‘Sopranos‘ fans probably don’t know the name John Costelloe, but the character he played had a huge impact.
The 47-year-old actor gained fame in 2006 during the show’s sixth season when he was cast as short-order cook Jim “Johnny Cakes” Witowski opposite Joseph Gannascoli, who played gay mobster Vito Spatafore.
Police spokesman Lt. John Grimpel says Costelloe was found dead in an apparent suicide at his Brooklyn home on Dec. 18.
Police were called to his residence after family members were unable to reach him.
Costelloe’s character was a short order cook at a diner in New Hampshire who gets involved in a brief romance with Vito, on the run from the mob after he was caught in a gay nightclub. After their affair, Vito heads back home where he is murdered in a hotel room.
The nickname ‘Johnny Cakes’ came from Vito’s daily order at the diner.
George Clooney dumped Sarah Larson like a body on the Sopranos. The two have been dating for just over a year. The two met in Las Vegas and seemed to be going strong. Larson was even the first girlfriend of Clooney’s to score a trip to the Oscars on his dime.
The two were rumored to be engaged for awhile, but we all know Clooney isn’t going to buy the cow when he can get the milk for free. Now that George went and got himself a new set of teeth he is putting himself back in the market.
The actor has surface with his madeover chompers and a freshened look.
“Jonathan Abenaim, D.M.D., a cosmetic dentist based in Hawthorne, N.J., tells Star George probably had work done because he grinds his teeth.
“I can tell this because the edges on the bottom are not straight in the earlier photo,” Dr. Abenaim tells Star. “When you grind your teeth, they get shorter. To restore the original look, the dentist has to lengthen teeth with porcelain veneers or crowns,” says Dr. Abenaim.
In addition to veneers, he thinks George had a “smile lift,” a surgical procedure usually done with a laser that brings the gum up to expose more tooth. Though the cost of all this dental work likely set George back $30,000 to $35,000, Dr. Abenaim thinks it was well worth it.”
I say alright Clooney. You and your veneers go and get ya some!
Source: George Clooney splits with girlfriend Sarah Larson [Newsday]
Who doesn’t love gorgeous women? Every magazine and Web site rounds up their list of Most Sexy This and Hottest That. Who’s got time to read all of them?
Yet we here at Gone Hollywood don’t want you to miss out on any hot celebrity chicks, so we have rounded up all the ladies that make up the elite of celebrity hotness.
Hottest Chick on TV- Kristen Bell
I love Veronica Mars. So Kristen Bell on Heroes is like candy. She looks like the type of girl who would tie you up and make you squeal…in a good way.
At first I thought Portia was guilty of the utmost crime of snobbery. You remember her days on Ally McBeal. She would strut around with long hair like she was Lady Lovely Locks and look pretentious. But now that she is openly dating Ellen Degeneres I can’t tell you how hypocritical I have become. I mean “Arrested Development” was pure gold.
Hottest Actress That is Actually Talented- Keira Knightley
How could you not love Keira. She swears like a sailor on shore leave and doesn’t have any shame. Keira is someone you could drink with and she would be racking up pints faster than you can say pirate hooker.
“Apparently on the Internet I’m a sexy beanpole, tomboy beanpole.”
Rose McGowan is one saucy kitten. She is one of those girls who will bust out freaky toys that make you nervous, but always wanted to try. Plus I have three words for you. Machine gun leg.
Hottest Young Hot Hollywood Chick- Hayden Panettiere
The second of the hot blondes on “Heroes” is Hayden. She is constantly bouncing around in a cheerleader skirt and is never without lip-gloss. Her character never dies and undergoes various grotesque accidents. Beauty and gore. It is like soft core porn and candy for a man.
Salma has just been inducted into the MILF association and has projects around every corner. After fighting her way from Mexican soap opera status, she now ranks among the A-listers. Plus she has fantastic boobies.
She is thin, blonde and rich. We get it. But I fail to see the appeal in Cameron Diaz. In true form she is rather ditzy and lacks talent. This is one chic who make it on appearance alone.
She ranks 14th on the Forbes’ list of the rich and powerful women. Sandra Bullock has that girl next door quality and buckets of cash you could roll in. She is also the type of girl you can bring home to mom, hold a decent conversation with and will ride your Harley without complaining about wind blown hair.
