Sarah Jessica Parker and Esquire launch The Tap Project in celebration of World Water Day (March 21st). (photo: Sylvain Gaboury/FilmMagic.com)

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Shooting at Satriale's

Tony, Paulie and the gang have been hanging out at Satriale's for years, but the locals are still excited to catch a peek — especially knowing that these are the final days for the capo di tutti capi.

Passersby skipped school and others came prepared with cameras as fans gathered in the Hudson County town where the infamous fictional pork store has set up shop for several years. "I was going to school on the bus and I saw them filming," said one 23-year-old fan who managed to cop a hug from Gandolfini. "I said, 'Forget about school.' "Satriale's used to be my auto parts store," noted another neighbor. Town folk will have to be content to watch Tony and his crew from the comfort of their living rooms when the show wraps production — and airs the final season starting April 8th. (photo: Bobby Bank/WireImage.com)

[THE ASSOCIATED PRESS via Asbury Park Press]

Something Wild

Zuleikha Robinson (Gaia on 'Rome') can be seen on the big screen in Mira Nair's new film, 'The Namesake.' The English actress — an exotic blend of Scottish, Indian, Burmese, Iranian and Malaysian ancestry — plays Moushumi, "the sexy, intellectual Bengali girl with a wild sexual past," according to Cinematical. The movie tells the story of two generations of a Bengali family that emigrates from India to America. Robinson's Moushumi is the love interest for Gogol, the American-born son whose coming-of-age is triggered by his passion for the wild girl. (photo: Jason Kempin/FilmMagic.com)

[Cinematical.com]

De-bunked

How Wahlberg un-lodged his entourage

He's been nominated for an Oscar and is starring in the thriller 'Shooter,' in theaters now, but when people meet Mark Wahlberg, it's still 'Entourage' they want to talk about. In an interview with HBO.com, the actor-producer talks about how to nudge one's entourage out of the nest, without losing friends. "Well, grow up, move on, get married, have kids. Still work together. You don't have to have them laying all over your couch." Wahlberg realized it was time to move on when he bought a new house and heard his pals arguing over the bedrooms. He decided it was time to send a message and outfitted just one of the rooms with bunk beds: "They were all fighting over who's getting what room. They didn't even ask me nothing....[The bunk beds] were the first thing I had delivered." (photo: Theo Wargo/WireImage.com)

[HBO.com]

Kathryn Hahn, Rainn Wilson and Joely Richardson at the LA premiere party for 'The Last Mimzy.' (photo: Maury Phillips/WireImage.com)

Plan B

Adrian Grenier's plot to skip the gym

Adrian Grenier's short but not-so-sweet film 'Euthanasia' will be the opening night film for Hollyshorts, a short film festival celebrating it's third year in August. "Adrian Grenier is multitalented and has quickly been gaining tremendous respect as a director," said the festival's director Daniel Sol.

This will be the Hollywood premiere for the coming-of-age story about two young girls who grow up fast when an afternoon joy ride turns gloomy. Grenier told Time Out recently what he liked about helming: "For me, directing is another skill to support myself if this whole acting thing doesn't work out. You also don't have to be fit and trim to be a director. Or go to the gym as much." (photo: Lester Cohen/WireImage.com)

[Movievine.com]

[Time Out NY]

Hines Gets Grounded

Cheryl Hines will return to her roots on April 9th, when she gives a lecture at the Groundling Theatre in West Hollywood. The star of 'Curb Your Enthusiasm' got her start in the Groundlings, the famous improv troupe. The lecture series has included Chris Kattan, Laraine Newman and Will Forte, with Jennifer Coolidge scheduled for next week. There's even an official Q & A section for hecklers. (photo: Jordin Althaus/WireImage.com)

[Groundlings.com]

[Backstage]

Here Today, Gone Tomorrow

Barr's secret to success

Gossip columnist Liz Smith is a Roseanne Barr fan. She raved about the comedienne in a recent Variety column and prodded Barr about what she was up to. After telling her "about 180 pounds," Barr revealed: "Well, I survived through my troubles. If you stick around and live through them, they go away. You've just got to be brave. I am a lot smarter, now, calmer and I began meditating. I try to live in the moment."

