Information:  - Jennifer Melfi, is a fictional character on the HBO TV series "The Sopranos". She is the psychiatrist of Mafia boss Tony Soprano. She is portrayed by Lorraine Bracco.  - Home Box Office (HBO) is an American premium cable and satellite television network that is owned by Time Warner through its respective flagship company Home Box Office, Inc. Programming featured on the network consists primarily of theatrically released motion pictures and original television series, along with made-for-cable movies and documentaries, boxing matches, and occasional stand-up comedy and concert specials.  - The Patriarca crime family (pronounced ) is also known as the New England crime family, the Providence crime family, the Boston crime family, the Boston Mafia, the Providence Mafia, the New England Mafia, or The Office and is an Italian-American Mafia crime family based in New England. The crime family has two distinct factions, one active in Providence, Rhode Island and the other in Boston, Massachusetts.  - Tony Soprano is a fictional character and the protagonist in the HBO television drama series The Sopranos , portrayed by James Gandolfini . The Italian - American character was conceived by The Sopranos ' creator and show runner David Chase , who was also largely responsible for the character 's story arc throughout the show 's six seasons . The character is loosely based on real - life New Jersey mobster Vincent `` Vinny Ocean '' Palermo ( born 1944 ) , a former caporegime ( capo ) and de facto street boss of the DeCavalcante crime family of New Jersey . Considered to be the model for the Soprano family , several incidents involving the DeCavalcantes were incorporated into Sopranos scripts . Bobby Boriello portrayed Soprano as a child in one episode and Danny Petrillo played the character as a teenager in three episodes . In the first season , Tony is a capo in the DiMeo crime family . Between the first and second seasons , he is promoted to street boss , a position he retains until the sixth season ; his uncle Corrado `` Junior '' Soprano is the official boss up until early on in season 6 , but has little or no actual power . Throughout the series , Tony struggles to balance the conflicting requirements of his family -- wife Carmela , daughter Meadow , son A. J. , and mother Livia -- with those of the Mafia family he controls . He often displays behavior traits characteristic of a violent sociopath , but also struggles with depression and is prone to panic attacks . He seeks treatment from Dr. Jennifer Melfi in the first episode , and remains in therapy on and off up until the penultimate episode of the series . Gandolfini garnered enormous praise for this portrayal , winning three Emmy Awards for Best Lead Actor in a Drama Series , three Screen Actors Guild Awards for Best Male Actor in a Drama Series and a Golden Globe Award for Best Actor -- Television Series Drama as well as two additional SAG Awards for Best Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series . His portrayal of the character has been cited as...  - The Sopranos is an American crime drama television series created by David Chase. Revolving around the fictional character and family of New Jersey-based Italian American mobster Tony Soprano (James Gandolfini), the show portrays the difficulties he faces as he tries to balance the conflicting requirements of his home life and his criminal organization. These are often highlighted during his therapy sessions with psychiatrist Jennifer Melfi (Lorraine Bracco). The series features Tony's family members, mafia colleagues and rivals, in prominent roles and story arcs, most notably his wife Carmela (Edie Falco) and protégé Christopher Moltisanti (Michael Imperioli).  - Edith "Edie" Falco (born July 5, 1963) is an American television, film, and stage actress, known for her roles as Diane Whittlesey in the HBO series "Oz" (19972000), Carmela Soprano on the HBO series "The Sopranos" (19992007), the title character of the Showtime series "Nurse Jackie" (200915), and Sylvia Wittel on the Louis C.K. web series, "Horace and Pete" (2016).  - Christopher Moltisanti, played by Michael Imperioli, is a fictional character on the HBO TV series "The Sopranos". He is Tony Soprano's protégé and a Capo in the Soprano crime family.  - A story arc is an extended or continuing storyline in episodic storytelling media such as television, comic books, comic strips, boardgames, video games, and films with each episode following a narrative arc. On a television program, for example, the story would unfold over many episodes. In television, the use of the story arc is much more common in dramas than in comedies, especially in soap operas. In a traditional Hollywood film, the story arc usually follows a three-act format. Webcomics are more likely to use story arcs than newspaper comics, as most web comics have readable archives online that a newcomer to the strip can read in order to understand what is going on. Although story arcs have existed for decades, the term "story arc" was coined in 1988 in relation to the television series "Wiseguy", and was quickly adapted for other uses.  - New Jersey is a state in the Northeastern United States and mid-Atlantic regions of the United States. It is bordered on the north and east by New York, on the southeast and south by the Atlantic Ocean, on the west by Pennsylvania, and on the southwest by Delaware. New Jersey is the fourth-smallest state but the 11th-most populous and the most densely populated of the 50 United States. New Jersey lies entirely within the combined statistical areas of New York City and Philadelphia and is the third-wealthiest U.S. state by per capita income as of 2014.  - James Joseph Gandolfini, Jr. (September 18, 1961  June 19, 2013) was an American actor and producer. He was best known for his role as Tony Soprano, an Italian-American crime boss, in the HBO crime drama "The Sopranos". He garnered enormous praise for his performance, winning three Emmy Awards, three Screen Actors Guild Awards, and one Golden Globe Award.   - Drama is the specific mode of fiction represented in performance. The term comes from a Greek word meaning "action" (Classical Greek: , "drama"), which is derived from "to do" (Classical Greek: , "drao").  