Before you gasp with fear of the voluptuous curves of the Queen, know that in a Yahoo Personals poll she came in third of the most desired single celebrities. Sure Jessica Alba was number one and Jennifer Anniston placed second. But Latifah placed third above Jessica Simpson and Maria Sharapova.
UPDATE (Freddy): In the interest of completeness, here are some of the more notable omissions from Cara’s list. Sure, it takes the list beyond 10 and technically screws up the title. But it’s hot women, people, so get over it already. (And Queen Freakin’ Latifah? Please. No way I’d hit that.)
Even Ryan Seacrest dressed like that couldn’t get people to watch the Emmys this year. The broadcast may have been the least-watched in history.
Preliminary figures from Nielsen Media Research put the audience for Sunday’s show, aired on Fox, at 13.1 million viewers. That’s three million fewer than for last year’s telecast, on NBC, and less than the record low 13.8 million three years ago on ABC.
What were people watching? About 13.3 million viewers chose to watch the New England Patriots play the San Diego Chargers instead. Which is sad since the Patriots won 38-14 and it wasn’t even a game after the first quarter.
The best part of the whole broadcast was Katherine Heigl correcting the announcer who mispronounced her name. Other than that, there were no real surprises. But if you’re interested, you can see all the winners after the jump
Now that The Sopranos is over, the owners of the real-life club that played the part of the Bada Bing will auction off the 12-foot stripper poles and other relics from the HBO drama on eBay.
Other items going on sale later this week include a pool table, a disco ball and the fluorescent purple men’s room sign often seen in the background as mob boss Tony Soprano conducted business.
Susie Quigley, who runs special events at Satin Dolls (which passed for the Bada Bing), wouldn’t speculate on how much the poles might fetch. “The poles have been featured in almost every single episode. I can’t begin to say,” said Quigley, a former dancer who appeared as an extra last season.
Also up for sale: at least 10 standard-issue bar stools that James Gandolfini, who played Tony Soprano, and his crew sat on. An L-shaped slab of the bar where they watched dancers and drank also will be auctioned.
Save your money. Maybe you’ll get the one Fergie used.
Source: “Bada Bing auctioning off Soprano stripper poles” [Houston Chronicle]
Outstanding Drama Series
Boston Legal
Grey’s Anatomy
Heroes
House
The Sopranos
Outstanding Comedy Series
Entourage
The Office
30 Rock
Two and a Half Men
Ugly Betty
Outstanding Lead Actor on a Drama Series
James Spader, Boston Legal
Hugh Laurie, House
Denis Leary, Rescue Me
James Gandolfini, The Sopranos
Kiefer Sutherland, 24
Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series
Ricky Gervais, Extras
Tony Shaloub, Monk
Steve Carell, The Office
Alec Baldwin, 30 Rock
Charlie Sheen, Two and a Half Men
Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series
Sally Field, Brothers and Sisters
Kyra Sedgwick, The Closer
Mariska Hargitay, Lay & Order: SVU
Patricia Arquette, Medium
Minnie Driver, The Riches
Edie Falco, The Sopranos
Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series
Felicity Huffman, Desperate Houswives
Julia Louis-Dreyfus, The New Adventures of Old Christine
Tina Fey, 30 Rock
America Ferrara, Ugly Betty
Mary-Louise Parker, Weeds
Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series
Kevin Dillon, Entourage
Jeremy Piven, Entourage
Neil Patrick Harris, How I Met Your Mother
Rainn Wilson, The Office
Jon Cryer, Two and a Half Men
Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series
William Shatner, Boston Leagal
TR Knight, Grey’s Anatomy
Masi Oka, Heroes
Michael Emerson, Lost
Terry O’Quinn, Lost
Michael Imporioli, The Sopranos
Oustanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series
Jaime Pressly, My Name is Earl
Jenna Fischer, The Office
Holland Taylor, Two and a Half Men
Conchata Ferrell, Two and a Half Men
Vanessa Williams, Ugly Betty
Elizabeth Perkins, Weeds
Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series
Rachel Griffiths, Brothers and Sisters
Katherine Heigl, Grey’s Anatomy
Chandra Wilson, Grey’s Anatomy
Sandra Oh, Grey’s Anatomy
Aida Turturro, The Sopranos
Lorraine Bracco, The Sopranos
Widely proclaimed as the greatest drama ever created for television, “The Sopranos” came to an end tonight after 8 years, 86 episodes and 18 Emmy Awards.