Part of living in the now for Barr these days is venting on her blog roseanneworld.com about everything from raising the minimum wage to the need to vote. And as she told the LA Times, she's into giving a lot of her money away. "I'm not down with 'The Secret.' I'm not down with trying to attract more material wealth to yourself. That's sickening. Why don't you give some of your money away? Five-thousand square feet should be the limit to how big a house you can live in when people are starving. There should be a maximum wage too. Like Jello Biafra said, no one should have more than $100 million. It's making a slave class." (photo: John Sciulli/WireImage.com)

[Variety]

[LA Times]

Ginnifer Goodwin at the Imitation of Christ fashion show in LA. (photo: Todd Williamson/WireImage.com)

Spartan Attire

Dominic West bares all in '300'

Back to Baltimore to film the final season of 'The Wire,' Dominic West had occasion to watch the blockbuster '300' (in which he plays a no-good politician) with an audience for the first time. Prior to the screening he talked to The Baltimore Sun about how he managed to avoid the rigorous workouts that his co-stars were put through prior to donning their Spartan garb. "They all worked out for about three months before shooting started. I did my whole thing in three weeks. I didn't train once," he boasted, fessing up to the reason why: "They showed me the costume. When they first showed it to me, it was some swim trunks and a cloak. And I said, 'You are joking,' so they put it on me and I had a nice potbelly. I was the only guy there without a six-pack. You'll notice in my costume, it's the only one with a bit of fabric over the front."

As for how he enjoyed playing the bad guy: "It's much easier to play the villain. It's much easier to make evil interesting. It's much harder to make goodness interesting. The devil has all the best lines, you know." (photo: Albert L. Ortega/WireImage.com)

[Baltimore Sun]

Tony Talks to the Troops

On a quiet, off-radar visit with injured U.S. soldiers at Walter Reed Army Medical Center last spring, Sheila Nevins, President of HBO Documentary Films, observed James Gandolfini's rapport with the vets they talked to. Gandolfini had been visiting troops both in the U.S. and the Mid East on his own for awhile and Nevins thought a doc about severely injured soldiers would not only be powerful, but if it included Gandolfini, a lot of people might actually see it. As she told the SF Gate: "...if I can tell people, 'Hey, Tony Soprano is in it,' then you might get people who ordinarily wouldn't watch to see a very powerful story."

Gandolfini signed on to exec produce and serve as chief narrator for 'Alive Day Memories: Home From Iraq.' The doc will tentatively air on HBO on Independence Day. (photo: Jeff Vespa/WireImage.com)

[SFGate.com]

Vintage Chloë

Much has been written about It girl Chloë Sevigny's style and background. As a recent LA Times article points out, she was raised in affluent Darien — but how often is it mentioned that "her father was an interiors painter, and she swept tennis courts at the local country club the family couldn't afford to join."

Sevigny attributes her frugal past to her love of vintage: "I still prefer to buy vintage over spending it all on one designer," she told the Times. And she often has opinions on her costumes — in 'Big Love' she reportedly influenced Nicki's more buttoned-up style.

These days, she can afford to splurge but it's still hard: "My mother encourages me to spend a little," she said. "It still feels weird. Even now I never live beyond my means. I've never been that girl. I mean, I have a Christian Dior mink poncho. But I didn't buy it." (photo: Tony Barson/WireImage.com)

[LA Times]

Michelle Pfeiffer and Queen Latifah at ShoWest's presentation of 'Hairspray.' (photo: Jeff Vespa/WireImage.com)

Split Personality

Schreiber's off-Broadway twofer

How many actors does it take to put on a three-person play? In the case of Christopher Shinn's 'The Dying City' (at Lincoln Center Theater's Mitzi Newhouse through April 2) the answer is two, thanks to Pablo Schreiber's masterful depiction of Craig and Peter, twin brothers. Schreiber, 'The Wire' 's Nick Sobotka, co-stars with Rebecca Brooksher in the triangular story of a soldier who dies in Iraq (Craig), his widow, and his gay twin (Peter), a successful actor who shows up unannounced at his ex-sister-in-law's apartment. The character changes occur when the visiting Peter leaves the room to answer a phone — or nature's — call, freeing Schreiber to return in flashback as Craig.

