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HBO Boss On ‘The Sopranos’ Prequel Series: ‘Never Say Never’
It was big news when James Gandolfini‘s lookalike son Michael was cast in the Sopranos prequel, The Many Saints of Newark—the title has since been shortened to Newark—but who knew that a full-on reboot of the original show might be in the cards?
At least the idea of bringing back the extraordinarily popular HBO series doesn’t seem totally implausible to HBO President of Programming Casey Bloys.
With Chase revisiting some of the beloved characters from the Emmy-winning series, including Tony Soprano, played by the late James Gandolfini’s son, Michael Gandolfini, would HBO team with Chase to expand the 1960s world he is building in the movie into a TV series?
“I keep saying ‘never say never’,” HBO President of Programming Casey Bloys told Deadline at TCA. “There are no plans, there is no discussions about it, but (Michael) is a really good actor, we had him on The Deuce. There is nothing on the table at the moment but I will stay open.”
It sounds more like The Sopranos Babies than a reboot really—the idea of a series featuring the characters from the show when they were young. If Michael Gandolfini really makes a splash in Newark, though, it might not seem like such a silly idea after all.
Bloys has naturally had to address Game of Thrones as well, given that it’s getting a prequel of its own, starring Naomi Watts.
Regarding the backlash against Thrones’ final season, the Daily Beast reports that Bloys seemed to feel it was natural. “There are very few downsides to having a hugely popular show,” he reportedly said, but one “is when you try to end it, many people have big opinions on how it should end…I think that just comes with the territory.”
As for Blood Moon (or possibly The Long Night, no one is certain of the title yet) the prequel in question, Bloys also indicated shooting had wrapped on the pilot and what he’d seen was “amazing.”
He did not, however, offer any timetable as to when the show will air. And it also seems clear that other Thrones spinoffs won’t be affected by negative reactions to the first show’s end.
There will be plenty more winter to come.
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H&M’s New Fall-Ready Denim Drop Is Here—Shop 10 Affordable Must-Have Pairs
Look, I pretty much live in jeans. Winter, spring, summer, or fall, you can almost always find me in my tried-and-true baby blues. In fact, unless I’m on the beach, at a wedding (no matching 2001 Britney-and-Justin denim looks for me and my S.O.), or the gym (never say never?), there’s a 99.9% likelihood you’ll find me in a pair. So as you might imagine, I’m constantly refreshing my denim arsenal to make sure I’m stocked with the latest trends.
It really helps that H&M is so damn reliable in this department. Just take a look at the retailer’s latest drop, which features everything from classic skinnies to frayed, ripped retro offerings and, (my personal favorite) more forward-feeling wide-leg styles. Keep on scrolling to see the pairs I’ve got sitting in my cart at this very moment—I’ll show you how I plan on working them into my fall wardrobe, because chillier days are right around the corner.
Watch as Vin Diesel Receives a 1,650-HP 1970 Dodge Charger on the Set of ‘Fast & Furious 9’
The Fast & Furious 9 family gave Vin Diesel a gift that would even make the gearhead he plays on-screen swoon.
In a video posted to the Fast Family YouTube page, Diesel can be seen celebrating his 52nd birthday with the forthcoming movie’s crew on-set before director Justin Lin interrupts to deliver a short speech and cue the entrance of a classic Dodge Charger.
Just the distant sound of the pony’s roar indicates that this is no ordinary muscle car.
It’s a carbon-bodied 1970 Dodge Charger “Tantrum” built by Speedkore Performance—a particularly insane restomod with a twin-turbocharged Mercury Marine Racing 9.0-liter that produces an ungodly 1,650 horsepower under the hood. Yeah, that engine is designed for competition speedboats.
While modern hypercars with that sort of output get fancy dual-clutch transmissions and paddle shifters, Diesel’s custom ride boasts a simple six-speed manual complete with a pistol grip-shaped stick. Doesn’t really get much more badass than that.
The unveiling triggered an emotional moment for Diesel, who looked to the sky and delivered a message to late Fast & Furious star Paul Walker.
“You see this, Pablo? We hope to make you proud, Pablo.”
Walker would be. For more on the Dodge Charger Tantrum, check it out on Jay Leno’s Garage below:
YouTube videos with kids get three times as many views as videos without kids
YouTube videos that feature children under the age of 13 receive more than three times as many views as videos without children, a new study from the Pew Research Center found.
Pew assembled a list of popular YouTube channels (ones with more than 250,000 subscribers) that existed through late 2018, and it analyzed all of the videos that those channels produced during the first week of January 2019. While only a small number of English language videos were targeted at children, they still received more views on average than other videos that were not targeted at children. Any video that starred a child who appeared to be under the age of 13, however, “received nearly three times as many views on average as other types of videos.”
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