Information about Robert De Niro with blogs, videos, and photos. Robert DeNiro is a two-time Academy Award -winning, iconic American film actor, director, producer and founder of the Tribeca Film Festival.
LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - There isn't much that's fine in "Everybody's Fine," an embarrassing misfire for Kirk Jones, who once gave us the exhilarating comedy "Waking Ned Devine," and for Miramax, a storied company now reduced to little more than a film library. Despite a cloyingly sentimental story that rings false in every moment, the production did attract a substantial cast headed by Robert De Niro. It's not going to help though when Disney's downsized specialty unit releases... Read Full Story
Getty Images It wasn't overnight that Robert De Niro became one of the most famous actors in the world, and to him, that's a good thing. The 66-year-old thinks struggling early on in his career kept him grounded, and he feels today's young stars need time to find their feet. De Niro seems like a good guy to take advice from (Photo Agency) He explained: "I think it's important to have had at least a few years of obscurity, where people treat you like everybody else. Then it goes crazy, and... Read Full Story
A part of Manhattan and Hollywood stars moved to Qatar with the glittering opening night of the inaugural "Doha Tribeca Film Festival." Martin Scorsese and Ben Kingsley were among the stars on Thursday night who graced the digital red carpet at the entrance of the new Islamic Museum of Doha, designed by Chinese-American architect Ieoh Ming Pei. "We want to bring the best of world cinema to this part of the world, we want to inspire the new generation to make films," festival director Amanda... Read Full Story
A part of Manhattan and Hollywood stars moved to Qatar with the glittering opening on Thursday night of the inaugural "Doha Tribeca Film Festival." Martin Scorsese and Ben Kingsley were among the stars who graced the digital red carpet at the entrance of the new Islamic Museum of Doha, designed by Chinese-American architect Ieoh Ming Pei. "We want to bring the best of world cinema to this part of the world, we want to inspire the new generation to make films," festival director Amanda Palmer... Read Full Story
Movie star Robert de Niro presented the top Audience Awards at the first Doha Tribeca film festival to a Palestinian film and to a documentary made in Qatar. The 50,000-dollar award for best film went on Sunday night to "Team Qatar," a documentary directed by Britain's Liz Mermin that tells the story of a group of high school students taking part in an international debate. "Pomegranates and Myrrh" directed by Palestinian director Najwa Najjar was also awarded 50,000 dollars after being... Read Full Story
Qatar will have a taste of Manhattan on Thursday at the opening of the emirate's first major cinema event, the "Doha Tribeca Film Festival" -- featuring Robert De Niro, Martin Scorsese and Ben Kingsley. The brand new festival kicks off with the first Middle East showing of Amelia, directed by Indian Mira Nair and telling the story of the aviation pioneer Amelia Erhart. One partner in the project is New York's Tribeca Film Festival, named after a neighbourhood of Manhattan and founded by De... Read Full Story
Jay-Z owns the Big Apple. He knows it, Mayor Bloomberg knows it, and so does everyone within earshot of his latest album – The Blueprint 3. Songs from the album – ‘ Run this Town’ and ’ Empire State of Mind’ - are aimed squarely at propogating the myth of J Hova’s absolute dominance of all things New York.
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If you’re not a New Yorker, you can buy your Jay-Z tickets for the BP3 Tour, same as everyone else. But not in the Big Apple - because Empire State of Mind is also a candidate... Read Full Story
Hollywood actor Robert De Niro is planning a new career: gangster rapper.
The 66-year-old planned professional change after becoming good friends with hip-hop star 50 Cent on the set of ”Righteous Kill” last year.
The Oscar-winning star contemplated the idea of recording a track with the singer.
“We had some good conversations. As for any future collaborations or rapping, you never know,” Contactmusic quoted him as saying.
The father-of-five further revealed he never thought of what... Read Full Story
Hollywood star Robert De Niro is planning a new career as a rapper after becoming good friends with hip-hop star 50 Cent.
The 66-year-old actor wants to work with 50 Cent after they got to know each other while shooting the movie "Righteous Kill" last year and thinks a track recorded by the pair would do wonders, reports contactmusic.com.
"We had some good conversations. As for any future collaborations or rapping, you never know," he said.
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Dave Brubeck just wishes his mom could see him now: On Dec. 6, the same day the jazz composer and pianist turns 89, he'll be among the leading artists feted at the 32nd Kennedy Center Honors Gala. Dignitaries from President Barack Obama on down will celebrate Brubeck's career, along with those of singer Bruce Springsteen, actor Robert De Niro, comic genius Mel Brooks and opera singer Grace Bumbry, the Kennedy Center announced Wednesday. Brubeck says it's a day that would have delighted his... Read Full Story
