NEW YORK, June 14 (UPI) -- With filming for the final season of the "The Sopranos" about to begin in New Jersey, key actors remain unsigned and their characters are in limbo.

NEW YORK, June 5 (UPI) -- Fans of HBO's "The Sopranos" will have to wait for next year for the series' sendoff now that the penultimate season has ended.

LOS ANGELES, June 3 (UPI) -- HBO officials say next season's eight episodes of the hit mobster series "The Sopranos" will be the finale, despite previous last calls that were overturned.

NEW YORK, March 3 (UPI) -- Actress Edie Falco says she and the cast of "The Sopranos" are "in denial" about the show coming to an end after six seasons.

PASADENA, Calif., Jan. 15 (UPI) -- "The Sopranos" cast and creator David Chase were interrogated by TV writers in Pasadena, Calif., but gave up little about the show's upcoming final season.

NEW YORK, Nov. 10 (UPI) -- Robert De Niro, Joe Pesci, actors from "The Sopranos" and three original members of the Four Seasons came out to see the new Broadway musical, "Jersey Boys."

NEW YORK, Aug. 15 (UPI) -- The Emmy-winning executive producers of "The Sopranos," Mitchell Burgess and Robin Green, will not be with the HBO drama as it finishes its run.

NEW YORK, Aug. 11 (UPI) -- Reports of the demise of HBO's mob hit "The Sopranos" were apparently premature.

NEW YORK, Aug. 1 (UPI) -- Tony Sirico, aka "The Sopranos" Paulie Walnuts, made his colorful castmates an offer they couldn't refuse and raised $465,000 for sick kids.