Found an article that gives a lot of information about Beyond Wiseguys: Italian Americans and the Movies.  Not much is said about Marisa but the article is very informative about the short documentary.  According to the article, it’s scheduled to air on PBS this Spring.  Link to the full article is below.

As for the interview subjects, “A lot of them, I called cold,” Braun says. “Marisa Tomei kept putting me off and I just kept calling. And the day I finally picked her up for the interview, she said, ‘I just figured you were never going to give up.’”

Once these subjects sat down, both Braun and Fischler said they were gratified by their candor. Palminteri, for instance, recalls being shunned by a realtor as soon as she found out the actor was Italian. Valenti, who died last year, spoke about growing up Italian in Houston. Tomei confesses she had to struggle to avoid being typecast as the gum-popping floozy she played in her Oscar-winning performance in My Cousin Vinny.

from boston.com

Never mind the New Hampshire primary, the real agents of change were at the Cutler Majestic Theatre yesterday. In words and script, Mother Jones, Eugene Debs, Martin Luther King Jr., Marian Wright Edelman, and Langston Hughes were all on stage as the taping began of “The People Speak,” the miniseries based on BU professor Howard Zinn’s book “A People’s History of the United States.”

Their words were given voice by a collection of left-leaning Hollywood heavies, including Danny Glover, Viggo Mortensen, David Strathairn, Josh Brolin, and Marisa Tomei. A project that’s been discussed for more than a decade, “The People Speak” is being produced by Chris Moore, former Project Greenlight partner of Matt Damon and Ben Affleck.

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Erik Davis from cinematical.com has posted his version of the best of 2007.  Marisa is mentioned:

The Awesome Award for Best On-Screen Nudity from an Actress Who You Wouldn’t Expect to Still Look That Hot Goes to …
Marisa Tomei in Before the Devil Knows You’re Dead — Not only was this one of the best films of the year, but fans of Marisa Tomei were ecstatic to see the girl show up naked throughout the entire first half. We could’ve done without Philip Seymour Hoffman’s naked donut spread out all over the screen, but man — did Tomei look hot or what? You go girl!

The whole list is pretty humorous and you can check it out here.