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Tributes are pouring in for Ray Liotta, who was widely known for his role as Henry Hill in the legendary Martin Scorsese crime film, "Goodfellas." Liotta died at age 67, Fox News Digital confirmed. Some of his co-stars in the 1990 crime drama, as well as other peers in Hollywood, are honoring the late actor.  "God is a Goodfella and so is Ray," actor Joe Pesci, who played Tommy DeVito, told Fox News Digital. Ray Liotta, widely known for his role in the legendary Martin Scorsese crime film "Goodfellas," has died.

Gone too soon. Celebrities including Lorraine Bracco, Kristin Chenoweth and Devon Sawa mourned the loss of actor Ray Liotta after his death at age 67.

reportedly died in his sleep at the age of 67.The “Goodfellas” star passed away in the Dominican Republic, where he was filming “Dangerous Waters.”Celebrities and fans alike paid tribute to the “Many Saints of Newark” actor across social media on May 26.“I am utterly shattered to hear this terrible news about my Ray,” wrote his “Goodfellas” co-star Lorraine Bracco. “I can be anywhere in the world & people will come up & tell me their favorite movie is Goodfellas. Then they always ask what was the best part of making that movie.

Refresh for updates…Tributes to beloved actor Ray Liotta have begun flooding in following the stunning announcement of his death today at age 67—remembering him not only for his artistic gifts, but also for his character, and a demeanor at odds with that of his most iconic characters.

The Sopranos actor Paul Herman has died at the age of 76.Michael Imperioli, who starred alongside Herman in the celebrated mob drama, broke the news that the actor had died on March 29, his 76th birthday.He wrote on Instagram: “Our friend and colleague PAUL HERMAN has passed away. Paulie was just a great dude.

in an Instagram post as “just a great dude.”“A first class storyteller and raconteur and one hell of an actor … Paulie lived around the corner from me the last few years and i am glad we got to spend some time together before he left us,” Imperioli, who played Christopher Moltisanti in the hit HBO series, wrote in the touching tribute.“I’ll miss him. Lots of love to his family, friends and community of actors and filmmakers.”Herman was well-known for his portrayal of heroin dealer turned pizza shop and club owner Peter “Beansie” Gaeta in “The Sopranos.”Lorraine Bracco, who played Tony Soprano’s psychiatrist Jennifer Melfi in the iconic series, also paid tribute to her costar on Twitter.  “The one & only.

Get a sneak peek of Tom Hanks in the upcoming “Pinocchio” from Disney.

Tom Hank’s Geppetto!  Disney+ released the first look from the upcoming live-action o on Wednesday. In the still, Hanks is in full character as the woodcarver, who carefully constructed and built the puppet with love.

Disney+ today unveiled a first look at Tom Hanks as Geppetto in Robert Zemeckis’ live-action adaptation of Pinocchio, which is set to premiere exclusively on the streaming service this September.

Pinocchio is coming!

In the first look photo at Robert Zemeckis’ “Pinocchio,” Tom Hanks dressed as Geppetto admires at his puppet boy wonder and re-imagines a scene that closely resembles the 1940 animated classic. The live-action film combines Zemeckis’ CG visual effects in order to bring Pinocchio to life on Geppetto’s quest to help him become a real boy.

Melanie Scrofano is making her Hallmark Channel debut this weekend in a brand new movie called Welcome To Mama’s.

EXCLUSIVE: Lorraine Bracco (The Sopranos), Nora Zehetner (Grey’s Anatomy), Julian Lerner (The Wonder Years) Abby James Witherspoon (Secret Headquarters) and Noah Cottrell (Punky Brewster) have joined the cast of Boys of Summer, the family adventure film from actor-director David Henrie (This Is the Year, Wizards of Waverly Place) that is now in production in North Carolina.

The Sopranos‘ penultimate episode.The actress was discussing the conclusion in a recent episode of the Talking Sopranos podcast with co-stars Michael Imperioli (Christopher Moltisanti) and Steve Schirripa (Bobby Baccalieri) when she admitted that she didn’t agree with creator David Chase’s decision.The 2007 episode in question, The Blue Comet, sees her therapist character Melfi put an end her sessions with Tony Soprano (James Gandolfini) after years of counselling.

mob TV series’ core legacy.However, the Brooklyn native, 67, wasn’t too keen on her character’s “abrupt” departure in the last episode, “The Blue Comet,” before the show’s finale.Dr. Melfi’s final moment is at a dinner party during which a study that claims sociopaths take advantage of talk therapy comes up in conversation.