And while no one in the cast was offering any hints of how Sunday night’s episode would end, a few smaller questions were answered. Like would there ever be a reference back to the famed Pine Barrens episode, in which Paulie and Christopher flailed around in the snow trying to kill a Russian? What is Bruce Springsteen’s favorite fight scene? And when did Christopher know he would be killed?
The only person who expressed neither regret nor reservations about walking away from “The Sopranos” was the man who spoke more of its lines than anyone. “Obviously this changed my life,” Mr. Gandolfini said. “But I’ve separated. I’m relieved.”
Keeping Tony alive, even figuratively, took its toll. Steven R. Schirripa, who played Tony’s brother-in-law, said that he had seen Mr. Gandolfini after filming had ended and that “he looked like someone who’d had a piano lifted off his back.”
Mr. Gandolfini took his leadership on the show seriously, most notably after his fractious salary holdout at the start of the show’s fifth season led HBO to shut down production. When he returned to the set, Mr. Gandolfini privately called a list of his colleagues to his trailer and, one by one, presented them with personal checks for tens of thousands of dollars, telling them, in the words of one recipient, “Thanks for putting up with me.”
Of his television wife, played by Edie Falco , Mr. Gandolfini said: “Edie is kind of a force of nature. When we’d have a scene, and she’d get angry, I could feel sheepish.”
Despite what he called “the most satisfying work I feel I may ever have,” Mr. Gandolfini is not looking back. “No, I’m very done,” he said.
Then why did it end the way it did? The Buzz is, the ending sucked, but most definitely lead viewers to believe that there was more of ’something’ in the Sopranos future. A movie perhaps?
“…Does anyone not think that ending means there is going to be another season?!”
“I thought someone sat on the remote, but I heard that there’s going to be a movie and that’s why they left it at that”
“I thought my cable went out. I was about to smack someone.”
“I told my boyfriend to call when it was over and tell me what happened…LMAO he’s probably still too pissed to talk.”
In case you missed The Sopranos, here’s the first 8 years in 7 minutes.
Filming is actually underway on the last season of The Sopranos! James Gandolfini and friends are filming a few scenes down in Miami - might Sopranos creator David Chase actually wrap up his show by letting his main character peacefully retire?
My guess is… there will be yet another twist. Isn’t that how it always goes?
Here’s who won the top awards in 2006 at the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences’ 58th annual ceremony at L.A.’s Shrine Auditorium.
Mega Picture Post To Follow!
Did your favorite win? Who shouldn’t have won?
* Best Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series: Megan Mullally, Will & Grace
* Best Supporting Actor in a Drama Series: Alan Alda, The West Wing
* Best Supporting Actress in a Drama Series: Blythe Danner, Huff
* Best Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series: Jeremy Piven, Entourage
* Best Supporting Actress in a Miniseries or Movie: Kelly Mcdonald, The Girl in the Café
* Best Variety, Music, or Comedy Series: The Daily Show With Jon Stewart
* Best Directing for a Comedy Series: My Name is Earl, Pilot (Mark Buckland, director)
* Best Writing for a Comedy Series: My Name is Earl, Pilot (written by Greg Garcia)
* Best Individual Performance in a Variety or Music Program: Barry Manilow
* Best Directing for a Drama Series: 24, “7:00 AM - 8:00 AM” (Jon Cassar, director)
* Best Writing for a Drama Series: The Sopranos, “Members Only” (written by Terence Winter)
* Best Supporting Actor in a Miniseries or Movie: Jeremy Irons, Elizabeth I
* Best Directing for a Variety, Music or Comedy Program: 78th Annual Academy Awards
* Best Writing for a Variety, Music, or Comedy Program: The Daily Show With Jon Stewart
* Best Actor in a Miniseries or Movie: Andre Braugher, Thief
* Best Actor in a Comedy Series: Tony Shalhoub, Monk
* Best Made for TV Movie: The Girl in the Café
* Best Reality-Competition Program: The Amazing Race
* Best Directing for a Miniseries, Movie or Dramatic Special: Elizabeth I, Tom Hooper
* Best Writing for a Miniseries, Movie or Dramatic Special: The Girl in the Café, Richard Curtis
* Best Miniseries: Elizabeth I
* Best Actress in a Miniseries or Movie: Helen Mirren, Elizabeth I
* Best Actress in a Drama Series: Mariska Hargitay, Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
* Best Actress in a Comedy Series: Julia Louis-Dreyfus, The New Adventures of Old Christine
* Best Actor in a Drama Series: Kiefer Sutherland, 24
* Best Comedy Series: The Office
* Best Drama Series: 24
The 56th annual Emmy Award Nominations were announced this morning. And quite a few surprises I might add! Desperate Housewives was snubbed! EVERY one of them. (well, except for the creepy Betty - but not one of the main ladies!) And I can’t say I am just a slight bit giddy with delight. The show sucks. But am very upset by the fail to mention LOST as a contender in the Drama category. (Helloooo..they won last year!) And I might have myself a little cry over the fact that Veronica Mars was outed again, and the only Entourage hottie that made the list was Jeremy Piven. *sigh*
Here are some of the nominations. You can read the full list here.
