush historical novel, The Queen of the Night, read by Lisa Flanagan, it's 1882, and Lilliet Berne, a famed soprano whose rare, fragile voice has made her the toast of the Paris opera scene, walks into a ball at the Luxembourg Palace.

Thanks to interest rates that would make Tony Soprano proud, balances spiral out of control.

With her outsize dramatic presence and powerful lyric soprano, Netrebko seems an ideal fit for the part, and her celebrity status makes this one of the most sought - after items of the season: Saturday's performance has been sold out for more than a month, but tickets can still be had later in the run.

For over three decades he has made his home in New Orleans, performing on tenor and soprano saxophone with many of the Crescent City's most celebrated artists, including Ellis Marsalis, Allen Toussaint, Professor Longhair, James Booker, Dr. John, James Black, Johnny Adams and Gatemouth Brown.

Choreographer and painter Shen Wei (Park Avenue Armory, 2011; 2008 Beijing Olympics Opening Ceremony) makes his BAM debut with a dance - based interpretation of Morton Feldman's 1977 anti-opera for orchestra and soprano.

«From watching too many episodes of the Sopranos, your staff seems to have acquired the belief that any Sicilian gesture is obscene — especially when made by an «Italian jurist.»

One attendee made the point that the most effective mediation she had seen on TV occurred on the Sopranos or on other organized crime shows, where older, respected Mafiosos help resolve conflicts between rival gangs.

Al Green has stated that he's made more money in royalties off the Big Mouth Billy Bass that sings his hit song «Take Me to the River» than any other recording of the song — the singing fish sold thousands of units in the early 2000s and even made an appearance as a plot device in an episode of The Sopranos.

Made that night's episode of The Sopranos seem like Leave it to Beaver, which, if memory serves, was what the episode was all about!

It seems that mobsters — or even those who only play one on TV — may never make good neighbours: Sopranos star James Gandolfini came in dead last for the second year.