Article: Women go wild for Tony Soprano.(The Dallas Morning News)

OK, you buff guys, get rid of the bench press. You're probably not going to want to hear this, but the new male sex symbol is not exactly in great shape, he doesn't have a tan, he doesn't even have much hair.

What he does have is power, drinks and a definite air that he can handle "anything." And we're talking "anything."

I'm talking about Tony Soprano, the flawed crime boss on the hit HBO series ``The Sopranos.'' Women love him, even if his stomach hangs over his belt and he sits around the kitchen in a sleeveless undershirt. Even Brad Pitt is not getting this kind of attention these days.

Tony is played by James Gandolfini, an actor with a ...

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