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Holsten's Selling Famous 'Sopranos' Booth: 'Don't Do It' Holsten's Selling Famous 'Sopranos' Booth: 'Don't Do It'
Holsten's Selling Famous 'Sopranos' Booth: 'Don't Do It' Have you ever wanted to re-create "The Sopranos" finale and be as authentic as possible? Now is your chance. Holsten's Ice Cream, Chocolate & Restaurant in Bloomfield is selling the exact booth Tony Soprano and his family sat in the final scene of the iconic TV show as tension built, onion rings were eaten, "Don't Stop Believing" was playing and the screen inexplicably cut to black.  Tony Soprano The restaurant said on Instagram the booths are structurally not safe, having been repaired many times over 60 years.  "The time has come," the restaurant wrote. "All good things …

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by Sam Barron
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You Can Buy Tony Soprano's Boat (LOOK INSIDE) You Can Buy Tony Soprano's Boat (LOOK INSIDE)
You Can Buy Tony Soprano's Boat (Look Inside) Who hasn't wanted to sit on a boat, smoke a cigar, blast some Dean Martin, indulge in some gabagool and discuss family business? United Yacht Sales is selling "The Stugots", Tony Soprano's boat featured on a season 1 episode of "The Sopranos." The 1999 Cape Fear 47 Sportfish now goes by "Never Enough" and has been listed for sale in Stamford, CT. View this post on Instagram A post shared by United Yacht Sales (@united_yacht_sales) "The boat was restored," Paul Ouimette, the broker for the boat said. "It fell into disrepair, but the gentlemen…

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by Sam Barron
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Fugitive Dubbed 'Real-Life Tony Soprano' Couldn't Hide From The Law, Even In Death Fugitive Dubbed 'Real-Life Tony Soprano' Couldn't Hide From The Law, Even In Death
Fugitive Dubbed 'Real-Life Tony Soprano' Couldn't Hide From The Law, Even In Death He was considered one of the last of the old-time mobsters, a "real-life Tony Soprano" listed as one of New Jersey's most wanted fugitives. Even six feet under, though, Tony Mota couldn't evade his pursuers. After eluding capture for nearly 25 years for a gruesome murder committed in Hudson County, Anthony Mota was found buried in the country where he was born, the Dominican Republic. Mota had been collecting debts for high-level Colombian drug dealers in New York City when he and a group of accomplices abducted a Queens man on Dec. 13, 1997, authorities said. The victim, 38-year-old …

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by Jerry DeMarco
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TONIGHT: Join ‘Lean On Me’ Global Singalong With Steve Van Zandt TONIGHT: Join ‘Lean On Me’ Global Singalong With Steve Van Zandt
Tonight: Join ‘Lean On Me’ Global Singalong With Steve Van Zandt #LEANONUS: The musical equivalent of banging pots outside comes tonight when 60 SiriusXM stations play the late Bill Withers tune “Lean On Me,” thanks in large part to New Jersey’s own Steve Van Zandt. But that’s not all.  Van Zandt has asked music teachers, students and others to honor first responders and healthcare workers on the front lines of the COVID-19 pandemic by also recording their own version of the 1972 pop classic during today's “Worldwide Day of Gratitude." Known variously in his career as “Miami Steve,” “Little Steven” and Silvio Dante, the bandana-wearing rocker from Middl…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Real Estate
'Sopranos' North Caldwell Home Is On The Market: Report 'Sopranos' North Caldwell Home Is On The Market: Report
'Sopranos' North Caldwell Home Is On The Market: Report The home where fictional Jersey crime boss Tony Soprano once hung his white bathrobe is up for sale, The New York Times reported Friday.  The 5,600-square-foot house in North Caldwell was featured prominently in HBO's "The Sopranos." The opening credit sequence showed a cigar-chomping Tony making his way westwards from Newark to his leafy suburban estate with a long,  winding driveway.   Numerous scenes were filmed there during the show's eight-year run, although many other interior scenes were actually shot on a New York soundstage.  The asking price for the home,…

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by Paul Milo
Lifestyle
Michael Gandolfini Spotted In Bloomfield For 'Many Saints' Filming Michael Gandolfini Spotted In Bloomfield For 'Many Saints' Filming
Michael Gandolfini Spotted In Bloomfield For 'Many Saints' Filming A stretch of Bloomfield's Broad Street offered up a blast from the past Monday -- in more ways than one.  Vintage, 1960s signage, cars and a green commuter bus painted old-style green lined the street near Holsten's, the township's famous ice cream shop known to Sopranos fans the world over as the place where the show's famous last scene, a jump cut to black, was filmed more than a decade ago.  Film crews were back at the eatery for filming of The Many Saints of Newark, a prequel film to the HBO series about a North Jersey crime family and its medicated boss Tony Soprano, played b…

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by Paul Milo