Outstanding Lead Actor In A Comedy Series
Curb Your Enthusiasm, Larry David as Himself
The King Of Queens, Kevin James as Doug Heffernan
Monk, Tony Shalhoub as Adrian Monk
The Office, Steve Carell as Michael Scott
Two And A Half Men, Charlie Sheen as Charlie Harper
Outstanding Lead Actor In A Drama Series
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, Christopher Meloni as Detective Elliot Stabler
Rescue Me, Denis Leary as Tommy Gavin
Six Feet Under, Peter Krause as Nate Fisher
24, Kiefer Sutherland as Jack Bauer
The West Wing, Martin Sheen as President Josiah Bartlet
Outstanding Lead Actress In A Comedy Series
The Comeback, Lisa Kudrow as Valerie Cherish
Malcolm In The Middle, Jane Kaczmarek as Lois
The New Adventures Of Old Christine, Julia Louis-Dreyfus as Christine Campbell
Out Of Practice, Stockard Channing as Lydia Barnes
Will & Grace, Debra Messing as Grace
Outstanding Lead Actress In A Drama Series The Closer, Kyra Sedgwick as Deputy Chief Brenda Leigh Johnson
Commander In Chief, Geena Davis as Mackenzie Allen
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, Mariska Hargitay as Detective Olivia Benson
Six Feet Under, Frances Conroy as Ruth Fisher
The West Wing, Allison Janney as C.J. Cregg
Outstanding Supporting Actor In A Comedy Series
Arrested Development, Will Arnett as Gob Bluth
Entourage, Jeremy Piven as Ari Gold
Malcolm In The Middle, Bryan Cranston as Hal
Two And A Half Men, Jon Cryer as Alan Harper
Will & Grace, Sean Hayes as Jack
Outstanding Supporting Actor In A Drama Series
Boston Legal, William Shatner as Denny Crane
Huff, Oliver Platt as Russell Tupper
The Sopranos, Michael Imperioli as Christopher Moltisanti
24, Gregory Itzin as President Charles Logan
The West Wing, Alan Alda as Arnold Vinick
Outstanding Supporting Actress In A Comedy Series
Curb Your Enthusiasm, Cheryl Hines as Cheryl David
Desperate Housewives, Alfre Woodard as Betty Applewhite
My Name Is Earl, Jaime Pressly as Joy
Weeds, Elizabeth Perkins as Celia Hodes
Will & Grace, Megan Mullally as Karen
Outstanding Supporting Actress In A Drama Series
Boston Legal, Candice Bergen as Shirley Schmidt
Grey’s Anatomy, Sandra Oh as Cristina Yang
Grey’s Anatomy, Chandra Wilson as Dr. Bailey
Huff, Blythe Danner as Izzy Huffstodt
24, Jean Smart as First Lady Martha Logan
Outstanding Comedy Series
Arrested Development
Curb Your Enthusiasm
The Office
Scrubs
Two And A Half Men
Outstanding Drama Series Grey’s Anatomy
House
The Sopranos
24
The West Wing
Outstanding Miniseries
Bleak House
Elizabeth I
Into The West
Sleeper Cell
Preliminary figures from Nielsen Media Research put the audience for Sunday’s show, aired on Fox, at 13.1 million viewers. That’s three million fewer than for last year’s telecast, on NBC, and less than the record low 13.8 million three years ago on ABC.
And while no one in the cast was offering any hints of how Sunday night’s episode would end, a few smaller questions were answered. Like would there ever be a reference back to the famed Pine Barrens episode, in which Paulie and Christopher flailed around in the snow trying to kill a Russian? What is Bruce Springsteen’s favorite fight scene? And when did Christopher know he would be killed? 
