NEW YORK, Sept. 4, 2007

Blast Outside Studio Of "Sopranos" Star

NYC Cops: No Serious Injuries When Small Explosive Device Detonates Near Studio Of Michael Imperioli

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    Michael Imperioli played Christopher Moltisanti, Tony Soprano's nephew, on the HBO television show.  (AP)

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(AP)  A small explosive device detonated outside a studio owned by "The Sopranos" star Michael Imperioli early Tuesday, damaging a van but causing no serious injuries, police said.

Police said they did not know if the explosion was connected to Imperioli's Studio Dante.

Several residents in apartments above the studio were evacuated after the device went off about 1 a.m., police said.

The police department's bomb squad was investigating what kind of explosive was used and why it was detonated in front of the Manhattan building, two blocks south of Madison Square Garden.

WCBS-TV Video: Explosion Outside Imperioli Studio
Imperioli played Christopher Moltisanti, Tony Soprano's nephew, on the HBO television show. Studio Dante is described on its Web site as "an unexpected jewel-box that was built to house progressive new plays." Imperioli created it with his wife, Victoria.

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by socrates392 September 4, 2007 4:41 PM EDT
Doesn''''''''t "Dante" mean Devil?
Posted by CitizenUSA

I think you are confusing "Dante" with "Britney Spears" or El Diablo as she is known in Latin America!
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by thinkharder- September 4, 2007 4:17 PM EDT
Doesn''''t "Dante" mean Devil?
Posted by CitizenUSA

LOL...no...Dante is the author of the epic poem, "The Inferno."
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by manner6 September 4, 2007 3:43 PM EDT
to CitizenUSA - you''re kidding right? If not it''d diavolo (accent the a) in Italian.
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by citizenusa-2009 September 4, 2007 3:23 PM EDT
Doesn''t "Dante" mean Devil?
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by toolmangler-2009 September 4, 2007 1:41 PM EDT
If they had done the device in the building, it''s possible there might have been a "Dante''s Inferno" (pardon my pun)
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by jw218389 September 4, 2007 1:18 PM EDT
Scary - Some fans can not seperate a TV show from reality. Weird!!
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