Newsstand Friday: TV Guide

COVER STORY
Sopranos Says Goodbye

Ciao time! We take a look back at the HBO hit. Also, Edie Falco, Jamie-Lynn Sigler and others reveal their fave scenes. Plus: On the set of Kyle XY and at the zoo with Terri and Bindi Irwin!

BREAKING NEWS

Inside the View Meltdown
What's next for Rosie and The View.

Julianna Marguiles Back to TV

All I can say is it's about damn time! Julianna Marguiles hasn't done tv since she left her long-running role as Nurse Carol Hathaway on ER.

Canterbury's Law centers on a passionate, brash female defense attorney who pushes the envelope for innocent clients. She faces challenges both in the courtroom and at home. Ben Shenkman also stars in the pilot, and Mike Figgis has signed on to direct.

The pilot was written by Dave Erickson and will be executive produced by Denis Leary and Jim Serpico of Apostle Productions.

Julianna won an Emmy for her work on "ER," a role she played for six seasons. She has had a recurring role in the final season of HBO's "The Sopranos," but Canterbury's Law will be her first regular series gig since turning down a contract extension on "ER" years ago (and numerous offers since then).

Photo from Variety.

Newsstand Friday: Entertainment Weekly

Cover

On the set of "The Sopranos" finale
The cast of the HBO hit talks about the show's run and the prospect of moving it onto the big screen

Movie News

At the Nickelodeon Kid's Choice Awards -- A roundup of the 20th anniversary show hosted by Justin Timberlake

Helen Mirren's next role
The Academy Award winner will play Nicholas Cage's mother in the "National Treasure" sequel

Talking to Kevin Spacey
The actor discusses living in London, sharing the screen with Vince Vaughan, and returning to Broadway

Who Tracie Thoms Is Dying to Work
The "Cold Case" star has the hots for Don Cheadle

Can Will Ferrell be stopped? -- How the "Blades of Glory" star always ices the box office

The Reigning Kings of Comedy
Eddie Murphy and Vince Vaughn are some of the funny guys who rule the box office

Music News

Album preview: Wilco's new record -- We give you the rundown on "Sky Blue Sky"

The cover art of Modest Mouse -- Frontman Isaac Brock explains the band's unconventional aesthetic

Master Shake's all-time worst tacks -- The "Aqua Teen Hunger Force" character tells us what songs drive him crazy

What's "The Best Damn Thing" for Avril Lavigne? Will taking charge of her new CD prove to be "The Best Damn Thing" for the petulant pop-punk singer's career?

Television Commentary

Rating Bravo’s reality shows
We give our take on "Manhunt," "Project Runway," and others

"Dancing With the Stars"
Tim Stack and Whitney Pastorek mouth off about "Dancing With the Stars"

Television News

"Law & Order" faces an uncertain future -- The popular crime series and spin-offs suffer falling ratings

The next batch of TV comedies -- We look at shows in development for the fall season from the major networks

An "Entourage" fashion special -- How to dress like Vince, Turtle, Eric, and Ari

Who I Was Then: Ian Ziering
The "90210" hunk talks about life before "Dancing With the Stars"

What's on Ira Glass's mind
The host of "This American Life" discusses the show's transition from public radio to Showtime

Tina Fey on "30 Rock"'s renewal
The "SNL" vet transformed "30 Rock" from a so-so sitcom into the funniest show on TV, thanks to sleep deprivation, baby vomit, and Alec Baldwin

The Final Cut

Thoughts on the end of Tony Soprano and Harry Potter
In his Final Cut column, Mark Harris wonders what David Chase and J.K. Rowling have in store for their immensely popular characters

The Way We Were
Essay: For the love of "Porky's"...
On the 25th anniversary of "Porky's," EW's Chris Nashawaty recalls his own age of innocence [MDASH] and the explosion of teen sex comedies that helped him survive it. Forget school. All you really needed was a private tutor.

The Sopranos Family is Back

It seems like forever since new episodes of The Sopranos were on, doesn't it? After a long wait, the mob family returned to HBO on April 8th, kicking off their final season. Hard to believe that they've been on the air for 10 years already, and actor Robert Iler, who stars as Tony's rebel son AJ, is already sad about the show coming to an end. He recently dished a bit with US magazine; here's what he had to say:

What are you going to miss most?
The people, but I know I'm still going to see them. Jamie-Lynn Sigler and I are like brother and sister. Even when we're not working, we talk every day.

You both kind of grew up on the show.
Yeah. I'm 22 and she's 26, and she was married and now she's divorced, and when we're walking to the set, they still say, "Here come the kids!"

And you're a lot trimmer now than you used to be.
Thank you! Yeah, when I was younger, I did the Atkins diet for two and a half months and lost 40 pounds. Now I use my treadmill and try to eat decent.

Is it true you're dating costar Lorraine Bracco's daughter, Stella Keitel?
{Laughing} I don't know what you're talking about! No, we're really good friends. I've known her since I was 12. She's a great girl.

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Newsstand Friday: TV Guide

COVER STORY The Sopranos' Final Season
As the mob drama prepares to say goodbye, we gather the cast for a walk down memory lane. Plus: Prison Break finale scoop, The Tudors, why we love 30 Rock and more!

BREAKING NEWS
CSI Gets Sexier
Lady Heather returns! Plus: the real issue facing Heather Mills on Dancing with the Stars, Idol Chat, Teletubbies unmasked and Friday Night Lights' Zach Gilford.

The Sopranos - Get It While You Can

The popular HBO series, the Sopranos, is set to return on April 8th for it's final season. There will be a total of eight episodes, and then the series is done, so if you're a fan of Tony and Carmela Soprano and all their co-horts and misdeeds, this is your last chance to watch them in all their glory.

Photo from HBO.

Steven Van Zandt Adds Another Career to His Portfolio

Never one to rest on his laurels, Steven Van Zandt is the guitarist for Bruce Springsteen's E-Street band, an actor on HBO's hit drama, The Sopranos, hosts a nationally syndicated "Underground Garage" radio program, and is head of his own channel on Sirius Satellite Radio. If that wasn't enough, last week, he announced that he will now be heading up his own record label, Wicked Cool Records. No rest for the weary, that's for sure.

"Right now, it's 100 percent [me]," said Van Zandt. "It's a very personal thing. ... It's my own taste, my own personality, and we're not pretending otherwise. We're not doing any marketing surveys. If I dig it, I'm going to try and support it. The label did evolve out of the radio show. There's a lot of bands these days. A lot of the bands came to us and said they needed a little help."

He'll have to practice juggling soon, since he's starting filming of the final three episodes of "The Sopranos."

Photo from Access Hollywood.