Veteran Robert Loggia alights in Soprano-land.

He's the most naturally gifted politician in years, Bubba with morals. But can a nice guy finish first?

For the Dem press corps, it’s bad food, sleazy motels, and close encounters with moose.

“I’m a slave to his success.” Filmmakers and writers root for their man.

Unlikely moguls Fisher Stevens and John Penotti are nicer than the brothers Weinstein but just as passionate about making movies. Will their studio, GreeneStreet, be the next Miramax?

Edwards and Kerry supporters rejoice, Deaniacs fret, and Gephardt backers get wooed.

Former front-runner John Kerry has a hero’s war record, a Senate seat, all the family wealth one could hope for. He even looks like a president. But to become one, he’s got to get past Howard Dean. And time is running out.

For Democrats, the race for the White House starts in posh Manhattan townhouses and co-ops, as New York’s money class takes the measure of the candidates and places its bets. Whose head was turned by Clark? Who’s sticking with Dean? Herewith, a scorecard.

‘I’ve gone from Nebraska, where people thought I was a liberal, to New York, where people think I’m a right-wing nutcase.’

As Chicago moves into the home stretch of its Oscar campaign, Marty Richards recalls his life as a starstruck producer, his loving marriage to an American heiress who knew he was gay, and the 27 high-flying years (those Gin Lane parties!) it took for his Broadway hit to triumph on the silver screen.