The two masks associated with drama represent the traditional generic division between comedy and tragedy. They are symbols of the ancient Greek Muses, Thalia, and Melpomene. Thalia was the Muse of comedy (the laughing face), while Melpomene was the Muse of tragedy (the weeping face). Considered as a genre of poetry in general, the dramatic mode has been contrasted with the epic and the lyrical modes ever since Aristotle's "Poetics" (c. 335 BCE)the earliest work of dramatic theory.  - Pennsylvania (Pennsylvania German: "Pennsylvaani"), officially the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, is a state located in the northeastern and Mid-Atlantic regions of the United States. The Appalachian Mountains run through its middle. The commonwealth borders Delaware to the southeast, Maryland to the south, West Virginia to the southwest, Ohio to the west, Lake Erie and the Canadian province of Ontario to the northwest, New York to the north, and New Jersey to the east.  - Lorraine Bracco (born October 2, 1954) is an American actress. She is best known for her performances as Dr. Jennifer Melfi on the HBO series "The Sopranos", and as Karen Friedman Hill in the 1990 Martin Scorsese film "Goodfellas", for which she was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress. She also appeared as Angela Rizzoli on the TNT series "Rizzoli & Isles".  - Delaware is a state located in the Mid-Atlantic and/or Northeastern regions of the United States. It is bordered to the south and west by Maryland, to the northeast by New Jersey, and to the north by Pennsylvania. The state takes its name from Thomas West, 3rd Baron De La Warr, an English nobleman and Virginia's first colonial governor.  - James Michael Imperioli (born March 26, 1966) is a Sicilian-American actor, writer and director best known for his role as Christopher Moltisanti on "The Sopranos", for which he won the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series in 2004. He also appeared in the TV drama series "Law & Order" as NYPD Detective Nick Falco. Imperioli spent the 2008-2009 television season as Detective Ray Carling in the US version of "Life on Mars". He was starring as Detective Louis Fitch in the ABC police drama "Detroit 1-8-7" until its cancellation. He wrote and directed his first feature film, "The Hungry Ghosts", in 2008. In 2015, he starred in "Mad Dogs", a dark-comic thriller television series available for viewing on Amazon's Amazon Prime subscription service in the U.S and on Shomi in Canada.  - Time Warner, Inc. (also known as AOL Time Warner from 2001-2003; stylized as TimeWarner) is an American multinational media and entertainment conglomerate headquartered in New York City. It is currently the world's third largest entertainment company in terms of revenue, after Comcast and The Walt Disney Company. It was also once the world's largest media conglomerate. Time Warner was first founded in 1990 with the merger of Time Inc. and Warner Communications. The current company consists largely of the assets of the former Warner Communications (as well as HBO, a Time Inc. subsidiary prior to the merger), and the assets of Turner Broadcasting (which was acquired by the company in 1996). Time Warner currently has major operations in film and television, with a limited amount in publishing operations. Among its most popular assets are HBO, Turner Broadcasting System, The CW Television Network, Warner Bros., CNN, DC Comics, and as of August 2016, Hulu, owning 10%. In the past, other major divisions of Time Warner included Time Inc., AOL, Time Warner Cable, Warner Books and Warner Music Group. All of these operations were either sold to other investors or spun off as independent companies from 2004 to 2014.  - David Chase (born August 22, 1945) is an American writer, director and television producer. Chase has worked in television for 40 years; he has produced and written for such shows as "The Rockford Files", "I'll Fly Away", and "Northern Exposure". He has created two original series; the first, "Almost Grown", aired for 10 episodes in 1988 and 1989. Chase is best known for his second original series, the influential and critically acclaimed HBO drama "The Sopranos", which aired for six seasons between 1999 and 2007. A prominent figure in American television, Chase has won seven Emmy Awards.  - New England is a geographical region comprising six states of the northeast United States: Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, and Vermont. It is bordered by the state of New York to the west and south, and the Canadian provinces of New Brunswick and Quebec to the northeast and north, respectively. The Atlantic Ocean is to the east and southeast, and Long Island Sound is to the south. Boston is its largest city. Its largest metropolitan area is Greater Boston, which also includes Worcester (the second-largest city in New England), Manchester (the largest city in New Hampshire), and Providence (the capital and largest city of Rhode Island), with nearly a third of the entire region's population.  - The DeCavalcante crime family is an Italian-American organized crime family that operates in Elizabeth, New Jersey and surrounding areas in the state and is part of the nationwide criminal phenomenon known as the American Mafia (or Cosa Nostra). It operates on the other side of the Hudson River from the Five Families of New York, but it maintains strong relations with many of them, as well as with the Philadelphia crime family and the Patriarca crime family of New England. Its illicit activities include bookmaking, building, cement, and construction violations, bootlegging, corruption, drug trafficking, extortion, fencing, fraud, hijacking, illegal gambling, loan-sharking, money laundering, murder, pier thefts, pornography, prostitution, racketeering, and waste management violations. The DeCavalcantes are, in part, the inspiration for the fictional DiMeo crime family of HBO's dramatic series "The Sopranos". The DeCavalcante family was the subject of the CNBC program "Mob Money", which aired on June 23, 2010 and "The Real Sopranos" TV documentary (first airdate April 26, 2006) directed by Thomas Viner for the UK production company Class Films.    What object entity has the relation of 'spouse' with the subject 'tony soprano'?   Choices: - aristotle  - carmela soprano  - david  - example  - joseph  - karen friedman hill  - lorraine bracco  - martin scorsese  - michael  - rhode  - tony soprano  - virginia  - walt disney
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