WWL - News - Entertainment http://www.wwltv.com/news/entertainment RSS Feed for WWL - News - Entertainment en-us Thu, 20 Jun 2013 08:07:18 GMT 2013-06-20T08:07:18Z en-us Famous fictional mobsters http://www.wwltv.com/news/entertainment/212273891.html As mobster Tony Soprano, James Gandolfini had the kind of role that reached the very heights of popular culture — a character so famous we end up quoting him, comparing real-life people to him and knowing more about him than our own friends and neighbors. Gangsters have long made for some of the most colorful and quotable characters in TV and movie history. Here are a few who top the list: Thu, 20 Jun 2013 06:07:51 GMT http://www.wwltv.com/news/entertainment/212273891.html 2013-06-20T06:07:51Z James Gandolfini: He let his characters star http://www.wwltv.com/news/entertainment/212275191.html NEW YORK (AP) — James Gandolfini would have hated all this fuss. Thu, 20 Jun 2013 08:07:18 GMT http://www.wwltv.com/news/entertainment/212275191.html 2013-06-20T08:07:18Z AP PHOTOS: The career of James Gandolfini http://www.wwltv.com/news/entertainment/212263741.html AP PHOTOS: The career of James Gandolfini Thu, 20 Jun 2013 04:11:25 GMT http://www.wwltv.com/news/entertainment/212263741.html 2013-06-20T04:11:25Z Actor James Gandolfini dies in Italy at age 51 http://www.wwltv.com/news/entertainment/212246981.html LOS ANGELES (AP) — HBO and James Gandolfini's managers say the actor famous for his role in "The Sopranos" has died in Italy. Thu, 20 Jun 2013 08:05:59 GMT http://www.wwltv.com/news/entertainment/212246981.html 2013-06-20T08:05:59Z 115K expected at Electric Daisy Carnival in Vegas http://www.wwltv.com/news/entertainment/212243681.html LAS VEGAS (AP) — Up to 115,000 partiers are expected each night this weekend for a dusk-to-dawn sensory salad of electronic dance music, lights, partying and mingling at a sprawling speedway complex outside Las Vegas. Thu, 20 Jun 2013 02:00:45 GMT http://www.wwltv.com/news/entertainment/212243681.html 2013-06-20T02:00:45Z HBO and James Gandolfini's managers say the actor famous for "The Sopranos" has died in Italy http://www.wwltv.com/news/entertainment/212243771.html LOS ANGELES (AP) — HBO and James Gandolfini's managers say the actor famous for "The Sopranos" has died in Italy. Thu, 20 Jun 2013 08:06:00 GMT http://www.wwltv.com/news/entertainment/212243771.html 2013-06-20T08:06:00Z Deen says she used slur but doesn't tolerate hate http://www.wwltv.com/news/entertainment/212222841.html SAVANNAH, Ga. (AP) — Celebrity cook Paula Deen said while being questioned in a discrimination lawsuit that she has used racial slurs in the past but insisted she and her family do not tolerate prejudice. Thu, 20 Jun 2013 08:04:18 GMT http://www.wwltv.com/news/entertainment/212222841.html 2013-06-20T08:04:18Z Thompson, Fantagraphics co-publisher, dies at 56 http://www.wwltv.com/news/entertainment/212226911.html Kim Thompson, co-publisher of Fantagraphics Books, dies Thu, 20 Jun 2013 00:08:02 GMT http://www.wwltv.com/news/entertainment/212226911.html 2013-06-20T00:08:02Z Microsoft changes Xbox One policies after outcry http://www.wwltv.com/news/entertainment/212226861.html NEW YORK (AP) — Microsoft is rolling back a much-criticized requirement that its upcoming Xbox One gaming console be regularly connected to the Internet and making clear that there will be no limitations on sharing games. Thu, 20 Jun 2013 02:05:29 GMT http://www.wwltv.com/news/entertainment/212226861.html 2013-06-20T02:05:29Z Sammy Hagar to join Okla. tornado relief concert http://www.wwltv.com/news/entertainment/212226831.html NORMAN, Okla. (AP) — Former Van Halen frontman Sammy Hagar is joining a star-studded country music concert planned to benefit victims of last month's deadly tornadoes in Oklahoma. Thu, 20 Jun 2013 08:05:39 GMT http://www.wwltv.com/news/entertainment/212226831.html 2013-06-20T08:05:39Z