New this week: 'Sopranos' prequel, Jon Stewart and Carlile

Jem Aswad Senior Music EditorSmash Mouth’s lead singer Steve Harwell is apparently retiring after a controversial concert in Upstate New York on Saturday that found him slurring his words and making vaguely threatening comments toward the audience.

Searching for The One. Meghan King has never been shy about her love life — especially after she split from Jim Edmonds in October 2019.

When it comes to WarnerMedia’s theatrical-day-date HBO Max fare, we’ve often written that whatever pales at the cinemas also sours on the service. That was not the case this weekend with the The Sopranos prequel feature The Many Saints of Newark. 

The Many Saints of Newark,” premiering Friday (in theaters and HBO Max), it’s tempting to try to rewatch the iconic series all the way from the beginning.That’s because the new film, which shows what life was like for the DiMeo crime family in the 1960s and 1970s, requires a little bit of background knowledge about the major players, including infamously complex eventual mob boss Tony Soprano (James Gandolfini).But we’ve got you covered.

14-year long mysterious fate.“The Many Saints of Newark” prequel film director Alan Taylor recently shared his thoughts on “The Sopranos‘” iconic, blackout ending — a stunning conclusion to James Gandolfini’s superb work as a mob don in therapy, an end which came over onion rings and Journey’s “Don’t Stop Believin’.”“I have to go with Tony’s dead,” Taylor, who directed several “Sopranos” episodes, told the Hollywood Reporter of the hotly debated finale episode, “Made In America.”In that

Caroline Framke Chief TV Critic“The Problem with Jon Stewart” opens by both hearkening back to “The Daily Show” and distancing itself from the Comedy Central show that once made Stewart an exasperated voice of reason for frustrated liberals across the country. Six years after he ceded that desk to Trevor Noah, Stewart is now coming back to television as a sort of exhausted elder statesman of late night.

When “The Sopranos” is brought up these days, it’s usually for the nebulous way it ended: That now-famous cut-to-black in a crowded diner while Journey’s “Don’t Stop Believin’” plays.

Sandwiches are serious business for Jon Stewart.

Michele Amabile Angermiller Bruce Springsteen, Jon Stewart, Jim Gaffigan, Nikki Glaser and more are set to perform at the annual Stand Up for Heroes benefit event, which supports the Bob Woodruff Foundation’s efforts to help wounded service members, veterans and their families. The 15th annual celebration will take place 8 p.m.

The 15th annual Stand Up For Heroes event will return live to New York City on Nov. 8, with appearances by Bruce Springsteen, Jon Stewart and Jim Gaffigan included in the line-up of comics and musicians performing to raise awareness and funds for the Bob Woodruff Foundation.

prequel film, “The Many Saints of Newark,” out in theaters and on HBO Max Oct. 1, it’s the perfect moment to revisit the original series.

The Halloween season may just be revving up, but Kelly Clarkson already has Christmas on the brain — specifically, a post-heartbreak Christmas!

Michael Gandolfini has arrived. The 22-year-old son of James Gandolfini took on the role of his lifetime in The Many Saints of Newark, the upcoming feature film (and prequel to The Sopranos.) For Michael, playing a young version of Tony Soprano, the character his father made famous on the HBO series, was no easy task.

James Gandolfinilooked down with pride on Wednesday (Sept. 22) as his son, Michael Gandolfini, basked in the glow of camera flashes while walking the red carpet in New York City.

Jake Gyllenhaal poses with Jamie Lee Curtis, who happens to be his godmother, after a Q&A panel for his new movie, The Guilty, in Los Angeles on Tuesday night (September 21).

riot tonight,” says the girlfriend of numbers runner Harold (Leslie Odom Jr.), right before the Newark riots of 1967 start. Worse than this is the scene where baby Christopher cries whenever he sees his uncle Tony and an older female family member says the infant might know something they don’t.The new characters are all one-dimensional, and we learn nothing new about the old characters from the series.

Jon Stewart hosted “The Daily Show” for almost two decades. Over that time, he developed a brand of satire that was rooted in comedy first and information second.

Jon Stewart tackled the news of the day on, but the 58-year-old TV veteran is now returning to face new (and old) issues. In, the longtime TV host is back, this time on Apple TV+, to discuss current affairs such as the struggle for comprehensive veteran care and better ways to support the American working class. In a newly released trailer, Stewart is seen discussing poverty, inequality,  and systemic racism.

Apple Podcasts, with new episodes every week where available.The project will mark Jon Stewart’s first regular TV presence since leaving Comedy Central’s “The Daily Show” in 2015, after a multiple Emmy-winning run that began in 1999.