THE BUZZ.Byline: - Staff and Wire Reports 'Sopranos' sad song: David Chase David Chase (born David DeCesare—although some sources list his birth name as David Del Cesare—August 22, 1945) is an Emmy Award-winning American screenwriter, director, and producer best known as the creator and head writer of the highly acclaimed HBO , creator of the acclaimed HBO Hyperbaric oxygen therapy (HBO) A form of oxygen therapy in which the patient breathes oxygen in a pressurized chamber. Mentioned in: Ozone Therapy series ``The Sopranos,'' says he still hasn't figured out precisely how he'll handle the death of actress Nancy Marchand Nancy Marchand (June 19, 1928 – June 18, 2000) was an American actress. Born in Buffalo, New York, Marchand was perhaps best known for her Emmy Award-nominated role of acerbic family matriarch Livia Soprano, mother of Tony Soprano, on the HBO series, , who played mob matriarch Livia. Marchand's character delighted in making life miserable for her gangster son Tony, as well as everyone else in the vicinity. ``It's unusually tragic - her death leaves a huge hole in the series,'' said Chase of Marchand, who died last month after a long battle with lung cancer lung cancer, cancer that originates in the tissues of the lungs. Lung cancer is the leading cause of cancer death in the United States in both men and women. Like other cancers, lung cancer occurs after repeated insults to the genetic material of the cell. . Chase made his comments Monday evening at a tribute to the series at the Academy of Television Arts and Sciences in North Hollywood. ``On a purely emotional level, I'll miss her in so many ways. Every day I've thought, `What now do we do?' ``On a technical or creative level, Tony's reaction will not be easy - next season will have a lot to do with that,'' Chase continued. Even before Marchand's death, Chase had arranged with HBO to postpone the third season's debut from January 2001 to March. Also in attendance at the tribute were all major cast members, including James Gandolfini James R. Gandolfini (born September 18, 1961) is a three-time Emmy award winning American actor known for multifaceted portrayals of conscientious yet often inherently sinister characters. , who stars as Tony Soprano and who was in makeup and costume for a film he was shooting later that evening. Flush with ideas: Turns out television really is in the toilet. ABC ABC in full American Broadcasting Co. Major U.S. television network. It began when the expanding national radio network NBC split into the separate Red and Blue networks in 1928. said Monday it plans to put ads for one of its sitcoms in urinals in Los Angeles and New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of . ``Just when you think you've heard it all, we have found the perfect ad location for 'Norm,' and they're called restroom panels,'' ABC marketing executive Alan Cohen cohen or kohen (Hebrew: “priest”) Jewish priest descended from Zadok (a descendant of Aaron), priest at the First Temple of Jerusalem. The biblical priesthood was hereditary and male. told the Television Critics Association The Television Critics Association (or TCA) is a group of approximately 200 United States and Canadian journalists and columnists who cover television programming. They meet in the Los Angeles area twice a year, in January and July, in conferences known as Winter and Summer . Saying he expected reporters to joke that ``ABC is going down the toilet this fall,'' Cohen defended the campaign as fitting for ``Norm.'' The show stars Norm MacDonald as a crass, insensitive guy. The ``Norm'' ads will combine a billboard above the urinal urinal /uri·nal/ (u?ri-n'l) a receptacle for urine. u·ri·nal n. A vessel into which urine is passed. with an audio message about the show. As a takeoff on NBC's ``Must See TV'' slogan, ABC also plans to put a ``Must Pee TV'' headline over the billboard message, said network spokesman Kevin Brockman. The network will also reach out to viewers with automated calls from series stars reminding them to tune in. The messages, targeting homes in the top 10 TV markets, will only be left as voice mails if no one picks up the phone. ``We're not going to call you and bother you with, 'Sign up for a credit card.' We're not going to even want to talk to you if you answer the phone,'' Cohen said. Together again: ABC announced Steven Spielberg will executive-produce a two-hour documentary celebrating the motion picture combat cameramen who served on the front lines of World War II. ``Shooting Wars'' is scheduled to air Dec. 7 and will be hosted by Tom Hanks (``Saving Private Ryan''). Time magazine film critic Richard Schickel will write, produce and direct the documentary. ``Shooting Wars'' draws on more than 600 hours of rare archival footage as well as 25 exclusive interviews with combat photographers. He's baaaaack: Garry Shandling, the forever-wincing comic, will be back in the spotlight in September when he hosts the 52nd annual Emmy Awards. Shandling admits, however, that he's not up to speed on current shows. ``I have to catch up on all my TV,'' he told TV writers at the annual fall TV press tour. ``I thought 'Malcolm in the Middle' was an episode of ``Oz.'' Shandling knows a little bit about the Emmys, though. He earned four consecutive acting nominations for his role on HBO's ``The Larry Sanders Show.'' The only time he won, however, was in 1998, for writing. ``Since I started as a writer and consider myself a writer, it was the most meaningful Emmy I could've gotten,'' he says. |
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