That was “Sopranos” star James Gandolfini having cocktails at the Hay-Adams on Wednesday night. (Pictured here with fan Lene Johansen, the Warren Brookes journalism fellow at the Competitive Enterprise Institute). Gandolfini said he was meeting with some generals to research a role. That wouldn’t be a big departure for Gandolfini: He’s played amilitary prison warden in “The Last Castle,” a submarine officer in “Crimson Tide,” and produced and hosted the HBO documentary “Alive Day Memories” about wounded soldiers. – Courtesy Christine Hall