The Buzz spoke to Schreiber about the challenge of differentiating the twins with minimal costume changes and quick transitions. "The main thing that was important was I had to base the characters solidly in an aspect of myself so that the act of doing the play was the act of having a dialogue between two different sides of myself," Schreiber explained before a recent performance. For Peter, he identified "a deep burning need for attention and affirmation" and for Craig, "having power and needing to exert his will on the outside world."

Schreiber revealed another two-for-one benefit of playing out those traits onstage: that it will help him avoid them in his life. "It's like talking to these two different parts of myself that I would like to be less present in my own life — some of their actions are reprehensible — and finding those things in me and hopefully eliminating that behavior in my own life." (photo: Gary Gershoff/WireImage.com)

[Lincoln Center Theater]

Seinfeld Says Thanks for Nothing

Last Friday, Jerry Seinfeld was in Syracuse, NY, doing what he does best: making folks laugh. For Seinfeld, who was recently given The Comedy Festival's inaugural Comedian Award, it's been nine years since the superstar comic teamed up with Larry David for the final episode of their hit sitcom about nothing, 'Seinfeld.' But since that time, the Long Island native got hitched, had three kids and stock-piled enough stand-up material about his family to strike a chord with anyone.

For instance, he's had a foot-thick windshield installed in his mother's car, to help her drive with her cataracts. "All the people in her car look huge. These huge heads — they look like a team of sports mascots coming at you."

What about a return to TV? Seinfeld was asked during his audience Q&A session at the end of the night. "I am old. I am rich. And I am tired. Thank you for making me that way." (photo: Jeffrey Mayer/WireImage.com)

[Syracuse.com]

[Jerry Seinfeld: The Comedian Award]

Adrian Grenier, Perrey Reeves, Kevin Connolly and Jerry Ferrara at the GQ and HBO party to celebrate the new "AG for Entourage" denim line, a new clothing collection. (photo: Lester Cohen/WireImage.com)

Labels for Less

Sarah Jessica Parker makes clothes that won't keep you up at night

As Carrie on 'Sex and the City,' viewers often marveled at how the sex column writer managed to have an endless wardrobe of haute couture. Now Sarah Jessica Parker is determined to make that fantasy a reality for the masses. Her new clothing label "Bitten," a partnership with Steve & Barry's, will launch this June with every item priced at less than $20. According to CNN, there will be hundreds of pieces, including knit shirts, wool and cashmere sweaters, dresses, lingerie, jeans, jewelry and footwear. Says Parker: "Women should be able to wear great clothes and not lie in bed at night feeling guilty about how much money they've spent." (photo: Jim Spellman/WireImage.com)

[CNN Money]

Today's - and Tomorrow's - Man

Freddy Rodriquez took home the trophy for Supporting Actor of the Year at the closing ceremony for ShoWest on March 15th. "Since bursting onto the scene with his critically acclaimed and Emmy®-nominated role on HBO's 'Six Feet Under,' Rodriguez has gone on to bring impressive performances to such notable films as 'Dreamer,' 'Lady in the Water' and 'Bobby,' " said ShoWest's Mitch Neuhauser. Next up, he'll be appearing in another Rodriquez's film, 'Grindhouse' — in the Robert Rodriquez half of the film (Quentin Tarantino directed the other half). Shia LaBeouf (star of one of the 'Project Greenlight' films) was honored by ShoWest for Male Star of Tomorrow. (photo: Jesse Grant/WireImage.com)

[Backstage]

Brogue State

Ashley Jensen wins hearts with her lilt

Ashley Jensen brings something of herself to her roles, as she told the LA Times recently — and it's not just her Scottish accent. Both Maggie in 'Extras' and Christina in 'Ugly Betty' were not originally intended to be Scottish, but Jensen landed the roles anyway — and didn't have to lose the accent. "Christina was meant to be a straight-talking New Yorker, and she became a straight-talking Scottish person," Jensen explains. "I come from a very pragmatic country — there's a work ethic and we're very sensible and practical and thrifty. We have a kind of 'no nonsense, say it how it is, no frills, don't get carried away with yourself' quality. So when you say it how it is with a Scottish voice, it adds another little side to it."

As for Maggie: "I try to pretend I'm very different from Maggie — and I am — but there is just finding that part of you that's on the page." (photo: Kevin Parry/WireImage.com)

[LA Times via Delaware Online]