Nevada judge rejects petition to unseal case on media mogul's legal battle with family members
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Want the inside scoop on the "secret" Murdoch family legal battle that isn't such a secret anymore? We hate to disappoint, but you might be in the dark for a while. Patriarch Rupert Murdoch, 93, appears set on leaving his media empire, which includes Fox News and the...
After De Niro spoke, Trump staffers slammed him as a 'washed-up actor'
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President Biden's campaign showed up outside Donald Trump's New York City criminal hush-money trial Tuesday with actor Robert De Niro and a pair of former police officers in an effort to refocus the presidential race on the former president's role in the Capitol attack. It was a...
'Barbie' director Greta Gerwig and star Margot Robbie are shut out
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It's that time of year when actors and moviemakers huddle around screens for the reading of the Oscar nominations , shedding tears of joy and disappointment. For those who worked on Christopher Nolan's Oppenheimer, which nabbed the most nominations for the 96th Academy Awards at 13, it was surely...
He claims his speech was edited without his permission at Gotham Awards
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Celine Song's wistful romance Past Lives earned top honors at the Gotham Awards on Monday evening at an award-season kickoff where the night's biggest drama came in a political speech by Robert De Niro that the actor claimed had been edited without his permission, the AP reports. Past ...
Actor's company is ordered to pay $1.2M
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A jury awarded more than $1.2 million to Robert De Niro's former personal assistant on Thursday, finding that a company he formed to look after his personal needs was liable for gender discrimination and retaliation after Graham Chase Robinson accused the actor of subjecting her to a toxic...
Actor got angry during trial to resolve dueling lawsuits between him and his ex-assistant
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Frustrated in court amid a civil trial to resolve dueling lawsuits between him and his former employee, Robert De Niro shouted at her Tuesday before quickly glancing at the judge and apologizing. The actor sued Graham Chase Robinson in 2019 after she resigned, and she quickly sued him right back...
Martin Scorsese's latest is getting strong reviews, as is Lily Gladstone
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One of the most highly anticipated movies in a while is out, and Killers of the Flower Moon was apparently worth the wait. Director Martin Scorsese reunites with Leonardo DiCaprio and Robert De Niro to tell the story of the 1920s murders of members of the Osage Nation in Oklahoma....
Spokesperson denies report he brought 'Taxi Driver' role back to life for an Uber ad
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Film buffs might be able to exhale. A spokesperson for Robert De Niro denies a report that he resurrected his classic Travis Bickle character from Taxi Driver for an Uber commercial. The actor did make a spot for the ride-share company, but it has nothing to do with Bickle, who...
Sofia Haley Marks, 20, arrested during sting operation in NYC: reports
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A 20-year-old woman dubbed the "Percocet Princess" has been arrested in connection with the suspected overdose death of Robert De Niro's grandson. Sofia Haley Marks, who allegedly sold drugs to 19-year-old Leandro De Niro-Rodriguez before he was found dead in New York City, was arrested around 6pm Thursday...
'Someone sold him fentanyl laced pills that they knew were laced yet still sold them to him'
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Robert De Niro's eldest daughter says her son was killed by pills laced with fentanyl. In a comment on an Instagram post , Drena De Niro blamed drug dealers for the death of 19-year-old Leandro De Niro-Rodriguez, NBC reports. "Someone sold him fentanyl laced pills that they knew were...
Gia Virginia Chen-De Niro is his child with partner Tiffany Chen
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Robert De Niro revealed earlier this week that he had become a father again at age 79. On Thursday, CBS Mornings displayed a photo of baby No. 7, who is named Gia Virginia Chen-De Niro. De Niro had the child with partner Tiffany Chen, a martial arts instructor who met...
Officers report catching burglar bagging up the gifts
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New York City police said they caught a burglar stealing the gifts under Robert De Niro's Christmas tree on Monday. The actor was home at the time but not on the same floor as the thief, CNN reports, and they didn't interact. Police said officers spotted Shanice Aviles...
Actor cut spousal support to $50K a month
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The pandemic has hit Robert De Niro's finances so hard that he "is going to be lucky if he makes $7.5 million this year," a Manhattan court heard this week. Caroline Krauss, a lawyer for the 76-year-old actor, said De Niro's earnings had been decimated,...
Both win, as does 'Parasite'
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Parasite has officially infected Hollywood's award season. Bong Joon Ho’s Korean class satire became the first foreign language film to take top honors from the Screen Actors Guild on Sunday, setting itself up as a legitimate best picture contender to the frontrunner 1917 at next month’s Academy...
Robert De Niro, Joe Pesci, Al Pacino shine in 'The Irishman'
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A legendary director joins with a trio of A-list actors in The Irishman , a Netflix film based on a 2004 book in which hitman Frank Sheeran confesses to dozens of killings in his work for the Italian mob—including that of Jimmy Hoffa. Now in theaters and debuting on Netflix...
She sues actor after he first sues her
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Robert De Niro has found himself in a real-life court drama, trading dueling lawsuits with his former assistant after their decade-long working relationship went dreadfully sour. He's accusing her of misappropriating money. She says he subjected her to sexist and harassing comments. Chase Robinson sued the 76-year-old De Niro...
The actor surprises a Sunday morning host
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Robert De Niro isn't exactly holding a torch for President Trump. Between remarks he made Friday at the premiere of his new movie The Irishman, and what he said Sunday on CNN, the actor is in full anti-Trump mode and ready to toss in a couple of f-bombs. Want...
De Niro's company says ex-employee binge-watched 55 episodes of 'Friends'
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Robert De Niro's production company is going after a former employee it accuses of embezzling, and the lawsuit spotted by Variety has an odd and entertainment-esque detail. It accuses Chase Robinson of binge-watching an impressive 55 episodes of Friends over a four-day period in January while on the job....
The trailer, released Wednesday, paints it as an awards contender—and it's on Netflix
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"One of the first trailers for an obvious awards-bait film" this season was just released , writes Ani Bundel at NBC News , but the film—Martin Scorsese's The Irishman—is heading to Netflix. That shouldn't be shocking in 2019, but the fact that "one of the biggest...
Because 'calm, confident, and dignified' isn't what the academy honors, he writes
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The byline of Robert De Niro's opinion piece for the Washington Post points out the actor received an Emmy nomination for playing Robert Mueller on SNL. So he's perhaps more of an expert than most on a "Mueller performance." And he begins in a tongue-and-cheek fashion,...
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