] Sopranos star James Gandolfini is suing the makers of the
] cult show after discovering its creator had been made an
] offer he could not refuse.
]
] Gandolfini, who plays mobster Tony Soprano, has begun
] legal proceedings against US network HBO to get out of
] his contract before filming starts on a fifth series of
] the hit drama.
]
] His lawyers say Gandolfini is unhappy because he was not
] told the show's creator David Chase was being paid $20m
] for the upcoming series.

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] Spike Lee defended the use of references to Sept. 11 in
] his new film, "25th Hour," after its screening at the
] Berlin Film Festival.
] "We wanted to truthfully reflect the rage and the tone of
] what people felt," Lee said Wednesday.
] The film begins with images of the towers of light that
] had shown in New York where the World Trade Center had
] stood. It also includes sequences with footage of Osama
] bin Laden.
] Lee dismissed the suggestion that he had abused emotions
] generated by the terrorist attack for his own artistic
] ends.

Lee Defends Sept. 11 References in Film (washingtonpost.com)