James Gandolfini dead at 51

James Gandolfini has passed away following a massive heart attack in Rome, Italy. The New Jersey native is best known for his role as mob boss Tony Soprano on 'The Sopranos.' Gandolfini is survived by his wife Deborah Lin and his two children. Gandolfini recently had a role in this year's Oscar nominated film, 'Zero Dark Thirty.' According to imdb.com he has several projects completed for this year and 'Animal Rescue' listed as post-production for 2014.

Cinema's Reel Loss: Roger Ebert (1942-2013)

The cinema world is mourning the recent loss of legendary film critic Roger Ebert. A journalist, film critic and screenwriter that was known for his trademark phrase “two thumbs up,” passed away Thursday April 4, 2013 due to thyroid cancer. He was 70.

Ebert has been a film critic since the late 1960's writing for the Chicago Sun Times, he was the first film critic to win the Pulitzer Prize for Criticism in 1975 and was also the first film critic to receive a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 2005. By the late 1970's Ebert took his craft to the small screen with the late Gene Siskel for a film review television show. Siskel and Ebert reviewed films with their trademarked “two thumbs up/down” rating system and helped films find their audiences throughout their reviews. Siskel died in February of 1999 due to complications of surgery and Richard Roeper was hired to co-host the show with Ebert.

Roger Ebert

Ebert’s wife, Chaz Ebert stated, “We were getting ready to go home today for hospice care, when he [Ebert] looked at us, smiled, and passed away." She wrote an entire statement on Ebert’s blog for the Chicago Sun Times and that can be viewed here.

Ebert blogged only days before his passing to let his readers know that he would be taking a “leave of presence” since his cancer had come back and he was incapable of seeing as many movies to review as he’d like. The last line of his blog entry is “So on this day of reflection I say again, thank you for going on this journey with me. I'll see you at the movies.”

Ebert will be greatly missed, and the film industry will never be able to find a more brilliant writer to fill the void of the legendary critic.

It's a girl for Kristen Bell and Dax Shepard!

Actress Kristen Bell welcomed a baby girl with fiance' actor Dax Shepard. Bell took to twitter after giving birth to say "My new roomate poops her pants and doesn't pay rent...basically @daxshepard1 pre-sobriety :) welcome baby Lincoln xo." The girl's name is Lincoln Bell Shepard, before you say anything there is an actual meaning behind this weird name for a girl. A 1967 Lincoln is the actor's other baby, which he refers to as "Lady Lincoln" – had a star role in "Hit and Run," the 2012 film starring both Shepard and Bell, which he wrote and directed. What do you think of the name?

Bon Jovi Talks Daughter's Overdose

Legendary New Jersey rocker, Jon Bon Jovi recently spoke out for the first time about his daughter Stephanie's heroin overdose. About four months ago, Stephanie overdosed in her college dorm and Bon Jovi describes it as "the worst phone call ever." He also discusses his wife, Hurricane Sandy and of course his music. Check out the exclusive interview with Katie Couric below:

Alexis Bledel Engaged!

Alexis Bledel from 'Gilmore Girls' fame is engaged to Vincent Kartheiser. The pair met on the set of 'Mad Men' where Bledel played a housewife for a series of episodes to Kartheiser's character Pete Campbell. What do you think of the couple?