Steve Schirripa is best known for his role on "The Sopranos," but if "Dancing with the Stars" producers had their way, Steve would be known for his quickstep.
"'Dancing With The Stars'? Yes, I turned that down," Steve tells me on the set of "New York Live." "I have been asked to do every reality show. 'Dancing with the Stars' should be called 'Dancing with Ex-Celebrities That Didn't Save Their Money.' That's what this show should be called."
The amount of money celebrities make on the show has never been confirmed, but several insiders tell me each star is guaranteed $125,000 for appearing on the show and an additional weekly amount thereafter -- $10,000 per week for weeks 3-4, $20,000 for weeks 5-7, $30,000 for weeks 8-9, and finally $50,000 if they make it to weeks 10 and 11.
"It's great for William Levy because no one knew who he was, so for him,...
"'Dancing With The Stars'? Yes, I turned that down," Steve tells me on the set of "New York Live." "I have been asked to do every reality show. 'Dancing with the Stars' should be called 'Dancing with Ex-Celebrities That Didn't Save Their Money.' That's what this show should be called."
The amount of money celebrities make on the show has never been confirmed, but several insiders tell me each star is guaranteed $125,000 for appearing on the show and an additional weekly amount thereafter -- $10,000 per week for weeks 3-4, $20,000 for weeks 5-7, $30,000 for weeks 8-9, and finally $50,000 if they make it to weeks 10 and 11.
"It's great for William Levy because no one knew who he was, so for him,...
- 4/3/2012
- by Naughty But Nice Rob
- Huffington Post
Steve Schirripa is best known for his role on "The Sopranos," but if "Dancing with the Stars" producers had their way, Steve would be known for his quickstep.
"'Dancing With The Stars'? Yes, I turned that down," Steve tells me on the set of "New York Live." "I have been asked to do every reality show. 'Dancing with the Stars' should be called 'Dancing with Ex-Celebrities That Didn't Save Their Money.' That's what this show should be called."
The amount of money celebrities make on the show has never been confirmed, but several insiders tell me each star is guaranteed $125,000 for appearing on the show and an additional weekly amount thereafter -- $10,000 per week for weeks 3-4, $20,000 for weeks 5-7, $30,000 for weeks 8-9, and finally $50,000 if they make it to weeks 10 and 11.
"It's great for William Levy because no one knew who he was, so for him,...
"'Dancing With The Stars'? Yes, I turned that down," Steve tells me on the set of "New York Live." "I have been asked to do every reality show. 'Dancing with the Stars' should be called 'Dancing with Ex-Celebrities That Didn't Save Their Money.' That's what this show should be called."
The amount of money celebrities make on the show has never been confirmed, but several insiders tell me each star is guaranteed $125,000 for appearing on the show and an additional weekly amount thereafter -- $10,000 per week for weeks 3-4, $20,000 for weeks 5-7, $30,000 for weeks 8-9, and finally $50,000 if they make it to weeks 10 and 11.
"It's great for William Levy because no one knew who he was, so for him,...
- 4/3/2012
- by Naughty But Nice Rob
- Aol TV.
Steve Schirripa is most widely remembered as the reasonable, amiable mobster Bobby 'Bacala' Baccalieri on "The Sopranos." Since the lights went out on that classic mafia drama, Schirripa has branched out into a few other projects. But as he told Mario Batali Thursday on "The Chew," (weekdays on ABC) both series share something in common with "The Sopranos."
Schirripa is hosting a show on Investigation Discovery called "Nothing Personal," a non-fiction series "about murder for hire. It's not hit-men, it's people who hire people to kill their husband or wife ... and they're all true stories," he explained.
When the conversation turned to his sitcom, "The Secret Life of the American Teenager," Schirripa described how his character channels the fatherly side of Bobby's personality. "I play a regular dad on that one, as opposed "The Sopranos" where I played .... somewhat of a regular dad. More regular than the other guys," he reflected.
Schirripa is hosting a show on Investigation Discovery called "Nothing Personal," a non-fiction series "about murder for hire. It's not hit-men, it's people who hire people to kill their husband or wife ... and they're all true stories," he explained.
When the conversation turned to his sitcom, "The Secret Life of the American Teenager," Schirripa described how his character channels the fatherly side of Bobby's personality. "I play a regular dad on that one, as opposed "The Sopranos" where I played .... somewhat of a regular dad. More regular than the other guys," he reflected.
- 3/8/2012
- by Alex Moaba
- Huffington Post
Steve Schirripa is most widely remembered as the reasonable, amiable mobster Bobby 'Bacala' Baccalieri on "The Sopranos." Since the lights went out on that classic mafia drama, Schirripa has branched out into a few other projects. But as he told Mario Batali Thursday on "The Chew," (weekdays on ABC) both series share something in common with "The Sopranos."
Schirripa is hosting a show on Investigation Discovery called "Nothing Personal," a non-fiction series "about murder for hire. It's not hit-men, it's people who hire people to kill their husband or wife ... and they're all true stories," he explained.
When the conversation turned to his sitcom, "The Secret Life of the American Teenager," Schirripa described how his character channels the fatherly side of Bobby's personality. "I play a regular dad on that one, as opposed "The Sopranos" where I played .... somewhat of a regular dad. More regular than the other guys," he reflected.
Schirripa is hosting a show on Investigation Discovery called "Nothing Personal," a non-fiction series "about murder for hire. It's not hit-men, it's people who hire people to kill their husband or wife ... and they're all true stories," he explained.
When the conversation turned to his sitcom, "The Secret Life of the American Teenager," Schirripa described how his character channels the fatherly side of Bobby's personality. "I play a regular dad on that one, as opposed "The Sopranos" where I played .... somewhat of a regular dad. More regular than the other guys," he reflected.
- 3/8/2012
- by Alex Moaba
- Aol TV.
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