--The cast of The Sopranos fought back the tears on the red carpet of the show's final season premiere on Tuesday night. Leading man James Gandolfini joined his on-screen family and mobsters at Radio City Music Hall in New York City. Co-star Michael Imperioli told the New York Daily News, "It's sad. I didn't know I was gonna feel this way until I got out of the car. The memories just welled up." Lorraine Bracco added, "It hasn't hit me yet... Maybe we can have group therapy." Gandolfini took the opportunity to praise series creator David Chase for his "humor, humanity and courage", saying, "He had the blue-collar work ethic and he brought a lot of blue-collar people together to make something quite exceptional." The final season will begin on HBO on April 8. (Click above to watch one of the newer trailers).

--Spanish actress Penelope Cruz is going out of her way to keep her new romance with Josh Hartnett out of prying eyes after enjoying public affairs with Tom Cruise and Matthew McConaughey. The star and her actor beau fled from trendy Los Angeles restaurant El Coyote on March 21 after learning all private rooms were taken. Cruz and Hartnett then showed up at another top restaurant, The Little Door, where they asked for the restaurant's secluded Blue Room, according to In Touch magazine. A waiter tells the publication the couple left through separate doors, but "before they went, they kissed goodbye," adding "they were touchy-feely all night, holding hands and kissing... They were cute." (How does he do it? First Scarlett and then Penelope? He's one of the worst actors EVER, and he's not even attractive!?!?)

--Soccer star Mia Hamm and husband Nomar Garciaparra of the Los Angeles Dodgers welcomed twin girls Wednesday, a rep tells said. "Both babies are healthy," says Josh Rawitch, spokesman for the Dodgers.

--The editors of Us Weekly have pleaded with ex-Spice Girl Victoria Beckham to cover up when she becomes a Los Angeles resident this summer because they're sick of seeing her nipples. The magazine chiefs have penned a letter to Beckham, formerly known as Posh Spice, asking her to wear bras - and posted it on their website. They write, "There is nothing Posh about forgetting to wear a bra when gallivanting about in thin T-shirts, as you've unfortunately been known to do. It is obvious to us that the bra may be a foreign concept to you - much like American football, or the good sense to avoid Tom Cruise - so allow us to explain: You're a 32-year-old woman with perky breasts that apparently like to breathe. Keep shunning that bra and in five years you'll end up with pendulums hanging off your clavicle that hubby David Beckham might mistake for soccer ball bags." (Ha! Awesome!)

--Sources say that Jennifer Aniston, 38, wants to move to Manhattan for better dating prospects. "Jennifer is dying to move to New York City," an Aniston pal said. "She thinks she can meet smart and cultured guys in New York," says another source close to the actress, who hasn't been linked with anyone since her official December 5 split with Vince Vaughn. Moving now wouldn't be a bad idea for Aniston, who, a source says, "is over Hollywood and the whole scene."

--There was a bomb threat at E! Studios yesterday, forcing an evacuation. (I bet Simon did it to annoy Ryan).

--Julianna Margulies was in a Duane Reade on Sixth Avenue in the Village "hugging on a guy (cute, salt-and-pepper hair, aviator glasses)," according to a sighting on Gawker.com. "His purchases included deodorant, saline solution and a nice big box of Trojan Magnum condoms." Margulies' publicist declined to comment on her personal life, except to say that she's dating a good-looking man who is not in show business.

--Click here for Radar's Top 10 April Fools Pranks That Bombed.

--Golf Digest has cut Donald Trump's posh Trump International Golf Club in West Palm Beach from its latest list of "America's 100 Greatest Courses," and the furious developer says he unfairly got the chop because he refused to advertise in the mag. "Golf Digest is a disgrace to their profession. They should be ashamed of themselves," Trump said. On its last list, Golf Digest placed the 27-hole West Palm Beach course on 200-plus acres at No. 84. This year it was banished, he said, as a result of a tense Nov. 28 meeting he had at Trump Tower with the magazine's publisher, Thomas Bair. "Bair came to my office and told me the only way I'll get the ratings I deserve was if I advertised. I said, 'No thanks' and sent him on his way," Trump recalled. "Can you believe it? The magazine had already told me that I have built the best new courses in this country in years - but then they say I have to advertise to make it in? It's unbelievable." Bair refused to comment, but Golf Digest editor Jerry Tarde said of Trump, "I think he's kidding. He knows it never happened. Nobody can buy their way on the list."

--And speaking of The Donald, yesterday he launched a line of home furniture. He unveiled his line of home furnishings and upholstery, Trump Home, to 350 furniture buyers, and said no subject was off limits. (Gross. Have you seen the way his places are decorated? The Solid Gold dancers would blend into the walls. Gawdy).

--Click here for the Cliffs Notes on The Karate Kid. This provided at least 30 minutes of entertainment for me. Even the character descriptions are hysterical. (SWEEP THE LEG!!!)

Random Thought of the Day: Seriously, what the eff is going on here? This freakshow already has a Wickipedia entry. Will he be Farrah tonight? Will he be Pebbles from the Flinstones? Will he ever be able to carry a damn tune? Are people seriously calling in for this clown?

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