NPR: Dominic Sessa https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=g-s1-137520 en Copyright 2024 NPR - For Personal Use Only Story API Shim 1.2.24 Fri, 07 Aug 2026 18:05:56 -0400 https://media.npr.org/images/podcasts/primary/npr_generic_image_300.jpg?s=200 NPR: Dominic Sessa https://www.npr.org/tags/g-s1-137520/dominic-sessa The new movie about Anthony Bourdain is none of the things you fear it could be The internationally known chef, writer, and television star died in 2018. <em>Tony</em>, starring Dominic Sessa, tells just a splinter of Bourdain's life — the mid-1970s summer when he was 19. Fri, 07 Aug 2026 07:00:00 -0400 https://www.npr.org/2026/08/07/nx-s1-5922435/tony-movie-anthony-bourdain https://www.npr.org/2026/08/07/nx-s1-5922435/tony-movie-anthony-bourdain Tony focuses on just a splinter of Anthony Bourdain's life — the mid-1970s summer when he was 19. Above, Antonio Banderas as Chef, and Dominic Sessa as a young Anthony Bourdain.'/>

The internationally known chef, writer, and television star died in 2018. Tony, starring Dominic Sessa, tells just a splinter of Bourdain's life — the mid-1970s summer when he was 19.

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