Last night, when it wasn't talking about people who NEVER FORGET, 60 Minutes was busy talking about just how messed up the state of state debt has become across the nation. And who better to talk up the topic than everyone's favorite tunnel-cutting Governor, Chris Christie. Between depressing statistics the Jersey gov showed up to chat about the serious problem of states spending beyond their means: "The federal government doesn't have the money to paper over it anymore, either, for the states," Christie said. "The day of reckoning has arrived." more ›

Christie's is holding a pop culture auction this summer and their sale will include none other than Tony Soprano's most notable wardrobe items. The auction takes place on June 25th (almost a year after the series finale, and the tag sale) and WNBC reports that the proceeds will go to the Wounded Warrior Project, a Florida-based group assisting severely wounded soldiers in Iraq and Afghanistan. more ›

Remember the summer night that Journey's "Don't Stop Believin'" rang throughout the homes of Sopranos fans? Followed by a good week or two of debate on how David Chase chose to whack the series, everyone on the inside was pretty silent. Now Chase is speaking out about his decision. The AP reports:

He strongly suggests that, no, Tony Soprano didn't get whacked moments later as he munched onion rings with his family at Holsten's. And mostly Chase wonders why so many viewers got so worked up over the series' non-finish. more ›

A look at some noteworthy television this week:
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Tonight at 9PM, The Sopranos will air its final episode on HBO. It marks six seasons over eight years where viewers got to know NJ mob boss Tony Soprano, his blood family and his mob family. Creator David Chase filled each episode with enough angst, passion, violence, and intensity to make pretty much anything else on TV seem half-hearted. As we approach the final hours before we say good bye to Tony, Carm, Paulie and everyone else who remains, we wonder what you think: more ›

Almost two years ago, Mark Fisher's body was found on Argyle Road, "wrapped in a blanket, shot five times in the torso and dumped near the curb," after an evening of partying. It was a mysterious incident, a white college student from the NJ suburbs and a Connecticut college found murdered in Brooklyn, but now a trial has begun and it seems that Fisher was killed for a number of reasons: Sitting on someone's table (a sign of disrespect), to "bolster" a fledling street gang's credibility and/or $20 from an ATM. Antonio Russo and John Guica are accused of murdering Fisher, with Guica the "so-called Tony Soprano" of the "Ghetto Mafia" (it was his table that Fisher sat on while drunk). Apparently Fisher had met up with an old friend who eventually introduced him to Guica; a group of people went to Guica's house to stay over because some had missed a train. (The Times had the drama of the prosecutor's description of the moment: "That's when the worlds very slowly began to collide, and fate began to play its unfortunate hand.") Russo and Guica also allegedly said they didn't like the "preppy college kid"; none of the articles expressly describe any class or race differences, but that seems to be the subtext. more ›

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The photo is from the AWOL website, and to paraphrase Tony Soprano, we thought, that's kinda gay, no? Anyway, Gothamist braces ourselves for the advent of commercialized glue sniffing, scented fart machines, and intravenous alcohol use.
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Seems like a crazy fish made its way to Rockland County: Apparently, at the New Square Fish Market, a carp started to talk in Hebrew. Besides the fact that this article is an excuse for Corey Kilgannon to use Yiddish, it reveals that the Hasidic community is trying to understand what this really means. more ›