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Sopranos Genius Returns with Tale of Old Hollywood
7:43AM Defamer Hollywood | David Chase, the creator/writer mastermind behind The Sopranos, is journeying back in time for his next project. He’s developing a miniseries about the early days of Hollywood, when the West was still sorta wild. More »
David Chase Survives Whack Job
7:25AM Defamer Hollywood | It’s a sad day for scheming opportunists everywhere, as the jury in the case of David Chase Vs. Some Guy Who Didn’t Write The Sopranos has ruled in favour of the genius creator/showrunner and against Robert Baer. Who? Exactly. Baer claimed he provided help — arranging meetings with police and prosecutors during a three-day tour of New Jersey mob sites in 1995 and engaging in subsequent conversations — that sparked ideas for what b ecame the hit HBO mob drama that ended in June. More »
7:35AM Defamer Hollywood | David Chase took to the stand on Tuesday to offer his defence in a lawsuit alleging that the Sopranos creator bilked Robert Baer, an early contributor to the series, out of financial compensation. David Chase has responded by calling Baer “self-delusional.” Chase’s lawyer has adduced evidence to corroborate the charge of mental illness: Baer liked the dream sequence episode. [AP] More »
Lawsuit Forces David Chase To Be Way More Forthcoming With Sopranos’ Beginning Than He Was With Their Ending
7:00AM Defamer Hollywood | The Sopranos creator David Chase, who once dismissed the series’s fans as an unruly mob of closure-obsessed Tony-turncoats, has made the pilgrimage back to his old stomping grounds to testify in a federal lawsuit brought against him from a former judge who claims he was never fairly compensated for helping to create the now-legendary series: David Chase, the creator of “The Sopranos,” returns this week to New Jersey to testify in a federal case brought against him by a former judge who claims he helped create the HBO series and has never been compensated for his work. More »
David Chase Tells Pathetic ‘Sopranos’ Fans To Feel Guilty About Wanting Tony Whacked
7:45AM Defamer Hollywood | With HBO subscribers understandably less engrossed in the mysteries with which the network now presents them on Sunday nights – such as whether or not Tell Me You Love Me’s Adam Scott employs an ejaculating stunt-cock or how much longer we have to wait before producers serve up that hotly anticipated sexagenarian-penetration scene – it’s inevitable that viewers don’t seem quite ready to end their speculation about what actually happened in The Sopranos final, endlessly discussed moment. Series creator David Chase, who once emerged from post-finale hiding to reassure us that he wasn’t fucking with America’s collective head with his creative choices, now returns (in the form of an interview in a new Sopranos book) to offer people a greater degree of closure. Reports the AP: “There WAS a war going on that week, and attempted terror attacks in London,” says Chase. “But these people were talking about onion rings.” [...] More »