On a November 21 episode of the podcast Talking Sopranos, longtime Sopranos cast member Lorraine Bracco addressed her discontent with how her character, Dr. Jennifer Melfi, exited the iconic HBO series.

have delivered “the definitive oral history” of “The Sopranos” in their new book, “Woke Up This Morning.” The tome weaves interviews with dozens of cast and crew members (and series creator David Chase) for an unprecedented, dishy, behind-the-scenes look at the iconic mob drama, which aired on HBO from 1999-2007 with star James Gandolfini as troubled North Jersey mobster Tony Soprano.The nearly 500-page book, which borrows its title from the show’s theme song by Alabama 3, is comprised of

New York Yankees season might have been a strikeout, but chef Marcus Samuelsson’s show, out every Tuesday on the YES Network app, is a grand slam.In “Home Plate,” Samuelsson, 50, ventures out to a diverse selection of NYC’s best mom and pop eateries chosen by former Yankees — Bernie Williams, 53, and David Cone, 58 — the New York Liberty’s Rookie of the Year Michaela Onyenwere, 22, along with Lorraine Bracco, 67, and Steve Schirripa, 64, of “The Sopranos.” “It’s all we love about the city.

Whoopi Goldberg is looking back on her Oscar win in 1990.

Brent Lang Executive Editor of Film and MediaScreen Media has acquired North American rights to “The Birthday Cake,” a mob crime drama that boasts a murderer’s row of talent.

EXCLUSIVE: Signature Entertainment has acquired mob crime-drama The Birthday Cake for UK-Ireland and Australia/New Zealand.

The Wrap reports, with Gordon-Levitt voicing Jiminy Cricket and Erivo playing the Blue Fairy.  The movie will be a hybrid of live-action and visual effects in the vein of the 2017 re-imagining of Beauty and the Beast, with Tom Hanks playing Geppetto and Luke Evans as the Coachman.

If Disney hires Robert Zemeckis to direct a live-action “Pinocchio” remake, you better believe Tom Hanks is on board to star, right? And that’s exactly what’s happening. But Tom Hanks can’t possibly play all the characters, so now we know who the filmmaker is bringing out to join the Oscar-winning actor in Disney’s latest attempt to remake a classic animated feature.

The cast of Disney’s live-action Pinocchio is coming together!

Cast members from "The Sopranos" gathered online Friday night for a reading of a brand-new sketch – all for a good cause. The piece – co-written by series creator David Chase and executive producer Terence Winter – was called "Bada Bing, Bada Zoom," and featured about a dozen "Sopranos" stars in a group-therapy session with therapist Dr.

died in 2013 of a heart attack at age 51, but a slew of cast and creators will participate, including Lorraine Bracco, Steve Buscemi, Edie Falco, Michael Imperioli, Robert Iler, Drea de Matteo, Tim Van Patten, Steve Schirripa, Jamie-Lynn Sigler, Maureen Van Zandt, Steven Van Zandt and creator David Chase, along with writer Terence Winter.

The cast and creators of HBO’s iconic mob drama The Sopranos are reuniting for a live event to raise money for Friends of Firefighters, a nonprofit founded after 9/11 that provides mental health counseling, peer support and wellness services to active and retired FDNY firefighters and their families.

Greg Evans Associate Editor/Broadway CriticEXCLUSIVE: Five short comedic plays written by The View‘s Joy Behar will be streamed as a benefit for the East Hampton, New York, arts and community venue Guild Hall, with performances by Behar, Lorraine Bracco, Dylan McDermott, Bob Balaban, Susie Essman, Robert Klein, Brenda Vacarro, Chris Bauer, Danny Hoch and Rachel Dratch.Guild Hall: A Totally Disrespectful Evening of Short Plays by Joy Behar, directed by John Gould Rubin, will stream on Oct.

Denise Petski Senior Managing EditorGoodfellas and The Sopranos alumna Lorraine Bracco is re-connecting with her Italian roots in a new home renovation series for HGTV. The Oscar- and Emmy-nominated actress is heading to the island of Sicily to renovate a 200-year-old home she purchased for only one euro for new HGTV series My Big Italian Adventure.

Lorraine Bracco (“The Sopranos,” “Goodfellas”) has been tapped to star in the “Jacir,” an Arabic/English-language indie feature from director/producer Waheed AlQawasmi, a former creative director at Fox Television. Newcomer Malek Rahbani (“The Voice of Syria”) will pay Jacir, while comedian/rapper Darius “Tutweezy” Tutwiler, Sara Abi Kanaan, Tony Mehanna, and Jaime Gallagher round out the cast.

By Amanda N'Duka