Sopranos actor Robert Iler owns an apartment in a New York block that was struck by a crane that fell and killed two construction workers on Friday.

Iler - who played A.J. Soprano in the hit series - was at home in the Upper East Side building when the tumbling 200 foot tower crane struck.

The crane was working on a new 32-story-apartment block when it collapsed and destroyed many apartments in Iler's neighboring building.

According to TMZ.com, the 23-year-old actor - who had lived in the block for several years - felt the impact and heard people screaming, although his home ...

Sopranos star Robert Iler was one of many celebrities to play poker in New York's illegal club National CardRoom that was robbed last week. Witnesses say two armed men robbed the club's "bank" and patrons.

The police couldn't find the two gunmen, but arrested Edgar Concepcion, the club's manager, for promoting gambling and possessing bookmaking supplies - according to the New York Daily News.

Other celebrities who frequented the club include baseball player Alex Rodriguez and basketball star Troy Murphy.

National CardRoom reopened earlier this year after the club was raided...

A new face is joing the cast of Heroes, according to the Hollywood Reporter. Dania Ramirez will join the series in the fall. She will play a character named Maya, whose power is being kept secret for now.

Ramirez will be one of five new actors expected to be added to the show in its second season. Others will include a boyfriend for Claire (Hayden Panettiere), an African-American mother, a surrogate for Niki's (Ali Larter) son, and an Irish mobster.

Most recently Ramirez starred in The Sopranos as A.J.'s (Robert Iler) former fiancee Bianca.

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The Sopranos star Robert Iler shocked fans of the show after his dramatic weight loss - because it made him almost unrecognizable. The young actor shed the pounds in 2005, and even prompted one journalist to ask how it felt to replace the original actor who played his character A.J Soprano.

Iler tells Nylon magazine, "I told her it was fine - that the other kid was an ass anyway."

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The Sopranos star Robert Iler is unable to remember shooting the mafia drama's pilot episode because he was so annoyed at missing out on summer camp. Iler was 12 when he first played mobster's son Anthony Soprano Jr. on the pilot of the hit show, which was filmed back in 1997.

He says, "I was so young, I don't even remember doing most of the pilot. I do remember having a great time, but I was wishing I was in camp. It was going to be the first summer I could go to camp, and all my friends were there. And then everybody on the set was like, 'Oh, the pilot probably won't even be picked ...

"When I was pregnant, everyone told me, 'You're going to be one of those women with a little football in front.' And then this ... thing, this Scooby-Doo monster belly arrived. I gained 65 pounds. Every single part of my body was thicker - even my scalp." Kate Beckinsale recalls her pregnancy weight gain.

"I like cutting the umbilical cord at my son Taj's birth... I like smelling placenta." Aerosmith star Steven Tyler dismisses reports rock 'n' roll has prevented him from enjoying fatherhood's magical moments.

"I wasn't quite sure (who she was). I remember saying, 'What does she...

In an exclusive interview with DISH Entertainment Magazine, 10 main cast members of HBO's The Sopranos tell how they would end the series, which is coming to a close after a six-year run. The final nine episodes begin airing in April.

James Gandolfini (Tony Soprano), Edie Falco (Carmela Soprano), Michael Imperioli (Christopher Moltisanti), Lorraine Bracco (Dr. Jennifer Melfi), Steve Van Zandt (Silvio Dante), Tony Sirico (Paulie "Walnuts" Gualtieri), Robert Iler (Anthony "A.J. Soprano Jr.), Jamie-Lynn Sigler (Meadow Soprano), Steve Schirripa (Bobby "Bacala" Baccalieri) and Dominic Chian...

Happy Birthday to "A.J. Soprano" Robert Iler (1985), Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback Ben Roethlisberger (1982), Lady in the Water star Bryce Dallas Howard (1981), actress Heather McComb (1977), Coldplay singer Chris Martin (1977), new James Bond actor Daniel Craig (1968), rocker Jon Bon Jovi (1962), SNL alum Laraine Newman (1952), singer Karen Carpenter (1950; d. 1983), Star Trek doctor Gates McFadden (1949), singer Eddie Money (1949), Irish guitarist Rory Gallagher (1948), Velvet Underground singer Lou Reed (1942), authors John Irving (1942) and Tom Wolfe (1931), former Soviet Union presid...

* Craig Bierko was originally cast as Chandler Bing in Friends, but he turned down the role, which eventually went to Matthew Perry. Bierko is known for playing Max Baer in Cinderella Man.

* Jamie-Lynn Sigler and Robert Iler will be guest starring as themselves on the new season of hit series Entourage. The Sopranos siblings were approached at HBO's Emmy party on Sunday by “Entourage” producers who asked them to change their flights back to New York City so they could stay in Los Angeles and shoot an appearance on the show this week.

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Jamie-Lynn Sigler and her on-screen sibling Robert Iler have reportedly secured pay raises to star in the final season of mob drama The Sopranos. The New York Post reports Sigler and Iler - who play gangster Tony Soprano's children Meadow and A.J. respectively - are set to sign a new $100,000 an episode - $15,000 more than last season.

However, their castmates Tony Sirico and Steven Van Zandt are still in negotiations and are reportedly unhappy with the offers they have received so far from US cable network HBO.

A source says, "They're not even close."

Jamie-Lynn Sigler pic...

Cast members of hit mafia series The Sopranos are demanding higher salaries after the show's bosses secured a string of lucrative rerun rights and staggering DVD sales. Jamie-Lynn Sigler, who plays Meadow, Robert Iler, who plays A.J., Steven Schirripa, who plays Bobby Bacala, Steven Van Zandt, who plays Silvio Dante, Lorraine Bracco, who plays Dr. Melfi, and Tony Sirico, who plays Paulie 'Walnuts', are all demanding a substantial rise before signing up for the final season, set to begin next month.

They've reportedly threatened to walk out unless their wages more than double. However,...

The sixth season of The Sopranos opens with Tony Soprano (James Gandolfini) worrying about Johnny Sack's RICO trial and the effect it is having on both the New York and New Jersey families. As the new season begins, Tony is off his anti-depressants and is noticeably more upbeat after a tumultuous year in which he narrowly avoided a turf war, killed his cousin Tony Blundetto (Steve Buscemi) and had to deal with rats in his extended mob family.

The popular Mafia drama will end with an eight episode run on TV next January, according to the show's creator, David Chase. However, Chase isn't...

Happy Birthday to "A.J. Soprano" Robert Iler (1985), Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback Ben Roethlisberger (1982), Lady in the Water star Bryce Dallas Howard (1981), actress Heather McComb (1977), Coldplay singer Chris Martin (1977), new James Bond actor Daniel Craig (1968), rocker Jon Bon Jovi (1962), SNL alum Laraine Newman (1952), singer Karen Carpenter (1950; d. 1983), Star Trek doctor Gates McFadden (1949), singer Eddie Money (1949), Irish guitarist Rory Gallagher (1948), Velvet Underground singer Lou Reed (1942), authors John Irving (1942) and Tom Wolfe (1931), former Soviet Union presid...